title: Holistic student assessments.
abstract: An assessment from a holistic perspective considers the overall well-being of the adolescent and seeks to understand the adolescent's development and resiliency in relation to social relationships and their context and risks, given the association between these factors and the goal to promote each area. It is recommended that measures in the assessment obtain information from each of these factors from paper-and-pencil questionnaires, to more qualitative means such as forging relationship with practitioners. Ideally, an assessment should be easily administered by youth workers such as practitioners. A successful assessment procedure includes translation of the assessment findings to a referral by the assessment administrator to explain why the service is needed.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School-Children's Hospital of Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Cindy H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Malti
authors.forename: Gil G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Noam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D041923:Adolescent Development; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students; D014481:United States