CADC CCAPP 12/17 Study Guide Graded A+

He gave us the concept of the inferiority complex and emphasized the importance of birth order on an individual's psychological functioning. Encouragement is a major tool in this approach and it places a strong emphasis on helping the client recognize their own strengths and believe in their own dignity and self worth. - Adlerian Therapy Usually refers to state and federal program standards and guidelines for providing treatment services, - Applicable Regulations Those procedures by which a counselor/program identifies and evaluates an individual's strength, weakness, problems and needs for developement of tx plan. - Assessment Procedures or instruments such as inventories, questionnaires, checklists, structured interviews, etc. which are the basis for developing and forming judgement regarding the specific nature and extent of the clients problems. - Assessment Tools Changing human behavior by the application of positive and negative reinforcement of behavior or by other learning techniques. - Behavior Modification The systematic application of learning principles and techniques to the tx of bx disorders. Behavorial therapists assume the disorders are learned ways of behaving that are maladaptive and consequently can best be modified in more adaptive directions through relearning bx's. - Behavioral Approach The use of reading assignments in order to help clints increase their knowledge on a topic or therapeutic interest or even help them to achieve greater insight into their problems. - Bibliotherapy Any number of approaches to psychology that emphasize short term, efficient Therapy. Including the brevity (temporary) and focus on the solutions to problems, not an understanding of their cause. - Brief TherapyActivities which bring services, agencies, resources,or ppl together within a planned framework of action toward the achievement of established goals. It may involve liaison activities and collateral contacts. - Case Management A carefully standardized procedure which allows a candidate to demonstrate a skill in each of the twelve core functions. - Case Presentation Method (CPM) A system of Therapy based on the assumption that the client is in the best position to resolve his/her own problems provided that the therapist can establish a warm, permissive atmosphere in which the the client feels free to discuss his/her problems and to obtain insight into them. The therapist assumes a non-directive role, and does not advise, interpret, or intervenes except to offer encouragement and occasional restatements of the clients remarks for the purpose of emphasis and clarification. - Client-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy) Information that would allow someone to identify a specific client. When discussing clients with individual for whom the counselor does not have a specific release of information, care must be taken not to say anything that would identify the client. Simply using a false name or no name is not adequate. The facts of the case must be disguised so that it would be impossible to determine the clients identity. - Client-Identifiying Data A counseling technique which focuses on developing understanding of and effecting change in ones thoughts patterns and processes in order to change feelings and behaviors. - Cognitive Approach Individuals who have significant information pertaining to the client that is beneficial to the therapeutic process. These individuals include, but are not limited to, family, friends, employers, probation officers, and other significant people in the clients life. - Collateral Contacts Various modalities in providing tx for individuals, including, but limited to, detox, inpatient, outpatient,halfway house, transitional housing, etc. these are arranged from most to least restrictive in terms of their demands on clients time,activity and freedom. - Continium of Care Twelve Areas of service provided to clients by alcohol and other drug abuse counselors including: Screening, Intake, Orientation, Assessment, Treatment Planning, Counseling, Case Management, Crisis Intervention, Clint Education, Referral, Reports and Record Keeping, and Consultation. - Core FunctionInformation gathered from secondary sources which verifies or provides a check on information gathered by primary source. For example, famil memebers may be asked for "corroborative information" as clients are engaged in treatment to provide a more correct or more complete picture of the clients problems and behavior. - Corroborative Information Philosophical and practical way of thinking that offers a framework for understanding the clients world and guidelines for problem solving. Well-developed theories cover, Metaphysics- how the world works, Ethics- how people should act, Logic- cause and effect in relationships, Epistomology-how people changes, and Ontology-the meaning of human exsistence. - Counseling Theories The process of arriving at a course of action in the context of various possible choices to deal with a problem. The process has been described as having five statues when used as an approach to working with clients. They are: Developing Rapport/Structuring: Defining the problem and identifying the assets : Determing possible outcomes : Generating alternative solutions : and a generalizing organization transferring learning to the real world outside of the couns long setting. - Decision Making