Discuss your client’s presenting problem, strengths, and the goal that you have chosen to focus on for this intervention and evaluation plan.
Select one practice model/change-oriented strategy from the options below. Discuss why the model is most appropriate for a social worker who is working with your client. You will use the information provided in the textbook to discuss why this model is appropriate (and would be helpful) for use with your client. If you believe that using more than one of these models in conjunction would be helpful to your client, then please discuss all.
Crisis Intervention Model, Task-Centered Model, Cognitive Restructuring, Solution-Focused Brief Treatment
Describe (briefly) the procedures and techniques of the model(s). How will these be helpful in guiding the work with your client?
Discuss what changes/tasks are on the client’s action plan and how you will follow the procedures and use the techniques of the model(s) when working with your client on the changes/tasks identified.
Be specific about the tools, techniques, and/or activities you would use with your client. You can use resources like the textbook and/or TherapistAid.comLinks to an external site. for ideas re: tools and activities.
Examples: Using role play to practice a job interview with a client to help them understand and practice what that encounter will be like with the hopes of helping them decrease their anxiety about the encounter. Using coping questions in SFBT to help the client in the “description of the problem” stage.
Discuss how you will ensure that your intervention plan is responsive to your client’s intersecting identities (age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, ability, etc.). What will you need to consider regarding your client’s identities as you plan and move through this intervention?
Discuss how you will evaluate if the intervention plan is effectively helping your client meet their goals as identified in the action plan.
The evaluation plan should include specific outcomes (increase in positive behaviors/feelings, completion of tasks etc.) and ways that you will utilize evaluation tools mentioned in the textbook (pp. 343-351, and pp. 569-572). The tools should be as specific as possible.
Example: Using a frequency count if one of your client’s objectives is to increase positive self-talk and/or using the Beck Anxiety Inventory as a pre-and-post-test to measure the client’s symptoms
You must also discuss how frequently you will collect evaluative information (weekly, monthly, every three months, etc.). The evaluation should not be based solely on client self-report or social worker observation.
Conclusion: Summarize the plan.
Attached: an example