Ch 6 (127-148)

Question 1

What are the key purposes of assessment?

Answer 1

Screening
Diagnosing
Case conceptualizing
Treatment planning
Goal identification
Evaluating client progress

Question 2

Define Screening

Answer 2

First stage in the counseling process

GOAL: 1. Identify individual’s problem
2. Determine Reason for being assessed

Allows counselors to develop a quick and cost-effective snapshot of a person

Helps determine the next step
*PAY ATTENTION TO NONVerBALs

Question 3

What are some nonverbal cues to observe during screening?

Answer 3

Appearance

Client movement

Motivation

Who is with the,?

Volition

Question 4

What does the intake interview accomplish?

Answer 4

– provides information about clients’ past functioning and how it relates to their current situation and problems they are facing

Question 5

Areas to assess in intake interview

Answer 5

Demographic information
Referral reasons
Current situation
Previous counseling experience
Birth and developmental history
Family history
Medical history
Educational and/or vocational background

Question 6

Define Diagnosis

Answer 6

Refers to the process of learning more about the client and his or her problem

Goal depends on the purpose and setting of the counseling relationship

Question 7

Define Case Conceptualization

Answer 7

a method and clinical strategy for obtaining and organizing information about a client, understanding and explaining the client’s situation and maladaptive patterns, guiding and focusing treatment, anticipating challenges, and roadblocks, and preparing for successful termination

Question 8

What are the four phases of case conceptualization?

Answer 8

1. Diagnostic - get info
2. Clinical Formualtion: organiza info (pick a theorectical orientation)
   3> Cultural formation (what role does client’s culture play>)
   4> Treatment fomulation (set goals, interventions, monitor progress, assess outcomes

Question 9

What helps to create a HIGH efficacy case conceptualization?

Answer 9

1. Use multiple methods of gathering data
2. Altnerative sources?
   3> Dsm used?
3. Ruled out competing diagnosis?
4. What is my theorectical understanding of the case?
5. Do I have SMRT goals?
   7> Evidence based interventions?
6. Good strategies for evaluating treatment?

Question 10

Define the client treatment plan

Answer 10

Provides roadmap that will be followed throughout the counseling process

must flow logically from assessment results, fit the given environmental context of the client, and be individualized to mesh with the client’s strengths and weaknesses

Question 11

What are the four basic components of a treatment plan?

Answer 11

1. Operationally define the problem
2. Establish treatment goals (SMART)
3. Select intervention
4. Evaluate progress

Question 12

Difference between formative evaluation and summarive evluation

Answer 12

Formative evaluation – real time assessments during counseling process to determine efficacy of treatment

Summative evaluation – occurs at the end of the counseling process. Assesses outcomes