Case Assessment
Length :500-700 Words: You are working in a new youth-oriented (adolescents 13–17 years of
age) agency that has hired you to complete initial assessments. It is up
to you to develop the tool you will use to evaluate new clients for
treatment in your facility. Your boss asks you to provide 4 styles of
assessment: one to use on the client’s initial visit; one for use in
gathering psychosocial history information; one to diagnose and refer
clients for treatment; and lastly, he asks you to put together a format
for evaluating risk assessment for juvenile inmates who are ready for
placement in your facility’s group home.
Your boss asks you to see an adolescent, 13-year-old client who is
considered to be a low risk and is starting to commit petty theft.
Address the following:
- Explain 2 types of assessments you can use to open this client to your services.
- Explain how you would utilize each of the assessments.
- Identify 1 benefit and 1 potential drawback that each assessment provides.
- How might your client react to this assistance, and how might you convince him to give therapy a try?
