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Direct assessment of behavioral and emotional problems
Author(s) -
Dickinson Donald J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197810)15:4<472::aid-pits2310150403>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - covert , psychology , context (archaeology) , behavioral analysis , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , biology
New procedures for assessing the behavior of children in an environmental context are available to the school psychologist. The procedures, which are sometimes called psychosituational or informal assessments, examine the influence of the external environment as setting the occasion for emotional and behavioral problems. Covert speech of children also is viewed as an event which can occasion behavioral problems and can serve to reinforce and/or punish the behavior. Procedures are outlined for conducting the direct assessment.