Assessing Impairment

Part I. Background

1. Defining the Evolving Concept of Impairment
Sam Goldstein, Jack A. Naglieri

2. The Role of Family and Cross-Setting Supports to Reduce Impairment and Promote Success
John W. Eagle, Shannon E. Dowd-Eagle, S. Andrew Garbacz

3. Relationships Between Adaptive Behavior and Impairment
Jeffrey Ditterline, Thomas Oakland, Keith D. McGoldrick

4. Impairment in Children
Gregory A. Fabiano, William E. Pelham

5. Impairment in the Geriatric Population
Holly Tuokko, Lesley Ritchie

Part II. Modeling Impairment

6. Legal Conceptions of Impairment: Implications for the Assessment of Psychiatric Disabilities
Benjamin J. Lovett, Michael Gordon, Lawrence J. Lewandowski

7. The Medical Model of Impairment
Norma Leclair, Steven Leclair, Christopher R. Brigham

8. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Model of Impairment
Diana Joyce-Beaulieu, Michael L. Sulkowski

9. Impairment in Parenting
Keith D. McGoldrick

Part III. Assessment and Reduction of Impairment

10. Psychometric Issues in the Assessment of Impairment
Jack A. Naglieri, Keith D. McGoldrick

11. Measurement of Symptom Severity and Impairment
Lawrence J. Lewandowski, Benjamin J. Lovett, Michael Gordon

12. Measuring Impairment with the Rating Scale of Impairment
Sam Goldstein, Jack A. Naglieri

13. Measuring Impairment with the Barkley Functional Impairment Scales
Russell A. Barkley

14. Measuring Impairment with the Neuropsychological Impairment Scale
Tammy L. Stephens-Pisecco

15. Assessing Occupational Disability Following Trauma and Impairment
Jasen M. Walker, Stacey A. Krauss

16. Treatment Integrity in Interventions for Children Diagnosed with DSM-5 Disorders
Samantha Benevenuto Skolnik, Andrew Livanis

17. Conclusions
Sam Goldstein

Keywords: Psychology, Child and School Psychology, Psychiatry, Educational Psychology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Social Work, Pediatrics