Risk assessment tool knowing the fact that

Risk Assessment Tool
Knowing the fact that adolescents go for risky behaviors, it will be
important to assess him for the same. I would use the HEEADSSS
screening tool for adolescent issues for this. Here I can find out more about
his home environment, education, employment, eating pattern, his
activities, ambitions. I can also find out about any drug use, his sexuality, or
if he has any suicidal thoughts and if he is safe from injury and violence
(Ball, Dains, Flynn, Solomon, Stewart, 2015).
Asking appropriate questions and avoiding stereotypes is essential to
providing care that is tailored to the individual patient (Ball, Dains, Flynn,

Solomon, & Stewart,2015). Questions should be open-ended and asked in a
manner that is easily understood. Some of the questions I would ask him are
as follows: 1. What brought you to be seen today? 2. How are things at
home? 3. Tell me about your friends. 4. Do you play any type of computer or
video games? If so What kind? 5. What are you good at doing?
Thus, I will ask such open-ended questions which will allow my patient to
talk about areas that are troubling him if any.
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