BIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Individual Bio-Psychological Assessment of Josh Antonio

Table of Contents

Part 11

1-a. Description1

1-B. Referral to the Opportunity High School1

2. Preparation for Meeting2

3. Individual Life Issues2

Client's Perspective2

Agency's Perspective3

My Perspective3

4. a. Developing a Mutual Understanding4

4-b. Evaluation of the family members4

5-a. Role of Agency5

5-b. Professional Roles and Boundaries5

5-c. Personal Values5

5-d. Handling Negative Reaction6

5-e. Work Relationship6

5-f. My Role as a Professional Consultant7

5-g. Improving Clarity7

5-h. Working With the Client8

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Bio-Psychological Assessment9

Biological Perspective9

Person: Environment Perspective9

Biological Factors10

Psychological Functioning of the Client11

Psychodynamic11

Developmental11

Trauma Attachment12

Behavioral12

Assessment of the family: Walsh's family Process14

Beliefs Systems14

Organizational Patterns15

Communication15

Impact of SocioCultural factors15

Person: Environment fit16

Role of Human Behavior in Guiding Social Work Practice16

Most Relevant Material17

Less relevant Material17

Conclusion17

References18

Individual Bio-Psychological Assessment of Josh Antonio

Part 1

1-a. Description

In order to start the bio-psychological assessment, it is important to study the brief history of the client and his background, so that we can study the impact of his background on his current psychological state (Green, 1994). The name of the Client is Josh Antonio. He is 16 years old male teenager. Josh is from a broken family. His father has left his family, and his mother has AIDS. The client has three siblings, excluding him. The client's sexual orientation is straight or heterosexual. The ethnicity of the client is Hispanic. Client is not a religious practitioner. However, his moral values are strong because he has a clear understanding of right and wrong.

1-B. Referral to the Opportunity High School

I am a Social Work intern from the University of Connecticut. Joshua Antonio Rivera was referred to us from Wheeler Clinic, which is located at 103 Woodland St. 4th Floor, Hartford, Connecticut. Wheeler Clinic supports Care Coordination, Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS), Family Support services, Intensive In-home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services (IICAPS), Multi-systematic Therapy and Multi-systematic Therapy Family Integrated Transitions.

2. Preparation for Meeting

Prior to our initial meeting I reviewed the students general demographic information, bell schedule and 'quick-look-up' through https://powerschool.hartfordschools.org/admin/students/schedule.html.

I also obtained the students teachers and Youth Development Specialist (YDS) through this lookup. Next, I spent the afternoon speaking to his teachers and YDS to gain as much relevant background information as possible about the student along with introducing myself to them and said should an incident occur I would be happy to assist with an intervention. The goal for the initial meeting was to introduce myself to the client, cover the rules governing confidentiality and schedule an appropriate time to meet on a weekly basis. Also, discuss with the client their current academic standing/progress and see if they had any expectations or reservations about this process.

I developed anticipatory empathy by removing biasness and judgmental error. I asked client to freely express his problems. The background of his problems helped me to put myself in his shoes and understand his behavior according of his point of view. Anticipatory empathy helped me to start a good relationship with the client in the first meeting. I realized that his behavior is a response to the environmental challenges (Walsh, 2000). However, if I could speak to his mother, his sister and his girl friend, I will be able ...