Child and Adolescent Engagement and Assessment

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Optimise client-centered engagement with diverse children and adolescents experiencing mental ill-health and their families or carers;
2. Interrogate ethical and legislative frameworks in children and adolescent mental health practice;
3. Articulate a framework for assessing the needs of families of children and adolescents experiencing mental ill-health;
4. Plan age-appropriate and culturally appropriate biopsychosocial assessments for culturally diverse children and adolescents;
5. Develop assessments to facilitate engagement and collaborative relationships with children and adolescents and their families or carers; and
6. Participate in an academic community through reflective and critical engagement in academic texts and understanding of principles of academic integrity.