Assessing and Diagnosing Young Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders : A DSM-5-TR Compliant Guide (Paperback, 2 ed)

PART I: NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN YOUNG CHILDREN? 1. Historical Overview of neurodevelopmental disorders in young children 2. What is a neurodevelopmental disorder 3. Genetic and chromosomal disorders 4. Selected genetic and chromosomal disorders 5. Population demographics of neurodevelopmental disorders? PART II: WHY DO WE ASSESS AND DIAGNOSE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS?? 6. Why do we assess young children? 7. Parental experience of assessment and diagnosis 8. Systemic reasons to assess and diagnose childhood disorders? PART III: The assessment and diagnostic process? 9. Psychometric assessment of childhood development 10. The Griffiths Scales of Mental Development 11. The Bayley Scales of infant and child development 12. The Mullen Scales of Early Learning 13. Other notable assessments for young children: the McCarthy Scales and the Miller Scales 14. Checklist and questionnaire-based assessments 15. Cross-cultural adaptations of developmental assessments 16. Assessing Autism Spectrum Disorder in young children 17. Cross-cultural issues in assessing autism spectrum disorder? PART IV: From theory to practice? 18. From theory to clinical practice 19. Pre-assessment preparation 20. The assessment process 21. “Driving” the test: the 75-25 rule and its application 22. On-line and remote assessments 23. Scoring developmental tests 24. Giving feedback 25. Intervention strategies 26. Diagnostic considerations and formulation? PART V: Reporting and report writing? 27. Report writing and case studies? 28. Sample cases and reports? PART VI: Follow-up? 29. Follow-up? Part VII: Pondering the future