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Understanding the Identification Process and Tools (Chapter 2): Identifying Mental Health and Substance Use Problems for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Child Serving Organizations

2 CE Hours
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About the Course

Understanding the Identification Process and Tools (Chapter 2): Identifying Mental Health and Substance Use Problems for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Child Serving Service Organizations explains the value of early mental health and substance use identification. It applies basic principles to the design of early identification and the Access-to-Care program. This chapter also employs sound methods to identify children and adolescents who may have a mental health or substance use problem while considering the cultures and languages of the groups being served.

Course materials are from Chapter 2. Course materials can be accessed either 1) online or 2) by ordering the book free from:
http://store.samhsa.gov/product/Identifying-Mental-Health-and-Substance-Use-Problems-of-Children-and-Adolescents-A-Guide-for-Child-Serving-Organizations/SMA12-4700

Course materials are from Chapter 2, found on pages 13 to 40 of pdf document (pages 21 to 48 if using Adobe toolbar page finder).

This course is based on the reading online article, Understanding the Identification Process and Tools (Chapter 2): Identifying Mental Health and Substance Use Problems for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Child Serving Organizations created by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2012.

Publication Details

Journal/Publisher: SAMHSA
Publication Date: 2012

Course Material Author

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Pamela Ramsey

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, and social workers who seek knowledge about understanding the identification process and tools for children in regard to mental health and substance use problems. It is appropriate for an introductory level of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Understand the process and tools to be used when identifying children and adolescents who may have a mental health or substance use problem.
  2. 2 Grasp the value of early identification of children and adolescents' potential for mental health or substance use problems, how to develop an effective approach to improve identification and access to care while applying the basic principles to design of early identification and the Access-to Care program.
  3. 3 Acknowledge the sound methods to identify children and adolescents who may have a mental health or substance use problem by determining the goals for populations of concern while selecting an identification method for the cultures and languages of the groups being screened.
  4. 4 Be aware of the mental health and substance use/abuse screening tools for children and adolescents.

Disclosure to Learners

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The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

Pamela Ramsey – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$18

Course Details

2 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 102152

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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