Full Description
Clinical Assessment for Social Workers provides a wide range of standardized assessment tools, derived from different perspectives, to give readers greater flexibility in information gathering and intervention planning. Incorporating both quantitative and qualitative methods, the authors encourage readers to approach assessment as both an art and a science. They advocate for discovering the balance between scientific, evidence-based approaches and the development of personal practice wisdom.
Contents
Contents
List of Appendixes
List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes
Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL ASSESSMENT
Chapter 1: Assessment Process and Methods
Catheleen Jordan and Cynthia Franklin
PART II: CLINICAL ASSESSMENT METHODS
Chapter 2: Quantitative Clinical Assessment Methods
Anao Zhang and Cynthia Franklin
Chapter 3: Standardized Assessment Measures and Computer-Assisted Assessment
Danielle E. Parrish, David W. Springer, Aynsley Scheffert, and Cynthia Franklin
Chapter 4: Qualitative Clinical Assessment Methods
Michelle S. Ballan and Molly Freyer
PART III: CLINICAL ASSESSMENT WITH POPULATIONS
Chapter 5: Children and Adolescents
Catheleen Jordan
Chapter 6: Adults
Elizabeth C. Pomeroy and Kathleen Hill Anderson
Chapter 7: Family Systems
Anao Zhang, Cynthia Franklin, Laura Hopson
Chapter 8: Trauma and ACEs
Tara M. Powell, Wendy Hsieh, and OeJin Shin
Chapter 9: Multicultural Assessment
Dorie J. Gilbert and Katarzyna Olco
Chapter 10: Assessment for Suicide Risk
Regina T. Praetorius
PART IV: ASSESSING OUTCOMES
Chapter 11: Linking Assessment to Outcome Evaluation Using Single-System and Group Research Designs
Bruce A. Thyer
Appendices
2A Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
2B Sample Clinician Report for the Youth Outcome Questionnaire 2.0 (YOQ)
4A Use of Qualitative Methods to Determine the Ecological Validity of Neuropsychological Testing
5A Psychological Testing Instruments for Children and Adolescents
6A Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST Revised)
7A Examples of Circular Questions
7B Mediator's Assessment of Safety Issues and Concerns (MASIC)
10A Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSR-S).
10B Linehan Risk Assessment and Mdanagement Protocol (LRAMP)
Index
