Assessment Considerations Across the Lifespan: Children and Adolescents : 2

Question 1

Define the assessment process for children and adolescents

Answer 1

Watch the children play together

Make kids draw things

Watch interactions between children and parent

How should you assess a child for psychological stuff?

watch them play

Question 2

Identify strategies useful in the assessment of children and adolescents

Answer 2

Adolecent:
Egocentric, complex social world
Promote control

Children:
Difficulty putting feelings into words
Concrete thinkers
Play