Dsm-5(r) Diagnosis in the Schools

Renée M. Tobin, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychological Studies in Education at Temple University. She teaches graduate-level courses in social, emotional, and behavioral assessment; theories of counseling; consultation; and counseling techniques. She also supervises interns and advanced doctoral students providing assessment, consultation, and therapy for children and adolescents in school, clinic, and residential placement settings. Her primary research publications examine personality and social development, with a focus on promoting emotion regulation processes in youth. Alvin E. House, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Illinois State University. His professional practice and research focus on applying assessment results in school, vocational, medical, and forensic consultations. He is the author of The First Session with Children and Adolescents and coauthor of a manual on observational assessment of children, as well as journal articles and book chapters on intellectual, personality, and neuropsychological testing.

This key resource helps practitioners optimize their diagnostic practices in PreK-12 settings. Now significantly revised for DSM-5, the book cuts through the overwhelming length and complexity of the diagnostic manual by focusing thematically on the most common child and adolescent concerns.

1. Introduction: Purposes and Features of This Book I. Diagnostic Issues and the Use of DSM-5 2. Psychiatric Diagnosis: Issues for School Psychologists 3. An Overview of the DSM-5 Diagnostic System 4. Learning to Use DSM-5 II. Guidelines for Evaluation of Presenting Problems 5. Problems with Intellectual Ability and Cognition 6. Learning, Communication, and Motor Problems 7. Highly Atypical Symptom Patterns: Autism Spectrum Disorders and Psychoses 8. Mood Problems 9. Anxiety Problems 10. Other Internalizing Problems 11. Problems with Conduct 12. Problems with Impulse Control 13. Highly Focused Symptom Patterns 14. Substance-Related Problems and Other Addictive Behaviors 15. Personality Disorders 16. Additional Codes and Categories III. The Application of DSM-5 In School Settings: Issues and Topics 17. Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Evaluation 18. The Case Record: Data and Supporting Documentation for Diagnosis 19. Seeking Reimbursement for Assessment and Diagnosis within School Settings 20. DSM-5 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 21. Concerns about DSM-5