Units 4 and 5 discuss a number of couple assessments available. It’s five years in the future. Based on your readings, week introductions, and looking through the Couple and Family Assessment Resource Folder, which of these assessments might you use in your clinical practice, and why?

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1) Choosing Couple Assessment Instruments

Units 4 and 5 discuss a number of couple assessments available. It’s five years in the future. Based on your readings, week introductions, and looking through the Couple and Family Assessment Resource Folder, which of these assessments might you use in your clinical practice, and why?

2) Child Treatment Planning: The Freed-Smith Family Case Study (Pdf linked below)

Review the case study of the Freed-Smith family provided in the Resources. For your initial post in this discussion, choose a systemic model and explain how you would apply it with this family to treat their nine-year-old child. Use The Family Therapy Treatment Planner, With DSM-5 Updates and complete a treatment plan. Include the systemic model and reference the DSM-5 in your diagnosis.

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