This assignment has two focus areas:  First it will address how we identify and measure client problems using assessment measures/tools by choosing the best assessment for a problem of interest to you. Since misguided assessments may lead to misguided treatments, understanding the nature and scope of a client’s problems is a critical first step in the helping relationship. Since this class is focused on therapy/intervention models with individuals, families, and groups, you will be looking particularly at problem of interest to you, focusing on understanding the issues which impact mental health and/or functioning that would require direct intervention.  Therefore, the first section of Assignment 2 will focus on choosing the best assessment for a problem of interest to you.  For example, homeless may be an issue of interest to you.  Individuals with homelessness may struggle with substances, PTSD, depression, anxiety, difficulty in making choices, despair and lack of motivation.  So, if homelessness is the issue that you are focused on for assignment two then you could look for assessments related to an assessment tool to measure anxiety in the homeless population (or maybe PTSD in that population, etc.)   Then for the second part of the assignment you would look for three prevention programs, interventions or treatment approaches related to the topic you selected (e.g., anxiety interventions for those that are unhoused).    Similarly, if you are looking at the problem of domestic violence specify what you are wanting to assess: depression?  The level of crisis?  Trauma impact?