PSYCH 543: Evidence-based Treatment options of Older children and adolescents

From the Psych Department (we’ve had SSW students take this previously and it was well-liked)

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As part of the Evidence-Based Practice Institute’s Workforce Development Initiative, we offer an interdisciplinary graduate course through the Dept. of Psychology. This winter quarter we are offering a course on evidence-based treatments for older children and adolescents with behavioral and psychiatric disorders involved in multiple services systems.

This course is open to current graduate students.

Terry Lee, MD and Josh Leblang, EdS will be teaching this Winter Quarter’s PSYCH 543 Advances in Child Clinical Psychology. This is part of a course series focused on evidence-based treatments and practices for an interdisciplinary audience.

This winter quarter course will provide students with an in-depth review of the range of evidenced-based treatments (EBTs) appropriate for some of the most complex cases – older children and adolescents with behavioral and psychiatric disorders who are involved with multiple service systems, including mental health, juvenile justice, chemical dependency, school systems and special education, and child welfare systems/protective services. The focus is on youth from late childhood through adolescence and their families and care providers. The course emphasizes a practical approach to acquiring the core necessary skills, attitudes, and knowledge for effective work with this population. The aim of the class is to provide students not only a practical understanding of the common elements of the EBT’s, but also hands-on practice of some of the skills required to implement these treatments. Particular emphasis will be placed on skill sets arising out of the following EBT’s: Multisystemic Therapy, Family Integrated Transitions, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Relapse Prevention, and Motivational Interviewing.

Meeting time for this course is Thursdays from 2-4:50 pm. Please email Dr. Terry Lee directly at drterry@uw.edu for registration information and more information.

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