roblem. After that is done you would want to administer an evaluation. What kind of test did you give? The reason this is done so you have hard data you can back up your diagnose. Now you look into behavioral observations. Behavioral observations are how the client presents him/her self. How are they dressed? After you answer that question you go into the clients affect. Background Information I feel is the most important part of the format. This will tell you how the client has developed the problem they currently have now. Now you go into the testing stage of the evaluation. You administer whatever test you feel will give you enough information to back up your diagnosis; you could also use to the test to come up with a diagnosis. Now you are almost done with the evaluation, you have to go over the tests and the interview, to come up with your impressions and interpretations. This includes the facts from the testing you gave earlier. Also analyze the whole interview and you then you come up with a summery explanation of the whole evaluation. At the end of the evaluation you give recommendations you might have. Recommendations usually state what the client could do to improve her state of life. That is the format you must have when writing an evaluation. Now that you know how to write an evaluation now you need to know the mechanics. You have to think of the audience you writing the evaluation for. Is the audience you are writing for the court system? You have to write your evaluation so it is targeted to the specific audience you a writing the evaluation for. Now the evaluation should be brief and to the point, a good report should not go over 1000 words, about two to four pages. While you give an evaluation you have to think of what type of test you should give. You should give tests that are relevant with the evaluation you are working on. I have gone over the different ways each evaluation can be unique. The examples I have given...
