MICHELLE MARCH, PHDWEDNESDAY 9:00 PM EST

HN330-01Unit 7 Seminar

Chapters 19, 20 & 22

CHAPTER 19

Receiving and Releasing Information

RECEIVING AND RELEASING INFORMATION

Now that the assessment is completed… To adequately plan for treatment you must…

Review past records Summaries of previous treatments

In planning accordingly will eliminate referring a client for treatment they may have already tried and did not have much success.

SENDING INFORMATION

Have client sign release for during assessment

After the first interview submit signed forms for retrieval of appropriate information.

IN YOU RELASE INFORMATION

Clients sometimes need you to release information to another agency

Make sure you protect your clients

It is the case managers responsibility to see that clients understand the consequences of sharing information.

What might some consequences be?

DIRECTIONS FOR USING RELEASE FORMS

Review Appendix A (2 release forms).

First is a Standard release form

Second specifies information to release information regarding HIV/AIDS status.

REMEMBER…

Agencies follow differing rules / regulations in addition to the information learned in this seminar on collecting and organizing information on your clients.

Make sure you always know the rules / regulations of the agency you work for in addition to following these guidelines summarized!!!

In other words, there may be additional forms to fill out our rules to follow!!!

CHAPTER 20

Facilitating a Meaningful Change in Recovery

Introduction

Despite diagnosis or disabilitiesClients are still strong and self-interested!!

Good Plans which address client needs and goals contain the following elements… Self-determination Trustworthy relationships Collaboration Support / encouragement Professionals who understand the recovery / change

process Services / resources the client may use to make, sustain,

and recover!!

Why Change Does Not Happen

Making decisions for themSetting goals without consulting with our

clientsDenigrating or demeaning clientsAct if your client is less competent or capable

then they truly areNot addressing elements beyond the

immediate problemNot looking ahead…being interested in the

client’s future

Change???

Many different meanings… Change is a commitment and hard work!!

How do you define change?

Recovery??

Recovery happens when individuals assume control of their lives and work to establish a sense of purpose!!

Involves looking at where the client wants to be in 5 years from the point of treatment. How will they get there? What elements doe they want in their lives? What would they put in their life if they could? What goals would they like to pursue? What issues do they perceive need to be eliminated? What treatments and services do they want to use?

ADDRESSING THESE ELEMENTS INTRODUCE A POSITIVE APPROACH TO CHANGE AND RECOVERY!

KEY ELEMENTS…

SELF-DIRECTIONINDIVIDUALIZED AND PERSON CENTEREDEMPOWERMENTHOLISTICNONLINEARSTRENGTH-BASEDPEER SUPPORTRESPECTRESPONSIBILITYHOPE

STAGES OF CHANGE

Stage One: Pre-contemplation

Stage Two: Contemplation

Stage Three: Developing a Plan

Stage Four: Implementing the Plan

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CHAPTER 21

Developing a Service Plan at the Case Management Unit

SERVICE PLANS

Step-by-Step Process

Involving the Client and the FamilyUsing the AssessmentCreating the Treatment or Service PlanIdentifying the Client’s StrengthsIndividualized Planning

Understanding barriers Common barriers…language, culture, disability, lack

of resources, mental illness, mental retardation

Sample Goal Plan (Figure 21.2)

REVIEW UNIT 7 PROJECT

Case Study

This week, in a three-page essay, you will write a case management plan for a person. Drawing from the book, develop an individual plan providing the components that you think will best serve your client. You will address issues such as what your tentative diagnosis is for the client, whether crisis services are needed and what you would do if they were, what services you need to arrange for the client to help them receive the best care, and your role as the case manager.

Case Study continued

You will use critical thinking skills to illustrate the ability to identify the client’s issues; to formulate a logical process of reasoning as to how you have developed the services the client needs, to assess assumptions, and to formulate conclusions based on your own sound reasoning skills.

Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation,

experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.

In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness.

It entails the examination of those structures or elements of thought implicit in all reasoning: purpose, problem, or question-at-issue, assumptions, concepts, empirical grounding; reasoning leading to conclusions, implications and consequences, objections from alternative viewpoints, and frame of reference.

Critical thinking - in beingresponsive to variable subject matter,

issues, and purposes - isincorporated in a family of interwoven

modes of thinking; including-scientific thinking, mathematical thinking, historical thinking, anthropological thinking, economic thinking, moral thinking, and philosophical thinking.

Remember to APPLY Your Critical Thinking Skills to your Unit 7 Project!!!

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