Presenting problem and relevant history

. Summarize the presenting problem and relevant history.

2. Provide a trauma-informed assessment of your client. The trauma assessment should
   include a brief description of the trauma HISTORY and a brief summary of emotional
   and/or behavioral SYMPTOMS that have developed as a result of the trauma. Be sure to
   highlight developmental and cultural factors that are salient to the assessment.
   Developmental concerns should speak to the child/adolescent’s achievement of
   milestones –individual, family, school, peers. Is the attachment relationship affected?
   Discuss how culture interacts with the experience of or impact of trauma. (Competency 1

• Skill)

2. Using the core concepts as a guide for prioritizing treatment issues, identify the most
   immediate treatment issues for your client. Use ONE, NO MORE THAN two core
   concepts.
3. Discuss the efforts you have made to address ambivalence/resistance effectively with
   your client and family. Identify the resistance/ambivalence clearly - it may be with the
   child or it may be with the caregiver, - e.g. reluctant to attend sessions, avoids efforts at
   engagement which is affecting the relationship with the child - or both. (Competency 6 -
   Skill)
4. Summarize the treatment to date. Indicate where, if at all, you have been able to use
   elements of the trauma treatment framework you have identified. (Competency 8 -

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