Assessment Methods And Techniques Flashcards
What are 4 methods of identifying client strengths, resources, and challenges
1) seeking exceptions
2) scaling the problem
3) scaling motivation
4) miracle question
What are the 8 client functions that should be included in a psychosocial assessment?
1) appearance
2) orientation
3) speech pattern
4) affect/mood
5) impulsive/potential to harm
6) thought processing/reality testing
7) intellectual functioning/memory
What is dissociation?
Disturbance or change in the usually integrative functions of memory, identity, perception, or consciousness
What is endogenous depression
Depression caused by a biochemical imbalance rather than psychosocial stressor
What is exogenous depression?
Depression caused by external events or psychological stressors
What is folie a deux?
Shared delusion
What is meant by postmorbid?
Subsequent to the onset of an illness
What is meant by premorbid?
Prior to the onset of illness
What is meant by psychotic?
Experiencing delusions or hallucinations
What are 3 things a SW and client should do in the termination stage
1) evaluate the degree to which a clients goals have been attained
2) acknowledge and address issues related to the ending of the relationship
3) plan for subsequent steps a client may take relevant to the problem that do not involve a SW
What are formative evaluations
Ongoing process that allow for feedback to be implemented during service delivery
What is summation evaluation
Occur at the end of service and provide an overall description of their effectiveness
What are 4 ethical standards that must be followed when evaluation practice
1) obtaining voluntary and written informed consent
2) informing clients of their right to withdraw from evaluation and research at any time without penalty
3) ensuring clients in evaluations have access to appropriate supportive services
4) avoiding conflicts of interest and dual relationships with those being evaluation
What is the Beck Depression Inventory
21 item test for degree of depression in adolescents and adults
What is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
An objective verbal inventory designed as a personality test for the assessment of psychopathy
What is the Rorschach inkblot test
Used to asses perceptual reactions and other psychological functioning
Widely used projective test
What is the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
Tests cognitive abilities
Provides verbal, performance, and full scale scores
What is the Thematic Apperception Test
Projective teat with pictures of ambiguous scenes, client must make up stories
Provides info on perceptions and imagination for the use in the understanding of a clients current needs, motives, emotions, and conflicts
What is the Whechsler Intelligence Scale
Measures a child’s intellectual and cognitive ability
4 index scales and a full scale score
What is ego strength
The ability of the ego to effectively deal with the demands of the id, the superego, and reality
Basis for resilience
