Description
Objectives
- Understand the background and benefits of the diagnostic classification of mental health and developmental disorders of infants and toddlers (DC:0-3 through DC:0-5)
- Examine how key concepts and definitions of infant and toddler mental health that align with the design and development of DC:0-5.
- Learn how a diagnosis is informed by comprehensive, ongoing clinical assessment and contributes to the clinical formulation.
- Learn about the multiaxial system used in DC:0-5.
- Learn to approach diagnoses of infants, toddlers, and young children with a relational context.
- Become familiar with tools to examine Caregiver Dimensions and environmental dimensions (family focus).
- Understand the importance of considering physical conditions and both direct and indirect effects of physical conditions on emotions, behaviors, and family dynamics.
- Become familiar with categories of psychosocial stressors and the notion of cumulative risk.
- Understand the importance of describing the infant/young child’s developmental competence and areas of deficit and unevenness among developmental domains.
Disclaimer: Mental Health Treatment with infants and toddlers requires extensive training and supervision. This workshop is only meant to provide an educational overview to inform those who work with infants and toddlers.
Facilitator
Janelle von Storch, LPC
DC:0-5 Certified Trainer
GetTherapy has been approved by NBCC as a Continuing Education Provider, ACEP no. 7017. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GetTherapy is solely responsible for all aspects of programs.
