SOCW315
Engagement
and
Assessment
Assessing
strengths
-
ANS--Family
and
friends
-Education
and
employment
-Problem-solving
and
decision-making
skills
-Personal
qualities
and
characteristics
-Physical
and
financial
resources
-Attitudes
and
perspectives
-Religion
and
spirituality
Assessment
-
ANS--Different
than
diagnosis
(the
classification
of
disorders
by
symptoms
and
signs)
-Considers
all
systems
(remember
Ecological
and
Systems)
-Begins
when
we
meet
client
-Environmental
fit
best
when
environmental
press
slightly
exceeds
capacity
-Life
stage
must
be
considered
(adolescents
vs.
older
adults)
-Focus
on
specific
issues
(marital,
depression,
etc)
-Can
be
micro,
mezzo,
or
macro
-Human
diversity
-Always
involve
client
-Working
hypotheses,
you
make
judgments
w/
limited
info
-Strengths
and
deficits
-Clear
definition
of
problem
may
take
awhile
-Assessment
is
arguing
Collecting,
organizing,
and
interpreting
data
-
ANS--May
fill
out
forms
that
give
you
information
-Get
information
from
client
responses
-Get
info
from
nonverbals
-Sometimes
observe
their
interactions
w/
other
people
-Sometimes
info
from
outside
resources
-Sometimes
testing
(i.e.,
Projective
and
MMPI)
-Your
interactions
w/
client
DSM-5
-
ANS--Interdisciplinary
communication
-Helps
evaluate
and
treat
-Clarifies
understanding
disorder
-Helps
lead
to
reserach
-Gather
stats
Cons
1.
Can
pathologize
out
of
medical
model
2.
Does
not
provide
clear
intervention
strategies
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