Assessing Impairment From Theory to Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Naglieri, Jack. (Editor), Goldstein, Sam. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Psychology, clinical.; Developmental psychology.; Psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Education (general).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-387-87542-2

Impairment and disability are widely used terms, yet considerable disagreement exists as to their relationshipespecially when impairment means different things to different professionals in the fields of mental health, medicine, and education. Although diagnostic criteria for various disorders are...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Defining the Evolving Concept of Impairment
• Measuring Symptoms and Symptom Severity
• The Role of Situational Problems in Assessing Impairment
• The Relationship of Adaptive Behavior to Impairment
• Measuring Impairment
• The Medical Model of Impairment
• The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Association Model of Impairment
• Measuring Impairment in Disability: Legal and Ethical Ramifications (Gordon, et al.)
• Impairment in Children and Adolescents
• Impairment in Adults
• Impairment in Geriatrics
• Impairment in Special Populations
• Concluding Remarks.