Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. 1. Why a Book about Parenting Assessment? 1
6. 2. Preliminary Considerations 9
7. 3. Child Factors: Typical Development 30
8. 4. Child Factors: Atypical Development 55
9. 5. Child Factors: Specific Life Events and Parenting Needs 81
10. 6. Parent Factors: Personal Characteristics That Increase the Risk of Poor Parenting 107
11. 7. Parent Factors: Contextual Sources of Support or Stress 149
12. 8. Referrals, Contracting, and Defining the Assessment Steps 170
13. 9. Assessment of the Parents 196
14. 10. Assessment of the Children 245
15. 11. Case Conceptualization and Development of Recommendations 290
16. 12. Presentations of Findings 302
17. Appendix A: List of Practice Alerts 323
18. Appendix B: Task Checklist 325
19. Appendix C: Sample Checklist for Information Collection 327
20. Appendix D: Sample Reports 331
21. References 375
22. Index 387