Access the Online Assessment Measures link in the Learning Resources.
On that site, explore at least three different assessment tools for adolescents under the various categories. A few that you may consider are: Level 2, Substance Use, Child Age 11 to 17; Severity Measure for Depression, Child Age 11 to 17; and Severity Measure for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Child Age 11 to 17.
Select one assessment tool that you can see yourself using in practice with adolescent clients.
Consider why you have chosen this assessment tool and its strengths and limitations.
Submit a 1-page paper analyzing the adolescent assessment tool you have chosen:
Why did you select the assessment tool?
Why might it be especially helpful for use with adolescents?
What challenges or limitations might there be for this assessment tool?
Use the Learning Resources to support your Assignment. Make sure to provide APA citations and a reference list.
randell, J. R. (Ed.). (2020). Theory & practice in clinical social work (3rd ed.). Cognella.
Chapter 7, “Clinical Social Work With Adolescents and Young Adults” (pp. 123–146)
Levenson, J. (2020). Translating trauma-informed principles into social work practiceLinks to an external site.. Social Work, 65(3), 288–298. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swaa020
Lougheed, J. P. (2020). Parent–adolescent dyads as temporal interpersonal emotion systemsLinks to an external site.. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(1), 26–40. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12526
American Psychiatric Association. (n.d.). Online assessment measuresLinks to an external site.. https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/educational-resources/assessment-measures