Case Studies in Child
and Adolescent Counseling
Learning
Objectives:
Upon completing the course you should be able to:
- Describe the behaviors exhibited
by a 9 year- old female client with an Adjustment Disorder with Anxious Mood
and Somatic complaints.
- Discuss the application of behavior modification,
family therapy, school consultation and medication and the treatment outcomes
in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 16 year-old male
client with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity
- Disorder and Adoption and individuation issues.
- Discuss the application of family therapy, medication,
solution- focused therapy and the treatment outcomes in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 15-year-old
female client with an Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood.
- Discuss the application of facilitating family
communications and reframing and the treatment outcomes in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by an 11-year-old boy
with an Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Underachievement.
- Discuss the application of Person-centered and
cognitive-behavioral therapies and the treatment outcomes in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 15- year-old boy
with Depression, and Possible substance-induced mood disorder.
- Discuss the application of Adlerian therapy and the
treatment outcomes in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 12 year-old boy
with a Dysthymic Disorder, Underachievement and Sibling rivalry.
- Discuss the application of Strategic family therapy and
narrative therapy and the treatment outcomes in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by an 11 year-old girl
with a Schizoid Personality Disorder, and social withdrawal.
- Discuss the application of Person-centered therapy and
the treatment outcome in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 4 year-old boy
with a Widely generalized phobia.
- Discuss the application of Adlerian play therapy and
the treatment outcome in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 12-year-old boy
with a Dysthymic Disorder, Suicidal ideation and depression.
- Discuss the application of the Suicide assessment
interview and the treatment outcome in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 17-year-old boy
with a diagnosis of difficulties with Adjustment to death of a parent.
- Discuss the application of Solution-focused and
person-centered therapies and the treatment outcome in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 12 year-old girl
with a Conversion Disorder (single episode) and Psychosomatic complaints.
- Discuss the application of Strategic family therapy and
the treatment outcome on this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 12 year-old boy
with a Conduct Disorder and Explosive violence.
- Discuss the application of Advocacy and a supportive
milieu and the treatment outcomes in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 7 year-old boy
with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Unresolved grief.
- Discuss the application of Family drawing,
"feeling story" technique, and structured board games and the
treatment outcomes in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 7-year-old girl
with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Unresolved grief.
- Discuss the application of Art therapy and the
treatment outcome in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by a 5 year-old girl
with Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Autistic-like symptoms.
- Discuss the application of Existential play therapy and
the treatment outcome in this case.
- Describe the behaviors exhibited by the teenaged girls
who presented with Gang vendetta, Adjustment Disorder With Disturbance of
Conduct, and Conduct Disorder.
- Describe the application of Solution-focused counseling
and conflict resolution and the treatment outcomes in this case.
Evaluation
of Individual Objectives
To assess the effectiveness of the course material, we
ask that you evaluate your achievement of each learning objective on a scale of A
to D (A=excellent, B=good, C=fair, D=unsatisfactory). Please indicate your
responses next to each learning objective and return it to us with your completed
exam.
Table Of
Contents
Chapter
1: Ann: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Chapter 2: He Can, But He Won't
Chapter 3: Weathering an Adolescent Storm
Chapter 4: The Defense Never Rests
Chapter 5: Where Do I Fit?
Chapter 6: The Boy Who Trashed His Final
Chapter 7: Mandy: Out in the World
Chapter 8: Billy, the Teddy Bear Boy
Chapter 9: Will He Choose Life?
Chapter 10: Raising Martin
Chapter 11: The Girl With Painful Steps
Chapter 12: Ringo: Scars of Violence
Chapter 13: On No–Not Again!
Chapter 14: Too Afraid to Talk
Chapter 15: Frederika: Wrapped in Layers of Burgundy
Wool
Chapter 16: War and Peace
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