Fostering Children and Teens with Mental Health Problems (5.0 HRS)

  • Fostering Children and Teens with Mental Health Problems

    5.0 Hour Course; Questionnaire
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  • What is your connection to foster care?*

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  • CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

    Check or fill in the appropriate answer to the following questions. First try to answer from your understanding of the material before referring back to the course. These questions address information specifically stated in the program.

  • 1. Mental disorders and illness can result as a combination of three (3) major factors. Please list the factors below:

     

  • 2. "Severely Emotionally Disturbed" is a psychiatric diagnosis.*
  • 3. What does DSM-IV stand for?*

  • 4.*is a chronic form of general depression where the symptoms are not as acute as Major Depressive Episode but the feelings are chronic.

  • 5. Select the correct psychiatric category from the drop down menu for the conditions listed below:

  • 6. Bipolar Affective Disorder is the most severe of psychological disorders and onsets before three years of age.*
  • 8. It is important that children with behavior problems have a thorough physical exam and family history as a part of any evaluation.*

  • 9. A * evaluation is conducted by a psychiatrist who is also a medical doctor. A * evaluation is conducted by a psychologist who uses a combination of tests to clarify a diagnosis. A * or * assessment is a less rigorous assessment that usually involves a social and family history and inventory of behaviors.

  • 10. An activity therapist provides psychotherapy and can provide psychological evaluations.*
  • 11. Psychiatric drugs need the permission of the caseworker and the foster parent in order to be administered.*

  • 12. If your foster child is taking medication, what would be some questions you, as a foster parent, would want to ask the physician? Give three (3) examples. 

  • 13. In the P.L.A.N. approach of incorporating a child with mental illness into your home, what do the letters P.L.A.N. stand for?

  • 14. Name two (2) resources available that would help you learn more about a child's condition.

  • 15. Which are the ways given in this self-study to de-escalate a potential angry and violent situation?: (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)*
  • 16. It is important not to ask if someone is contemplating suicide, especially a depressed child because it will just put the idea into his head.*

  • 17. Name two (2) ways a foster parent can support a child in therapy. 

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     COURSE EVALUATION QUESTIONS

    Fostering Children and Teens with Mental Health Problems

  • How would you rate the presentation of the information in the course?*
  • Did this course add to your knowledge and/or skills?*

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