Homework: Completing a Psychosocial Assessment
Cooper and Lesser (2015) state, "From a human rights perspective, assessments of individuals and families should include an awareness of their basic human rights ... Assessments should be expanded past the presenting problem into the realm of shelter, information, food, employment, legal, community, medical, cultural, and political realities in their lives" (p. 45).
You may be skilled at conducting assessments that lead to a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnosis. Are you also acquainted with the practice of incorporating psychosocial issues into a client's assessment? A psychosocial assessment differs from a DSMdiagnosis in a number of ways, but especially with regard to the collection of considerably more personal history and detailed information about psychosocial issues. Treatment planning, especially for social workers, requires a lot of attention to psychosocial issues.
For this Application Homework, you apply your skills in assessment, as well as this Learning Resources on psychosocial issues, to complete a psychosocial assessment of Dan, the subject of the case example, "The Case of Dan: An Example of the Stages of Change the Beginning," located in the Cooper and Lesser (2015) course text as noted in this week's Learning Resources.
Task (3 to 4 pages):
1. Using the case, "The Case of Dan: An Example of the Stages of Change the Beginning," and "A Psychosocial Model Outline" located in the Cooper and Lesser (2015) course text as noted in the Learning Resources, construct a psychosocial assessment of Dan.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.