Essentials Of Adaptive Behavior Assessment Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Adaptive behavior deficits are a common thread across neurodevelopmental disorders.  Individuals who have not learned how to interact with other people, lack self-care skills, and basic employment skills, such as getting to work on time, will struggle throughout life to attain optimum levels of independence.  Essentials of Adaptive Behavior Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Disordersprovides an overview of the role of adaptive behavior in the assessment and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders.  Individual chapters outline adaptive behavior profiles across neurodevelopmental disorders with the goal of illustrating how to use this information to inform diagnosis, treatment planning, and educational decisions.   Case samples enhance the information presented and provide readers with real-world examples. Succinctly and clearly written, the book is appropriate for graduate students and trainees in psychological assessment and clinicians, practitioners, and researchers who are seeking to better understand diagnostic differentials and how to program for independent skills in treatment and intervention.

Provides easy to comprehend guidelines on how to measure adaptive function across neurodevelopmental disorders and how to use the results for treatment and intervention planning. Includes Adaptive Behavior Profiles in Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and Disruptive Behavior Disorders, and Genetic Disorders (Fragile X syndrome; Williams syndrome; Down?s syndrome; Prader-Willi syndrome). Addresses the role and importance of the clinical interview in obtaining accurate information on an individual?s functional skill application to daily contexts and routines. Specific measures of adaptive behavior are compared and contrasted, along with current research on existing measures.