Description
Assessing a client’s biological, psychological, and social history is a holistic approach that is an essential aspect of social work practice. Since one area often affects the other two, it is important to get as accurate an assessment as possible when working with a client. Social workers use the bio-psycho-social tool to communicate specific information, and possible conclusions, about a client to other professionals. It is, at once, a summary of current issues and problems; a listing of past factors that may be relevant to the current situation; and a description of potential issues that may have an effect on the client in the future. In addition to describing the client’s challenges and problems, the assessment identifies strengths and assets that are available to provide support. For this Project you create a bio-psycho-social assessment.
Submit a 6- to 9-page paper that focuses on an adolescent from one of the case studies presented in this course. For this Project, complete a bio-psycho-social assessment and provide an analysis of the assessment. This Project is divided into two parts:
Part A: Bio-Psycho-Social Assessment: The assessment should be written in professional language and include sections on each of the following:
- Presenting issue (including referral source)
- Demographic information
- Current living situation
- Birth and developmental history
- School and social relationships
- Family members and relationships
- Health and medical issues (including psychological and psychiatric functioning, substance abuse)
- Spiritual development
- Social, community, and recreational activities
- Client strengths, capacities, and resources
Part B: Analysis of Assessment. Address each of the following:
- Explain the challenges faced by the client(s)—for example, drug addiction, lack of basic needs, victim of abuse, new school environment, etc.
- Analyze how the social environment affects the client.
- Identify which human behavior or social theories may guide your practice with this individual and explain how these theories inform your assessment.
- Explain how you would use this assessment to develop mutually agreed-upon goals to be met in order to address the presenting issue and challenges face by the client.
- Explain how you would use the identified strengths of the client(s) in a treatment plan.
- Explain how you would use evidence-based practice when working with this client and recommend specific intervention strategies (skills, knowledge, etc.) to address the presenting issue.
- Analyze the ethical issues present in the case. Explain how will you address them.
- Describe the issues will you need to address around cultural competence.
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Part one
Brandon suffered from physical aggression, inappropriate language and failure to adhere
to rules both at home and school. Brandon is a male young boy aged 12 years. He is a Caucasian.
He lives with his mother and her boyfriend. The boy had a poor development history that led him
to his current behavior. Between the age of four and six, his father sexually abused him
frequently. Brandon has aggressive behavior at school and uses inappropriate language to the
female peers at school. Brandon relates well with his mother and has a positive attitude towards
his father but not when he hurt him. However, the relationship is not the same with her mother’s
boyfriend. He is aggressive when interacting with his mother’s boyfriend. When interacting with
him, Brandon increases argumentative behavior and tends to have minor property damages at
home.
Brandon took part in therapy which did not change his behavior. As a result, the family
decided to abandon the therapy. The behavior has, since then increased and the mother fears her
son might become a violent sexual offender. Brandon was sexually abused between the age of
four and six years. This has affected his life making him live in depression. He relates poorly
with people around and has developed fear towards his physical security. He has developed
aggression towards other people, an indication that he does not socialize with others well.
Brandon is scared making him sleep with a BB gun under his pillow. However, through therapy,
he is strong enough to recover and talk about the problem he faces in his life. Brandon interacts
with other despite the challenges he is going through.
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Part two
Challenge
Brandon faces some challenges in his life as a teenager. He cannot live with others
peacefully due to fear of his physical security. This came from the incidents that happen to him
when he was a young boy. His father abused him sexually frequently. At the age of 12,
depression had taken over him and started showing inapp...