Psychology 2320A/B Lecture Notes - Facilitated Communication, Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing, Operant Conditioning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2320A/B
• Professor: Elizabeth Hayden

Document Summary

Assessment in child clinical psychology: symptoms and behaviour problems. Clinical interviews: gold standard for diagnosis, gold standard for clinical research (if structured) Questionnaires: self-(depending on age of child), parent-, and teacher-report. Behavioural assessments and observations (read text closely about these) Typical battery would include symptom checklists, intelligence and achievement testing, and. Iq, achievement and neuropsych testing (read text closely about these) brief neuropsych. Not used for diagnosis, but widely used in research and practice to get information on child symptoms. Achenbach family of measures: cbcl (preschool and school-age versions, trf (preschool and school-age versions, ysr (school-age, adult versions. Parents > children for children externalizing symptoms; may be more accurate for these: externalizing = disruptive, oppositional, defiant, rule-breaking, etc. Children > parents for child internalizing symptoms; may be more accurate for these. Self-report important for internalizing symptoms; informants important for externalizing. Waitlist/no treatment: weak evidence for efficacy, ethical problems. Combination treatment: usually medication and psychotherapy.