Chapter 4 Flashcards
Clinical assessments
Use systematic problem-solving strategies to understand with disturbances
Idiographic case formation
Detailed understanding of the individual child as unique entity
Nomothetic formulation
Emphasizes broad general information that apply to large groups of individuals
Cultural syndrome
Pattern of co-occuring relatively invariant symptoms associated with a particular cultural group (I. E mal de ojo)
Clinical description
Summarizes the unique behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that make up psychological disorder
Taxonomic diagnosis
Focuses on formal assignment of cases to specific categoriesfrom system of classification (dsm -5 )
Problem-solving analysis
Views diagnosis as process of gathering information to understandnature ot problem s possible causes treatment options, and outcomes
Prognosis
Formulation of ‘ predictions about future behavior under specified conditions
Developmental History
Information is obtained from parents regarding potentially significant developmental milestones that might impact child’s current difficulties
Semistructured interview
Include specific questions designed to elicit information in a relatively consistent manner regardless of who is conducing the interview
Behavioral assessment
Strategy for evaluating the child’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in specific settings and then using this information to formulate hypotheses about the nature of the problem
Target behaviors
Behaviors that are the primary problems of concern
ABC’s of assessment
Antecedents
Behaviors of interest
Consequences ov the events that follow a behavior
Functional \ analysis of behavior
More general approach to systematically organizing and using assessment information in terms of ABC’s
Developmental tests
Used to asses infants and young children for the purpose of screening, diagnosis, and evaluation of early development
Categorical classification
Based primarily on informed professional consensus (dsm-5)
Dimensional classification
Assume many independent dimensions of traits of behaviors exist and that an children possess them to varying degrees
Specifiers
Used to describe more homogeneous subgroup of individuals with the disorder who share particular features
Cultural compatibility hypothesis
Treatment is likely to be move effective when it is compatible with the cultural patterns of the child and the family
