Assessment and Intervention Planning

Question 1

Indicators of Client’s/Client System’s Strengths and Challenges

Answer 1

1) Cognitive and Appraisal Skills
2) Defense/Coping Mechanisms
3) Temperamental/Dispositional Factors
4) Interpersonal Skills & Supports
5) Other factors

Question 2

Crisis Plan

Answer 2

1) Plan and assess history/danger
2) Engage and contact
3) Identify problems and causes
4) Explore feelings
5) Hypothesize alternatives and coping
6) Restore functioning
7) Plan follow-up

Question 3

Research Process

Answer 3

The research process will:

1) Identify the research problem justify
2) Review literature
3) Hypotheses
4) Describe the data needed
5) Describe the methods of analysis

Question 4

Quasi-Experimental

Answer 4

uses intervention and comparison groups, but assignment to the groups is nonrandom.

Question 5

Pre-Experimental

Answer 5

studies contain intervention groups only and lack comparison/control groups, making them the weakest.

Question 6

Single-Subject Research

Answer 6

Aims to determine whether an intervention has the intended impact on a client, or on many clients who form a group

Question 7

pre- and post-test or single-case study

Answer 7

(AB) in which there is a comparison of behavior before treatment (baseline; denoted by an “A”) and behavior after the start of treatment (intervention; denoted by a “B”). The reversal or multiple baseline (ABA or ABAB) is also commonly used.

Question 8

Internal Validity

Answer 8

addresses the extent to which causal inferences can be made about the intervention and the targeted behavior.

Question 9

External Validity

Answer 9

addresses how generalizable those inferences are to the general population.

Question 10

Interrater or Interobserver Reliability

Answer 10

Assesses the degree to which different raters/observers give consistent estimates of the same phenomenon.

Question 11

Test-Retest Reliability

Answer 11

Assesses the consistency of a measure from one time to another.

Question 12

Parallel Forms Reliability

Answer 12

Assesses the consistency of the results of two tests constructed in the same way from the same content domain.

Question 13

Internal Consistency Reliability

Answer 13

Assesses the consistency of results across items within a test.

Question 14

Validity

Answer 14

the degree to which what is being measured actually is what is claimed to be measured.

Question 15

Criterion-Related Validity (including predictive, concurrent, convergent, and discriminant validities)

Answer 15

Examines whether constructs perform as anticipated in relation to other theoretical constructs.

Question 16

Predictive Validity

Answer 16

assesses whether constructs predict what they should theoretically be able to predict.

Question 17

Concurrent Validity

Answer 17

assesses whether constructs distinguish between groups that should be able to be distinguished.

Question 18

Convergent Validity

Answer 18

assesses the degree to which constructs are similar to (converge on) other constructs to which they should be similar.

Question 19

Discriminant Validity

Answer 19

assesses the degree to which constructs are different from (diverge away from) other constructs to which they should be dissimilar

Question 20

Methods to Involve Clients/Client Systems in Intervention Planning

Answer 20

1) Engage
2) Assess
3) Plan
4) Intervene
5) Evaluate
6) Terminate

Question 21

The Planning Process

Answer 21

1) Define the problem
2) Examine the causes and how it relates
3) Generate possible solutions
4) Identify opportunities and barriers for implementation
5) Rate the opportunities and barriers
6) Prioritize solutions based on ratings
7) Develop SMART objectives
8) Create strategies and activities related to the objectives

Question 22

Engagement

Answer 22

Actively determining with the client why treatment was sought

Question 23

Assessment

Answer 23

Client is the source of providing essential information upon which to define the problem and solutions, as well as collateral data

Question 24

Planning

Answer 24

A client and social worker must develop a common understanding of the client’s preferred lifestyle

Question 25

Intervention

Answer 25

A client must be actively involved in mobilizing their support network to realize continued progress and sustainable change

Question 26

Evaluation

Answer 26

Subjective reports of a client with objective indicators of progress should be used to measure goals and objectives have been met or if new ones are needed

Question 27

Termination

Answer 27

A client should reflect on what has been achieved and anticipate what supports are in place if problems rise again.