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Client Assessment

Counseling · Level 6  ·  6 Chapters

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Chapters

1
Prepare to conduct client assessment
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2
Carry out client assessment
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3
Formulate psychological diagnosis
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Evaluate client assessment
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Prepare assessment report
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6
Refer and follow up on client progress
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What Client Assessment covers: 13 main topics in 3 chapters

1. Prepare to conduct client assessment

  1. 1.1 Introduction to psychological client assessment testing and assessment
  2. 1.2 Selection Counselling venue selection Ø Factors to consider in counselling venue selection
  3. 1.3 Setting up Counselling venue
  4. 1.4 Identification of contract form
  5. 1.5 Acquisition of assessment tools

2. Carry out client assessment

  1. 2.1 Rapport building
  2. 2.2 Completion of assessment contract for
  3. 2.3 Structuring counselling sessions
  4. 2.4 Administration of assessment tools reviews
  5. 2.5 Interpretation of assessment scores > Analysis of assessment outcome > Importance of analyzing assessment outcome
  6. 2.6 Preparation of Assessment reports

5. Prepare assessment report

  1. 5.1 Introduction to Client Assessment Reports Purpose and importance of assessment reports Role in case management and reviews intervention planning
  2. 5.2 Components of an Assessment Client identifying information Reason for referral / presenting issue Background and history (social, medical, psychological, educational, etc.) Observations and behavioural presentation Assessment tools used Analysis and interpretation of findings Summary and clinical impressions Recommendations / next steps 5. 3: Information Gathering Techniques Effective interviewing skills Building rapport and trust with clients Using standardized assessment tools Working with cli

Practise this unit

The practical 30 The assessment itself: tools, materials and the marks Step-by-step guide 30 PPE, each step, what good looks like, common mistakes

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions 42 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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