Order Instructions
Family Assessment–you gather information for a family assessment and look at the medical history and social influences on a family unit.
Select a family within your community as the basis for completion of Competency 1. The family must have at least 1 child under the age of 18 living within the home.
Complete and submit a signed Family Release of Confidentiality form to your course instructor prior to your first point of contact with the selected family.
Review the key points of therapeutic conversation.
Formulate key questions for obtaining valuable information.
Ensure your family assessment addresses:
• Identifying data
• Developmental stage and history of family
• Environmental data
• Family structure
• Family functions
• Family stress and coping
• Family composition
• Parenting styles
Provide a brief overview of the family members.
Define child abuse and neglect using your state’s terminology. Note any parenting weaknesses that might indicate possible abuse and/or neglect.
Write a minimum 875-word summary
Note: Remove all personally identifying information, such as the family members’ names. Refer to the family members by initials only.
