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The supplemental book Case Studies in Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology is a collection of clinical vignettes designed to accompany each chapter of this textbook. Each vignette is presented briefly (about one page) and reflects an actual child, adolescent, or family with names and other identifying information changed to protect their confidentiality. Each case is followed by a series of discussion questions that correspond to material presented in the text. Questions invite students to critically evaluate or apply principles of developmental psychopathology, describe key diagnostic features for each disorder, identify potential causes for children’s problems from multiple levels of analysis, and/or formulate treatment plans based on empirical evidence.

The password-protected instructor’s material of the case study book provides instructors with each child’s diagnosis and answers to discussion questions. The corresponding student material omits this information to challenge students to answer questions on their own.

Instructors can use these case studies in several ways: