Lesson 8: Taking Histories Attention Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this lesson's material, students will be able to:
Teaching Gathering the Story Gathering information for the social history is very important. This information helps determine your impressions and recommendations for treatment. A "social history" is a description of the history of the problem that has brought the client to services. It also includes all the relevant background information about the person because these factors may contribute to the problem as well. We might envision this as the persons' "story". DETAILS are what are important...you may have heard the saying that the "Devil is in the details"...this might be true, but the solution to the problem is often there as well! This is why it is so important to NOT jump to conclusions and solutions too early in the case management relationship...take the time to get to know the details of the story. Information we Need Click HERE to review the Maine DHHS standards for assessment Ongoing Story-Gathering As a CM, part of our relationship building function with our clients is to continue to get to know them and their history over time. We will never have the WHOLE story but if we remain open to the conversation, we can learn a lot.
Assessment Lesson 8 Assignment Using the interview you conducted last week write up a treatment plan based on the examples provided below. Submit a written treatment plan to the Lesson 8 Assignment Drop box that includes all of the necessary information in an organized and logical format. Here is the example Treatment Plan for T.C. (MS Word Version) Here is the example Treatment Plan for T.C. (PDF Version)
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