Assignment: Working With Children

Assignment: Working With Children

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Week 2: Working With Children and Adolescents versus Adults

Post your answers to the following:

Explain why a developmental assessment of children and adolescents is important.

Describe two assessment instruments and explain why they are used for children and adolescents but not adults.

Describe two treatment options for children and adolescents that may not be used when treating adults.

Explain the role parents play in assessment and treatment.

Required Readings

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

· Chapter 2, “Contributions of the Psychosocial Sciences” (pp. 93–130)

· Chapter 6, “Classification in Psychiatry” (pp. 290–299)

· Chapter 31, “Child Psychiatry” (pp. 1107–1152)

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

· “Neurodevelopmental Disorders”

· “Intellectual Disabilities”

· “Communication Disorders”

Thapar, A., Pine, D. S., Leckman, J. F., Scott, S., Snowling, M. J., & Taylor, E. A. (2015). Rutter’s child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.

· Chapter 2, “Diagnosis, Diagnostic Formulations, and Classification” (pp. 17–30)

may be conducted for several purposes.^1,2 involves procedures to identify children who are at risk for a particular problem and for whom there are available effective interventions. Diagnosis and case formulation procedures help determine the nature, severity, and causes of presenting concerns and often result in classification or a label. Prognosis and prediction methods result in generating recommendations for possible outcomes. Treatment design and planning assessment strategies aid in selecting and implementing interventions to address concerns. methods track changes in symptoms and functioning targeted by interventions. Finally, treatment evaluation procedures help investigators examine satisfaction and the effectiveness of interventions.