1st Edition

Behavioral Assessment in School Psychology

By Edward S. Shapiro Copyright 1987
270 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

This important volume presents strategies and procedures for assessing both emotional/behavioral problems and academic difficulties. Arranged by assessment content areas, the volume discusses such methodologies as behavioral interviewing, observation, self-monitoring, use of self- and informant-report, and both analogue and curriculum-based assessment. All chapters are supported by numerous... Read more
Contents: Assessment in the Schools. The Methodology of Behavioral Assessment. Behavioral Assessment of Academic Skills: Conceptual Framework and Overview. Assessing Reading, Math, and Writing. Assessing Behavioral and Emotional Problems. Assessing Adaptive Behavior. Behavioral Consultation: Linking Assessment and Intervention. A Model for Delivering School Psychological Services.

Biography

Authored by Shapiro, Edward S.

"...provides an excellent description of strategies for implementing a blueprint of change in service delivery in the schools. The strategies are consistent with a general behavioral framework, and the service delivery model serves as a heuristic subject to future changes."
Contemporary Psychology