"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
"Hale and Fiorello have met their goal in this book, providing a clearly written, data-based survey of the
child-centered brain-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, School Psychology Program, 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
Submitted By Publisher, May, 2004
Summary
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction to School Neuropsychology
1. Assessment and Intervention Practices in Educational Settings
2. A Model of Brain Functioning
3. Neuropsychological Approaches to Assessment Interpretation
4. Linking Assessment to Intervention
5. The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders
6. The Neuropsychology of Mathematics Disorders
7. The Neuropsychology of Written Language Disorders
8. Neuropsychological Principles and Psychopathology