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| Psychosocial Model of Assessment |
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| Intrinsic(intra-psychic) issues within a client, as well as the client's environmental factors, lead to their problems or struggles, and sw's must consider both components in order to create opportunities for improvements. |
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| Bio-psycho-social(spiritual) Framework of Assessment |
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- Cognitive/ intellectual factors
- neighborhood/community issues
- health/wellness issues
- body-image/awareness
- cognition
- emotions
- family matters
- relations to community, school, & workplace
- personal commitments
- personal meanings
- higher power/religiosity considerations
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People are born with the innate ability to adapt.
-Various psychological drives motivate our behavior( seeking gratification/pleasure).
-social influences can affect our psychological functioning.
-Strategies are often focused inward and relied largely on qualitative information and client self-reports. |
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| Edna Goldstein-Application of Egopsychology |
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-Refocus assessment process to include:
Consideration of client's strengths.
Ways to achieve client empowerment.
Bolstering(improve) the alliance between the SW and client.
The importance/impact of interpersonal relationships and social functioning considered as conflicts within the person-in-environment framework. |
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Helen Harris Perlman
4 P's of Problem Solving
Problem |
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What is the nature of the clients problem/concerns? The cause, intensity, frequency and duration?
How does the client define or describe it? How do others who know the client define it? How does the worker define it?
Can this problem or situation be changed? What aspects of the problem can be addressed in a change effort by the worker and client?
How effective have previous efforts by the client, agency, worker been in dealing with this problem or concern?
Is the problem an emergency that requires a rapid response?
What would the consequences be if the worker/agency does nothing for the client? |
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Helen Harris Perlman
4 P's
Person |
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How are the various dimensions of the whole person( physical, emotional, social-economic, spiritual)related to /affected by the client's problems/concern/situation?
What client strengths/assets can be used as a foundation on which to build an effective intervention plan/change process?
How might the client's usual ways of thinking and behaving become barriers to dealing effectively with the problem/concern? |
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Helen Harris Perlman
4 P's
Place |
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What meaning does the client give to his/her involvement with the agency( hopefulness, stigma, fear, humiliation)?
Can the agency provide the services needed by the client? If not, is referral to another agency likely to be effective?
Are the agency's own procedures, policies, or methods somehow contributing to the client's problems? |
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Helen Harris Perlman
4 P's
Process |
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What type of helping approach/method/technique is the client likely to find acceptable?
What approach/method/technique will be effective?
How will the requirements of the helping process( time, fees, scheduling) affect the client's current roles and responsibilities? |
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| Eileen Gambrill-Factor's that influence behavior |
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-actions of others
-thoughts
-emotions
-assumptions
-attitudes
-beliefs
-social cues
-environmental cues
-physical(physiological) cues
-reinforcers
-consequences
-coping styles/strategies |
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| Cognitive Behavioral Model (Social Learning Theory) |
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| Life Assessment Model( Germain & Gitterman) |
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Concepts and areas to ALWAYS assess are:
-stress
-coping
-client's concerns
-impact of environmental factors
-developmental stage of the client system
-role transitions
-available community resources( involving other resources in the helping process). |
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| 5 goals of the Life Model |
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1. develop a perspective with equal attention to the client and their environment.
2. Improve the reciprocity( client and sw both doing their part in the helping process) b/w the client and their environment.
3. Improve the client's ability to effectively handle stress.
4. Influence the individual's immediate social and physical environments to more effectively respond to the client's needs.
5. Mobilize/link(broker) community resources with the client system. |
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| Problems in Living issues & 3 areas of "life space" to be assesed |
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Human Relationships-Strengthening the relations b/w and among individuals and groups.
Community Relations-How do communities develop/maintain supports(interventions)?
Social Support-How do people know they are important? How are people cared for, provided guidance, protection, a sense of belonging, materials, resources, a sense of identity, religious/spiritual guidance? |
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a. Explore and articulate the problem as specifically as possible.
b. Emphasis is on current issues and does not delve into past history.
c. TCM is efficient, time limited, structured, and tries to be very concise.
d. TCM anticipates obstacles and helps clients understand problem-maintaining conditions.
e. TCM will include identifying resources and it is collaborative with the sw and the client so that each has a specific duty to perform.
f. Assessment and re-assessment continues on a session-by-sessions basis and promotes progress continually in tangible( observable,measurable) ways.
g. TCM prescribes specific tasks that the sw and client will each partake in.
h. TCM relies on activities that are highly specific, measurable, unambiguous and that are mapped out in a step by step way. |
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