ACA -CCPA 2016 Conference & Expo

ID #213-DSM-5 PTSD in Children 6 Years and Younger: Implications for Assessment and Treatment (Room 510B)

01 Apr 16
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Tracks: Child and Adolescent Counseling, Diagnosis and Treatment

Speaker(s): Naomi Wheeler, Executive Director, Marriage and Family Research Institute, UCF; Sandy-Ann Griffith, Graduate Teaching Instructor & Graduate Research Assistant, Old Dominion University

Modifications to diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5 include significant changes for PTSD, including separate criteria for children under the age of 6. The presenters will review characteristics of trauma in young children, developmental presentations of PTSD, the new DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, and practical implications for counselors in the assessment and treatment of child survivors of trauma.