CHANGE STRATEGIES SOWK 250 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS

Task-centered model major tenets 1. Aimed at reducing problems in living within a brief, time-limited period 2. Clients' identification of priority concerns and the collaborative relationship Task-centered model tasks 1. Assess client readiness for change 2. Brainstorm alternative tasks 3. Establish a reward or incentive 4. Identify time frame Task-centered model uses •Improves school performance, modifies behavior in residential facilities, and reduces sibling conflict •Applied in social work practice with involuntary clients in child welfare and minors in school settings Task-centered model procedure Develop general tasks Develop specific tasks Task implementation sequence : E nhance the client's commitment to carry out tasks P lan the details of carrying out tasks A nalyze and resolve barriers and obstacles R ehearse or practice behaviors involved in tasks S ummarize the task plan Task-centered model strengths •Obstacles to task completion and goal attainment are identified and resolved •Efficacy of the model has been supported by empirical evidence in multiple settings •Emphasis on taking action on problems acknowledged by clients is believed to be appealing to racial and ethnic minorities Task-centered model weaknesses/limitations •Sustained therapeutic relationship with clients is unlikely to evolve •Limited evidence to support to the utilization and effectiveness of the model Cognitive restructuring major tenets •Thinking is a primary determinant of behavior •Behavioral change involves assisting clients to make constructive change •Cognitions- determine affect which is manifested in behavioral responses Cognitive distortions- Problems occur when thoughts are consistently distorted because of a client's ingrained beliefs and faulty reasoning •Cognitive schemas- memory patterns used to organize information; negative cognitive schema can result from external or internal events that are adaptive or maladaptive Cognitive restructuring uses •Relevant for treating problems associated with: •Low self-esteem •Distorted perceptions in interpersonal relations •Unrealistic expectations of self, others, and life in general •Irrational fears, panic, anxiety, and depression •Control of anger and other impulses •Lack of assertiveness Cognitive restructuring procedure Assist clients in... -LEARNING accepting that their self-statements, assumptions, and beliefs largely determine their emotional reactions to life's events -BELIEFS identifying dysfunctional self-statements, beliefs, and patterns of thoughts that underlie their problem -SITUATIONS identifying situations that tend to produce dysfunctional cognitions -REPLACING replacing dysfunctional cognitions with functional self-statements -REWARDS identifying rewards and incentives for successful coping efforts cognitive restructuring strengths •Useful in altering perceptions, distorted beliefs, and thought patterns that result in negative or self-defeating behaviors •Removes cognitive barriers Cognitive restructuring weaknesses •Does not equip clients with the skills required to perform new behaviors •Diverse groups may perceive cognitive restructuring as blaming or another form of social control and ideological domination Crisis intervention tenets 1. Reduces intensity of a client's emotional, mental, physical, and behavioral reactions to a crisis 2. Restores client functioning to the pre-crisis state 3. Prolonged crisis-related stressors have the potential to severely affect cognitive, behavioral, and physical functioning crisis intervention procedure Define the problem Ensure client safety Provide support