Best Practices in the Multidisciplinary Assessment of Emotional Disturbances: A Primer for Counselors

Emotional and behavioral difficulties often interfere with children's acquisition of academic, career, and social skills. Counselors assume an important role in the mandated multidisciplinary evaluation of children with emotional disturbance (ED), but the field lacks a standard battery of asses...

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Published in:Journal of counseling and development 2008-10, Vol.86 (4), p.494-504
Main Authors: Rudy, Heidi L., Levinson, Edward M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessment
Behavior
Behavior disorders
Behavior Problems
Best practice
Care and treatment
Children
Children & youth
Children with disabilities
Clinical Diagnosis
Collaboration
Community support
Consultants
Counseling
Counseling Techniques
Counselor and client
Counselor Role
Diagnostic Tests
Emotional disturbance
Emotional Disturbances
Emotionally disturbed children
Evaluation
Evaluation Methods
Families & family life
Health services
High School Students
Home education
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1990-US
Interdisciplinary research
Mental health
Mental health care
Mentally disabled children
Methods
Powers and duties
Professionals
Psychodiagnostics
School counseling
School Counselors
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Social aspects
Social skills
Social support
Special education
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Summary:Emotional and behavioral difficulties often interfere with children's acquisition of academic, career, and social skills. Counselors assume an important role in the mandated multidisciplinary evaluation of children with emotional disturbance (ED), but the field lacks a standard battery of assessment procedures for working with children who have ED. The authors review the current issues related to students with ED, describe instruments and procedures used to assess ED, and discuss the counselor's role in the assessment process.
ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2008.tb00537.x