Best Practices in School Neuropsychology

Daniel C. Miller 지음

Wiley 2009년 10월 15일 출간

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A comprehensive guide to the practice of school neuropsychologyIt is an exciting time to specialize in school neuropsychology, with countless theoretically and psychometrically sound assessment instruments available for practitioners to use in their evaluations of children with special needs. Yet the field faces the challenges of establishing evidence-based linkages between assessment and interventions and of broadening its approaches to culturally diverse populations.Edited by a leading expert in school neuropsychology, Best Practices in School Neuropsychology: Guidelines for Effective Practice, Assessment, and Evidence-Based Intervention addresses these challenges and their solutions and provides learning specialists and school psychologists with clear coverage and vital information on this burgeoning area of practice within school psychology.This insightful reference features comprehensive discussion of:Current school neuropsychological assessment and intervention modelsBest practices in assessing cognitive processesAn overview of what neuroscience offers to the practice of school neuropsychologyHow school neuropsychology fits within a Response to Intervention (RTI) modelThe rationale for the importance of school psychologists' collaboration with parents, educators, and other professionals to maximize services to childrenClinical applications of school neuropsychology with special populations, academic disabilities, processing deficits, and medical disordersUnique challenges in working with culturally diverse populationsFeaturing contributions from internationally renowned school psychologists, neuropsychologists, clinicians, and academics, Best Practices in School Neuropsychology is the first book of its kind to present best practices and evidence-informed guidelines for the assessment and intervention of children with learning disabilities, as well as other issues practit

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Foreword xiPreface xviiAbout the Editor xxiContributors xxiiiSECTION I: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN SCHOOL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY1 School Neuropsychology, an Emerging Specialization 3Daniel C. Miller2 School Neuropsychology Training and Credentialing 19Daniel C. Miller3 Ethical and Legal Issues Related to School Neuropsychology 41Mary Joann Lang and Ann Marie T. Leonard-Zabel4 Multicultural School Neuropsychology 61Robert L. RhodesSECTION II: PRACTICE ISSUES IN SCHOOL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY5 School Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention 81Daniel C. Miller6 Integrating Cognitive Assessment in School Neuropsychological Evaluations 101Dawn P. Flanagan, Vincent C. Alfonso, Samuel O. Ortiz, and Agnieszka M. Dynda7 The Application of Neuroscience to the Practice of School Neuropsychology 141Daniel C. Miller and Philip A. DeFina8 Linking School Neuropsychology with Response-to-Intervention Models 159Douglas A. Della Toffalo9 School Neuropsychology Collaboration with Home, School, and Outside Professionals 185Robb N. Matthews10 School Reentry for Children Recovering from Neurological Conditions 207H. Thompson Prout, Ginger Depp Cline, and Susan M. ProutSECTION III: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF SCHOOL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY: SPECIAL POPULATIONS11 Assessment and Intervention Practices for Children with ADHD and Other Frontal-Striatal Circuit Disorders 225James B. Hale, Linda A. Reddy, Gabrielle Wilcox, Amy McLaughlin, Lisa Hain, Amy Stern, Julie Henzel, and Eleazar Eusebio12 Assessing and Intervening with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders 281Mary Joann Lang13 Assessing and Intervening with Children with Asperger's Disorder 305Kathy DeOrnellas, Jacqueline Hood, and Brooke Novales14 Assessing and Intervening with Children with Developmental Delays 329Cristin Dooley

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저자(글) Daniel C. Miller

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Daniel C. Miller, PhD, is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. He is a former director of the School Psychology Graduate Training Programs and past president of the National Association of School Psychologists. He is the author of Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment. Dr. Miller is also the President and founder of KIDS, Inc., a company that specializes in early childhood education and screening products.

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