Determining (Feldman) when a client needs an assessment is based on a client emotions, demeanor, and responses (2009). For example, Debbie is in a session with her coach and she is asked by her coach” if you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? Debbie replies with “I hate myself wish I was never born” and she throws her complimentary glass of water at the wall. The coach would evaluate if his/her service would benefit Debbie and refer her to the appropriate services best for her needs.
I’m in a session with Debbie and she is shy, indecisive, and soft spoken. Debbie wants to further her education for financial stability. She has been wanting to go back to college but haven’t determine a field of study and the appropriate
To ensure that all possible clients of all walks of life are successfully benefiting from the counseling profession, advancement in the assessment field should be of a primary concern for present and future counselors. It is understood and respected that a multitude of counselors vary in the foundations of their theoretical framework and collectively not all counselors participate in assessment with their clients, but as the counseling profession continues to grow the demand of expansion is critical.
According to ACA Code of Ethics (2014, Standard E.13.a), it is the counselors obligation to produce findings that can be substantiated based on information and techniques that are appropriate for evaluation. By counselors being an evaluator, it is a process where the client and the counselor can give a better understanding of the problem that can be resolve effectively during the counseling session. Chapter 11 describes that evaluation, assessing, testing, and diagnosing are known as part of activities that can be critical during a counseling process (Remley & Herlihy, 2014, p.272).
Evaluation, as involved with counseling, is a process of assessment of the client. It may involve a standardized model of questioning, testing or a means of gathering information in which to use in the formulation of a diagnosis in a client. Evaluation is an important part of diagnoses and as such is listed in the Code of Ethics (American Counseling Association [ACA], 2014), (“American Counseling Association Online education resources CE ethics publications careers conferences,” n.d.)in section E. An example of an instance in which a counselor would evaluate a client is in the event the client presents as a suicide risk.
After graduating from Wright State University, with her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, her initial plan was to become a Therapist. But over the years, pursuing
Feeling that the counsellor accurately understands you, what you are saying or trying to say and what you are feeling or experiencing
A need assessments systematically document the needs of potential clients who will likely be the recipients of a proposed intervention. Need assessment can answer several important questions about a potential client group, including their needs in a range of areas, their social supports or lack thereof, environmental stressors, important demographic characteristics, and the approximate number of people requesting a proposed intervention or reporting that they will use it if it is available, (pg. 294).
When issuing a client an assessment, the counselor would need to explain to the client what they would be taking an assessment for. The counselor would need to explain why they need to assess the client, and what the scores would show the counselor (Whiston, 2013). In the Strong Inventory Assessment, this assessment helps counselors to look for patterns of interest (Grutter & and Hammer, 2012). The counselor would need to identify the validity of the assessment (Whiston, 2013).
Factors considered when assessing the clients are their needs, values, goals and choices not only the current issues .Encouraging client’s confidence with their own abilities and acknowledging the areas they have difficulties. Empowering the client to make decisions about different types of supports that they would require to assist and maintain their independence and working together with the individual to generate a support plan that reflects their goals and is tailored to their
It is critical counselors are competent in assessments as it is an integral part of counseling (Whiston, 2013). Those practicing in the counseling field must be aware of the applications and limitations of the assessing instruments that they are using with clients. Counselors should consider that they are responsible for the proper purpose and the competency of the assessment that they are using with their clientele is appropriate for the situation. The American Counseling Association ([ACA], 2014) Code of Ethics standard E.1.a. Assessment stated “The primary purpose
One way to assess the need would be to speak to a “Key informant.” These individuals can provide feedback of what is the major issue for clients who are not receiving the services that they need. In addition, a “Key informant” could provide information of why are individuals not being recommended for services.
When it comes to a mental health assessment, there are many questions that are needed to figure out what a client’s presenting problems are. According to Mattison, you need to be able to conduct a systematic analysis of the dilemma in order to reach a decision on the what the client’s needs are. In the form that I found online, the basic questions are asked, such as name, date of birth, Gender and ethnicity. Some of the following questions allow the mental health worker to evaluate
When she got to college her major was sociology and children's case manager. That is when you help connect and advocate kids to services that they may need for mental health issues. She stayed with this all through college. She explained her plan after college and this is what she said “My plan was to go continue to my masters but I decided I wanted to get my feet wet and get a job and that was the best decision for me.” Asking her if she liked what she went for
My sister, to me, is very intelligent in so many different ways. She graduated from Odessa High School in the year of 2012, and attended Odessa College the following fall. Throughout her whole life she always wanted to go into the medical field, but never set her mind to one specific career. Now, her fourth year in college, she’s semi set
I wholeheartedly respect your post but I do see an area where I find myself disagreeing on. I am quite intrigued by our textbook written by Hanson and have gotten ahead of myself on a couple of chapters. Something interesting that we will all learn and discover is the true meaning of Intrusion- which is a synonym to invasion as you mentioned in your post. On page 846, Hanson describes the word as “Intrusion is invasion of privacy by physical trespass into a space surrounding a person’s body or onto property under his or her control.” If we were to see things in retrospect, the information that we hold is not only under our control, but whoever is comprised as well. To further explain, what you search on google through Internet Explorer
The volunteer I called upon to do my assignment was Marquita Snow. Marquita is recently from Selma, Al and went to college at Auburn University Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama. She attended AUM for four years and graduated with a degree in Psychology. Now, she is doing full-time work at Baptist South Hospital during a Unit Clerk position and Patient Registration. Right now she’s is a confused state where she loves the degree she received at AUM, but she loves to help people within a hospital and/or doctor office. She recently went looking for a major and can have some kind of success in and she stubbed across a major called Medical Billing and Coding at Trenholm State Technology College. She seems so happy, there are some issues with her