"This text will be a valuable resource for both support personnel in the schools and private practitioners
in conducting valid behavioral assessments as part of a problem--solving process in which identified target behavior
is linked to mode of intervention. It provides a response to the ongoing needs of professionals seeking to improve
service provision in this area."
--Readings
"If Shapiro and Kratochwill set out to create a useful, field--based, practitioner--oriented manual--mission
accomplished!...It is highly recommended that the matched pair Conducting School--Based Assessments of Child and
Adolescent Behavior and Behavioral Assessment in Schools, Second Edition be considered for any behavioral assessment
course offered at the graduate or even undergraduate level."
--Behavioral Interventions
Publisher Web Site, January, 2003
Summary
This hands-on guide is designed to help school practitioners conduct effective multidimensional assessments
of a wide range of emotional and behavioral difficulties. Each chapter focuses on a particular method, describes
its applications in the school setting, and offers clear guidelines for implementation, illustrated with realistic
case examples. Approaches discussed include direct observation, analogue assessment, child self-reports, teacher
and parent interviewing, informant reports, and self-monitoring procedures. Recommendations for working with culturally
and linguistically diverse children and adolescents are also provided.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Conducting a Multidimensional Behavioral Assessment, Shapiro and Kratochwill
2. Naturalistic Direct Observation in Educational Settings, Skinner, Rhymer, and McDaniel
3. Analogue Assessment: Emotional/Behavioral Problems, Hintze, Stoner, and Bull
4. Functional Analysis, McComas, Hoch, and Mace
5. Self-Monitoring, Cole, Marder, and McCann
6. Self-Report: Rating Scale Measures, Eckert, Dunn, Codding, and Guiney
7. Self-Report: Child Clinical Interviews, McConaughy
8. Informant Report: Rating Scale Measures, Merrell
9. Informant Report: Parent and Teacher Interviews, Busse and Beaver
10. Cultural and Linguistic Issues, Castillo, Quintana, and Zamarripa
