Case Management & Intervention Techniques Flashcards

A social worker helps a client identify and challenge the thought 'I fail at everything.' This technique is called:

Answer: Cognitive restructuring

Cognitive restructuring identifies and modifies distorted or irrational thoughts.

A parent describes a teenager as 'defiant,' and the social worker suggests the teen may be 'striving for independence.' This technique is known as:

Answer: Reframing

Reframing offers a new, often more positive perspective on a behavior or situation.

Which practice approach emphasizes helping clients gain personal, interpersonal, and political power to improve their situations?

Answer: Empowerment approach

The empowerment approach focuses on increasing clients' power and control over their lives.

A program provides clean syringes and naloxone to people who actively use opioids without requiring abstinence. This reflects which approach?

Answer: Harm reduction

Harm reduction aims to reduce negative consequences of risky behaviors without requiring their cessation.

A child earns stickers for completing homework, and homework completion increases. This is an example of:

Answer: Positive reinforcement

Adding a desirable stimulus that increases a behavior is positive reinforcement.

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is best described as:

Answer: A multidisciplinary team providing intensive, 24/7 community-based services to people with serious mental illness

ACT uses a multidisciplinary team with low caseloads to deliver comprehensive services in the community around the clock.

Which practice most effectively increases the likelihood that a client will follow through on a referral?

Answer: Making a warm handoff and following up to confirm the connection

Personal linkage and follow-up significantly improve referral completion compared to passive referrals.