LMSW Intervention and Treatment Planning 3

Question 1

A social worker using a strengths-based perspective in treatment planning would most likely:

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Build interventions around the client's existing resources and capacities

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Focus primarily on the client's diagnosis and symptom reduction

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Avoid setting any measurable goals to prevent labeling

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Defer all goal-setting to the treatment team

Question 2

A client in the contemplation stage of change is best supported by which type of intervention?

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Exploring ambivalence and increasing discrepancy between current behavior and goals

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Providing a specific action plan with behavioral assignments

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Focusing on relapse prevention strategies

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Celebrating recent behavioral successes

Question 3

A social worker includes 'client will attend three community support group meetings per month' in a treatment plan. This goal best addresses which domain?

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Social support and community integration

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Symptom reduction

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Medication adherence

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Vocational functioning

Question 4

Which of the following is the FIRST step in a structured crisis intervention model such as Roberts' Seven-Stage model?

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Assess lethality and safety

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Establish rapport and therapeutic relationship

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Explore feelings and emotions

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Generate and explore alternatives

Question 5

A social worker is using Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) with a rape survivor. A core component of this intervention is:

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Identifying and challenging 'stuck points' — distorted beliefs about the trauma

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In vivo exposure to trauma-related stimuli

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EMDR bilateral stimulation techniques

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Psychodynamic exploration of childhood attachment

Question 6

When a treatment plan is not producing expected progress, the social worker should FIRST:

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Review and reassess the accuracy of the initial assessment and goal relevance

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Terminate treatment and refer to a higher level of care

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Increase session frequency immediately

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Consult with a psychiatrist for medication evaluation

Question 7

A social worker helping a client with anger management chooses to use a cognitive-behavioral intervention. Which technique is most consistent with this approach?

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Identifying triggers, automatic thoughts, and replacing them with adaptive responses

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Free association to explore unconscious roots of anger

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Cathartic expression through expressive arts therapy

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Reiki and mindfulness-only practices