Biopsychosocial Observation

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I. BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT Agency & Student’s Role On June 8, 2016, a child welfare agency conducted a parent/child observation with Ms. Sophia Mendez and her three children. Ashley M. Mosgrove, social work intern, did the intake and completed the biopsychosocial assessment. Identifying Information, Presenting Problem & Current Information Ms. Sophia Mendez (06/01/1989) is the 27-year-old Hispanic mother of Benjamin Cueva III (04/02/2006), Regina Rosario (03/03/2008) and George Rosario (02/04/2011). According to the DSS caseworker for this family, all three children were removed from Ms. Mendez’s care in 2013 due to alcohol abuse. During this time they were placed in a 1055 placement with Ms. Mendez’s mother, Ms. Franzeska Reyes. The …show more content…

The clients goals are to be reunited with her children, maintain housing, and to attend parenting to strengthen her skills and the bond with her children. Client is doing well: abstaining from drinking and complying with and attending program, no longer with abusive boyfriend, willing to work hard. Key players agree on goals for the most part. Goals represent a change on the micro level. Identified objectives are to develop her parenting skills and strengthen the bond with her children, maintain sobriety, and to develop healthier coping skills, develop positive self-esteem. Intervention options include trauma focused substance abuse treatment and parenting with children present. Barriers to this plan include financial issues, maslows hierarchy of needs, if she is unable to keep housing then she will not be able to address psychological well-being. May need a mezzo intervention to ensure. Macro intervention to affordability and transportation etc. Affordability of quality care and transportation/price to travel. Progress will be evaluated through her maintained sobriety, and tracking of skills through the parenting program as well as a parenting stress index, scl 90-r, and

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