PSYC 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Educational Specialist, Truancy, Reinforcement
3 Nov 2016
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Decision-making process: clinical assessments use systematic problem-solving strategies to understand disturbed children and their environments (home/school) Based in scientific evidence and clinical expertise. Ultimate goal is to achieve effective solutions. Meaningful because they lead to practical and effective interventions. Idiographic case formulation focuses on detailed understanding of individual child or family as a unique entity. Nomothetic case formulation emphasizes broad general inferences that apply to large groups of individuals. Developmental considerations: age, gender, and culture. Affect severity (or perception of) symptoms, and can help determine how much a behavior is deviating from the norm. Gender can affect likelihood of a disorder. Boys more likely to have asd or adhd. Girls may be overlooked and not referred for treatment is adhd symptoms manifest differently (girls may express problems in less observable ways) Relational aggression indirect forms of aggression via ostracism, gossip or 3rd party retaliation. Cultural patterns reflect learned behaviors and shared values.
