Alabama Social Studies SS24.P.19a
The Standard
- SS24.P.19
- Describe different types of biomedical and psychological treatments for mental disorders.
Explain how mental health professionals determine the appropriate treatment from the variety of psychological treatments available for various mental health issues and disorders.*
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Clinical Psychology
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how clinicians use symptoms, daily functioning, safety, and patient preferences to plan treatment. They compare options such as therapy and medication without assuming one treatment fits everyone.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a fictional case, a student can name information a clinician still needs and explain why a treatment might be considered. They can explain when a safety concern calls for prompt evaluation.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a diagnosis automatically leads to one treatment, or that medication is always the first step. They may also confuse choosing a treatment with diagnosing someone from a short list of symptoms.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A fictional teen has panic attacks and now avoids school. Name two questions a clinician should ask before planning treatment, and explain why therapy might be considered.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups fictional intake cards and treatment cards; have them match options and list what a clinician still needs to ask.
Ask, "Why might two people with the same diagnosis receive different treatment plans?" Require one detail about severity and one about patient preference.
Play a case-change game: add a safety concern, access barrier, or treatment preference to a scenario; teams revise the plan.
Hand out a mock clinic intake form; students circle questions about symptoms, daily functioning, and safety, then explain how answers guide referrals.
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Related Standards
- SS24.P.19
Describe different types of biomedical and psychological treatments for mental disorders.
- SS24.P.19b
Identify differences among licensed mental health providers and outline legal and ethical requirements for mental health providers.
- SS24.P.16b
Differentiate among types of mental illness, including mood, anxiety, somatoform, schizophrenic, dissociative, and personality disorders.
- SS24.P.16
Describe major psychological disorders and their treatments and explain how examples of abnormal behavior differ from normal behavior.*
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