Assessments for adolescents

[Pa Der Vang <vangpader@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
I'm seeking your opinions on functional assessments
tools for adolescents (ages 13 to 17). What are some
you have used and feel to be good tools. 
Dr. Pa Der Vang, LICSW
--- katstar@fqstudio.net wrote:

> The Children's Crisis Care Center in Houston, Texas
> conducts family assessments utillizing a very
> comprehensive interview/questionnaire that covers
> everything from basic demographics to drug use,
> mental health history, and a timeline starting from
> their earliest memories through childhood and up to
> present day.  They also utilize two different
> parenting inventories.  
> 
> The interview provided a very distinct trajectory of
> the parent's current situation and was extremely
> useful in making specific service recommendations.
> 
> Here is their web page for further
> information...http://www.hc-ps.org/4cs.htm
> 
> Katherine
> 
> 
>  
> Can someone provide some useful exercises for
> conducting family assessments in child protection? 
> I would like to use the exercise as a baseline for a
> research/training project.  Thank you in advance.  
>    
> Todd  
>    
>  @potsdam.edu>
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