T h e C l in ic a l A s s e s s m e n t o f C h il d r e n a n d A d o l e s c e n t s : A P r a c t it io n e r ’s Ha n d b o o k This page intentionally left blank T h e C l in ic a l A s s e s s m e n t o f C h il d r e n a n d A d o l e s c e n t s : A P r a c t it io n e r ’s Ha n d b o o k Steven R. Smith University of California, Santa Barbara Leonard Handler University of Tennessee First published 2007 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. This edition published 2014 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2F A First issued in paperback 2014 Routledge is an imprint oft he Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 2007 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, retrieval system, or any other means, without prior written permission of the publisher. CIP information for this volume can be obtained from the Library of Congress. ISBN 13: 978-1-138-87307-0 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-8058-5791-7 (hbk) Editorial Director: Steven Rutter Executive Assistant: Nicole Buchmann Cover Design: Tornai Maridou Full-Service Compositor: MidAtlantic Books & Journals, Inc. This book was typeset in 10/12 pt. Times Roman, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic. To my wife, Suzanne Smith, PhD, for love, patience, and support. —SRS This book is dedicated to my grandson, Oliver William Oppenheim. Ollie, this book’s for you. —LH This page intentionally left blank C ontents PREFACE XI CONTRIBUTORS XIII I chapter I The Clinical Practice of Child and Adolescent Assessment Steven R. Smith Leonard Handler part I: Issues and Concepts in Child and Adolescent Assessment chapter 2 Personality Assessment in Schools I 9 Jed Yalof Pamela Abraham chapter 3 Integrating Neuropsychology and Personality 3 7 Assessment with Children and Adolescents Steven R. Smith chapter A The Use o f Therapeutic Assessment with Children 5 3 and Adolescents Leonard Handler chapter 5 Personality Assessment Feedback with Parents 73 Ellen B. Braaten part II: Assessment Techniques CHAPTER 6 PUKY ASSESSMENT 8 7 Sandra W. Russ Beth L. Pearson Tori J. Sacha chapter 7 The Round-Robin Family Assessment with Social 9 9 Relations Model Analysis William L. Cook chapter 8 Behavioral Assessment I I 5 Jeffrey A. Miller Stacie A. Leffard vii viii CONTENTS CHAPTER > Using the Rorschach with Children I 39 Philip Erdberg CHAPTER I D Rorschach Case Formulation in Adolescents: I 49 A Psychoanalytic Perspective on the Comprehensive System Shir a Tibon Lily Rothschild CHAPTER I I The Clinical Application of the Social Cognition I 69 and Object Relations Scale (SCORS-R) with Children and Adolescents Francis D. Kelly CHAPTER I Z Interpretation o f S torytelling in the Clinical I 85 Assessment o f Children and Adolescents Mary Louise Cashel Ben Killilea Stephen J. Dollinger CHAPTER I 3 Drawings in Clinical Assessment of Children 207 and Adolescents Holly C. Matto CHAPTER I 4 Use of the Hand Test with Children and 223 Adolescents A. Jill Clemence CHAPTER I 5 The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality 237 Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) Robert P. Archer Radhika Krishnamurthy Rebecca V. Stredny CHAPTER I 3 Clinical Utility o f Two Child-Oriented Inventories: 269 The M illon Pre-Adolescent Clinical Inventory™ and the M illon Adolescent Clinical Inventory™ Robert Tringone Theodore Millon John Kamp CHAPTER I 7 Personality Inventory fo r Children, 29 I Second Edition (PIC-2), Personality Inventory fo r Youth (PIY), and Student Behavior Survey (SBS) David Lachar CONTENTS ix CHAPTER I 8 Behavior Assessment System for Children— 3 I 3 Second Edition (BASC-2) Randy W. Kamphaus Meghan VanDeventer Amber Brueggemann Melissa Barry CHAPTER I 9 Applications of the Achenbach System 3 2 9 of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) to Children, Adolescents, and Their Parents Thomas M. Achenbach PART III: Specific Syndromes, Issues, and Problem Areas CHAPTER 2 0 Assessing Perceived Quality of Life in Children 3 4 9 and Youth E. Scott Huebner Rich Gilman Shannon M. Suldo CHAPTER 2 I Assessment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity 3 6 7 Disorder with Children Linda A. Reddy Courtney De Thomas CHAPTER 2 2 Delinquency and Aggression 3 9 I James L. Loving CHAPTER 2 3 Assessment of Thinking Problems in Children 4 I 3 John M. Stokes David L. Pogge CHAPTER 24- Comprehensive Assessment of Youth Exposure 4 3 3 to Trauma and its Myriad Consequences Jennifer L. Price CHAPTER 2 5 Rorschach Configurations o f Children with ADHD 4 5 I Steve Tuber Benjamin H. Harris Kevin B. Meehan Joseph S. Reynoso Jasmine Ueng-McHale