Assessment & Goal Setting Flashcards
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Which principle best guides the use of assessment information in recovery coaching?
Answer: Assessment information is used to support the client's self-identified goals, not to diagnose
Recovery coaches use assessment information to better understand the client's situation and support their self-defined goals, not to diagnose or prescribe treatment.
What is the purpose of conducting a social support assessment during goal setting?
Answer: To identify supportive relationships and potential barriers from the client's network
Social support assessments identify both recovery-supportive relationships and potentially risky relationships that could impact goal achievement.
A client presents with housing instability. How should this affect the goal-setting process?
Answer: Prioritize basic needs like housing as a foundation before or alongside recovery goals
Maslow's hierarchy and recovery best practices recognize that basic needs like housing stability support the conditions needed for sustained recovery.
In goal setting, 'backward design' means:
Answer: Starting with the desired long-term outcome and working backward to identify steps
Backward design begins with the end goal in mind and identifies the intermediate steps needed to get there, creating a clear pathway.
When assessing readiness for change, which question is most aligned with motivational interviewing principles?
Answer: 'What would need to happen for you to feel ready to make a change?'
Asking what would need to happen for readiness respects autonomy, elicits the client's own motivations, and avoids confrontation — core MI principles.
A client in the contemplation stage of change is BEST served by a recovery coach who:
Answer: Provides information and explores pros and cons of change without pushing action
In contemplation, clients are weighing ambivalence — coaches support this process by exploring pros and cons and providing information rather than pushing premature action.
Which factor most influences whether a client will pursue a recovery goal they have set?
Answer: The client's self-efficacy — belief in their ability to achieve the goal
Self-efficacy — the belief that one can successfully accomplish a goal — is one of the strongest predictors of whether individuals will pursue and maintain recovery goals.