Family and Peer Relationships of Children and Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Assessment and Intervention

This book examines family and peer relationships of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders (ND), including ADHD, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, and intellectual developmental disorder (intellectual disabilities).It uses a transdiagnostic approach to describe how the difficulties ND youth have with self-regulation, adaptive skills, academic achievement, and social skills contribute to parenting stress, parent mental health challenges, and problematic family and peer relationships.The book reviews research detailing that youth with ND have challenges with mental health and are differentially susceptible to adverse environmental factors, such as negative parenting, peer rejection and victimization, stigma, and COVID-19.It offers innovative approaches for conducting assessments of the family system and peer environment that are based on risk and resilience research. Key areas of coverage include: Predictors of parenting stress and parent mental health,