Mental Health of Adolescents: Psychosocial Occupational Therapy for Adolescent Populations
Course: #5181Level: Introductory 1 Hour 2848 Reviews
An overview of occupational therapy practice with adolescents experiencing mental health issues, including suicide and the effects of the pandemic will be presented. Common diagnoses, presenting problems, psychosocial stressors and basic concepts used in providing occupational therapy are examined. Occupational therapy programing, assessments, interventions and emerging trends and practice opportunities are identified.
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Course Type: Video, Text
CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Introductory, OT Service Delivery, 02331; CE Broker/1.0 Computer-Based Training, General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct Client/patient Services In Occupational Therapy (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Directly Related To OT (TN), CE Broker #20-842345; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Beginner, Mental Health
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize the etiology and psychosocial stressors that affect the mental health of adolescents.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify presenting problems, symptoms, and diagnoses common to this population.
- After this course, participants will be able to list effective intervention strategies for adolescents experiencing mental health-based issues.
Course created on May 28, 2021
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-20 Minutes | Etiology and Psychosocial Stressors |
| 20-35 Minutes | Problems, Symptoms, and Diagnoses |
| 35-50 Minutes | Intervention Strategies |
| 50-60 Minutes | Summary; Q and A |
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2848 ReviewsPresented By
William Lambert
MS OTR/L
William L. Lambert, MS, OTR/L holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Psychology and a bachelor’s and advanced master’s degree in occupational therapy. He has over twenty years of experience working with children and adolescents in inpatient and community settings. Currently he holds the position of Faculty Specialist in the Department of Occupational Therapy at The University of Scranton where he teaches the psychosocial-based courses and conducts ongoing research on current preferred adolescent occupations. He developed the Scranton Adolescent Interest Checklist, © as a contemporary assessment tool for use with this population. He authored chapters on children and adolescents in Cara and MacRae’s 2019 textbook Psychosocial Occupational Therapy: An Evolving Process and on posttraumatic stress disorder in Weiss, Morgan and Kinnealey’s A Practitioners Guide to Clinical Occupational Therapy published in 2012. He was the lead author of the psychosocial chapters in the National Occupational Therapy Certification Exam Review & Study Guide published in 2019 and the National OTA Certification Exam Review & Study Guide, both edited by Rita P. Fleming-Castaldy. He is on the editorial board of the journal Occupational Therapy in Healthcare. Mr. Lambert is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association, the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association, and the World Federation of Occupational Therapists He has presented numerous times at state and national occupational therapy conferences.
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American Occupational Therapy Association
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