Week 9 Flashcards
Reasons for referrals
Lack of competence, limited resources, boundary issues, managed care issues EAP
When you may not make referrals
Value conflicts, client’s sexual orientation
What are CEUs?
Continuing Education Units- (PACCP- requires 40 CEU/s every two years) eg, Workshops, training seminars, counselling courses, in-agency training…
What is EBP?
Evidence Based Practice- Insurance companies love these treatment plans- technique based and mold.
best available research with clinical expertise
Therapist Competence
the skills and training required to effectively and appropriately treat clients in a specific area of practice.
competence
Is both an ethical and legal issue- based. on beneficence and non-maleficence
Incompetent practitioners are vulnerable to…
Malpractice suits
What methods are used to assess competency?
Formative assessment and Summative assessment
Formative assessment
is a developmentally informed process that provides useful feedback during one’s training and throughout one’s professional career.
Summative assessment
Is an end point evaluation typically completed at the end of a professional program or when applying for licensure status
Registry
is generally a voluntary listing of individuals who use a title or provide a service
Certification
is a voluntary attempt by a group to promote a professional identity. Certification confirms that the practitioner has met a set of minimum standards established by the certification agency.
Licensure statutes
determine and govern professional practice. “Licensure is a governmentally sanctioned credential that regulates which professionals can be reimbursed legally. by third-party and private payers for general counselling services.
Gatekeeper’s role
protecting consumers by identifying and intervening with graduate students who exhibit problematic behaviors or who give evidence of performance problems
peer review
is an organized system by which practitioners within a profession assess on another’s services
supervision
is an integral part of your professional training and is one of the ways in which you acquire the competence needed to fulfill your professional responsibilities
Four A’a of an effective supervisor
available, accessible, affable, able
Assessment
consists of evaluating the relevant factors in a client’s life to identify themes for further explorations
diagnosis
which is sometimes part of the assessment process, consists of possibly identifying a specific diagnosis. described in the DSM-5
DSM-5
Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders
the official guide to a system of classifying psychological disorders
psychodiagnosis or psychological diagnosis
is a general term covering the process of identifying an emotional or behavioral problem and making a statement about the current status of a client.
differential diagnosis
id. the process of distinguishing on form of mental disorder from another by determining which of two(or more) disorders with similar symptoms the person is suffering from.
EST
each form of therapy should be tested and carefully controlled by experimental research
(some argue too mechanical)