What factors & processes are used in Problem Formulation?
When should a SW gather collateral & what are the benefits?
What does the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) assess?
21-item test, MC, assesses presence and degree of depression in adolescents & adults
What does the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) assess?
Objective verbal inventory designed as a personality test for the assessment of psychopathology, consisting of 550 statements, 16 of which are repeated
What does the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assess?
○ Forced-choice, self-report inventory that attempts to classify individuals along 4 theretically independent dimensions
§ General attitude towards the world: Extraverted or Introverted
§ Perception: Sensation or Intuition (N)
§ Processing: Thinking or Feeling
Judging or Perceiving
What does the Rorschach Inkblot Test assess?
Responses to inkblots to assess perceptual reactions and other psychological functioning (projective test)
What does the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale assess?
Tests cognitive abilities - verbal, performance, and full scare scores
What does the Thematic Apperception Test assess?
○ Projective
○ Series of pictures and ambiguous scenes - make up stories/fantasis around what has/will/going to happen in each scene & thoughts/feelings
» Understanding thoughts/feelings/emotions/conflicts both conscious and unconscious
What does the Wechsler Intelligence Scale assess?
Measures children’s intellectual & cognitive ability - 4 index scales & a full scale score
What can psychological tests bring to Assessments?
○ Measure mental abilities & characteristics - personality, achievement, intelligence, neurological functioning
○ Questionnaires, written, verbal, pictorial
- Can be scales, surveys, screens, checklists, assessments, measures, inventories etc.
What can educational tests bring to Assessments?
○ Measure cognitive abilities & academic achievement
○ Profile of strengths and weaknesses that accurately identify areas for academic remediation and insight into best learning strategies
○ Documentation for legal purposes of establishing disabilities
- Often comes after a period of struggle, distress, and different efforts
What other kinds of tests can be utilized in assessment?
○ Achievement/Aptitude Tests - education or ability to learn
○ IQ Tests
○ Job/Occupational Tests
○ Personality Tests
○ Neuropsychological tests - cognitive functioning
- Specialized clinical tests - areas of clinical interest - anxiety, depression, PTSD etc.
Which communication concepts/styles are ineffective?
○ Should/Ought can be judgemental/moralizing and can have opposite effect
○ Offering advice/solutions prematurely before thorough problem exploration can cause resistance
○ Using logical arguments, lecturing, or arguing may result in a power struggle
○ Judging, criticizing, blaming are detrimental to client & relationship
○ Using professional jargon and defining client in terms of their diagnosis can impact self-view
○ Providing premature reassurance without a genuine basis is often for the SW’s own benefit. Have to explore feelings no matter how painful they are
○ Ill-timed or frequent interruptions disrupt the process
○ Excessive social rather than therapeutic interactions is counterproductive
- Must provide structure and direction to the process instead of being passive or inactive
What are the 10 critical communication concepts?
Define Cognitive Dissonance
> 3 ways to reduce: reduce the importance of conflicting beliefs, acquire new beliefs that change the balance, remove conflicting attitude/behaviour
Define Double Bind
Offering two contradictory messages and prohibiting the recipient from noticing the contradiction
What are the 2 different types of communication content?
Manifest & Latent
What is Manifest communication?
concrete words or terms contained in a communication
- relying only on manifest content to understand client experiences/problems may not result in full understanding
What is Latent Communication?
not visible, underlying meaning of words/terms
Define Congruence (in communication)
matching of awareness and experience with communication
- Client needs to be able to express themselves and for their communication to be reflective of their feelings - Essential for the vitality of a relationship and to facilitate true helping in the problem solving process
What is a good tool for assessing & enhancing communication skills?
Role Playing - allows to see if there is congruence between nonverbal & verbal communication
What does a Risk Assessment achieve?
What does a Risk Assessment include?
> MUST include:
○ Risk & protective factors
○ Behavioural warning signs
> MAY include:
○ Frequency, intensity & duration of suicidal/violent thoughts
○ Access to/availability of method(s)
○ Ability/inability to control suicidal/violent thoughts
○ Ability not to act on thoughts
○ Factors making the client feel better or worse
○ Consequences of actions
○ Deterrents to acting on thoughts
○ Whether client has been using substances to cope
Measures a client requires to maintain safety
When must a SW notify others of risk?