Diagnosing & Treating Child Mental Health Problems

Diagnosin" rel="nofollow">ing & Treatin" rel="nofollow">ing Child Mental Health Problems Order Description Consider a child who was mentioned and described as an example in" rel="nofollow">in one of the videos you watched on child or adolescent mental health problems. Imagin" rel="nofollow">ine that child or teen has been referred to you for counselin" rel="nofollow">ing. Devise a diagnosis and treatment plan for this child or adolescent, usin" rel="nofollow">ing Chapter 19 in" rel="nofollow">in your Henderson & Thompson textbook, the First textbook, and the additional article you selected. Use the followin" rel="nofollow">ing format for your treatment plan (see the Treatment Planner books in" rel="nofollow">in your Optional Materials, for examples). Problem: There may be many problems evident, but choose one for the in" rel="nofollow">initial focus of treatment. Problem Defin" rel="nofollow">inition: Describe how the problem is specifically evidenced by the client, usin" rel="nofollow">ing terms from the Diagnostic criteria in" rel="nofollow">in the DSM. Goals: Set broad goals, based on your preferred theoretical orientation, that will result in" rel="nofollow">in the resolution of the target problem. Provide a brief rationale for these goals, with references. Objectives: State objectives in" rel="nofollow">in specific language that can be measured (and meet demands for accountability). Interventions: Design actions that the counselor will take to help the client complete the objectives, based on the clients' needs and strengths and your own skills and knowledge. Diagnosis: This may be prelimin" rel="nofollow">inary. Compare the behavioral, cognitive, emotional and in" rel="nofollow">interpersonal symptoms of the client to those in" rel="nofollow">in the DSM and the Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, to decide on the most appropriate diagnosis. For textbook and chapter 19, reference should be like this: Henderson, D. A., & Thompson, C. L. (2016). Counselin" rel="nofollow">ing children (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.