A Developmental Systems Guide for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Practitioners

A Developmental Systems Guide for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Practitioners provides clinicians with actionable evidence-based practices for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of child and adolescent mental and behavioral health. This approach combines developmental psychology and ecological systems in recognition of the fact that children’s developmental challenges, tasks, and capacities intersect with the risks and protective factors of their environment. Chapters feature detailed case studies and conclude with conversations with clinicians in which they share targeted recommendations for patient evaluation, treatment approaches, and family engagement and support.

Sean E. Snyder, MSW, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker whose work focuses on providing evidence-based treatments to systems-involved youth. His area of expertise centers on treatments for youth with emotional challenges after trauma exposure. He has taught courses on child emotional challenges at Temple University and Thomas Jefferson University and has lectured at the University of Pennsylvania.