Discussion: Working With Children and Adolescents Versus Adults

Post your answers to the following:

 Explain why a developmental assessment of children and adolescents is

important.
 Describe two assessment instruments and explain why they are used for children
and adolescents but not adults. 
 Describe two treatment options for children and adolescents that may not be
used when treating adults.
 Explain the role parents play in assessment and treatment.
 Each bullet point on a new paragraph
 4 pages
 5 references not more than 5 years old, excluding for required readings

Required Readings

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
(5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

 “Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
o “Intellectual Disabilities”
o “Communication Disorders”
Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry:
Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
 Chapter 2, “Contributions of the Psychosocial Sciences” (pp. 93–130)
 Chapter 6, “Classification in Psychiatry” (pp. 290–299)
 Chapter 31, “Child Psychiatry” (pp. 1107–1152)