ADD5106: Week 9 Assignment: Additional Screening and Assessment
Tools

Assignment Instructions
1. Identify how suicide risk is assessed or screened for.

○ Provide examples of assessment or screening tools
available to determine level of risk associated with
suicide and/or violence for a client.

2. Identify how to determine the appropriate level of care for a client
in addictions treatment.

○ Provide examples of assessment or screening tools
available to determine appropriate level of care for a
client.

3. Identify how stage of change is determined.
○ Provide examples of additional assessment or screening

tools available to determine the client’s stage of change.
4. Analyze what types of ethical considerations must be addressed

when using the assessment or screening tools.
○ What specific ethical codes are used to address these

considerations?

Assignment Requirements
● Written communication: Written communication must be free of

errors such that the overall message is clear.
● APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according

to current APA style.
● Length of paper: 4–5 double-spaced, typed pages, excluding title

and reference pages.
● Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Week 9 Assignment: Additional Screening and Assessment Tools

Criteria Ratings Pts

Evaluate
identified

instruments
used to

screen and
assess

suicide risk.
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50 to >42.5 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Evaluates identified instruments used to screen
and assess suicide risk and provides
recommendations for how to interpret the data.
42.5 to >35 pts
PROFICIENT
Evaluates identified instruments used to screen
and assess suicide risk.
35 to >0 pts
BASIC
Identifies but does not evaluate instruments used
to screen and assess suicide risk.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not evaluate identified instruments used to
screen and assess suicide risk.

/ 50 pts

Evaluate
identified

instruments to
determine the

most
appropriate
level of care
for clients in

addiction
treatment.

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description

50 to >42.5 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Evaluates identified instruments to determine the
most appropriate level of care for clients in
addiction treatment and discusses the specific
levels of care.
42.5 to >35 pts
PROFICIENT
Evaluates identified instruments to determine the
most appropriate level of care for clients in
addiction treatment.
35 to >0 pts
BASIC

/ 50 pts

Identifies but does not evaluate instruments to
determine the most appropriate level of care for
clients in addiction treatment.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not evaluate identified instruments to
determine the most appropriate level of care for
clients in addiction treatment.

Evaluate how
the stage of
change is

determined.
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50 to >42.5 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Evaluates how the stage of change is determined
and describes how stages of change are linked to
the treatment planning process.
42.5 to >35 pts
PROFICIENT
Evaluates how the stage of change is
determined.
35 to >0 pts
BASIC
Discusses but does not evaluate how the stage
of change is determined.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not evaluate how the stage of change is
determined.

/ 50 pts

Analyze
ethical

consideration
s that must be
addressed in
a case study.
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50 to >42.5 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Analyzes identified types of ethical
considerations that must be addressed in the
screening and assessment tools. In addition,
identifies appropriate ethical codes to guide the
assessment process.
42.5 to >35 pts
PROFICIENT
Analyzes ethical considerations that must be
addressed in a case study.
35 to >0 pts
BASIC
Identifies but does not analyze ethical
considerations that must be addressed in a case
study.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not analyze ethical considerations that
must be addressed in a case study.

/ 50 pts

Communicate
effectively

through the
consistent use
of grammar,
punctuation,

and
mechanics
expected of
an addiction
professional.
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50 to >42.5 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Communicates effectively through writing that is
free of errors and that shows the consistent use
of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics
expected of an addiction professional.
42.5 to >35 pts
PROFICIENT
Communicates effectively through the consistent
use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics
expected of an addiction professional.
35 to >0 pts
BASIC

/ 50 pts

Inconsistently communicates through the use of
grammar, punctuation, and mechanics expected
of an addiction professional.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not communicate effectively through the
consistent use of grammar, punctuation, and
mechanics expected of an addiction professional.