A comprehensive assessment plan of a family, group, or agency with whom the student is working in field placement.
What is the individual (family or group) like? Describe age, ethnicity, socio-economic-status, and other variables that you think are important; such as occupation, sexual orientation, gender expression, etc.How did the individual (family or group) come to your agency for services? Are services voluntary? Are services mandated? By whom?Are there limitations that affect the individual (family or group) from attending services – such as physical disability, developmental or intellectual disability, any other variable?
What resources are available to the individual (family or group)? Is the individual (family or group) capable of meeting the needs/requirements of services? Does the individual (or family or group members) have a stable home? Is the individual (family or group members) capable of performing activities of daily living? Does the individual (family or group members) have health insurance?What neighborhood or community resources are av
ailable to the individual, family, or group members? Is the individual (family or group members) connected to friends, neighbors, church, or community?Integrative Assessment Part Two:
What are the individual’s (family’s or group member’s) educational backgrounds, lifestyles, and beliefs? What is the level of education of the individual (family or group members)? Does this individual (family or group members) have basic linguistic and literacy skills? Are their barriers to communication? What is the individual’s (family’s or group members) lifestyle and cultural background? Does the individual (or any family or group member) have beliefs that are alternative, folk-based, or otherwise outside of the normative dominant culture? Are their potential conflicts between you, the agency and the individual’s (or family or group members) belief systems? Is the individual (family or group members) able to take in new information easily? Is the individual (or family or group member) overwhelmed as a result of the need for services and new information?