Mental Health Screening at School: Instrumentation, Implementation, and Critical Issues (Contemporary Issues in Psychological Assessment)

Mental Health Screening at School: Instrumentation, Implementation, and Critical Issues (Contemporary Issues in Psychological Assessment)

Meghan C. Stiffler, Bridget V. Dever
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Publication Date: August 21st, 2015
Publisher:
Springer
ISBN:
9783319191706
Pages:
136
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Description

This book examines critical clinical assessment and scientific issues involved in child mental health screening and addresses the implications for future research and practice. To begin, the book presents the history of child mental health assessment and diagnosis, including the role of government and the legal system in guiding mental health practices. In addition, it discusses the importance of early identification and treatment of child mental health problems in context of the current system and its limitations. The book offers a brief review of current governmental action plans calling for improvement in these practices. It presents the principles and theories on which child multi disorder screening instruments are based as well as a review of currently available instruments. It discusses the practical decisions that must be made in a universal screening program, including such issues as number of gates and types of informants.

About the Author

Meghan C. Stiffler, Ph.D., is currently a licensed psychologist in the State of Texas. She has received numerous recognitions for her academic accomplishments. She was awarded the prestigious Presidential Fellowship to obtain her doctoral degree in Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia, where she conducted four years of research, with Professor Randy W. Kamphaus, on school-based mental health screening. She has quickly become a recognized expert on this topic because of her journal articles and many presentations on screening issues such as the use of multiple informants and multiple gates in universal screening programs. She previously worked as a school psychologist with Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District in Houston, Texas for three years. Bridget V. Dever, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of School Psychology at Lehigh University. Dr. Dever graduated from the University of Michigan in 2009 with a Ph.D. from the Combined Program in Education and Psychology. Her research interests include behavioral, emotional and academic risk, promoting educational resilience, and achievement motivation among at-risk students. Her work includes peer-reviewed publications in Journal of School Psychology, Psychological Assessment, Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Contemporary Educational Psychology, Prevention Science and School Psychology Quarterly, several book chapters and over fifty scholarly presentations. Dr. Dever has expertise in universal screening data collection, management, analysis and synthesis from her work on several large-scale school-based research programs, including the coordination of a three-year universal screening program that included more than 8,000 students.

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