The past decade has brought important advances in our understanding of the brain, particularly its influence on the behavior, emotions, and personality of children and adolescents. In the tradition of its predecessors, the third edition of the Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology enhances this understanding by emphasizing current best practice, up-to-date science, and emerging theoretical trends for a comprehensive review of the field. Along with the Handbook's impressive coverage of normal development, pathology, and professional issues, brand-new chapters highlight critical topics in assessment, diagnostic, and treatment, including:

The role and prevalence of brain dysfunction in ADHD, conduct disorder, the autistic spectrum, and other childhood disorders.
The neuropsychology of learning disabilities.
Assessment of Spanish-speaking children and youth.
Using the PASS (planning, attention, simultaneous, successive) theory in neurological assessment.
Forensic child neuropsychology.
Interventions for pediatric coma.With singular range, timeliness, and clarity, the newly updated Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsycholgy reflects and addresses the ongoing concerns of practitioners as diverse as neuropsychologists, neurologists, clinical psychologists, pediatricians, and physical and speech-language therapists.

Résumé
Every chapter has been updated to reflect current thought and research in the field. Chapters devoted to specialized tests in neuropsychology have been updated to reflect new editions of these popular instruments. Special topic chapters have been added such as working in pediatric coma rehabilitation, using the planning, attention, sequential, simultaneous theory of neuropsychological processes, additions on ADHD, and more appear written by the leading experts and practitioners in these fields to reflect the demands of current practice in clinical child neuropsychology.

Contenu
Foundations and Current Issues.- Development of Neuropsychology as a Professional Psychological Specialty: History, Training, and Credentialing.- Development of the Child's Brain and Behavior.- Development of Cerebral Lateralization in Children.- Development of Higher Brain Functions: Birth Through Adolescence.- Neuropsychology of Child Psychopathology.- Neurodevelopmental Malformations: Etiology and Clinical Manifestations.- Pediatric Brain Injury: Mechanisms and Amelioration.- Neuropsychological Basis of Learning Disabilities.- Measurement and Statistical Problems in Neuropsychological Assessment of Children.- Models of Inference in Evaluating Brain-Behavior Relationships in Children.- Neuropsychological Diagnosis.- Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Batteries for Children.- The Nebraska Neuropsychological Children's Battery.- Applications of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd Edition in Neuropsychological Assessment.- Clinical Neuropsychological Assessment with the Test of Memory and Learning, Second Edition.- Utilizing a Neuropsychological Paradigm for Understanding Common Educational and Psychological Tests.- Assessment of Behavior and Personality in the Neuropsychological Diagnosis of Children.- Psychophysiological Evaluation of Neuropsychological Disorders in Children.- The Assessment of the Hispanic Child.- Techniques of Intervention.- Neurocognitive Interventions for Childhood and Adolescent Disorders: A Transactional Model.- Brain Injury Rehabilitation of Children and Youth: Neurodevelopmental Perspectives.- The Neuropsychology of Pediatric Epilepsy and Antiepileptic Drugs.- Neuropsychological Effects of Stimulant Medication on Children's Learning and Behavior.- Nonstimulant Psychotropic Medication: Desired and Adverse Cognitive Events.- Special Topics in Clinical Child Neuropsychology.- Child Clinical Neuropsychology of Drug Abuse.- Neuropsychological Aspects of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Neurobehavioral and Neurodevelopmental Sequelae Associated with Pediatric HIV Infection.- Neuropsychological Sequelae of Chronic Medical Disorders in Children and Youth.- Coping and Adjustment of Children with Neurological Disorder.- Child Forensic Neuropsychology: A Scientific Approach.- Neuropsychology and Coma Management.- Neuropsychological Aspects of Pervasive Developmental and Autism Spectrum Disorders.- Using the Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive (PASS) Theory Within a Neuropsychological Context.- Erratum.