Introducing and Using the GAD-7 With Adolescents in a School Setting
September 05, 2023ID10682
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- 00:04So thanks for coming in to
- 00:05see me today, Nikki. Thank you.
- 00:07Thanks for being here. Yeah. All right.
- 00:09I'm excited for this to be our
- 00:11first session together so we can,
- 00:13we can dive right in.
- 00:14That sounds good. OK.
- 00:15So one of the first things that I
- 00:17wanted to actually talk with you
- 00:19about is how I'd like to check in
- 00:21with my students just in the first few
- 00:23minutes where we're meeting together.
- 00:24This is something that I do with
- 00:26all the students who I meet with.
- 00:27Really just want to get a sense of
- 00:29how you're feeling before we dive in
- 00:31and make sure we don't miss anything.
- 00:33It's really important that the therapy
- 00:35that you're getting here is working
- 00:37for you and that it's helpful to you,
- 00:39so it's good to check in on how you've
- 00:41been feeling when we first meet.
- 00:43So we'll be using a brief checklist
- 00:46together and it has different types
- 00:48of feelings that you can let me know
- 00:50whether you've experienced them or not.
- 00:52We've talked about worries and anxieties.
- 00:54So those are the types of things
- 00:56we're going to be working on.
- 00:57And we can score it right here together.
- 01:00Talk about your responses and then
- 01:01figure out whether what we're planning
- 01:03on talking about in session is going
- 01:05to be helpful for you or whether we
- 01:08might need to change some things up.
- 01:10And that's Okay too.
- 01:11Yeah, that sounds good.
- 01:12Okay great.
- 01:13Let me actually show you the one
- 01:14that I'm thinking of.
- 01:18It's called the GAD 7.
- 01:19This one's really helpful because it
- 01:22does have some symptoms that teens who are
- 01:25experiencing anxiety sometimes report.
- 01:27So it's pretty quick.
- 01:28You can just fill this out in session,
- 01:30or I could read them to you and and circle
- 01:33whichever ones that you tell me to,
- 01:35and then we'll just talk about your answers.
- 01:37Okay. Yeah, that sounds good. Okay.
- 01:39Great. What questions do you have so far?
- 01:43So it's kind of like a quiz or a test.
- 01:47That's a really good question.
- 01:48So it's actually not like a quizzer test
- 01:51because there's no right or wrong answers.
- 01:53There's no grades that are tied to this.
- 01:56And actually when we're meeting together,
- 01:58you're going to be having some ups and downs.
- 02:00We can expect that it's normal that
- 02:02some weeks are going to be great
- 02:04and other weeks might be harder.
- 02:06So your answers on this might just go up
- 02:08and down each time we see one another okay.
- 02:11We're hoping that over time you're
- 02:12starting to feel better and better
- 02:14as we're meeting together.
- 02:16And so this is just a way for you
- 02:17to let me know how you're feeling.
- 02:19And like I said,
- 02:20we can decide if what we're doing
- 02:22together is working or if we need
- 02:23to change something up.
- 02:24Okay,
- 02:26What about, like mom or dad?
- 02:27Will they have access to this?
- 02:30That's such a good question.
- 02:31So this, just like everything we work on,
- 02:34stays in your chart with me.
- 02:36And so your parents always have
- 02:38access to that if they want.
- 02:39But you and I will decide together
- 02:41when feels right to share it with them.
- 02:43I think we should probably just
- 02:44get started and see how you feel.
- 02:46First about it can be really
- 02:48helpful for your parents to know
- 02:50how things are going from your
- 02:52perspective so they can support you.
- 02:54And I may actually ask them to do
- 02:56some checklist as well on their own,
- 02:58but this won't be shared with your
- 03:00teachers or any other clinicians
- 03:01or anybody else in the school
- 03:03unless you and your parents give
- 03:05us permission to share it.
- 03:07It's really just for us to use so that
- 03:09we can get a sense of how you're doing
- 03:11and how therapy is going for you.
- 03:13OK, sounds good.
- 03:14Do you want me to read them out
- 03:15to you and you can fill them out
- 03:16or do you want to go ahead and
- 03:18fill it out yourself?
- 03:19I think I can fill it out myself.
- 03:21OK,
- 03:21great. Go for it.