LMSW EXAM - Assessment and Intervention Planning Exam
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Q: How to find Primary problem with clients seen by social worker?
Answer:
1. concern expressed by the client 2. greatest impact on the client's situation 3. Most
negative and extensive consequences 4. greatest interest to the client 5. with an
involuntary client - the referral Partial hospitalization acute suicidal or dangerous to
others; individual therapy, group therapy, medication monitoring Intensive outpatient
program group therapy two to five times a week; individual therapy; therapeutic
group setting Substance Dependence DETOXIFICATION; imminent danger to self;
Client factors affecting the choice of intervention strategies Motivation; Capacity;
Opportunity
,Q: Transtheoretical model "Client's readiness for change" by Prochaska and
DiClemente;
Answer:
people pass through a series of six stages when changing a behavior
1. Precontemplation Stage; unaware of problems, unwilling to change
2. Contemplation Stage; aware of problem, possibility to change; the client's
"SELF-EFFICACY"
for change
3. Determination Stage; ready and determined to change
4. Action Stage; specific actions
5. Maintenance Stage;
6. Relapse Stage
Combined thearpy An intervention model in which the client participates
concurrently in
both individual therapy AND group therapy
Conjoint therapy SW treats family and couple by meeting WITH members or
partners
Concurrent therapy Seeing different members of a family or client system
SEPARATELY in
individual sessions
Collaborative thearpy Two or more Social Workers treat ONE member of family
Issues commonly addressed in INDIVIDUAL thearpy Adjustment reactions (chronic
disease,
DV victim, homeless, marriage, divorce,relocation, phsycial change, losses) ;
Developmental
issues; life span issues; personality features; mental disorders; mourning
Family Thearpy 1. benefit from family issues, cycles;
2. contraindications (NOT appropriate) for family therapy
(1) key family members are unavailable or unwilling to participate; (2) one family
member is so
severely disturbed that her behavior makes family treatment impossible; (3) one
family
, member's disturbance is the reason from outside the home; (4) an adolescent in the
family is
trying to separate psychologically from her family
Questions with Correct Answers and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: How to find Primary problem with clients seen by social worker?
Answer:
1. concern expressed by the client 2. greatest impact on the client's situation 3. Most
negative and extensive consequences 4. greatest interest to the client 5. with an
involuntary client - the referral Partial hospitalization acute suicidal or dangerous to
others; individual therapy, group therapy, medication monitoring Intensive outpatient
program group therapy two to five times a week; individual therapy; therapeutic
group setting Substance Dependence DETOXIFICATION; imminent danger to self;
Client factors affecting the choice of intervention strategies Motivation; Capacity;
Opportunity
,Q: Transtheoretical model "Client's readiness for change" by Prochaska and
DiClemente;
Answer:
people pass through a series of six stages when changing a behavior
1. Precontemplation Stage; unaware of problems, unwilling to change
2. Contemplation Stage; aware of problem, possibility to change; the client's
"SELF-EFFICACY"
for change
3. Determination Stage; ready and determined to change
4. Action Stage; specific actions
5. Maintenance Stage;
6. Relapse Stage
Combined thearpy An intervention model in which the client participates
concurrently in
both individual therapy AND group therapy
Conjoint therapy SW treats family and couple by meeting WITH members or
partners
Concurrent therapy Seeing different members of a family or client system
SEPARATELY in
individual sessions
Collaborative thearpy Two or more Social Workers treat ONE member of family
Issues commonly addressed in INDIVIDUAL thearpy Adjustment reactions (chronic
disease,
DV victim, homeless, marriage, divorce,relocation, phsycial change, losses) ;
Developmental
issues; life span issues; personality features; mental disorders; mourning
Family Thearpy 1. benefit from family issues, cycles;
2. contraindications (NOT appropriate) for family therapy
(1) key family members are unavailable or unwilling to participate; (2) one family
member is so
severely disturbed that her behavior makes family treatment impossible; (3) one
family
, member's disturbance is the reason from outside the home; (4) an adolescent in the
family is
trying to separate psychologically from her family
