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Assessing Child and Adolescent Disorders Masud S Hoghughi

Assessing Child and Adolescent Disorders By Masud S Hoghughi

Assessing Child and Adolescent Disorders by Masud S Hoghughi


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Aimed at those dealing with child and adolescent problems, this text addresses a range of key issues about the nature and role of assessment in different contexts and presents an evaluation of the various assessment approaches available.

Assessing Child and Adolescent Disorders Summary

Assessing Child and Adolescent Disorders: A Practice Manual by Masud S Hoghughi

This volume addresses the question of assessment (before, during and after treatment), an all-important ingredient in helping children and adolescents with problems. It incorporates the essence of the author's influential earlier work Assessing Problem Children, while taking full account of the significant changes, both in practice and philosophy, that have occurred in the interim.

Hoghughi provides a comprehensive practice manual for those working in all relevant settings: health, education, the criminal justice system and social services. Uniquely, his approach encompasses the full range of child and adolescent problems - physical and educational, home and family, social skills, anti-social and psychological disorders - to give a coherent, holistic picture of the assessment process.

Assessing Child and Adolescent Disorders Reviews

`Masud Hoghughi's book will be invaluable for professionals in all fields who work with troubled adolescents, and it would not surprise me if it became the basis for national standards' - Times Education Supplement

`The first half of this book gives a thoughtful overview of the rationale for assessment and a helpful discussion on some of the underlying theoretical and practical issues... The second half of the book, a practice manual, allows use by a range of professionals and could be of benefit in residential homes where there has been so much concern about the level of staff training and the quality of care' - British Journal of Psychiatry

`Hoghughi appears to have mastered the art of discussing areas of theoretical intricacy in a clear and concise manner. His uncluttered style and avoidance of gratuitous jargon facilitates the assimilation of his analysis. His evaluation of what to date have been the main assessment/diagnostic models (certainly in psychiatry) is comprehensive and he presents a balanced view of their respective strengths and weaknesses... Hoghughi's assessment of choice appears to be extremely broad-based and, therefore, is of clinical relevance to a wide range of professionals. Its holistic view emphasises the value of the child as a person in his/her own right and someone who is to be engaged in the assessment process rather than be a passive recipient of someone else's explanation for why they are experiencing difficulties. The model appears to have the seeds of good practice sown within it and will appeal, I am sure, to nurses, social workers, probation officers, teachers, psychologists and psychiatrists; indeed all those who job it is to work with troubled children and adolescents' - Journal of Adolescence

`Covers a large range of issues and is written in a clear, simple and accessible language... This is a very ambitious project... it will certainly prove a worthwhile addition to the libraries of clinical psychologists and other professionals working in the area of child and adolescent mental health' - Behaviour Research and Therapy

`(provides) clear, cohesive guidance with discussion of various conditions in terms of prevalence and sex ratios, onset and course, key predisposing factors and impairment consequences' - SciTech Book News

About Masud S Hoghughi

Masud Hoghughi is Director of Aycliffe Centre for Children, County Durham and Honorary Professor of Psychology, University of Hull. He is the author of Troubled and Troublesome (1978) and The Delinquent (1983) and co-author of Assessing Problem Children (1980) and Treating Problem Children (1988).

Table of Contents

PART ONE What is Assessment? Assessment in Context Approaches to Assessment The Problem Profile Approach Special Considerations in Assessing Children Information for Assessment Organisation of Assessment PART TWO The Master Code Physical Problems Intellectual and Educational Problems Home and Family Problems Social Skills Problems Anti-social Behaviour Psychological Problems Appendices Child and Adolescent Problem Profile (CAPP); Full Assessment Report

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GOR006571239
9780803982970
0803982976
Assessing Child and Adolescent Disorders: A Practice Manual by Masud S Hoghughi
Used - Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Ltd
1992-04-07
320
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