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Date of Graduation
5-11-2023
Degree Name
Educational Specialist (EdS)
Department
Department of Graduate Psychology
Second Advisor
Renee Staton
Third Advisor
Debbie Strum
Abstract
Many children and adolescents are experiencing increased mental health challenges, resulting in a serious public health crisis. Mental health providers must apply innovative, research-based, and developmentally responsive intervention to meet the current mental health needs of youth. Neurobiologically-informed approaches, such as Polyvagal Theory, the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, and Interpersonal Neurobiology, could be used to support children and adolescents appropriately and effectively across a variety of settings. These approaches apply principles of neuroscience, acknowledge developmental considerations, and attend to the impact of trauma. This project reviews mental health trends in children and adolescents, provides a brief overview of these approaches, and applies these approaches to clinical intervention through a case example.
