Assessment Practices

Course code CNSK 1508

Credit 3.0

Length 45.0 hours

Course outline View

This course introduces students to the skills required to appropriately identify and conduct an assessment in various settings with multiple demographics. Encompassing a bio-psycho-social-spiritual model, students will learn a collaborative therapeutic framework for conducting assessments as a client-centered, trauma informed skill, while preserving respect and dignity for clients.

Prerequisites

CNSK 1502, CNSK 1505.

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What you will learn

  • • Models of assessment: Bio-psycho-social-spiritual, collaborative, therapeutic
    • Assessment interview
    • Mental health and substance use screening
    • Mental status exam
    • Risk assessment
    • Assessment with special populations
    • Making appropriate referrals
    • Integrate assessment information and case conceptualization
    • Report writing
    • Addictions assessment and screening tools
    • Case management

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
22407 June 9, 2026
to August 25, 2026
Lecture/Practical Online See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.