Students will conduct an intake/developmental history review with a child and their caregiver(s). You will be provided an informed consent form that explains that you are a student in training. Students will write out their results in an assessment format which is provided below. Students will then write a critical analysis paper, based on their interview and cumulative knowledge from the course, addressing the following; presentation of your “client”, assessment of developmental history and salient life course issues citing children and adolescent theories as supporting evidence, interpersonal dynamics, family, social, community, cultural contexts as well as any information about neurobiology.
Assessments should also include clinical intervention strategies (identify at least 3), theories to support your selected interventions (identify at least 3) and specifically how you would engage the client and their parent(s) and/or family members, specific family intervention strategies and community intervention strategies or additional supports and any special considerations. All assessments and strategies must be supported by at least 6 cited scholarly sources.
The following areas must be addressed in the assessment.
Demographic Data and Presenting Problem (why this client is in your office)
Date, name, age, sex, race, source of income, marital status, living arrangements, etc.
Family History
Brief summary of childhood, born and raised, were parents married, with whom did you live growing up, who did you feel closest to, extended family relationships, are there family members you avoid or aren’t speaking to, significant relationships, how many times married/divorced, number of children and ages.
Education and Work History/Military
Psychiatric and Medical History
Current medications and doses, are you taking as prescribed, history of suicidal/homicidal ideation, describe attempts, history of abuse, current stressors (deaths, divorce, financial, etc.
Chemical Dependence History
First use, current use, last use, history of treatment, history of blackouts, seizures, family history of treatment.
General Appearance and Mental Status:
Attention
Memory
Information
Attitude
Perceptual Disturbances
Thought Content
Speech
Affect
Willingness to participate
Ability to participate
Body Weight
Groom/Hygiene
Speech
Mood
Affective State
Signs/Symptoms
Thought Form
Perception
Judgment
Insight
Oriented to
Clinical Impressions ( 3 theories with rationale) and Recommendations (3 interventions with rationale)
This will be an APA 7 style paper, 8-9 pages in length, not including the title page or reference page.
Interview Consent Form_2022.docx
