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This is a resource for professionals involved in determining the
driving capacity of individuals with neurological involvement and
or trauma. While much work has been completed in this new and
growing field, this is the first attempt to bring together clinical
work on assessing driving capacity for different clinical
populations and conditions. Specific topics include, traumatic
brain injury, stroke, dementia, normal aging, medications,
retraining, interventions, medical conditions, legal issues,
practical issues, assessment instruments, simulators, research and
epidemiology. Each chapter will address clinically relevant issues
specific to the clinical population. This comprehensive compilation
of driving assessment of cognitively compromised populations is the
first of its kind and Dr. Schultheis is regarded as a leader in the
field.
In recent years there has been a wealth of new research in
cognition, particularly in relation to supporting theoretical
constructs about how cognitions are formed, processed, reinforced,
and how they then affect behavior. Many of these theories have
arisen and been tested in geographic isolation. It remains to be
seen whether theories that purport to describe cognition in one
culture will equally prove true in other cultures. The Handbook of
Motivation and Cognition Across Cultures is the first book to look
at these theories specifically with culture in mind. The book
investigates universal truths about motivation and cognition across
culture, relative to theories and findings indicating cultural
differences.
This book summarizes information on adaptive behavior and skills as
well as general issues in adaptive behavior assessment with the
goal of promoting sound assessment practice during uses,
interpretations, and applications of the Adaptive Behavior
Assessment System-II.
International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is an
ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects,
classification systems, syndromes, etc. of mental retardation.
Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives, including
genetics, psychology, education, and other health and behavioral
sciences.
Autism spectrum disorder has received increasing research in recent
years, with more information on assessment and treatment than can
be readily assimilated from primary literature by clinicians.
Clinical Assessment and Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders
summarizes evidence-based assessments and intervention for Autism
across the life-span, providing clinicians with a practical
overview of how best to assess and treat this disorder. The book
begins with a discussion of what warrants a determination of being
"evidence based" and a description of the disorder from a life span
perspective. The book also provides a chapter on differential
diagnosis of autism relative to other disorders. What follows are
separate sections on assessment and intervention. These chapters
discuss first how to assess and then separately how to treat
behavioral problems, communication and social skills issues,
academic and vocational skills, and the use of pharmacology and an
assessment of possible pharmacological effects. Intended for
practitioners assessing and treating children with developmental
delays, the book provides clinicians with best practices for
assessing and treating delays associated with autism.
The ABCs of Learning Disabilities, Second Edition, discusses major
research findings on learning disabilities in children, adolescents
and adults in language, memory, social skills, self-regulation,
reading, mathematics, and writing, with an additional chapter on
assessment. This concise primer is intended for use as an
undergraduate introductory text to the field. Written with an
evenness of tone, breadth, and depth, the conveys an engaging style
meant to encourage the beginning student to identify the big
picture and to be interested in conceptual issues as well as
research findings.
In today's industrialized societies, the majority of parents work
full time while caring for and raising their children and managing
household upkeep, trying to keep a precarious balance of fulfilling
multiple roles as parent, worker, friend, & child. Increasingly
demands of the workplace such as early or late hours, travel,
commute, relocation, etc. conflict with the needs of being a
parent. At the same time, it is through work that people
increasingly define their identity and self-worth, and which
provides the opportunity for personal growth, interaction with
friends and colleagues, and which provides the income and benefits
on which the family subsists. The interface between work and family
is an area of increasing research, in terms of understanding
stress, job burn out, self-esteem, gender roles, parenting
behaviors, and how each facet affects the others.
Published in August of 2008, WAIS IV is the most widely used intelligence test for adults in the world. Substantive changes were made to the WAIS-IV from the WAIS-III leaving clinicians with questions as to how to use and interpret the measure effectively. Written by the creators of the new test, this book serves as the ultimate insider's guide to the new test, providing users with the kind of access to norms and data that would be unavailable to any subsequent book on clinical use of this measure. The book discusses the changes made between 3rd and 4th editions along with an FAQ and answers about use and interpretation. The reader is instructed how to interpret composite scores, and everything needed to use and interpret two entirely new composite scores: the General Ability Index (GAI), and the Cognitive Proficiency Index (CPI). This information does NOT appear in the manual accompanying the test. The second section of the book focuses on WAIS IV use and
interpretation with special clinical applications and populations,
including with multicultural clients, in neuropsychological
settings, with individuals experiencing psychological disorders,
and with older adults. The editors and chapter authors have
exclusive access to proprietary WAIS IV data to run advanced
analyses and provide information beyond what is offered in the
WAIS-IV manual.
Autism Spectrum Disorder is one of the most researched and popular
topics in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and special
education. In the last 30 years the amount of new information on
assessment and treatment has been astounding. The field has moved
from a point where many considered the condition untreatable to the
current position that it may be curable in some cases and that all
persons with this condition can benefit from treatment. Intervening
with school age children continues to be a major focus of
assessment or intervention. However, expanding the ages of those
receiving more attention from younger children to older adults, is
becoming more prevalent. The consensus is that intensive treatment
at the earliest recognized age is critical and that many adults
evince symptoms of the disorder and warrant care.
Describes the evidence-based approaches to preventing relapse of
major mental and substance-related disorders. Therapist's Guide to
Evidence-based Relapse Prevention combines the theoretical
rationale, empirical data, and the practical "how-to" for
intervention programs.
International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is an
ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects,
classification systems, syndromes, etc. of mental retardation.
Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives, including
genetics, psychology, education, and other health and behavioral
sciences.
The previous edition provided the first resource for examining how
the Internet affects our definition of who we are and our
communication and work patterns. It examined how normal behavior
differs from the pathological with respect to Internet use.
Coverage includes how the internet is used in our social patterns:
work, dating, meeting people of similar interests, how we use it to
conduct business, how the Internet is used for learning, children
and the Internet, what our internet use says about ourselves, and
the philosophical ramifications of internet use on our definitions
of reality and consciousness. Since its publication in 1998, a slew
of other books on the topic have emerged, many speaking solely to
internet addiction, learning on the web, or telehealth. There are
few competitors that discuss the breadth of impact the internet has
had on intrpersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal psychology.
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and
theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology,
ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex
learning and problem solving. Volume 46 contains chapters on
category learning, prototypes, prospective memory, event memory,
memory models, and musical prosody.
The best health practices are a synthesis of science and art. Surgery is a case in point. Although all competent surgeons follow scientific protocols, the best surgeons are masters of the art of surgery and produce better outcomes: e.g., smaller incisions; lower mortality rates. Psychotherapists are in exactly the same position. Psychotherapy is both a science and an art. There are excellent resources that convey information about empirically supported practices - the science of psychotherapy. However, this scientific information is incomplete in two important ways. It does not cover key matters that come up in psychotherapy (e.g., building a therapeutic relationship, resistance, termination), and it often does not fully cover the "art" of implementing these techniques, the nuances, the creative ways, the problem solving strategies when difficulties arise. This book is an attempt to have high profile, expert, "master" therapists discuss the art of handling these key issues.
Given the vast amount of research related to behavioral assessment,
it is difficult for clinicians to keep abreast of new developments.
In recent years, there have been advances in assessment, case
conceptualization, treatment planning, treatment strategies for
specific disorders, and considerations of new ethical and legal
issues. Keeping track of advances requires monitoring diverse
resources limited to specific disorders, many of which are
theoretical rather than practical, or that offer clinical advice
without providing the evidence base for treatment recommendations.
This handbook was created to fill this gap, summarizing critical
information for adult behavioral assessment.
This collection of 14 original articles teaches readers how to
conduct qualitative research. Instead of characterizing and
justifying certain methods, the contributors show by means of
actual research studies what assumptions, procedures, and dilemmas
they encountered. Fischer's introduction, which emphasizes the
practical nature of qualitative research and the closing chapter,
which uses a question-and-answer format to investigate, among other
subjects, what is scientific about qualitative research, are
complemented by a glossary and other features that increase the
book's utility and value.
Given the vast amount of research related to behavioral assessment,
it is difficult for clinicians to keep abreast of new developments.
In recent years, there have been advances in assessment, case
conceptualization, treatment planning, treatment strategies for
specific disorders, and considerations of new ethical and legal
issues. Keeping track of advances requires monitoring diverse
resources limited to specific disorders, many of which give short
shrift to child assessment, overlooking developmental
considerations. Much of the existing literature is either
theoretical/research in focus or clinical in nature. Nowhere are
the various aspects of child behavioral assessment placed in a
comprehensive research/clinical context, nor is there much
integration as to conceptualization and treatment planning. The
Clinician's Handbook of Child Behavioral Assessment was created to
fill this gap, summarizing critical information for child
behavioral assessment in a single source.
The Handbook of Self-Regulation represents state-of-the-art
coverage of the latest theory, research, and developments in
applications of self-regulation research. Chapters are of interest
to psychologists interested in the development and operation of
self-regulation as well as applications to health, organizational,
clinical, and educational psychology.
In recent years there have been an increasing number of incidents
where children have either perpetrated or been the victims of
violence in the schools. Often times the children who perpetrated
the violence had been the victims of school bullying. If bullying
once was a matter of extorting lunch money from one's peers, it has
since escalated into slander, sexual harassment, and violence. And
the victims, unable to find relief, become depressed and/or violent
in return.
Author of AP's bestselling "Therapist's Guide to Clinical
Intervention" now turns her attention to substance abuse
intervention. The book will follow a similar format to her previous
book, presenting information in easy to read outline form, with
relevant forms, patient questionnaires, checklists, business
documents, etc.
The US Dept. of Education, in conjunction with the US Dept. of
Health and Human Services, recently unveiled a $50 million effort
to expand research on early childhood cognitive development. A key
issue identified requiring more information and research was the
education and professional development of educators. Along these
lines, Doug Greer has prepared a book discussing how best to teach,
how to design functional curricula, and how to support teachers in
using state-of-the-art science instruction materials.
This book discusses research and theory on how motivation changes
as children progress through school, gender differences in
motivation, and motivational differences as an aspect of ethnicity.
Motivation is discussed within the context of school achievement as
well as athletic and musical performance.
The aim of Advances in the Study of Behavior remains as it has been
since the series began: to serve the increasing number of
scientists who are engaged in the study of animal behavior by
presenting their theoretical ideas and research to their colleagues
and to those in neighboring fields. We hope that the series will
continue its "contribution to the development of the field," as its
intended role was phrased in the Preface to the first volume in
1965. Since that time, traditional areas of animal behavior have
achieved new vigor by the links they have formed with related
fields and by the closer relationship that now exists between those
studying animal and human subjects.
Over the past decade, legal wagering has expanded rapidly in North
America. In 1998 alone, people lost 50 billion dollars in legal
betting and it is estimated that illegal wagering is twice that
amount. A recent government report, based on the broadest
population survey, concludes that the lifetime and pathological
gamblers in the U.S. range between 4 and 10 million persons and is
growing. If we include the families affected by problem gambling
then the potential impact is indeed prodigious. Virtually no
community in the U.S. and Canada is left untouched by entertainment
or problem gambling. Treating problem gambling has evolved from a
small group of practitioners in the 1980's working in specialty
impatient units into an international enterprise that affects the
caseload of many mental health professionals. Owing to its quiet
origins, problem gambling treatment strategies are not well known
throughout the clinical community. Consequently the average
clinician is him/herself "learning as they go." This approach does
not benefit either client or therapist. As the book's first chapter
makes clear, problem gambling differs significantly from substance
abuse, its nearest clinical relative. Not attending to these
differences leads to poor results and clinical failure. This book
is the one essential tool needed by clinicians treating or likely
to treat problem gambling. Written by a clinician with wide
experience, it is intended for the general clinician treating or
likely to treat problem gambling desiring a comprehensive, yet
user-friendly guide.
The Psychology of Stalking is the first scholarly book on stalking
ever published. Virtually every serious writer and researcher in
this area of criminal psychopathology has contributed a chapter.
These chapters explore stalking from social, psychiatric,
psychological and behavioral perspectives. New thinking and data
are presented on threats, pursuit characteristics, psychiatric
diagnoses, offender-victim typologies, cyberstalking, false
victimization syndrome, erotomania, stalking and domestic violence,
the stalking of public figures, and many other aspects of stalking,
as well as legal issues. This landmark text is of interest to both
professionals and other thoughtful individuals who recognize the
serious nature of this ominous social behavior. |
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