Date/Time
Date(s) - June 16
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Categories
Assessment and Diagnostic Thinking in Clinical Work
with Birth to Five Guided by the DC:0-3
Presenter:
Donna R. Weston, PhD
When:
Thursday, June 16
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
*Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Where:
Sidney Albert Training Institute
at Parsons Child and Family Center
60 Academy Road,
Albany, NY
CEUs:
Social Work
Education
Psychology
NBCC
CASAC
Registration:
Regular registration: $115
Early Registration (on or before May 20): $105
Participants will learn about the assessment framework embedded in the DC: 0-3R that emphasizes unique developmental and relational needs of infants/toddlers in the context of their families. This framework promotes a thorough assessment process that is a foundation for clinical formulation of the factors that are contributing to overall child functioning and capacity to successfully cope with the challenges of daily life. The multi-axial framework promotes diagnostic thinking that identifies contributions of constitutional (physical, health), medical/developmental, relational, psychosocial and functional social-emotional factors to clinical understanding of the child’s presentation of challenges and competencies. Integration of the data represented by the axes helps to establish a strong connection between diagnostic formulation and treatment planning.
Participants will learn about a reflective assessment practice model for clarifying diagnostic issues and treatment needs guided by the assessment framework embedded in the DC: 0-3R. Assessment procedures operationalize DC: 0-3R informed observation based strategies for examination of presenting problems to ground diagnostic thinking in essential questions about a child’s functional competencies, developmental progression and relationship context, deliberately including caregivers in a collaborative exploration.
