PRISM Module II - Assessment

A successful assessment process is essential to providing the consumer with effective and informed treatment.  During the Assessment phase, the "helper" gathers information from the consumer on a wide variety of life experiences.  This multi-dimensional approach affords the "helper" the opportunity to assess the consumer's self-perceptions of key attributes, along with areas in need of improvement.  
 
Module II identifies the following key assessment skills:

• Give attention to the whole person.
• Identify a consumer's strengths.
• Be a reflective practitioner.
• Be flexible with your methods of data collecting.
• Exercise good writing skills.

These skills will be used to meet the consumer where they are at, to create for the consumer a new history and recovery-oriented future, to employ a strengths perspective during assessment, and to work as a team with the consumer and other "helpers" toward the ultimate goal of recovery.