Psy 270

Clinical Assessment

Toni St.Thomas
PSY 270
8/5/11
Donna Busarow

Mr. and Mrs. Lawson brought their 4-year-old adopted daughter, Clara, to see Dr. Mason, a psychiatrist. Clara was polite in greeting Dr. Mason, but did not pull a face and kept her gaze down as she took a seat. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson sit next to Clara and began explaining their concerns. They described Clara as a quiet barbarian who has recently begun throwing temper tantrums, during which she is inconsolable. Her sleep and eating patterns pick emerge changed, and she no longer wants to go to pre educate.
Create a brief solvent to each of the following questions:
1. What new(prenominal) information would you equivalent to pick out during the interview with the family? What questions would you ask? The other information that I would like to learn would be what kind of situation she came from in the first place she was adopted. I would also want to have about the environment at school and at home. I would need to make love of her aesculapian history and of any history that they had on her life before she was adopted. Was she abused? How old was she when she was adopted? Were there any incidents that have happened at preschool that may make her start acting out? Has she had any accidents or been hospitalized. Are there any other electric razorren living in the home?



Did she have any siblings that you know of? Was she in foster care, if so how many different families? Is she aware(predicate) she is adopted or have you kept it from her? Do her classmates know that she is adopted? Is she being teased or bullied at school?
2. In addition to the clinical interview, what other clinical appraisal tools should you consider? Why? I would definitely have this child do some drawings. These drawings might be able to dish out to understand why the child is feeling the way she is. I think that young children are able to show through drawings better than speaking about some things that are bothering them. I might also have her take the Sentence consequence test. This could give me a basis...If you want to get a dependable essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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