Clinical Practice with Adolescents

Live Online Certificate Program

This post-master's certificate program offers comprehensive and eclectic theoretical framework and practice approaches focused on specialized clinical practice skills in engagement, assessment and treatment of adolescents and their families. 

This course provides comprehensive clinical knowledge and skills in areas of practice most relevant to work with adolescents and their families (outpatient community/agency based mental health, acute psychiatric care (IOP/PHP/Inpatient Tx), long-term residential treatment, schools and/or private practice. DSM-V assessment and diagnosis, along with an in-depth consideration of the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, will be used for case formulation and treatment plan design. This course is designed for clinical providers as well as supervisors and program directors specializing in practice with adolescents.

Program Highlights

• Comprehensive clinical skills in engagement
• Trauma-Informed aassessment and treatment of adolescents and their families, with consideration to cultural norms, gender and sexual identities
• Individual, family, and group therapy skills
• Eclectic review of clinical modalities indicated for the treatment of adolescents, including TF-CBT, Structural Family Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solid Object Relationship Model and general crisis management skills
• Review of the adolescent system of clinical care and resources, including school intervention via special education services, and substance use/misuse treatment
• Psychopharmacology knowledge for mental health providers, as well as the importance of multidisciplinary teamwork

"This program provides a fabulous overview of the unique issues that are tricky to navigate with adolescents, a rethinking of treatment modalities and their combinations, and focuses on issues that are particularly prevalent in adolescence such as depression, acting out, eating disorders, sexuality, and substance abuse. The talented professionals, specialists in their fields, who presented their ideas to us, provided us with valuable information and exposed us to what is current. I will be able to better serve my clients and their families."

- Sharon Kosakoff, MSW ’85, School Social Worker

This certificate is comprised of 18 sessions over two semesters, running bi-weekly Monday evenings 6:00 - 8:00 pm (dates to be determined). Assignments include weekly readings and a final learning assessment in the form of a case presentation.

Amanda Nieliwocki, DSW, LCSW

Amanda Nieliwocki is the assistant director of the BS in Social Work program at NYU Silver, and an adjunct instructor in both the MSW and undergraduate programs.

Dr. Nieliwocki specializes in the treatment of children, adolescents, and their families and has worked throughout the adolescent mental health care continuum in the roles of social worker, lead social worker and program manager. Dr. Nieliwocki is certified in Trauma-Focused CBT and has facilitated clinical training in the areas of trauma-informed care, depression and suicide, and verbal de-escalation.

Dr. Nieliwocki has a special interest in social work education and is dedicated to the pursuit of standardizing social work practicum education. Dr. Nieliwocki is SIFI trained and has supervised several interns from Rutgers University and NYU. She is a qualified clinical supervisor, supervising LSW/LMSWs for independent licensure since 2016.

Dr. Nieliwocki received her DSW from New York University Silver School of Social Work, her MSW from Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and her BSW from Temple University School of Social Work.

36 NYSED and ASWB/ACE Continuing Education Contact Hours will be awarded for this program.

55 jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education provider in the states of New York (though NYU Silver is NYSED CE approved in NYS) and West Virginia, unless the event is outside of West VA. ACE only approves individual courses in New Jersey, though NYU Silver is CSWE-accredited and therefore accepted for licensed NJ professionals. Here is a full list of statutes related to social work CE.

Access the Post-Master's Certificate application here.

The cost of this certificate program is $1,980, which includes registration fee and cost of an online compendium of readings.

Available discounts include:

• 25% discount for NYU Silver School of Social Work MSW/PhD alumni
  
• 25% discount for practicum instructors currently working with NYU Silver School of Social Work graduate students
• 15% discount for applications who have already completed one NYU Silver certificate program
• 50% discount for veterans

Please note: discounts may not be combined.

Deposit: Upon acceptance into the program, a $250 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place. This deposit is applied to the total cost of tuition.