INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND RISK EVALUATION/CHILDREN

Dates. July 12, 2022                 Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.              Contact Hrs: 1.5           CEU’s:  1.5

Enrollment Limited to:  20

Participants will learn to perform a thorough mental health assessment of, and risk evaluation for, child clients. This class will address the goals and methods of initial evaluations, and the information that should be obtained. Risk evaluations will be discussed, including eliciting and identifying risk and protective factors, making appropriate responses, and preparing documentation that protects the client, clinician, and agency.

Method:  Lecture; discussion.

Learning Objectives:

• To perform a thorough mental health assessment for child clients.
• To elicit and identify risk and protective factors, make evidence-based responses,
• To prepare appropriate documentation.

Instructor: Alyssa Neary, PsyD

Location: Zoom

Cost:  $75

Westchester Jewish Community Services is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0101, and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW0067.

 Please note:  To receive CE credits, one must attend the entirety of the class. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the class.  Therefore, late arrival or an early departure of greater than 10 minutes constitutes not attending a class in its entirety. To document attendance, participants must sign in and out of the class and complete an evaluation at the end of each class.

Refund Policy:  Refundable up to 2 weeks prior to start date.