To prepare:
- Review the Learning Resources on substance use disorder screening.
- Access the UMKC | SBIRT website and review the AUDIT and DAST-10 tools that are included among the validated screening forms.
- Review the case you analyzed in Weeks 3, 6, and 7 from the Case Scenarios media. Angela Peters
- Imagine that you are the individual featured in the case you analyzed,and then complete the AUDIT and DAST-10 screening tools.
- Consider how the screening and assessment process might feel from both the client’s and the social worker’s perspectives.
Submit a 3-page ***** in which you reflect on the screening tool and screening and assessment process. Be sure to include the following elements in your p****:
Screening Tools:
- Briefly describe the AUDIT and DAST-10 screening tools and explain what information the tools can and cannot provide about a client.
Reflection From the Client’s Perspective:
- How do you imagine the individual featured in your case would feel answering the screening questions? What do you know about the client’s background that informs your understanding of how they might feel?
Reflection From the Social Worker’s Perspective:
- How might it feel for a social worker to administer these screening tools to the individual featured in your case?
- How would you describe the strengths and limitations of the use of these screening tools with the individual featured in your case?
- How could a social worker use the screening results to inform their next steps in the assessment process with the individual featured in your case?
Use these Learning Resources to support your Assignment. Make sure to provide APA citations and a reference list.
- Van Wormer, K., & Davis, D. R. (2018). Addiction treatment: A strengths perspective (4th ed.). Cengage Learning.
- Chapter 7, “Screening and Assessment” (pp. 295–312)
- University of Missouri-Kansas City | SBIRT. (n.d.). Validated screening forms.Links to an external site. https://www.sbirt.care/tools.aspx
