Assessment of Screening Tools depressive disorders in children and adolescents.

Goals: To Identify, describe, and assess an evidence-based screening tool for depressive disorders in children and adolescents.

Product: submit a 3 page paper double spaced, in 12 font size, and following APA guidelines.

1. Identify a real (i.e. field placement or work) or a hypothetical case study (i.e. from a book, peer-reviewed journal or the internet) of a child or and adolescent presenting symptoms or a diagnosis of depression. Develop a brief description of the client’s presenting problem including symptomatology using DSM-5 criteria, history of presenting problem, and relevant sociodemographic factors.

2. Identify two appropriate evidence-based screening tools for depression and suicidality. For this, read the module’s materials and conduct a search in academic-based sources on the internet to ensure the screening tools are adequate for the client described in the case study. Develop a brief description of the tools (i.e. purpose, number of items, scale type, translations, cultural adaptations, reliability and validity of the measure).

3. Assess the tool. For assessing the tool, consider the following: age appropriateness, cultural appropriateness, tool adequately measures or assesses the symptoms manifested by the client, tool’s ease of readability and understanding by a child or an adolescent.