Topic: Chapter 8: Assessment: Exploring and Understanding Problems and Strengths & Chapter 9: Assessment: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Environmental Factors

Order Description address the following questions: What items do you think are critical in conducting a client assessment? How can we incorporate cultural competence in assessment of clients? What do social class factors have to do with assessment? How do intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental factors impact assessment? How can we utilize interviewing skills in assessing for substance use? How can we assess cognitive and perceptual functioning? How about Affective functioning? Behavioral functioning? Suicide risk? Aggression? Motivation? How do religious or spiritual beliefs affect assessment?