Paper Homework: Case Conceptualization
Key Performance Indicator Homework: Capstone Written Case Conceptualization. The client selected should be a high school student. I did my intern at a high school. The student will select a client from their internship site and complete an 8 pages (minimum) case conceptualization report detailing the following ten competencies,
1) Assessment Skills: Includes a summary of the DSM-5 diagnosis, bio-psychosocial assessment, mental status exam, substance use, risk assessment, and any other assessment instruments used.
2) Intervention & Conceptualization Skills: Includes a summary of how the assessment informs treatment, treatment plan, goals, and interventions used. Incorporates any relevant cultural, racial, ethical, and legal (if applicable) issues related to the case, and reflects the intern's personal theory of counseling.
3) Writing Skills and Document Organization: Paper clearly and succinctly communicates clinical impressions.
4) Use of Supervision: Includes a summary of how supervision impacted clinical decision making and case conceptualization.
5) Knowledge & Application of Site-Specific Information: Includes a description of how the site's clinical services and structure affect the assessment, treatment, and conceptualization of the selected case. Any relevant policies, regulatory processes, and program evaluation measures associated with service delivery are included.
6) Professional Counseling Competencies: Includes a description of how the case was conceptualized from the professional counseling framework compared to other mental health professions (e.g., counseling promotes clients' optimal human development, wellness, and mental health through prevention, education and advocacy activities, including advocacy for those with mental health issues.)
7) Personal Attributes & Self-Understanding: Includes a summary of 1. intern's reactions, awareness of own emotional response, and effective counter transference management related to the client case, and 2. Awareness of intern's impact on client (i.e., intern's race, gender, religion) and client's transference responses.
8) Interpersonal Competencies: Includes a summary of how the intern's interactions with supervisor, interdisciplinary team, and site colleagues informed the case. Describe how the use of Generated: 10/22/2021 Page 7 of 23 empathy, compassion and respect for client's autonomy were evident in the client's treatment.
9) Student's Strengths: Identify and describe at least three of the intern's personal strengths that enhanced the client's treatment.
10) Student's Areas for Development: Identify and describe at least three of the intern's areas for development that would further enhance the client's treatment.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, 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 student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.