"Child and Adolescent Psychopathology for School Psychology: A Practical Approach is designed as a textbook for school psychology graduate students enrolled in child and adolescent psychopathology courses. This textbook provides a comprehensive view of mental health disorders in children and adolescents that incorporates a school psychological approach in addressing issues related to diagnosis based on criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and educational disability ...
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"Child and Adolescent Psychopathology for School Psychology: A Practical Approach is designed as a textbook for school psychology graduate students enrolled in child and adolescent psychopathology courses. This textbook provides a comprehensive view of mental health disorders in children and adolescents that incorporates a school psychological approach in addressing issues related to diagnosis based on criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and educational disability determination under the federal legislation of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004. It also examines culturally-related issues associated with specific disorders and the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of youth with mental health conditions. Implications for school psychologists and ways in which they can have a pivotal role in helping schools meet the mental health and learning needs of children and adolescents are addressed. Furthermore, evidence-based educational and mental health supports and interventions applicable to schools are offered. In this preface, we provide information on a) the overall goal of this textbook and our reasons for developing it, b) tools created to support school psychology graduate students' learning of the content covered in the chapters, c) instructor resources, d) the intended audience, and e) content covered in the major sections of the textbook"--
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