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Assessing Child Well-Being/Behavior
Resources for screening and assessing child well-being and behavior, including information on
Assessing attachment.
Assessing Children's Well-Being: A Handbook of Measures
Naar-King, Ellis, & Frey (2004)
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Describes a wide variety of instruments used to measure dimensions of child well-being.
A Brief Preventive Intervention Assessment System of Practice for Use With Young Children, Birth Through Five Years, and Their Families, Users' Manual (PDF - 215 KB)
Project AIMS: Developmental Indicators of Emotional Health (2001)
Designed to help professionals who work with young children identify children at risk for emotional problems, assess the child and family strengths and difficulties, and guide appropriate intervention and support.
The Child Well-Being Scales as a Clinical Tool and a Management Information System
Lyons, Doueck, Koster, Witzky, & Kelly
Child Welfare, 78(2), 1999
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This study analyzes the advantages of integrating Child Welfare League of America's Child Well-Being Scales into a child welfare agency's structured assessment system.
Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Behavior
Vance & Pumariega (Eds.) (2001)
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How to use the behavioral assessment process to develop effective treatment and rehabilitation plans for child and adolescent psychological and psychiatric disorders, including practical information on state-of-the-art clinical assessment procedures and techniques.
Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Influences Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2005, 2nd ed.)
A set of 170 tools to assess violence-related beliefs, behaviors, and influences in children and youth. (PDF - 6010 KB)
A Review of Instruments Measuring Resilience
Ahern, Kiehl, Sole, & Byers
Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 29(2), 2006
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Evaluates the psychometric properties and appropriateness of six instruments for the study of resilience in adolescents.
Assessing attachment
Attachment Disorders: Assessment Strategies and Treatment Approaches
O'Connor & Zeahah
Attachment and Human Development, 5(3), 2003
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Outlines strategies for assessment of attachment disorders and discusses the need for the development of clinical protocol and treatment guidelines.
Attachment in Middle Childhood
Kerns & Richardson (Eds.) (2005)
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Discusses emerging theories and findings on attachment in children ages 6 through 12. Chapters 3 through 5 focus on questions regarding the assessment of attachment, including reviews of available measures, criteria for identifying attachment relationships, and a technique to assess who children identify as attachment figures.
Caring for the Caregiver: An Attachment Approach to Assessment and Treatment of Child Problems
Kobak & Mandelbaum (2003)
In Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy
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Advises therapists to assess the child-parent dyad, the caregiver context, and the caregiver's sense of attachment to identify areas of distress that should be addressed in treatment. A case study is provided.
Children 0 to 3 Years of Age
Scannapieco & Connell
APSAC Advisor, 13(3-4), 2001
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Outlines a comprehensive assessment for attachment problems in young children that assesses the quality of parental attachment and the effects on the child.
The Circle of Security Project: Attachment-Based Intervention with Caregiver-Preschool Child Dyads (PDF - 1050 KB)
Marvin, Cooper, Hoffman, & Powell
Attachment and Human Development, 4(1), 2002
Describes the Circle of Security project and all phases of the protocol, including the pre- and postintervention assessments.
Maltreatment and Attachment Disorder
James Madison University, School of Psychology
Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 61, 2001
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Provides an overview of the patterns of behavior that place children at risk for attachment disorder and outlines considerations for prevention and treatment. Explains the requirements for a diagnosis and reviews protocols for assessment.
What Is the Relevance of Attachment to Parenting Assessments?
Baker (2003)
In Studies in the Assessment of Parenting
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Suggests that parenting assessments include an evaluation of the child's attachment, through interviews with parents and social workers about parenting behaviors, observation of the parent and child, and a story completion activity.
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