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. |