Intake Basics
This must be explained to families before the first session, including its limits and your role as a mandated reporter
Confidentiality
Examples are traumatic event, medical complications/hospitalizations, temperament
Historical Factors
This type of anxiety disorder in children is characterized by excessive fear or anxiety about being separated from major attachment figures, and may result in behaviors like refusing to go to school or sleep alone
Separation anxiety
Type of symptom that is being "on the go" or acting as if "driven by a motor"
Hyperactivity
This mood, which can present instead of sadness in children, is recognized by DSM-5-TR as a core symptom of major depressive disorder
Irritability
This document, usually obtained by the end of the first session, allows the therapist to communicate with teachers or other providers
Release of Information (ROI) form
the internal and/or external conditions that influence the occurrence of behavior via the operant mechanisms of reinforcement or punishment
Maintaining Factors
To meet DSM-5-TR criteria for generalized anxiety disorder, a child must experience excessive anxiety and worry more days than not for at least this length of time
6 months
To meet DSM-5-TR criteria, ADHD symptoms must be present in this minimum number of settings
Two
According to DSM-5-TR, a major depressive episode in children must last at least this many consecutive weeks
2 weeks
This process ensures that clients and guardians understand their rights, the voluntary nature of participation in therapy, and how to withdraw from therapy
Informed consent
Examples = poor social skills, poor emotion regulation
Causal Factors
Child cannot be diagnosed with this disorder if they also have a communication disorder (e.g., childhood-onset fluency disorder)
Selective Mutism (failure to speak is a result of the communication disorder)
A child who often loses things necessary for tasks or activities (like pencils or books) is showing a symptom from this category
Inattention
This term describes the inability to experience pleasure, which is a key symptom of major depressive disorder in children
Anhedonia
The name for the initial, often unstructured, conversation with caregivers to gather presenting problems and background
Intake or history interview
where (e.g., home, school, public settings) and when (i.e., at what times) each target behavior occurs
Contextual Factors
According to DSM-5-TR, children with generalized anxiety disorder must have difficulty controlling their worry and at least one of these physical or psychological symptoms. Name one.
Restlessness, being easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, or sleep disturbance
Several symptoms must be present before this age for an ADHD diagnosis
12 years old
The mood between temper outbursts is persistently irritable or angry most of the day, nearly every day in this disorder
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD)
Biggest goal of intake session
To get them to come back
How often case conceptualization should be reviewed
After every session
Primary fear in social situations for children with Social Anxiety Disorder
Being negatively evaluated by others
Type of symptom that involves blurting out answers before questions have been completed
Impulsivity
To diagnose DMDD, the child must be at least this age
6 years old