FAMILY ASSESSMENT Paper
Textbook: Collins, D., Jordan, C., & Coleman, H. (2010) (3rd ed). Introduction to family
social work. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Family Assessment paper is 5 pages long. You will interview a family to obtain the information.
Family’s Name:
PRIMARY FAMILY MEMBERS
Name
Race/Gender
DOB/Age
Family Role
Seen for Assessment?
INDIVIDUALS INTERVIEWED FOR ASSESSMENT (*telephone interview)
Name
Family Role/Relationship
CONTACTS
Date
Name
Type of Contact/Subject of Communication
GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION HISTORY
FAMILY’S PERCEPTION OF INTERVENTION
FAMILY’S HISTORY
PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT: Family in Situation
Prior Agency Involvement:
Other Social Agency Involvement:
Cultural Analysis:
Financial Conditions & Employment Status:
Living Arrangements:
Daily Living Skills:
Social Adjustment:
Educational Status:
Health Status:
Psychological: DSM Diagnosis and/or Factor Analysis (From SW 7700)
Chemical Dependency:
Criminal Activity:
Marriage Status:
Employment:
SOCIAL WORK ASSESSMENT OF FAMILY INTERACTION
Parent’s Perception of Child and Observations of Parent’s Interactions with
Child:
Couple’s Relationship:
Child’s Perception of Parents:
Parent’s Knowledge of Parenting & Discipline:
SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS
SOCIAL WORK OBSERVATIONS: Qualitative and Quantitative
Family’s Strengths
Family’s Needs
FAMILY ASSESSMENT PAPER & PRESENTATION
This final paper will integrate your previous work from the assessment with your practice with an actual family system. Based on your assessment, essentially you will describe the interventions you have made or will make, and how you either systematically assess the client’s progress, or state how you would assess progress.
The family treatment/intervention plan must include goals and objectives for the family treatment, and may also include objectives for individual members. In the narrative discussion, relate your treatment plan back to the treatment theory it is based on drawing from the theories and perspectives covered this semester. If you are providing continuing treatment to this family, please describe this process. If you have not provided continuing treatment to this family, describe how you predict the process would go. Also include a description of how you plan to evaluate the effectiveness of your treatment with this family.
The paper will be evaluated as follows:
1. Problem statement is clear and concise
2. Goals of treatment are clear
3. Objectives are precise and stated in measurable terms
4. The intervention identified is appropriate given the family’s problem, and given the goals and objectives of treatment
5. The intervention is based on evidence-based practice
6. The process of treatment is logical: Who does, what, when, how, and where?
7. What are the desired outcomes, assuming that the treatment is or would be effective?
8. The evaluation plan is clearly articulated
9. The paper should be organized around the areas stated above. Paper should follow APA format. Please use subheadings to organize and present your paper.
Assuming a case presentation format, each student will present a detailed description of the family intervention/treatment plan. Power point is required.
