Social Work with Individuals

Part 1: Skill Development Exercises in Assessment

Question 1

a) Appearance: With regard to posture, the client appears fidgety, and adopts a slumped position. When it comes to attire, the patient appears decent and dressed appropriately for the occasion. In as far as psychomotor functioning is concerned, the patient displays some signs of retardation with regard to slowed and uncoordinated movements. She is also hesitant in her attempts to address the various queries floated to her.

b) Cognitive functioning: The clients memory could be described as short-term; concentration as poor; judgment as poor and unperceptive; reality testing as distorted and having poor orientation to place; coherence as largely coherent; cognitive flexibility in terms of inability to perceive multiple things or ideas simultaneously; misconceptions in terms of impaired mental processes; and sensory perception in terms of absence of depersonalization, illusions, and hallucinations.

c) Affective Functioning: The clients mood...

In as far as client values and self-concept are concerned, I would seek to not only not only highlight her key values, but also the exact role played by the said values in diverse aspects of her life. In so doing, I could amongst other things seek to establish her cultural conditioning. On the other hand, with regard to her self-concept, I would be particularly interested in establishing how she views herself. This could be supplemented by open ended queries seeking to elicit responses over what kind of person she believes she is. In as far as…