2nd Edition
Assessing and Diagnosing Young Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders A DSM-5-TR Compliant Guide
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Glossary of Terms
PART I: NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN YOUNG CHILDREN
1. Historical Overview of neurodevelopmental disorders in young children
2. What is a neurodevelopmental disorder
3. Genetic and chromosomal disorders
4. Selected genetic and chromosomal disorders
5. Population demographics of neurodevelopmental disorders
PART II: WHY DO WE ASSESS AND DIAGNOSE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS?
6. Why do we assess young children?
7. Parental experience of assessment and diagnosis
8. Systemic reasons to assess and diagnose childhood disorders
PART III: The assessment and diagnostic process
9. Psychometric assessment of childhood development
10. The Griffiths Scales of Mental Development
11. The Bayley Scales of infant and child development
12. The Mullen Scales of Early Learning
13. Other notable assessments for young children: the McCarthy Scales and the Miller Scales
14. Checklist and questionnaire-based assessments
15. Cross-cultural adaptations of developmental assessments
16. Assessing Autism Spectrum Disorder in young children
17. Cross-cultural issues in assessing autism spectrum disorder
PART IV: From theory to practice
18. From theory to clinical practice
19. Pre-assessment preparation
20. The assessment process
21. “Driving” the test: the 75-25 rule and its application
22. On-line and remote assessments
23. Scoring developmental tests
24. Giving feedback
25. Intervention strategies
26. Diagnostic considerations and formulation
PART V: Reporting and report writing
27. Report writing and case studies
28. Sample cases and reports
PART VI: Follow-up
29. Follow-up
Part VII: Pondering the future
APPENDICES
INDEX
Biography
Neil Nicoll is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, providing services for children with developmental delays and disorders, training programmes for psychologists and paediatricians, and presentations at international conferences.
