28 Sep Child Assessment
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Assignment: Practice Toolbox: Child Assessment
As a social worker, you must be familiar with a range of evidence-based assessment tools to use in practice with many different populations. Some are quite broad, used for screening and initial assessment, while others are more specialized and related to distinct symptoms. Your Assignments in Weeks 3–6 focus on gaining familiarity with these assessment tools for each age group.
In this Assignment, you analyze one child assessment tool, explaining why it might be especially helpful for this population and the challenges that might exist in its use.
To Prepare
Access the Online Assessment Measures link in the Learning Resources.
On that site, explore at least three different assessment tools (i.e., measures) for children under the various categories. A few that you may consider are: Severity Measure for Depression, Child Age 11 to 17; Severity Measure for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Child Age 11 to 17; and Level 2, Substance Use, Child Age 11 to 17.
Select one assessment tool that you can see yourself using in practice with child clients.
Consider why you have chosen this assessment tool and its strengths and limitations.
By Day 7
Submit a 1-page paper analyzing the child assessment tool you have chosen:
Why did you select the assessment tool?
Why might it be especially helpful for use with children?
What challenges or limitations might there be for this assessment tool?
Use the Learning Resources to support your Assignment. Make sure to provide APA citations and a reference list.
