Note – a creative way to explore these questions is to write the questions on a card and have the person read and think about them. This avoids the question and answer drill that can be off-putting and can lead to more thoughtful responses: A strengths based assessment will explore the whole of peoples’ lives …
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Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS). HoNOS-12 is a questionnaire measuring the state of health of adults with mental disorders, composed of 12 items, related to clinical and psychosocial problems, covering four areas (subscales) of mental health: behavioural problems (H1-3), impairment (H4-5), symptomatic problems (H6-8) and social problems (H9-12). The social subscale comprises four …
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Topic Problem-Focused Strength-Based Example “Why have you been truant twice a week for the last month?” What factors helped you to make it to school on time, all day for three days a week for the last month? Family “Does your family have a history of violence?”OR“Has anyone in your family ever been to jail …
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Success in any of life’s endeavours normally involves the ability to interact with others. This requires some basic skills that facilitate communicating and interacting with other people. Skills training encompasses a broad range of training in skills needed for functioning in everyday life including basic communication, assertiveness training, training in skills associated with a variety …
SAMHSA offers excellent workbooks and guides for helping individuals to plan for and make decisions about treatment and services. The material in the workbook is derived from many sources. SAMHSA especially wishes to acknowledge the inspiration provided by the Personal Decision Support Guides created by Ottawa Health Research Institute and available at http://decisionaid.ohri.ca. Below are …
Here is a resource from the University of Maine, Center for Community Inclusion and Community Studies. It is an excellent planning guide for helping people think about going back to school. Originally developed to encourage young people with mental health disorders consider science education, but the planning toolbox is applicable to planning for careers and …
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Traditional Approach Person Directed Approach Self-determination comes after individuals have successfully used treatment and achieved clinical stability Self-determination and community inclusion are fundamental human rights of all people Compliance is valued Active participation and empowerment is vital Only professionals have access to information (e.g., plans, assessments, records, etc.) All parties have full access to the …
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Evaluating Progress and Making Revisions as Needed Making Transitions There are several points when transitions will occur and planning for these is important. Some of these include: If the person is to remain connected to the service system, a new planning process may need to be initiated for the next phase of services. Planning can …
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The Vocational Plan will have three overarching components: goal(s), objectives, and interventions. Practitioners must be careful that their own view of what is achievable does not supersede the wishes of the person. Goals that are truly unrealistic such as “I want to be the first person to land on Mars”, can be listed and discussed …