Describe the assessment tool that you have selected to implement with your client
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6682a/6682b aSSESSMENT TOOL ANALYSIS (cmhc & mfc)
Using this template, you will identify an assessment tool that you intend to incorporate into your clinical intervention with at least one client during the quarter. Once you have completed the initial review of your approved site’s scope of practice and provided services, you will identify an assessment tool and a client with whom you have determined the assessment tool to be beneficial. You will submit an analysis of the assessment tool.
STEP 1: PREPARATION ____________________________________
Read
· Hays, D. G. (2013). Use of Assessment in Counseling. In Assessment in Counseling: A Guide to the Use of Psychological Assessment Procedures (5th ed., pp. 3–24). American Counseling Association. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/waldenu/reader.action?docID=1832730
· Hays, D. G. (2013). Ethical, Legal, and Professional Considerations in Assessment. In Assessment in Counseling: A Guide to the Use of Psychological Assessment Procedures (5th ed., pp. 25–40). American Counseling Association. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/waldenu/reader.action?docID=1832730
STEP 2: SITE ASSESSMENT NEEDS REVIEW __________________
Review your site’s data in the following areas. Based on the data, consider where the site would benefit from incorporating a specific assessment tool that is currently not being utilized.
· Mission statement of the site
· Demographics/population(s) served
· Preferred client outcome for identified population
Site Data Summary:
1. Identify who in the building can help you. Who is your data expert; who can help you interpret the data?
My site supervisor can help me to interpret the data.
1. What is the mission/vision statement of the site? How does this mission/vision statement align with the ACA (American Counseling Association) Mission Statement and Code of Ethics?
At Clinical Solutions, the mission statement is to provide quality mental health services in an environment that an individual can see and achieve their optimal quality of life expectation.
1. Who does the site/agency support? Share general demographic information about the population being served.
Adult, adolescent, and child services primarily who may be underserved or at-risk.
1. Identify the preferred outcome for a specific population served by your site/agency.
1. Review available information about client engagement and outcome trends.
For example:
Is there a subgroup that historically doesn’t respond to counseling interventions?
Is there a subgroup that historically has the most absences from counseling sessions?
Are there clients with specific diagnoses/areas of concern with a gap in resources?
1. Are there specific assessments that your site/agency uses to aid with diagnosis and treatment progress/outcomes? If so, please list:
1. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9); (PHQ-A)
6.
2. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7)
7.
3. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); (BDI-II)
8.
4. Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
9.
5. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
10.
1. Identify a mental health concern that you would like to assess in this aspect of your Field Experience.
STEP 3: ASSESSMENT TOOL SELECTION __________________
Follow the link to Psychosocial Instruments in Walden’s library and review assessments that might meet the needs of the population served by your field placement: https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/testsmeasures
· Please use: APA PsycTESTS & Health and Psychosocial Instruments.
· Enter specific topics you wish to search to identify relevant potential assessment tools.
****Identify an assessment tool that is different each quarter you are in internship.
What assessment tool did you select? Include the name of the assessment and the link of its specific location:
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
STEP 4: ASSESSMENT TOOL ANALYSIS __________________
Once you have identified this tool, please provide in-depth, thoughtful responses to the following:
1. Describe the assessment tool that you have selected to implement with your client (s). Include information relevant to accessing the tool, strengths, limitations, and feasibility.
2. Describe the client/population you have identified will benefit from the assessment tool and their specific clinical needs/areas of concern that the assessment tool will address.
3. Provide a justification for the application of this assessment tool with your identified client/clients and how you intend to incorporate the assessment tool into the counseling process.
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