Presenter: Jennifer D. Street, LCSW
Class Meeting Week Four
Welcome
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Agenda
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 Announcements
 Learning Goals
 Resource of the Week
 Biopsychosocialspiritual Assessment Form
 Listening Role-Plays in pairs
 Self-Disclosure Discussion
 Knowledge and skills of engagement
 Engagement Phase Role-Plays in pairs
 Questions
 Wrap-Up
Announcements
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 Start preparing your biopsychosocialspiritual
assessment
 If you are falling behind, please contact me
personally
Learning Goals
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By the end of class today, students will be able to:
 Understand the purpose of and be able to administer
a client check-in and session rating scale
 Make a professional judgment about self-disclosure
 Demonstrate listening skills
 Assess their own listening skills and identify areas
for growth
 Demonstrate Engagement Phase Skills
 Assess their own level of engagement phase skills
and identify areas for growth
Resource of the Week
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Client Check-In & Session Rating Scale
Biopsychosocialspiritual
Assessment Form
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Due Week 9
Assessment Form
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 Diagnostic Summary
 Clinical Profile (age, marital/family status, ethnicity, education, employment,
substance use patterns, mental & physical health, prior tx hx, referral source, other
client specific info)
 Precipitating Factors (why is client coming to tx NOW?)
 C. Influencing Conditions (Issues that might have led to present situation ie: family
hx (ACOA), developmental traumas & experiences, relationships issues, spiritual
dilemmas, cultural, ethnic, gender specific influences)
 D. Effects of Influencing Conditions (how is the problem manifested? Patterns of
behavior, defense mechanisms)
 E. Assets (client’s internal & external strengths ie: desire to avoid incarceration,
desire to be good parent, sober support system, employment, positive family ties)
 Clinical Problem List
 The initial assessment process indicated that the following are the most immediate
problem areas to be addressed while in treatment:
 Client-specific problem statement (in behavioral terms):
 Client-specific problem statement (in behavioral terms):
Listening Skills
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1.
Listening Skills
Role Play
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In Pairs, ask your partner how their week has been and what was
the most significant “take-away” from Chapter 4 for them.
2. Switch and allow your partner to share
3. Evaluate your own listening skills using the chart on page 120,
Figure 4.2
4. Evaluate your partner’s skills based on the same chart
5. Share results
You have 15 minutes for this activity
Self-Disclosure?
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Engagement Skills
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Engagement Skills
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 Listening-5 types
 Use of Silence
 Empathy
 Respect
 Congruence (Genuineness & Authenticity)
 Paraphrasing
 Summarizing
 Clarifying
 Questioning
Engagement Skills
Role Play
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In Pairs, use the assigned case study to role play with a partner. Practice
using skills of engagement and rapport building.
4 Minutes to read Case study
8 Minutes as Therapist
Switch
Other students gets 8 minutes to be therapist
Then take 3 minutes to evaluate yourself per Figure 4.2 Chart on page 120
Then take 3 minutes to evaluate your partner on Figure 4.2 Chart
Then use the last 4 minutes to share your evaluation with your partner
Questions?
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Did we meet our learning goals???
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By the end of class today, students will be able to:
 Understand the purpose of and be able to administer
a client check-in and session rating scale
 Make a professional judgment about self-disclosure
 Demonstrate listening skills
 Assess their own listening skills and identify areas
for growth
 Demonstrate Engagement Phase Skills
 Assess their own level of engagement phase skills
and identify areas for growth
For Next Week…
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At this point, you should have completed everything from
Modules 1-4.
This week, complete:
 Module 5
Have a great week!
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