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Author Tarren-Sweeney, Michael

Title Clinician's Guide to the Assessment Checklist Series : Specialized mental health measures for children in care
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (187 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; PART I Overview and user information; 1 Introducing the Assessment Checklist measures: ACC, ACA and BAC; 2 Using the Assessment Checklist measures for clinical assessment, screening and treatment monitoring; PART II Interpreting Assessment Checklist scores: guidelines and research findings; 3 Interpreting checklist scores within comprehensive assessments; 4 Attachment-related difficulties, felt insecurity and symptom complexity
5 Sexual behaviour problems6 Abnormal pain response; 7 Eating problems; PART III Development and psychometric properties; 8 Background to the Children in Care study; 9 Content development and item analysis; 10 Empirically-derived ACC and ACA scales; 11 Validation of the ACC and ACA measures; 12 BAC psychometric properties and screening accuracy; 13 Checklists under development; Appendix 1 Assessment Checklist for Children (ACC): girls' record form; Appendix 2 Assessment Checklist for Children -- Short Form (ACC-SF): boys' record form
Appendix 3 Assessment Checklist for Adolescents (ACA): Girls' record formAppendix 4 Assessment Checklist for Adolescents -- Short Form (ACA-SF): boys' record form; Appendix 5 Brief Assessment Checklist for Children (BAC-C) record form; Appendix 6 Brief Assessment Checklist for Adolescents (BAC-A) record form; Appendix 7 Assessment Checklist for Children Short Form (ACC-SF): girls' profile sheet; Appendix 8 Assessment Checklist for Adolescents Short Form (ACA-SF) profile sheet; Appendix 9 ACC scales with constituent items; Appendix 10 ACC short-form scales with constituent items
Appendix 11 ACA scales with constituent itemsAppendix 12 ACA short-form scales with constituent items; References; Index
Summary The Assessment Checklist series, created by Michael Tarren-Sweeney, provides the world's first standardised caregiver-report measures of a range of attachment- and trauma-related mental health difficulties experienced amongst children growing up in foster, adoptive, kinship and residential care. This clinical manual provides essential guidance for child and adolescent mental health clinicians who use the Assessment Checklist measures, including the Assessment Checklist for Children (ACC), the Assessment Checklist for Adolescents (ACA) and the Brief Assessment Checklists (BAC), as part of their
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Subject Behavioral assessment of children.
Child Behavior Checklist.
Child mental health services.
Foster children -- Psychological testing
Mentally ill children -- Institutional care -- Psychological aspects
Behavioral assessment of children
Child Behavior Checklist
Child mental health services
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317936022
1317936027