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Mnemonic Devices and Treatment Types (50 Terms)

The document provides guidance on various treatment types and approaches including validating clients, exploring issues, referring clients to other providers if needed, educating clients, laying foundations for empowerment, and different treatment approaches. It includes 50 terms with definitions or descriptions of concepts relevant to social work treatment.

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Mnemonic Devices and Treatment Types (50 Terms)

The document provides guidance on various treatment types and approaches including validating clients, exploring issues, referring clients to other providers if needed, educating clients, laying foundations for empowerment, and different treatment approaches. It includes 50 terms with definitions or descriptions of concepts relevant to social work treatment.

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Mnemonic Devices and Treatment Types (50 terms)

VALIDATE
Everything except destructive or problem behavior

VALIDATE 2
Ask them to share their story/perspective

VALIDATE 3
Normalize feelings, age-appropriate child development

VALIDATE 4
Let them know they're not crazy

VALIDATE 5
Acknowledge or encourage feelings expression

VALIDATE 6
Show understanding of needs & prioritize most important ones 1st

VALIDATE 7
Build rapport, assure time to talk

VALIDATE 8
Validate any defensiveness while assuring that client is safe in tx with you

VALIDATE 9
Summarize long list of concerns or if overwhelmed, prioritize

EXPLORE
Assess overall impact of problem

EXPLORE 2
Ask, clarify, research, focus on

EXPLORE 3
Find out more with open-ended questions

EXPLORE 4
Have self-awareness, esp. with different cultural factors
EXPLORE 5
Check for Suicide risk, ideation, plan, means

EXPLORE 6
Inquire about possible physical/medical reasons for forgetfulness, aches, enuresis, physical
stress, disorientation 1st

EXPLORE 7
Review policies & procedures when in doubt ethically

EXPLORE 8
Discuss, process Countertransference w/ supervisor only

EXPLORE 9
Clarify role & Transference with client directly

EXPLORE 10
Clarify, find out more, look into

REFER
Suggest different provider /resources if dual relationship
or Counselor should GO to other provider if dual role

REFER 2
To doctor if involves physical symptoms/side effects of meds, possible
neurological/developmental problems

REFER 3
To other provider immediately if sexual feeling toward client
or
To FINISH OWN TX 1st, if emotionally triggered

REFER 4
To volunteer psychiatric evaluation if suicidal, but agree to Safety Contract

REFER 5
To support or community group if would help adjust to disability
REFER 6
To specialist if involves addictions & not specialist
To specialist if involves battering
REFER 7
To child psychologist if involves childhood communication problems or autism

REFER 8
To CPS, DCF if KNOWN ABUSE, call abuse report

REFER 9
To other services if client successfully COMPLETED TX goals with you

EDUCATE
Provide information about services, skills, or parenting, child development

EDUCATE 2
Explain insurance company needing to establish medical necessity to cover services

EDUCATE 3
Provide pamphlet about dangers of drugs

EDUCATE 4
Teach supervisees through MODELING empathy

EDUCATE 5
Assert need to care for elder parent if suspect neglect

EDUCATE 6
Inform about benefits and risks of tx or research, what to expect

LAY FOUNDATION for EMPOWERMENT


Offer choices & RESPECT for differences and rights

LAY FOUNDATION for EMPOWERMENT 2


Help client fill out grievance form, file complaint if feel being discriminated against

ADVOCATE
Send certified mail, arrange meeting within chain of command

TREATMENT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy preferred
-Relaxation, systematic desensitization
-Affirmations
-Reframe cognitive distortions & dysfunction, schemas

TREATMENT 2
Crisis intervention preferred with client in immediate danger, like emotionally escalated or after
natural disaster, community tragedy
- 1st RESTORE BASIC NEEDS, functioning to baseline
-Shelter, food, meds 1st

TREATMENT 3
LAST step

TREATMENT 4
Behavioral - children & cognitively impaired
-Identify target problem behavior, antecedents
Goal to extinguish & make EXTINCT
-Conditioning with Rewards (+ and - Reinforcements) & Consequences (Punishment, time-outs)
Aversive Conditioning with Gambling addiction

TREATMENT 5
Gestalt Empty Chair technique for grief

TREATMENT 6
Addictions- Alcoholics Anoymous = Spiritual base
12 Steps

TREATMENT 7
If conflict arises in group, let group handle

EXCEPTION:
If client & social worker need to address issue particular to 1 client

AIRRJ
When SW can breach confidentiality

MAR
When a social worker can refer before validating or exploring

IMAP
When a social worker should refer for an emergency psychiatric evaluation /involuntarily
hospitalise a client
BAD
When getting a referral for group is social worker should especially think of referring these type
of clients

HERB
When a social worker should refer to a doctor right away
Orphan Annie Pretty Little Girl
Freud Psychosexual Stages

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