Intervention and Treatment Planning Flashcards

A social worker notices that a client from a collectivist cultural background seems uncomfortable with a treatment plan emphasizing individual goals. The best response is to:

Answer: Modify the treatment plan to incorporate family and community goals aligned with the client's cultural values

Culturally competent practice requires adapting treatment planning to align with the client's cultural worldview, including incorporating family and community dimensions for collectivist clients.

A child client's treatment plan includes parent training as a component. This is best classified as which type of intervention?

Answer: Collateral intervention and environmental modification

Parent training is a collateral intervention that modifies the child's environment by improving parenting skills and the parent-child interaction system.

When using Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), the 'miracle question' is used primarily to:

Answer: Help the client envision and articulate a future without the problem

The miracle question is an SFBT technique that helps clients construct a vivid picture of their desired future, which then guides goal-setting and intervention.

A social worker is treating a client with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The most evidence-based treatment approach is:

Answer: Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

Exposure and Response Prevention is the gold-standard behavioral intervention for OCD, involving gradual exposure to feared stimuli while preventing compulsive responses.

A social worker writes a treatment objective: 'Client will use diaphragmatic breathing when experiencing anxiety three times per week, as reported in session, within 60 days.' This objective is best described as:

Answer: Specific, measurable, and time-bound

The objective specifies the behavior (diaphragmatic breathing), frequency (three times/week), measurement method (self-report), and timeline (60 days), meeting SMART criteria.

A client discloses that she has been secretly stopping her antidepressant medication. The social worker's first priority should be to:

Answer: Explore the client's reasons for stopping and assess safety before taking any action

Exploring the client's reasons for discontinuing medication and assessing for safety concerns is the clinically appropriate first step before involving other providers.

In interpersonal therapy (IPT) for depression, which of the following is identified as one of the four core problem areas?

Answer: Role transitions

IPT's four problem areas are grief, role disputes, role transitions, and interpersonal deficits; role transitions address difficulties adapting to major life changes.