The Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment brings together, for the first time, leading clinical researchers to provide empirically based recommendations for assessment of social-emotional and behavior problems and disorders in the earliest years. Each author presents state-of-the-art information on scientifically valid, developmentally based clinical assessments and makes recommendations based on the integration of developmental theory, empirical findings, and clinical experience. Though the field of mental health assessment in infants and young children lags behind work with older children and adults, recent scientific advances, including new measures and diagnostic approaches, have led to dramatic growth in the field. The editors of this exciting new work have assembled an extraordinary collection of chapters that thoroughly discuss the conceptualizations of dysfunction in infants and young children, current and new diagnostic criteria, and such specific disorders as sensory modulation dysfunction, sleep disorders, eating and feeding disorders, autistic spectrum disorders, anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and ADHD. Chapters further highlight the importance of incorporating contextual factors such as parent-child relationship functioning and cultural background into the assessment process to increase the validity of findings. Given the comprehensiveness of this groundbreaking volume in reviewing conceptual, methodological, and research advances on early identification, diagnosis, and clinical assessment of disorders in this young age group, it will be an ideal resource for teachers, researchers, and a wide variety clinicians including child psychologists, child psychiatrists, early intervention providers, early special educators, social workers, family physicians, and pediatricians.

Preface Contributors Introduction 1. Introduction to the Book, Rebecca DelCarmen-Wiggins and Alice Carter I. Contextual Factors in Early Assessment Introduction 2. Cultural Perspectives for Assessing Infants and Young Children, Michelle Christensen, Robert Emde, and Candace Fleming 3. Assessment of Parent Child Relational Disturbances, Roseanne Clark 4. Contextual Contributors to the Assessment of Infant Mental Health, Arnold Sameroff, Ronald Seifer, and Susan McDonough II. Temperament and Regulation in Assessing Disorders in Young Children Introduction 5. Assessment of Disturbances in Emotion Regulation and Temperament, Cynthia Stifter and Crystal Wiggins 6. Assessing Sensory Reactivity in the Context of Infant Temperament, Nathan Fox and Cindy Polak III. Diagnostic Issues Relating to Classification and Taxonomy Introduction 7. Diagnostic Issues in Young Children, Adrian Angold 8. Conceptual Underpinnings of DC: Zero to Three, Alicia Lieberman, Kathryn Barnard, and Serena Wieder 9. Empirically Based Assessment and Taxonomy Application to Infants and Toddlers, Thomas Achenbach IV. Measurement Issues Introduction 10. Integrating Clinical and Psychometric Approaches: The Role of Developmental Assessment in Infant Mental Health Evaluation, Walter Gilliam and Linda Mayes 11. Observation, Marina Zalenko 12. The Preschool-Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA): A Structured Parent Interview for Diagnosing Psychiatric Disorders in Preschool Children, Helen Egger and Adrian Angold V. Problems in Early Development and State Regulation: Assessing Disorders with an Onset in Infancy or Toddlerhood Introduction 13. Sensory Modulation Dysfunction: Identification in Early Childhood, Lucy Miller, JoAnn Robinson, and Debra Moulton 14. Sleep Disorders, Beth Goodlin-Jones and Thomas Anders 15. Feeding Disorders, Irene Chatoor VI. Specific Areas of Disturbance: Applying Diagnostic Criteria to Disorders with an Onset in the Preschool Years Introduction 16. Clinical Assessment of Young Children at Risk for Autism, Ami Klin, Katarzyna Chawarska, Emily Rubin, Fred Volkmar 17. Affective Disorders, Joan Luby 18. Anxiety Disorders, Susan Warren 19. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Michale Scheeringa 20. Diagnostic and Assessment Issues in ADHD in the Young Child, William Pelham, Anil Chacko, and Brian Wymbs 21. Assessment of Disruptive Behavior in Young Children: A Clinical Developmental Framework, Lauren Wakschlag and Barbara Danis VII. Varied Applied Settings for Assessment Introduction 22. Expanding the Scope of Infant Mental Health Assessment: A Community, Ruth Feldman and Mire Keren 23. Early Detection of Young Children's Mental Health Problems in Primary Care Settings, Lynne C. Huffman and Mary Nichols 24. Games Children Play: Observing Young Children's Self-Regulation Across Laboratory, Home, and School Settings, Lisa McCabe, Pia Rebello-Britto, Magdalena Hernandez, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Epilogue 25. Implications and Future Directions, Alice Carter & Rebecca DelCarmen-Wiggins

"A unique and singular book, this volume is really the first comprehensive approach to assessment of mental health in infants, toddlers, and preschool children. This is a much-needed volume that will advance both research and clinical work. It will be of great interest and value to investigators, practitioners, and students alike. - Fred R. Volkmar, Yale University |k No