Children at Risk : Assessment, Longitudinal Research and Intervention / Friedrich Lösel, Helmut Skowronek, Michael Brambring.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brambring, Michael, editor.

Lösel, Friedrich, editor.

Skowronek, Helmut, editor.

Sonderforschungsbereich 227--Prävention und Intervention im Kindes- und Jugendalter.

Series:

Prevention and intervention in childhood and adolescence ; 7.

Prävention und Intervention im Kindes- und Jugendalter ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child psychiatry--Congresses.

Child psychiatry.

Adolescent psychiatry--Congresses.

Adolescent psychiatry.

Mental illness--Risk factors--Congresses.

Mental illness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2015

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Revised papers from a conference held in 1987 at Bielefeld U., FRG. They address: the diagnosis and classification of children with behavioral disorders and handicaps; risk factors and protective factors in childhood development; methodological problems in longitudinal research; and issues in prevention, intervention, and rehabilitation--among them: theories of learning to read and write, prevention of psychopathology and maladjustment in children of divorce, adolescents and therapeutic advice. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Part One. Diagnosis and Classification of Children with Behavioral Disorders and Handicaps

Epidemiology and Classification of Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence / Remschmidt, Helmut

Empirically Based Assessment of Child and Adolescent Disorders: Implications for Diagnosis, Classification, Epidemiology, and Longitudinal Research / Achenbach, Thomas M.

The Use of a Standardized Assessment Instrument (the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist) in Longitudinal Epidemiological Research / Verhulst, Frank C.

Developmental Diagnosis with Pre-School Children / Kastner-Koller, Ursula / Deimann, Pia

Labeling Versus Support Diagnosis in Special Education: The Concept of an Intervention- Oriented Diagnostic Strategy for Children With Learning Disabilities / Eggert, Dietrich

The Reading Development of Normal and Poor Readers in the First Grade: How Helpful is the Concept of Developmental Stages for the Understanding of Reading Acquisition in German-Speaking Children? / Klicpera, Christian

Issues in Assessment and Intervention with Blind Infants and Children / Warren, David H.

Methodological and Conceptual Issues in the Construction of a Developmental Test for Blind Infants and Preschoolers / Brambring, Michael

Part Two. Risk Factors and Protective Factors in Childhood Development

Vulnerability and Resiliency: A Longitudinal Perspective / Werner, Emmy E.

Mental and Physical Resiliency in Spite of a Stressful Childhood / Tress, Wolfgang / Reister, Gerhard / Gegenheimer, Lutz

On the Concept of "Invulnerability": Evaluation and First Results of the Bielefeld Project / Lösel, Friedrich / Bliesener, Thomas / Köferl, Peter

Later Adult Life Outcomes of Offenders and Nonoffenders / Farrington, David P.

Prediction of Writing and Reading Achievement - Some Findings From a Pilot Study / Valtin, Renate

The Bielefeld Longitudinal Study on Early Identification of Risks in Learning Read and Write: Theoretical Background and First Results / Skowronek, Helmut / Marx, Harald

Language Development and Delays and the Predictors of Later Reading Failure / Stevenson, Jim

Part Three. Methodological Problems in Longitudinal Research

Problems of Longitudinal Studies with Children: Practical, Conceptual, and Methodological Issues / Schneider, Wolfgang

Zero-Missing Non Existing Data: Missing Data Problems in Longitudinal Research and Categorical Data Solutions / Eye, Alexander von

Identifying and Separating Types of Behavior Problems by Latent Class Analysis: Results of a Prospective Study on Pregnancy Course and Child Development / Ehlers, Theodor / Remer, Herbert

Part Four. Issues in Prevention, Intervention, and Rehabilitation

Prevention of Psychopathology and Maladjustment in Children of Divorce / Caplan, Gerald

The Concept of Social-Pediatric Developmental Rehabilitation / Hellbrügge, Theodor

Prevention and Intervention From the Perspective of Child Psychiatry / Specht, Friedrich

Early Mobility Training of Children Bora Blind - Needs and Prerequisites / Jansson, Gunnar

Particle Versus Wave Theories of Learning to Read and Write. Toward a Field Model of Success and Failure in Literacy Acquisition / Brügelmann, Hans

Family Variables as Predictors of Differential Effectiveness in Child Therapy / Mattejat, Fritz / Remschmidt, Helmut

Problem Intensity and the Disposition of Adolescents to Take Therapeutic Advice / Seiffge-Krenke, Inge

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

"This is the background to the symposium organized by the Special Research Area 227: "Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence" at the University of Bielefeld. The Special Research Area has been financed by the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) since 1986. It contains scientists from various disciplines who work together on basic and applied problems of prevention and intervention in childhood and adolescence."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

9783110860153

3110860155

OCLC:

1002274600