Intervention Processes And Techniques Flashcards
What are 5 techniques social workers may use in an interview?
1) universalization
2) clarification
3) confrontation
4) interpretation
5) reframing and relabelling
What are the stages of social work intervention and treatment with a client?
1) engagement
2) assessment
3) planning
4) intervention
5) evaluation
6) termination
What are the 6 stages of change?
1) precontemplation
2) contemplation
3) preparation
4) action
5) maintenance
6) relapse
What are 8 communication methods?
1) active listening
2) silence
3) questioning
4) reflecting or validating
5) paraphrasing or clarifying
6) reframing
7) facial expression
8) postures or gestures
What are the 4 stages of role playing?
1) preparation and explanation of the activity
2) preparation of the activity
3) role playing
4) discussion or debriefing after the role playing activity
What are 4 types of modeling?
1) live modeling-watching a real person perform desired behaviour
2) symbolic-watching filmed models demonstrating behavior
3) participant modeling-an individual models anxiety evoking behaviours for a client and then prompts the client to engage in the behaviour
4) covert-use of imagination, visualization
What are the 4 steps of management of conflict?
1) the recognition of an existing or potential conflict
2) an assessment of the conflict situation
3) the selection of an appropriate strategy
4) intervention
In family therapy, what is first order changes?
Superficial behavioural changes within a system which do not change the structure of the system
What are second order changes in family therapy?
Changes to your he systematic interaction pattern so the system is reorganized and functions more effectively
What is family homeostasis
Families tend to preserve familiar organization and communication patterns, resistant to change
What is relabeling in family therapy
Changing the label attached to a person or problem from negative to positive so the situation can be perceived differently, it is hoped hat new responses will evolve
Paradoxical directive or instruction in family therapy
Prescribe the symptomatic behaviour so a client realizes they can control it, uses the strength of resistance to change in order to move a client toward goals
What are 8 concepts in Bowenian family therapy?
1) differentiation
2) emotional fusion
3) multigenerational transmission
4) emotional triangle
5) nuclear family
6) family projection process
7) sibling position
8) societal regression
What is the purpose of Bowenian family therapy?
Improving inter generational transmission process
Overall idea is that by improving overall functioning, a family members symptomology will be reduced
What are the 5 case management activities?
1) assessment
2) planning
3) linking
4) monitoring
5) advocacy
What is the definition of social planning?
The process by which a group or community decides its goals and strategies relating to social issues
What are 6 sources of power to consider in community planning?
1) coercive-power from control of punishment
2) reward-power from control of rewards
3) expert-power from superiority or knowledge
4) referent-power from having charisma or identification with others who have power
5) legitimate-power from having legitimate authority
6) informational-power from having information
4 stages an individual will go through I community based decision making
1) orientation-meeting, getting to know each other
2) conflict-disputes that will eventually be worked out
3) emergence-beginning to see and agree on course of action
4) reinforcement-decision is made and justification for it
What is the definition of a crisis?
An acute disruption of psychological homeostasis (steady state)in which usual coping mechanisms fail and there exists evidence of distress and functional impairment
What are the 3 components of CBT self monitoring techniques?
1) disturbing emotional states
2) the exact behaviours engaged in at the time of the emotional states
3) thoughts that occurred when the emotions emerged
What are 7 standard elements of a case presentation
1) identifying data (demographics, cultural considerations)
2) history of the presenting problem (family history)
3) significant medical/psychiatric history
4) significant personal/social history, work problems, crisis/safety concerns
5) presenting problem (assessment, mental status, diagnosis)
6) impressions and summary (interview findings)
7) recommendations (treatment plan, strategies, goals, theoretical models used)
What is involved in social policy analysis
1) identifying the problem
2) developing alternatives
3) assessing impact of alternatives
4) selecting desired option
5) designing and implementing the policy
6) evaluating outcomes
What is community organizing
Focused on harnessing the collective power of communities to tackle issues of shared concern, challenging govt, corporations etc…
What are the 3 types of prevention strategies
1) primary prevention-goal to protect (ie. immunization, safety education, screening public to identify risk factors)
2) secondary prevention-aims to slow progression or limit impact once something has occurred
3) tertiary prevention-managing complicated, long term diseases/injuries (ie. pain management groups, rehab programs, support groups)
