Students will review two cases and respond to the following questions applying course readings and additional references from reliable resources to have well-rounded content.
Case 1: Tony
Tony is a 36-year-old female. She has had a partner for the past 3 years and has three children (ages 18, 10, and 2), two of whom are from a previous relationship. During her intake interview, she presented herself as clean, meticulously dressed and was overweight. She fidgeted constantly with her clothes and picked at her fingernails. She avoided eye contact during the session. She recently graduated from college. Tony reported general dissatisfaction with her life. She stated that her life is uneventful and predictable and she feels some panic over reaching her late 30s. For the past 2 years she has had a range of psychosomatic complaints, including sleep disturbance, anxiety, dizziness, heart palpitations, and headaches. Tony complained that she cries easily over trivial matters, often feels depressed, and has gained weight recently due to her worries.
Case 2: Mia
Mia is a 12-year-old female who was referred by her teacher for evaluation of her social avoidant behavior and emotional outbursts. Mia lives with her mother and younger brother. She has been refusing to participate in class activities and fails to follow directions. Her teachers reported that Mia has a tendency to isolate herself from others in the class and refuses to participate in any class activity. Her mother indicated that other children make fun of Mia. Her mother is very reluctant to have Mia assessed, and stated that she does not want any “test telling her that her daughter is crazy.”
Address the following questions in doc.
- Define assessment and discuss how you believe it is related to the general counseling process with each of the above clients.
- What questions would you include as part of an intake interview for each client? Moreover, what responses do you anticipate? (Responses to this question may influence how you respond to some questions below.)
- Describe each client’s mental status using a mental status examination.
- Based on your intake interview and mental status examination, what factors and issues do you feel need to be addressed for each client?
- You have described that the client would benefit from some testing. What are some reasons for testing each client?
- Which evaluation tools will you utilize and why? (Consider both formal and informal, structured and unstructured tools.) How will you determine whether the tools are appropriate for each client?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of the tools you selected for each client?
- How would you go about preparing for and executing the assessment process? Specifically, what will you tell the clients?
- What are the legal, ethical, and/or moral issues in each case?
- What are some potential multicultural and social justice considerations in each case?
Written Assignment Unit 12 Grading Rubric
Instructions & Resources
Students will follow the instructions for their Written Assignment for Unit 8. The paper should be 1500-2000 words (not including the Title and
Reference pages) and be written in proper APA format. The paper should address the following components in the Grading Rubric:
FO 707: Written Assignment Unit 12 Grading Rubric
Novice Internship Entry-Level Graduate
Review of case
study
Provides minimal to no
definition of assessment and
its relation to the counseling
process. Provides minimal to
no list of questions asked of
both cases. Provides minimal
to no mental status on both
cases. Provides minimal to no
rationale of what should be
addressed with each case.
Provides minimal to no reason
for testing each case, the
assessment measures to be
used for each case, the
advantages and disadvantages
of each assessment measure,
and the rationale why for
each case. Provides minimal
to no description of the
assessment process for each
case. Provides minimal to no
description of the legal,
ethical, and moral issues of
each case. Provides minimal
to no description of the
multicultural and social justice
considerations for each case.
0-9 pts
Somewhat provides definition of
assessment and its relation to
the counseling process.
Somewhat provides a list of
questions asked of both cases.
Somewhat provides a mental
status on both cases. Somewhat
provides a rationale of what
should be addressed with each
case. Somewhat provides a
reason for testing each case, the
assessment measures to be used
for each case, the advantages
and disadvantages of each
assessment measure, and the
rationale why for each case.
Somewhat provides a description
of the assessment process for
each case. Somewhat provides a
description of the legal, ethical,
and moral issues of each case.
Somewhat provides a description
of the multicultural and social
justice considerations for each
case.
10-15 pts
Provides a definition of
assessment and its relation
to the counseling process.
Provides a list of questions
asked of both cases.
Provides a mental status on
both cases. Provides a
rationale of what should be
addressed with each case.
Provides a reason for testing
each case, the assessment
measures to be used for
each case, the advantages
and disadvantages of each
assessment measure, and
the rationale why for each
case. Provides a description
of the assessment process
for each case. Provides a
description of the legal,
ethical, and moral issues of
each case. Provides a
description of the
multicultural and social
justice considerations for
each case.
16-18 pts
Provides thorough definition of
assessment and its relation to
the counseling process.
Provides thorough list of
questions asked of both cases.
Provides a thorough mental
status on both cases. Provides
a thorough rationale of what
should be addressed with each
case. Provides a thorough
reason for testing each case,
the assessment measures to be
used for each case, the
advantages and disadvantages
of each assessment measure,
and the rationale why for each
case. Provides a thorough
description of the assessment
process for each case. Provides
a thorough description of the
legal, ethical, and moral issues
of each case. Provides a
thorough description of the
multicultural and social justice
considerations for each case.
19-
20 pts
20 pts
Total = 20 pts
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