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weekthreeoverview.pptxWeek Three Overview
Plan Development
Dr. Robin Switzer, Ed.D, LPC
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Look for the root issue versus a symptom.
Identify a problem
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For example job loss, marital issues, alcohol abuse. Alcohol abuse is most likely the root problem.
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Always identify an issue that is within the client’s control.
Problem Statements
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Do not identify an issue with someone else. The client may be in a bad marriage, job etc. Always place the problem statement as a choice or power of the client (McClam & Woodside, 2012). For example “Client struggles with socializing, small talk and making friends.’ versus “client is not accepted by others”. Whenever problem statements place the focus outside of client control, professionals set them up to fail. Waiting for the world or an external situation to change never works.
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How to choose services
Choose services that fit the client, the clients goals, the resources of the client and accessibility. For example poor students struggling in school do not always have access to the funds to have a tutor. Clients with substance abuse cannot always afford rehab. However creativity can help, enlisting the assistance of a child’s pediatrician, school counselors, AA meetings, health fairs. ”211 is a free and confidential service that helps people across North America find the local resources they need” (United Way, 2016).
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Small, Measurable, Realistic
Set Goals, Solve Problems
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Set small measurable goals to achieve a larger problem solving goal. For example: to solve the problem, client must stop drinking. Goals would be steps to achieve that. Client will attend local AA meetings daily for 30 days. Always give a measure, whether it is times per day, week or a percentage of the time. This way the goal can be objectively scored as to whether it was met or not. For example, if the client went to AA every day for 30 days, the goal was accomplished even if there was a relapse. The accomplishment of small goals encourages the client and empowers them with their own success. Each “long term goal must have at least one short term goal or objective” (McLoughlin & Geller, 2010 pp.271).
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Be Realistic
Be Realistic. Realistic goals are small and can be accomplished by the client with what they have. Assume there is no money, assume there is no outside assistance, assume all they have is their own will. Start goals out small, think of the term “baby steps”. It is easy to make a feast when as a chef, commercial kitchen, kitchen staff and any ingredient desired. Clients are more like “Chopped”, this is what there is to work with and very little time. Make sure goals seem realistic to the client, if the client does not believe it can be done, it will not happen.
Short term goals “are the most difficult to write because the ability to measure accomplishment is the key” (McLoughlin & Geller, 2010 pp. 271).
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Reference
McClam, T., Woodside, M. (2012). The helping process: Assessment to termination. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA McLoughlin, K.A., & Geller, J.L., (2010). Interdisciplinary treatment planning in inpatient settings: From myth to model. Psychiatric Quarterly, 81.3, 263-77. doi: 10.1007/s11126-010-9135-1 United Way (2016). 211. Retrieved from www.211.org.
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