Rylie Zasypkin-Odom – Children’s Mercy

Trauma Informed Care and positive Phq9 screening in foster care adolescents

Rylie Zasypkin-Odom – Children’s Mercy

This project is looking at depression screening in adolescents who have recently come into foster care and the frequency in which the children are already connected with mental health services. If a child scores high on the depression scale, a proposed additional screening tool will be administered. This will determine if the child is actively engaged with mental health services and if so, gives the child a decision whether or not to meet with a social worker for a further assessment in an attempt to be provide a more trauma informed approach.