Incorporating Assessments While Working with Foster Families

Explore assessment tools that help evaluate the mental health needs of children and adolescence in foster care. Discuss assessment instruments, how to interpret reports, and how to incorporate into client’s treatment.

Instructor Linda Whitman-Flamm, MA, PhD, has a Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work and Public Health from Columbia University. She obtained her doctorate in clinical psychology with a concentration in child treatment and neuropsychological assessment from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto. Linda trained at Herrick Hospital and UCSF-Dept. of Behavioral Pediatrics before obtaining her psychology license. She has had a private practice for the past twelve years in Albany CA. Linda supervises doctoral interns at A Better Way and trains on Childhood Treatment and Diagnosis as well as Child and Adolescent Assessment and consults at various group homes and is a medical expert for SSI hearings.