PURPOSE: The purpose of this assignment is to organize a plan of treatment for a

PURPOSE: The purpose of this assignment is to organize a plan of treatment for an adolescent client. Students will have the opportunity to prioritize problems to address in treatment and to identify goals for intervention.
GUIDELINES:
1) The student will identify and prioritize the most important problems to address in treatment with the traumatized youth. Students should prioritize at least 4 problems to address and provide a rationale for why they have chosen these problems.
2) The student will identify key individuals who will take part in the treatment plan (Please Include, Amber\’s mother, her school counselor, her therapist, and primary care doctor). Students will assign roles to each \”player\” on the team and provide a rationale explaining why they have chosen the individual to take part in the treatment team and why they have been assigned specific roles.
3) Students will use the trauma assessment tool to identify where they will begin their intervention will clients. Students will provide a rationale for the factors that they considered in making the determination. (This book would be a great resource: Saxe, Glenn N.; Ellis, B. Heidi; Brown, Adam D. Trauma Systems Therapy for Children and Teens, Second Edition (p. i). Guilford Publications.)
4) Students will identify solutions to the problems they addressed in the treatment plan. Students will provide a thorough description of the solution and make strong links explaining how each solution addresses the problem identified.
5) Students will identify the key interpersonal and environmental strengths and barriers that will be incorporated into the treatment plan. Students must provide a strong rationale for why they view these as strengths or barriers.
6) Students will create a list of potential traumatic reminders/stressors and provide a strong rationale for why they have identified each potential reminder/stressor.