Conducting the Clinical Assessment Two-Part Training: Part 1

This is a two-part training. Upon registering, you will automatically be enrolled in both the 11/7 and 11/9 sessions.

Training Description:

The clinical assessment is the first meeting with the client and clinician to establish care. This can be a complex meeting with many priorities, including creating a welcoming, safe environment, attending to confidentiality and the limits of this, recognizing ways to attend to the individual needs of the client in a culturally competent, trauma-informed manner, assessing for safety and risk, and evaluating their presentation and symptomatology to determine an initial working diagnosis and treatment plan. In this training, we will present evidence-based methods of conducting the clinical assessment and best practices for asking difficult questions and gathering information for the creation of an initial clinical formulation and treatment plan.

Training Objectives:

After participating in this training, participants will be able to:

1. Create a welcoming, safe environment to conduct a culturally competent, trauma-informed assessment, attending to the individual needs of the client.
2. Assess the risk of harm or abuse to self or others, and screen for intimate partner violence using standardized tools.
3. Analyze the need for further reporting regarding the risk of harm or abuse to self or others.
4. Compile pertinent diagnostic information and compile findings relevant to the client to complete the initial assessment and treatment plan.

Continuing Education Credits:

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