ASSESS

For the assessment, I will ask the guardian(s) and the client to come in for a face to face meeting! While often times an adolescent needs some assistance in identifying their own strengths, I strongly believe that each child has their own unique strengths and should be encouraged to explore and label these strengths. I am a firm believer that having an authority figure be able to point out and compliment positive traits they see in their child will help a child develop a positive self of self, and ultimately a positive self esteem.

All together, we will assess the current needs of the child and the barriers she feels she is facing. I will ask for the client to list the strengths she see’s in herself ,as well as for the parents to identify additional strengths.

The guardians will then be asked to leave the room so that the client and I can get to know one another by learning the needs of the adolescent, the fears, and clarify any questions she may have of the program.

In completing the assessment phase, she will then be asked to take a values assessment, a personality assessment, and an interests assessment.