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ased practice.
Skill in:
1. Using assessment results to individualize strategies.
2. Matching integrative strategies and theoretical
approaches to the person’s strengths, needs, cultural
background, and motivational level.
3. Matching interventions to the person’s level of
involvement and responsibility.
4. Using Stage of Change theory and strengths-based
interviewing.
Task 4 - Evaluate the effectiveness of counseling interventions
and strategies.
Knowledge of:
1. Program and individual outcomes.
2. Performance measures that demonstrate movement toward
goals.
3. Implications of relapse on the counseling process.
4. Those involved in the counseling process having varying
and/or different perceptions.
Skill in:
1. Renegotiating goals and/or action steps.
2. Adapting integrative approaches to the person’s
diagnoses, cognitive abilities, and stages of recovery.
3. Adjusting strategies based on information obtained from
various sources.
4. Documenting progress in reference to the treatment plan
for ongoing review with the person and others.
Task 5 – Develop integrative discharge and aftercare plans.
Knowledge of:
1. The discharge planning process.
2. The full range of entitlement programs, natural
community, cultural supports, and other services.
3. The legalities and confidentiality requirements related
to the referral process.
4. Relapse prevention theories related to mental and
substance use disorders.
5. The need to advocate and negotiate.
Skill in:
1. Evaluating a person’s relapse triggers, their strengths
and supports for managing recovery, and barriers to
recovery.
2. Identifying and accessing services and supports to meet
the person’s specific needs.
3. Advocating and negotiating for needed services and
supports.
4. Obtaining and documenting the necessary releases of
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