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Technology and
Livelihood Education
Wellness Massage
Quarter 1 – Module 7:
Client’s Need Assessment
T.L.E. – Wellness Massage – Grade 10
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 1 – Module 7: Client’s Need Assessment
First Edition, 2020

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Technology and
Livelihood Education

Wellness Massage
Quarter 1 – Module 7:
Client’s Need Assessment

Introductory Message

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To the facilitator:

Welcome to the T.L.E. – Wellness Massage Grade 10 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on

the Client’s Need Assessment!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both
from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping
the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming
their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their
needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

To the learner:

Welcome to the T.L.E. – Wellness Massage Grade 10 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on

the Client’s Need Assessment!

The hand is one of the most symbolized parts of the human body. It is often used to
depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hand we may learn, create and
accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a learner
is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant competencies and
skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

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 What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the

lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentences/paragraphs to be filled in to
process what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given

to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

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 References This is a list of all sources used in developing
this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instructions carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are
not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

What I Need to Know

Clients will come on a massage spa depending on their needs. Some of their
reasons are: health; fitness; anti-aging; increased energy; and stress reduction. In
this module, you will learn the importance of conducting a client’s need assessment.

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

1. Explain the concept of client’s need assessment; and

2. Enumerate the importance of client’s need assessment.

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 What I Know

Pre-test

Directions: List down the importance of conducting client’s need assessment.

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Lesson

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What’s In

Activity 1: Review
Directions: Answer the following questions and write your answer to the spaces
provided.

1. What is the concept of the harmony of the three faculties?

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 2. How is the balance of five elements related to wellness massage?
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What’s New

Activity 2: Concept Mapping

Directions: Complete the spider web on the next page to discuss the concept of
client’s need assessment. Write your answers on the empty circles that surround the
topic, “What is client’s need assessment?”

WHAT IS
CLIENT’S NEED
ASSESSMENT?

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 What is It

Directions: After accomplishing the concept map, answer the following questions
and write your answer to the spaces provided.

1. What is the concept of client’s need assessment?

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2. Why do massage therapists need to conduct client’s need assessment?

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In Roman times, the local spa was a focal point of the community and enjoyed
by all social classes. This is still the case in some parts of Europe where spas are a
part of the mainstream health care system. Although the American spa industry
encourages the idea that spa is for everyone and should be a regular part of a healthy
lifestyle, there is still a bias in the social status of individuals that attend spas. In
the 1960s and the 1970s, the average American spa client was most likely to be
wealthy, female, and overweight. Her goals for visiting the spa probably included
weight loss, exercise, and pampering in the form of beauty treatments.
The ISPA Spa-Goer Survey for 2003 showed that the primary spa client was
still female (87%) but has a middle to upper middle-class income ($72,200 annual
household income). The number of men attending spas is growing rapidly, and men
currently comprise 29% of the market.

Client’s need assessment is a part of the preliminary procedures where a

massage therapist conducts an interview with the client to know his/her personal
information and medical history. In this type of assessment, the massage therapist
gathers information about the reasons of the client why he/she needs a massage.

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 What’s More

Activity 3: ‘Complete Me’

Directions: Complete the following sentences by filling in the blanks with phrases
that talk about your understanding on the topic.

1. Client’s need assessment is done to _____________________________________

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2. Client’s need assessment is undertaken by ___________________________

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3. If client’s need assessment is taken for granted,

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4. Client’s need assessment can also improve ______________________________

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5. The result of client’s need assessment will be helpful in

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What I Have Learned

Answer the following questions:

1. What is client’s need assessment?

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2. What is the importance of conducting client’s need assessment?
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 3. What is the important information of the client that you need to ask from them
during a client’s need assessment?
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What I Can Do

Activity 4: The Massage Therapist in Me

Directions: Create a brief script on how you conduct the client’s need assessment
granting that you are the massage therapist. Include also the presumed answer or
response of the client. Write it inside the box on the next page.

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 Assessment

Directions: Explain briefly the concept of client’s need assessment in your own
words. Write it inside the scroll below. Be guided with the rubric that follows.

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Assessment Rubric for Written Discussion

EXCELLENT GOOD POOR

Shows a full Shows a good Does not seem to

CONTENT
understanding of understanding of understand the
KNOWLEDGE
the topic. parts of the topic. topic well.

Presents all ideas Presents some of Does not present

ORGANIZATION
in an organized the ideas in an ideas in an
OF IDEAS
way. organized way. organized way.

Sentences are Most sentences are

well-constructed, well-constructed, Sentences have
with standard with standard significant
GRAMMAR & spelling and spelling and grammar or
SPELLING grammar (not the grammar (not the spelling errors
kinds of kinds of and/or non-
abbreviations abbreviations used standard English.
used while texting) while texting)

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 Additional Activities
Activity 5: The Process
Directions: List down the steps in conducting a client’s need assessment based on
what you have understood in this module.

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Answer Key

the world as being made up of five elements.

used as a way to heal illness and understand health. This tradition views
2. According to the Chinese, the five elements were applied to our bodies and
both reflection and action.
and feeling energetic are signs of a balanced life. A balanced life requires
Everything is connected. Feeling beautiful, feeling joyous, feeling healthy,
1. The concept of the harmony of the three faculties is the idea of integration.
Activity 1: Review

4. It is a part of preliminary services done by a massage therapist.

massage service.
clients through an interview which will serve as a guide in giving a
3. It is an activity where a massage therapist assesses the needs of the
2. It is done to promote health and safety.
1. It is assessing the client’s reasons why he/she needs a massage.
Activity 2: Concept Mapping

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Activity 3: Complete Me
1. Client’s need assessment is done to know the reasons of the clients why
they need a massage.
2. Client’s need assessment is undertaken by a massage therapist to a client.
3. If client’s need assessment is taken for granted, it may impose the clients
in danger, because there was no assessment or interview done prior to the
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4. Client’s need assessment can also improve the performance of the massage
therapist.
5. The result of client’s need assessment will be helpful in the massage
session.
References
 DISCLAIMER
This Self-learning Module (SLM) was developed by DepEd SOCCSKSARGEN
with the primary objective of preparing for and addressing the new normal.
Contents of this module were based on DepEd’s Most Essential Learning
Competencies (MELC). This is a supplementary material to be used by all
learners of Region XII in all public schools beginning SY 2020-2021. The
process of LR development was observed in the production of this module.
This is version 1.0. We highly encourage feedback, comments, and
recommendations.

For inquiries or feedback, please write or call:

Department of Education – SOCCSKSARGEN

Learning Resource Management System (LRMS)

Regional Center, Brgy. Carpenter Hill, City of Koronadal

Telefax No.: (083) 2288825/ (083) 2281893

Email Address: region12@deped.gov.ph

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