This session is from the NASP 2021 Annual Convention
- PMD: 4
- Skill Level: Introduction
- Session 2: Promoting Social and Emotional Development
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- identify potential challenges (ethical, clinical, and technological) of tele-counseling.
- describe research evaluating the use of tele-counseling with children and adolescents through videoconferencing, telephone, chat, and online programs.
- describe research evaluating the effectiveness of tele-counseling with parents using cognitive–behavioral therapy and behavioral interventions.
- identify the benefits of tele-mental health and tele-counseling.
- identify and describe specific practices that facilitate tele-counseling with students and families.
Description
This poster will examine the use of tele-counseling with children, adolescents, and families. The benefits of tele-mental health will be discussed and potential ethical concerns will be identified. Research on tele-counseling with children and adolescents through videoconferencing, telephone, chat, and online programs will be presented. In addition, studies evaluating tele-counseling with parents via CBT and behavioral intervention will be reviewed. Guidelines for school psychologists regarding specific practices that facilitate tele-counseling will be highlighted.
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Presenter(s)
Pam W. Gershon, PsyD, Queens College
Jessica Phillips, Queens College
Kathleen Lema, Queens College
Zalmon Katanov, Queens College
Contributor(s)
Jennie Giangarra, Brianna A. DeFronzo, Jennifer N. Connell
