After completing this course you’ll be able to:
| 1. | Define chronic. |
| 2. | Discuss the percentage of children in the U.S. who have a chronic health condition. |
| 3. | State the life expectancy of children with chronic illness according to van Dyck et al., 2004. |
| 4. | State the chronic disease that causes more school absences than any other chronic disease. |
| 5. | Describe cystic fibrosis. |
| 6. | List complications of uncontrolled diabetes. |
| 7. | State the cause of death in children at various ages from sickle cell disease. |
| 8. | Describe how medical and psychological diagnosis are made. |
| 9. | State possible associated comorbid psychiatric conditions for children and adolescents with asthma, cancer and diabetes mellitus. |
| 10. | Compare the transactional stress and coping model (TSC) and the disability stress-coping model (DSC). |
| 11. | Discuss the data regarding severity of anxiety with severe and mild or moderate asthma. |
| 12. | Discuss family functioning as a social-ecological factor. |
| 13. | Describe behavior rating scales and list the commonly used ones for children and adolescents. |
| 14. | Describe the Personal Adjustment and Roles Skill Scale. |
| 15. | Discuss the four steps associated with the systemic desensitization process. |
| 16. | Describe the empirical approach of CBT. |
| 17. | List and describe several behavioral therapies. |
| 18. | Discuss the roles of mental health practitioners in treatment and management of children with asthma. |
| 19. | Discuss assertiveness training for children with cancer. |
| 20. | Discuss pain management for a child or adolescent with cancer. |
| 21. | Describe the symptoms of sickle cell disease and interventions used for coping. |
| 22. | Discuss effective management for asthma. |
| 23. | Compare adherence of young children and adolescents who have diabetes mellitus. |
| 24. | Describe multi-systemic family therapy (MST), behavioral family systems therapy (BFST), and structural family therapy (SFT). |
| 25. | Discuss the value of group therapy. |
| 26. | Describe the STARBRIGHT program. |
| 27. | List common individual barriers to medical treatment recommendations. |