Assessment plan of a family, group, or agency

A comprehensive assessment plan of a family, group, or agency with whom the student is working in field placement.

1. What is the individual (family or group) like?
    Describe age, ethnicity, socio-economic-status, and other variables that you think are important; such as occupation, sexual orientation, gender expression, etc.
   How did the individual (family or group) come to your agency for services?
    Are services voluntary? Are services mandated? By whom?
   Are there limitations that affect the individual (family or group) from attending services – such as physical disability, developmental or intellectual disability, any other variable?
2. What resources are available to the individual (family or group)?
    Is the individual (family or group) capable of meeting the needs/requirements of services?
    Does the individual (or family or group members) have a stable home?
    Is the individual (family or group members) capable of performing activities of daily living?
    Does the individual (family or group members) have health insurance?
   What neighborhood or community resources are available to the individual, family, or group members?
    Is the individual (family or group members) connected to friends, neighbors, church, or community?
   Integrative Assessment Part Two:
3. What are the individual’s (family’s or group member’s) educational backgrounds, lifestyles, and beliefs?
    What is the level of education of the individual (family or group members)?
    Does this individual (family or group members) have basic linguistic and literacy skills?
    Are their barriers to communication?
    What is the individual’s (family’s or group members) lifestyle and cultural background?
    Does the individual (or any family or group member) have beliefs that are alternative, folk-based, or otherwise outside of the normative dominant culture?
    Are their potential conflicts between you, the agency and the individual’s (or family or group members) belief systems?
    Is the individual (family or group members) able to take in new information easily?
    Is the individual (or family or group member) overwhelmed as a result of the need for services and new information?