Handbook of Psychological Services for Children and Adolescents

✍ Scribed by Jan N. Hughes, Annette M. La Greca, Jane Close Conoley

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 496
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of the key elements which should be part of any successful program tailored to the needs of children with diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorders. The overall goal of the book is to provide an overview of the psychological services available to children and adolescents in school and community settings. The book is divided into five parts: "Framing the Issues," "Delivering Psychological Services in Diverse Settings," "Preventive Interventions," "Treatments with Specific Populations," and "System-Level Consultation." Settings," "Preventive Interventions,"

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 10
PART I: FRAMING THE ISSUES......Page 12
1. The Practice of Psychology with Children, Adolescents, and Their Families: A Look to the Future......Page 14
2. Implications of a Developmental Systems Model for Preventing and Treating Behavioral Disturbances in Children and Adolescents......Page 34
3. The Road to Effective Child Psychological Services: Treatment Processes and Outcome Research......Page 54
PART II: DELIVERING PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES IN DIVERSE SETTINGS......Page 72
4. Established and Emerging Models of Psychological Services in School Settings......Page 74
5. Providing Psychological Services in Pediatric Settings in an Era of Managed Care: Challenges and Opportunities......Page 100
PART III: PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONS......Page 116
6. Caring for the Caregivers: Supporting the Well-Being of At-Risk Parents and Children Through Supporting the Well-Being of the Programs That Serve Them......Page 118
7. Preventing Alcohol and Substance Abuse......Page 144
8. Low-Level Aggression: New Targets for Zero Tolerance......Page 172
9. Prenatal Drug Exposure: Psychoeducational Outcomes and Prevention Models......Page 194
10. Children Experiencing Disasters: Prevention and Intervention......Page 206
PART IV: TREATMENTS WITH SPECIFIC POPULATIONS......Page 234
11. Anxiety Disorders......Page 236
12. Treating Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder......Page 256
13. Children and Adolescents Experiencing Traumatic Brain Injury......Page 278
14. Treating Antisocial and Delinquent Youth in Out-of-Home Settings......Page 296
15. Effective Community-Based Interventions for Antisocial and Delinquent Adolescents......Page 312
16. Depressive Disorders......Page 334
17. Chronically Ill Children and Adolescents......Page 364
18. A Dynamic-Maturational Approach to Treatment of Maltreated Children......Page 384
19. Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents......Page 410
20. Psychological Services for Children with Learning Disabilities......Page 432
PART V: SYSTEM-LEVEL CONSULTATION......Page 448
21. Systemic Interventions for Safe Schools......Page 450
22. Enhancing Constructive Family-School Connections......Page 466
B......Page 488
C......Page 489
F......Page 490
I......Page 491
P......Page 492
R......Page 493
S......Page 494
T......Page 495
Z......Page 496