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TESI-C Assessment for Children As Jessie counselor, the Traumatic Events Screening Inventory (TESI-C) would be an assessment to use with Jessie (The National Center for PTSD, 2011). In addition, the TESI-C is used with children that have experienced trauma such as seeing the seriousness of the accident, illness, violence, molestation, and disaster. The questions on this assessment are organized to explain the experienced of Jessie and allow him to express the stress of the traumatic incidents. Moreover, there are 16 items areas that analysis the possible traumatic. In essence, professional mental health counselors should administrate the TESI-C. For instance, this questionnaire consist of yes, no, not sure, and refuse to answers, but traumatic display does not exist just when the child answer yes that illustrate one or more confrontation. Furthermore, the professional mental health counselors should implement open-ended question to gain information that is factual about harm, individual fear, horror, and helplessness. Integrate Assessment Integrating the TESI-C would be helpful with Jessie, because the goal …show more content…

During the interview, it is important to focus on assessment that would be implement with Jessie. It is vital to speak with the family and child to collect the needed information on Jessie. Keeping in mind that Jessie experience a horrific ordeal, the assessment to us with Jessie would be TESI-C. This will explain the impact had on him after the tornado. This would help Jessie understand his feelings of the loss houses, the elderly woman death, his mother whom panic, and the best friend having to temporary move can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He has also become over protect of his sibling and a hard time going to sleep at

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