Assessing Families with Child and Adolescent Presenting Problems
- Course: Healing the Folks Who Live Inside: EMDR as Role Therapy
- Instructors: Cindy Carlson, Ph.D., ABPP
- Approved for 2.0 hours of CE Credits
- Fulfills License Requirements
- High Resolution Video
Program Description:
The family is the social relationship context with the most sustained impact on every aspect of child and adolescent development. Understanding family risk and resilience is essential when children and adolescents present problems.
Family systems and family functioning, however, are incredibly complex processes, and the assessment of the multi-member family system within its ecological context presents unique assessment challenges.
This webinar provides an introduction to family assessment and an overview of the issues and considerations that are important in family assessment with child and adolescent presenting problems.
Key words: family assessment, child assessment, child and adolescent problems
Goals and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify at least two ways in which family assessment differs from individual assessment.
- Identify at least two evidence-based family assessment models.
- Recognize the relevant domains to evaluate in child and family assessment.
CE Approval Information
The Steve Frankel Group, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists. This course is also approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) for its licentiates' CE license renewal requirements.
The Steve Frankel Group, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course meets the qualifications for 2.0 hours of CE credit for Psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs.
