Best Assessment Tool for Client-Centered Goals in Recovery Based Mental Health

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My assessment approach is like my intervention approach.  It is client specific.  After I conduct an interview and obtain a baseline occupational profile, I want to look at their occupational performance by utilizing an assessment that is based upon what they want and what we think the barriers to that are.   It depends upon the client.  If someone wants to live in an apartment, then I will use something like the Kohlman Evaluation of Living Skills or the Milwaukee Evaluation of Daily Living Skills, MEDLS.  If someone is presenting with stress or anxiety as a barrier to them working, we might do a stress management questionnaire.  If we really want to look at components of social interaction and cognitive skills, then we might look at something like a Comprehensive Occupation Therapy Evaluation.  One of my favorite assessments is the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills.  It does require a significant amount of training.  It looks at what this person wants to engage in and breaks down tasks so that we can identify what the performance skill barriers are.  To me, assessment should be like treatment.  It is individualized.  There is not one assessment that looks at everything.  We also use all of the MOHO-based assessments here, the Worker Role Interview, the MOHOST, the OCAIRS, the OPHI.  We determine what the best assessment is based upon the person and their goals.