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IIiITIAL ASSSSSRENT s~`~t
TITUS, David
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PaQe 3
COGNITIVE
The client t+as cooperative. He Nas oriented to person and place, but
appeared to have some difficulty pith time. His major problems are
visual perceptual orqanization; visnal scanninq; reaction time; problem
solvinQ; sequencinq; organization and abstract reasoninQ; and short-term
memory and recall.
Goal: Ymprove cognitive functioning to a level that client can live
independently and be conpetitively emp~oyed.
Objectives:
Improve visual attenfiion and discrimination.
2. Improve short-term memory or develop compensatory strateqies.
~ 3. Improve problem solving abi2ities.
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~ PSYCflOSOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL Coordinator: Bill SteMard, li.S.N.
~ T~e social Korker conducted interviews Mith David and David's mother and
; step-father. David Titus is 28 years old and has never been married. He
~ completed his G.E.D. e~hile in the service aad learaed to do enQine room
j Mork. He alsa learned Meldinq at a community college. ge has done work
i as a xelder and as a pipe layer. The client has expressed an interest in
i becominQ a plumber. ~
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k 7'he client has very little contact With his father. He reports that he
~ is close to his mother and step-fatber. The client has three siblinqs.
~ He expresses Qood feelinQs toMards his siblings althouqh he does not
} see them frequently. The client has a past history of drug and alcohol
~ abuse.
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~ His strengths include an aMareness of his deficits, an awareness of basic
social skills, an ability to make friends, initial compliance xith
~ treatment, absence of anQry displays, supportive parents, ease of
self-disclosure in a one on one counselinQ settinQ. His barriers include
a loKered frustration tolerance, loM self-estee~, minor depresaion, a
tendency to qi~ze up easily, substance abuse history, iaitial recovery
needs and passive resistance. The barriers xill be addressed throuqh
social skills and personal adjustment group in a8dition to individual
counselinq and substance abuse education recovery clags. The outcome
qoals Nill be directed toMards sueceseful social functioain~ in an ~
independent livinq enviranment Mith coapetitive e~ployment capacity.
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