LCSW Exam III: Psychotherapy, clinical interventions and case management Exam 2025 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

LCSW Exam III: Psychotherapy, clinical interventions and case management Exam 2025 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Needs Assessment Steps - 1) Identifying health issues 2) Analysis of the problem 3) Prioritising issues 4) Setting goals 5) Determining strategies 6) Developing action plans 7) Evaluating outcomes outcomes assessment - "An evaluation that measures the actual outcomes of patient care and service against predetermined criteria (expected outcomes), based on the premise that care is delivered in order to bring about certain results" Social Work with Groups - -enacts democratic values and promotes shared decision- making 2COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY GRACE AMELIA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED -positive change is facilitated by honest, open and meaningful interaction -members can help others struggling with the same issues and identify with others in the same situation -people in need sometimes accept help easier from peers -not a substitute for individual treatment, complements other techniques -characterized by a multiple goals orientation to solving individual and social problems -programming builds on needs, interests and abilities of group members and reflects the natural things people do together -measure of success is determined by what happens to group members and how they are influenced by the process, not on how the group itself functions as an entity or system Types of Social Work Groups - 1. Educational Groups: focus on helping members learn new information and skills 2. Growth groups: provide members the opportunity to become more aware of their own thoughts, feelings and behavior and develop their individual potentialities 3. Therapy groups: designed to help members change their behavior to learn to cope with/ameliorate personal problems or to deal with physical, psychological or social trauma 4. Socialization groups: help members learn social skills and socially accepted behaviors and enable members to function more effectively in the community 5. Task groups: formed for the purpose of meeting organizational, client and community needs and functions (e.g. coalitions) 3COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY GRACE AMELIA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Group Formation Process - 1. Contracting: obtaining a consensus on group purposes and how the group plans to achieve goals; agency and client stake also discussed; member feedback 2. Membership: determine applicant's appropriateness for group; members should share similar concerns and face common issues; should be large enough for diversity but small enough to provide opportunity for full participation 3. Group structure and format: -closed: members begin their experience together as a collective and end the experience at a pre-determined time -open:allow people to enter and leave according to their choice; focus shifts from group- as-a-whole to individual member processes -short-term: developed around a particular theme or to deal with a crisis -natural: organize informally but develop group characteristics; formed before the worker is involved -formed: deliberately developed to support mutually agreed-upon purposes; involves screening, assessment and preparation of group members; can be voluntary or involuntary Working Phases of Groups - Beginning Phase -interventive skills:engagement, ongoing assessment, facilitating the group's work; permissiveness v control Middle Phase -sustaining processes, direct influence, ventilation, reflective discussion Ending phase 4COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY GRACE AMELIA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED -preparing members for termination well in advance Groupthink - when a group makes faulty decisions because of group pressures; a group is especially vulnerable to groupthink when its members are similar in background, when the group is insulated from outside opinions and when there are no clear rules for decision making Causes: 1. illusion of invulnerability: excessive optimism encourages extreme risks 2. Collective rationalization: members discount warnings and do not reconsider their assumptions 3. Belief in inherent morality: members believe in the rightness of their cause and ignore the ethical or moral consequences of their decision 4. Stereotyped view of those "on the out" 5. Direct pressure on dissenters: members are under pressure not to express arguments against any of the group's views 6. Self-censorship: doubts and deviations from the perceived group consensus are not expressed 7. Illusion of unanimity: majority view and judgments are assumed to be unanimous 8. Self-appointed "mindguards": members protect the group and the leader from information that is problematic or contraditory to the group's c