School Neuropsychology: A Practitioner's Handbook [Paperback]

James B. Hale PhD (Author), Catherine A. Fiorello (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 24, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1593850115 | ISBN-13: 978-1593850111 | Edition: 1

This important resource presents the latest information on brain-behavior relationships and describes ways school practitioners can apply neuropsychological principles in their work with children. Bridging the gap between neuropsychological theory, assessment, and intervention, this accessible text addresses complex topics in a straightforward, easy-to-understand fashion. The authors challenge previous conceptions about brain functions and present the cognitive hypothesis-testing model, an innovative method that helps practitioners form accurate understandings of learner characteristics and conduct meaningful and valid individualized interventions with children with a range of learning and behavior disorders. Including case studies and examples that illustrate what practitioners might actually see and do in the classroom, the volume comes in a large-size format with reproducible worksheets and forms.

Editorial Reviews

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"Hale and Fiorello have met their goal in this book, providing a clearly written, data-based survey of the child-centered brain/n-/behavior literature. Clinically relevant and user-friendly, this book will serve as a primary text in beginning-level graduate neuropsychology courses, and as a supplemental text in cognitive assessment courses. It is also a useful reference for clinicians and researchers working with children and adolescents."--Vincent C. Alfonso, PhD, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University

"This unique volume brings together the fundamentals of neuropsychology and brain organization with discussions of specific neurodevelopmental syndromes, their impact on learning and behavior, and practical issues of diagnosis and remediation. State-of-the-art knowledge is presented in a reader-friendly, engaging manner. This book will be an invaluable reference and guide for school psychologists, child neuropsychologists, child psychiatrists, special education professionals, and anyone else concerned with brain-behavior relationships in the educational context."--Elkhonon Goldberg, PhD, Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine

"Finally, another neuropsychology book geared to practitioners! This much-needed volume integrates brain-behavior relationships within an educational context. Recent research has made clear that we cannot understand individuals without studying neuropsychology, yet few resources like this one exist. Practitioners, researchers, and students will find a variety of cases, figures, forms, and charts that are helpful in the daily practice of school psychology. The text is written in a user-friendly fashion, offers a variety of essential neuropsychological information, and comprehensively reviews related assessment activities, while focusing on interventions. In sum, it offers the beginning knowledge base that is missing from so many school psychology programs."--Rik Carl D'Amato, PhD, Editor, School Psychology Quarterly; College of Education, University of Northern Colorado

About the Author

About the Authors
James B. Hale, PhD, provides psychological and neuropsychological services at the Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center in the Bronx, New York. He is a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University.

Catherine A. Fiorello, PhD, is Associate Professor of School Psychology at Temple University, where she currently serves as program coordinator for school psychology. Prior to completing her doctorate, she worked as a certified school psychologist, and she continues to maintain a private practice in diagnostic assessment.

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (March 24, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593850115
• ISBN-13: 978-1593850111
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough and well-researched, March 27, 2008

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E. Cruz Eusebio (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: School Neuropsychology: A Practitioner's Handbook (Paperback)

As the title states, this is "A Practitioner's Handbook" and an extremely useful one for the practicing School Psychologist or anyone involved with or interested in furthering their knowledge of School and Clinical Neuropsychology.

Likely one of the best School Neuropsychology resources to surface, I particularly found the Case Studies as well as the practical approach to disorders typically found in the schools (written language, reading, ADHD) useful in my own practice. The chapter entitled Linking Assessment to Intervention is tantamount to today's changing dynamic in the field and gives School Psychologists interested in Neuropsychology a solid conceptualization of appropriate service delivery in which the psychologist can intervene to assess as opposed to simply running everyday psychoeducational reports with figures nobody understands. The authors guide the practitioner to use effective pre-referral intervention programs to offset the tremendous amount of referrals seen in the schools today.

This is a well-researched and thorough handbook that has accomplished all the important groundwork to help guide School Neuropsychology into the future. I highly recommended it as a useful reference for any researchers and clinicians working with children and adolescents.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book delivers what it promised!, November 22, 2011

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This review is from: School Neuropsychology: A Practitioner's Handbook (Paperback)

An old quote applies to this book, "The times they are a' changing". As the fields of education and neuroscience continue to merge, the information available in this book continues to be mainstreamed in the academic setting. Authored by two psychologists who are very knowledgeable about the subject, topics such as "assessment and intervention practices in educational settings", " a model of brain functioning", "neuropsychological approaches to assessment interpretation" , "linking assessment to intervention", "neuropsychological principles and psychopathology" are presented. Also, the neuropsychology of reading disorders, mathematical disorders, and written language disorders each receive their own special chapters. The notion that a fifteen point differential between IQ and achievement scores is long gone and the authors contribute to what could/should be presented in its place.

The notion that one can diagnose and treat a learning difficulty without any idea of underlying cognitive or neurological conditions is foolhardy and, in my opinion, irresponsible. Bringing the information into the classroom is tantamount if the educational system is to keep up with the current research as well as to service the needs of the students in that system.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book, February 22, 2009

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Jaime L. Moldovan (Farmingville, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: School Neuropsychology: A Practitioner's Handbook (Paperback)

I am a School Psychologist and this book was extremely helpful in teaching me the ways of neuropsych assessment. It's amazing how the brain works and how it has so much control over what we do. I would recommend this book to anybody interested in Neuropsychology!