Case Management & Intervention Techniques Flashcards

According to Roberts' Seven-Stage Crisis Intervention Model, what is the first stage?

Answer: Conduct a thorough biopsychosocial and lethality assessment

Roberts' model begins with assessing lethality and immediate safety before other steps.

Crisis theory holds that an acute crisis state is typically time-limited, usually resolving within approximately:

Answer: 4 to 6 weeks

Crisis states are generally self-limiting and resolve, adaptively or maladaptively, within about four to six weeks.

A client tells a social worker associate, 'I have been thinking about ending my life and I have pills saved up.' What should the social worker do first?

Answer: Assess the immediacy of risk and ensure the client's safety

Disclosure of suicidal ideation with means requires immediate risk assessment and safety intervention.

In motivational interviewing, the acronym OARS stands for open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and:

Answer: Summarizing

OARS refers to Open questions, Affirmations, Reflections, and Summaries, the core MI skills.

A client says, 'I know my drinking is causing problems, but I'm not sure I'm ready to stop.' According to the Transtheoretical Model, the client is in which stage?

Answer: Contemplation

Contemplation is marked by awareness of the problem combined with ambivalence about change.

The 'miracle question' is a technique most closely associated with which approach?

Answer: Solution-focused brief therapy

Solution-focused brief therapy uses the miracle question to help clients envision life without the problem.

Which statement best describes the task-centered approach?

Answer: A brief, time-limited model where clients work on specific agreed-upon tasks

Task-centered practice is short-term and structured around client-identified problems and concrete tasks.