Child and Adolescent Engagement and Assessment

Child and Adolescent Engagement and Assessment

Unit code: HNO6015

Credit points: 12

This unit examines key principles, strategies, and approaches to engage with and assess diverse children and adolescents experiencing mental-ill health. Students interrogate how to conduct responsible, safe, and ethical risk assessments guided by relevant legislative frameworks. Learning includes a comprehensive analysis of child and adolescent-friendly models and approaches for successful clinical practice. Students also critically reflect on their interpersonal communication when conducting age-appropriate biopsychosocial, culturally appropriate risk assessments.

Learning outcomes

 

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Optimise client-centered engagement with diverse children and adolescents experiencing mental ill-health and their families or carers.
  2. Interrogate ethical and legislative frameworks in children and adolescent mental health practice.
  3. Articulate a framework for assessing the needs of families of children and adolescents experiencing mental ill-health.
  4. Plan age-appropriate and culturally appropriate biopsychosocial assessments for culturally diverse children and adolescents.
  5. Develop assessments to facilitate engagement and collaborative relationships with children and adolescents and their families or carers.

 

Assessment

 

Poster: Principles underlying youth-friendly engagement (500 words) - 10%

Case Study: Plan an age-appropriate biopsychosocial, culturally appropriate assessment (2500 words) - 50%

Presentation: Facilitating engagement and collaborative relationships with children and adolescents and their families; (10 mins) - 40%

 

Related course/s

 

This unit is studied as part of the online Master of Mental Health, Master of Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Graduate Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.