Course 3C - Beyond the Yellow Legal Pad! Biopsychosocial and Risk Assessment of CD and MH Minors [Even Under the TEXAS' TRAG!]

Move 'beyond the yellow legal pad' when assessing children and adolescents with CD and MH issues. This course focuses upon a structured, 1-2-3 approach to MH & CD Assessment of minor clients, WITH FREE DOWNLOADABLE FORMS! Addresses serious assessment ERRORS to avoid, which can result in LEGAL complications and PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY issues, as well as erroneous DIAGNOSIS(ES). And for you TEXAS professionals, this course and its assessment formats fully support your TDHS TRAG and UA Service Package requests for children and adolescents. Be documented beyond question in that child's chart!

Also includes a structured approach to RISK ASSESSMENT of a child or adolescent - including the short, easy-to-use FREE downloadable Risk Assessment Form. Protect yourself from legal vulnerability and critical incidents when working with clients who present a potential for harm to self or others.

NOTE: This course is a PDF DOCUMENT (Acrobat Reader) - not a slide show like our other courses.

Peer Influence on Sexual Behavior: What We Know About African American Teens

[3 Credit Hours] This course is a pdf document accessed by an internet link to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's (AECF) website, through cooperative agreement with the AECF. This informative paper was developed by The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies through the funding and support of AECF. The studies which are reviewed in this paper focus upon understanding the factors associated with the sexual behaviors of African American adolescents (as a population group), so that appropriate interventions can be implemented by those who work with Black teens.

Note: This course contains a link to study material available on the internet, rather than study guides on this web site. You may STUDY THIS COURSE and the quiz AT NO CHARGE. When you have studied the material and reviewed the quiz, you can come back to this site to take the quiz ONLINE and instantly receive your course completion certificate! For more information on this course - and to see a PREVIEW of the online quiz - click the '+' symbols, below:

Course 3E - Online Study Guide - Annie E. Casey Foundation Paper

[3 Credit Hours] This short course is a pdf document accessed by an internet link to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's (AECF) website, through cooperative agreement with the AECF. This paper focuses upon 'modifying African American ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR' - through understanding how Black teens are influenced by their PEERS and by their ENVIRONMENT, and targeting our interventions accordingly. The writers of this paper hope that the information they report here will enable counselors and educators to CREATE ENVIRONMENTS in which negative peer influences can be minimized and positive influences can be maximized. Authors are Wilhelmina A. Leigh and Julia L. Andrews. Click here to view this study material. Click here to view and print the quiz you will take for this material.