The Clinical Interview of the Child

Ideal for both novices and advanced practitioners, the new
edition of Stanley Greenspan's classic guide outlines a practical process
for observing and interviewing children-and organizing and interpreting
their unfolding communications.

Highly acclaimed, The Clinical
Interview of the Child uses actual interviews with children to show
readers how to


* Apply a developmental, biopsychosocial framework for understanding
the inner lives of children at different ages and stages
* Observe and
assess human development, including emotional and cognitive patterns and
perceptual capacities
* Help infants and children to reveal their
feelings, thoughts, and behaviors during the clinical interview
*
Organize and interpret the interview data by constructing a developmental
profile and translating it into DSM-IV-TR diagnostic categories

The
third edition has been expanded and revised extensively, with updated
theoretical and conceptual foundations; information on higher levels of ego
development and reflective and thinking capacities of older children; and a
new section on a developmental biopsychosocial model-the developmental,
individual-difference, relationship-based (DIR) approach.

An
invaluable educational and practical resource, The Clinical Interview of
the Child, Third Edition, is an ideal tool for psychiatrists and
psychologists, pediatricians, educators, social workers, speech
pathologists, occupational therapists, and judges and attorneys dealing with
children and families.