HUS230 — Assessment and Documentation in Human Services
1 Cr. Per Week: 1 Lec. This course will focus on the student’s knowledge and skills needed in the methods of psychosocial assessment and documentation within the field of Human Services. The proper application of ethical and legal principles in documenting and reporting within this field will be emphasized. Additionally, administrative and professional obligations will be reviewed along with an examination of issues of confidentiality and client privacy rights. Recording, saving and retrieving documentation will be examined. Online documentation as well as paper and pencil documentation will be reviewed with an examination of time management issues involved in meeting one’s documentation responsibilities. The components of a psychosocial assessment will be reviewed. How to elicit the needed information to form the psychosocial assessment will be reviewed, including the need to obtain releases for protected information. Click here for the Class Schedule