Introduction

In this course you will be listening to the audio files: ‘Experiences of assessment’, where three people talk about assessment, with comments from a social worker and an occupational therapist. The audio clip was recorded in 2000. Participants in the audio clips:

• Helen Robinson is the presenter;
• Brian and Sylvia are a married couple who have experience of being assessed;
• Anne is a retired social worker who took early retirement on health grounds;
• Gaynor Answer is a social worker;
• Liz Adams is an occupational therapist.

We interviewed three people about their experiences of assessment. Having done that, we then asked a social worker and an occupational therapist to listen to the interviews and to comment on them.