ASI – Conclusion

The ASI – Conclusion screen ask the counselor to summarize the assessment interview. The counselor enters a summary on various topics in the Comment boxes. The counselor will summarize and assess in the following areas:

• Information gathered related to the client’s Presenting problem.
• The client’s Medical, Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Vocational history, identifying co-occuring disabilities and/or disorders.
• The client’s personal perception of problems, needs, limitations and strengths.
• The counselor’s assessment of the client’s strengths and weaknesses, limitations, needs and problems. Include personal values and aspirations, accomplishments, interests, resources, and attributes.
• The counselor’s assessment of any positive or negative factors likely to affect treatment. Identify any particular barriers to treatment.
• The treatment recommended for this client, including anticipated level, length, intensity. The expected goal and outcome of treatment.
• Additional Services that might benefit this client, such as AA or NA.
  

The final section of this screen in a SNAP summary. The counselor enters assessments of the client’s:

• Strengths
• Needs
• Abilities
• Preferences
  

The counselor enters the patient’s expectations from treatment.
The counselor enters the patient’s expectations from staff.

At this point the program will automatically generate a composite score based on entries in the ASI.

• Click on Export.

Click Open in the box that displays.

Adobe Reader will display a printable PDF document of the ASI.

Print the form. At the bottom there is a place for the Counselor, the Doctor and the Supervisor to sign. This copy will be added to the patient’s paper chart.

Click Save. Data is saved and the counselor is brought to the Eval tab of the client’s file in SAMMS.