Supplemental Workshops

Intensive Workshops In Assessment

Assessment is fundamental to all mental health interventions and acts as a primary determiner of what to do with clients. There are 2 different approaches to assessing a client's level of functioning. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders approaches assessment from a nomenclature of mental disorders and the symptoms included in a diagnostic category, while a Developmental perspective focuses on using models of normal expectations across the stages of the life span to understand difficulties in current functioning. Both perspectives are important in assessing a client's current status.

Workshops are taught by Dr. Holman
unless otherwise indicated

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Intensive Workshops!

Applying Developmental
and Life Span Theory
Friday, March 27, 2009
Friday, June 6, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009

Using the DSM in Mental
Health Assessment
Friday, March 27, 2009
Friday, June 6, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009

Monthly Seminars

Monthly Consultation Group

Using the DSM in Mental Health Assessments

Overview of the 5 axis of DSM

Learn the essential features of diagnostic groups

Examine the central issues of clinical syndromes

Develop skill in differential diagnosis using the DSM

Practice applying DSM knowledge to case examples

Applying Developmental and Life SpanTheory

Review prominent developmental theories

Recognize the range of normal developmental expectations

Apply developmental understanding to individual behavior

Recognize deviations from normal expectations of functioning

Understand the developmental issues in psychopathology