Child Mental Health and Adolescent Counseling Working with youth require a mental health clinician to view the client from a different frame of reference than when working with adults. This lens is one that includes the child’s development as an integral part of both the diagnosis and the selection of appropriate modes of treatment. Additionally, most children and adolescents do not enter treatment on their own accord; thus, it is equally important to include their parents, caregivers, advocates, etc., in the treatment process.
Tasks:
In 1 and ½ page, post to the Discussion Area your responses to the following:
• What are some best practices mental health clinicians should consider when working with youth? How can treating youth as an adult client impact the overall therapeutic process?
• Reflect on your own childhood or adolescence. Oftentimes, adults forget about the challenges and experiences during childhood and adolescence. It will be important to think about these developmental milestones as part of the treatment process. What do you remember the most about those years? How were personal concerns or problems discussed? How was counseling viewed or discussed at school or in your home? How will your childhood/adolescent experiences affect your work with this population?
Support your rationale and analysis by using at least two resources from professional literature in your response. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library resources; relevant textbooks; peer-reviewed journal articles; and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu or .gov).
Assignment 2: Discussion Assignment
In this module, you learned about ethical and legal issues when working with children and adolescents. It is important to examine the legal and ethical dilemmas a clinician may encounter when working with children and adolescents alone or within a family modality.
Tasks:
In 1 and ½ page, post to the Discussion Area your responses to the following:
• On the basis of what you have read in the course, as well as information from the American Counseling Association (ACA) code of ethics, what are the unique ethical and legal issues you may encounter when working with children and adolescents?
• How might you explain the following concepts to children and teenagers in an age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate manner; (a) counseling, (b) informed consent, (c) confidentiality?
Support your rationale and analysis by using at least two resources from professional literature in your response. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library resources; relevant textbooks; peer-reviewed journal articles; and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu or .gov).
