Assessing And Screening Preschoolers : Psychological And Educational Dimensions - 2nd edition

Preface.
Contributors.


I. INTRODUCTION.

1. Introduction, Ena Vazquez Nuttall, Kim Nuttall-Vazquez, and Anat Hampel.

II. NORMAL, DELAYED, AND DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOLERS.

2. Development in the Preschool Years: The Typical Path, Carolyn Pope Edwards.
3. Descriptions of Preschool Children with Disabilities or At-Risk for Developmental Delay: How Should a Child Be Called? Karin Lifter.

III. ETHICAL AND TECHNICAL ISSUES IN PRESCHOOL ASSESSMENT.

4. Legal and Ethical Issues in Preschool Assessment and Screening, Stephen T. Demers and Catherine Fiorello.
5. Individual Assessment Procedures with Preschool Children, Ivonne Romero.
6. Issues and Practices in the Screening of Preschool Children, Martha L. Thurlow and Cheri J. Gilman.

IV. ASSESSMENT OF MAJOR REALMS OF FUNCTIONING.

7. Developmental History, Joanne Kalesnik.
8. Family Assessment, Joanne Kalesnik.
9. Assessment of Social-Emotional Functioning and Adaptive Behavior, Howard M. Knoff, Stephanie A. Stollar, Jennifer J. Johnson, and Tiffany A. Chenneville.
10. Transdiciplinary Play-Based Assessment, Toni W. Linder, Ceri B. Holm, and Kelly A. Walsh.
11. Assessment of Cognitive Functioning in Preschoolers, Vincent C. Alfonso and Dawn P. Flanagan.
12. Assessing the Speech and Language Skills of Preschool Children, Toya A. Wyatt and Harry N. Seymour.
13. Assessment of Sensorimotor and Perceptual Development, Winnie Dunn.
14. Readiness for Academic Achievement in Preschool Children, Stan Scarpati and Patricia G. Silver.
15. Neuropsychological Assessment of Preschool Children, Celianne Rey-Casserly.

V. EVALUATING SPECIAL POPULATIONS.

16. Preschool Evaluation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children, Chieh Li, Joan Riley Walton, and Ena Vazquez Nuttall.
17. Assessment of Preschool Children with Developmental Disabilities and At-Risk Conditions, Jayne E. Bucy, Tina Smith, and Steven Landau.
18. Assessment of the Preschool Child with a Hearing Loss, Yvonne Mullen.
19. Assessing the Preschool Child with Visual Impairment, Marcia Collins Moore.
20. Assessment of Maltreatment and Neglect in the Preschool Child, Ann H. Tyler and Vickie R. Gregory.

VI. WRITING AND IMPLEMENTING ASSESSMENT RESULTS.

21. Writing Assessment Results, Ena Vazquez Nuttall, Jennifer L. Devaney, Nancy A. Malatesta, and Anat Hampel.
22. Implementing the Results of Preschool Assessments: Transforming Data and Recommendations into Action, Marianne LaRoche and Louis J. Kruger.

Appendix: Selected Screening Measures, Glenn Masse and Michelle Cardona.
References and Additional Readings.
Index.