Validity testing in child and adolescent assessment : evaluating exaggeration, feigning, and noncredible effort /

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Imprint:	New York : The Guilford Press, [2015]
Description:	xviii, 302 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Evidence-based practice in neuropsychology Evidence-based practice in neuropsychology (Series)
Subject:	Neuropsychological tests for children. Psychological tests for children. Psychodiagnostics. Neuropsychological tests for children. Psychodiagnostics. Psychological tests for children.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10388179

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Other authors / contributors:	Kirkwood, Michael W., editor.
ISBN:	9781462521852 1462521851
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Thoroughly covering the "why" and "how" of validity testing with children and adolescents, this book is edited and written by leaders in the field. Feigning or noncredible effort during psychological and neuropsychological assessments can have considerable repercussions for diagnosis, treatment, and use of resources. Practical guidance is provided for detecting and managing noncredible responding, including vivid case material. The reasons that children may feign during testing are also explored. Along with information relevant to all assessment settings, the book features specific chapters on educational, medical, sport-related, forensic, and Social Security Disability contexts"--

Table of Contents:

Part I. Introduction
1. A Rationale for Performance Validity Testing in Child and Adolescent Assessment
2. Terminology and Diagnostic Concepts
3. Understanding Deception from a Developmental Perspective
4. Performance and Symptom Validity: A Perspective from the Adult Literature
Part II. Detection Methods and Other Validity Test Usage Matters
5. Review of Pediatric Performance and Symptom Validity Tests
6. Clinical Strategies to Assess the Credibility of Presentations in Children
7. Motivations Behind Noncredible Presentations: Why Children Feign and How to Make This Determination
8. Managing Noncredible Performance in Pediatric Clinical Assessment
9. Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Validity Testing
Part III. Validity Testing Across Evaluative Settings
10. Child and Adolescent Psychoeducational Evaluations
11. Pediatric Clinical Neuropsychological Evaluations with Medical Populations
12. Pediatric Sports-Related Concussion Evaluations
13. Pediatric Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluations
14. Disability: Social Security Supplemental Security Income Exams for Children
Index

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