RISK ASSESSMENT
Palmer gets into a fight after an old teammate mocks him. This risk, beyond SI/HI, involves acting without thinking.
What is IMPULSIVITY?
In phase 1, you plan and conduct this, including lethality measures.
What is CRISIS ASSESSMENT?
Unlike the factual sections 1–4, this section holds your professional judgment and summary of findings
What is ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC IMPRESSIONS?
Section 6 describes how you, the agency, and the client will do this to the intervention
What is EVALUATION ITS EFFECTIVENESS?
Palmer will get his life together” fails this SMART letter first
What is Specific (and/or Measurable)?
Sam is left alone for days while his mother disappears. This risk category applies to children and vulnerable adults.
What is NEGLECT?
In phase 4, after Palmer’s grandmother dies, you validate his confusion and blame and explore denial. This phase is dealing with these
What are FEELINGS and EMOTIONS?
Palmer’s record limits his job options, which limits his housing, which raises his relapse risk. Connecting these threads is called this
What is CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION?
Palmer will apply to three jobs this week” is this type of outcome measure
What is a SMART goal?
In SMART, “Relevant” means the goal is consistent with this
What are the client’s desires and values?
Palmer starts spending time at his old bar with his old crowd. This is the risk you’d flag
In Phase 6, you ask Palmer, "What do you think you'll do after this?"
What is DEVELOPING AND FORMULATING AN ACTION PLAN?
Palmer shows up to every parole check-in and mentors Sam. In Section 5, you document these as these
What are STRENGTHS?
A questionnaire Palmer fills out about himself, before and after intervention, is this type
What is SELF-REPORT?
Palmer’s goal of finding housing and a job fits this one of Miley’s five goal types
What is obtaining concrete goods, services, or resources?
Palmer says everyone would be better off without him. In a lethality assessment, you ask about these FOUR things?
What are PLAN, INTENT, MEANS, AND HISTORY?
Follow-up is typically recommended this long after services end
What is 4 TO 6 WEEKS?
Palmer is guarded about sharing details of his time in prison. This Section 5 element asks you to comment, respectfully, on this
What is the RELIABILITY OF THE DATA?
Palmer’s ACEs score wouldn’t work as an outcome measure because it is this
What is static (it doesn’t change over time)?
Rewrite “Palmer will find a job” so it’s measurable and time-bound
Any answer with a number and a date, e.g., “Palmer will apply to 3 jobs per week for 4 weeks.”
Name three risk categories from our lecture, other than SI/HI, and give one example of each from Palmer’s or Sam’s situation.
Shelly suddenly takes Sam away, and Palmer is panicking. Name the first two phases of crisis intervention and what you would do in each.
Phase 1, crisis assessment: Check for immediate danger to Sam and Palmer, including lethality (plan, intent, means, history) if Palmer shows any risk to himself or others.
Phase 2, rapport: Use active listening and empathy, and don’t coerce, confront, or force. Help him stabilize and calm down before problem-solving.
Name one system-level factor, not just a personal choice, that affects Palmer’s situation, and explain how it creates a barrier.
Answer: Any reasonable system-level factor, for example:
Palmer’s goal is to stay sober. Give an example of a self-report measure and a performance-based measure you could use to track it.
Self-report: A craving or substance-use questionnaire Palmer completes at the start and again later.
Performance-based: Attending a set number of support group meetings, or completing all parole check-ins.
Bonus: An observer-reported measure, such as a parole officer or sponsor’s report, or a clinician-reported measure of behaviors agreed on at the start.
Write a complete SMART goal for Palmer related to employment. Teams must hit all five elements.
Specific and measurable: Palmer will submit 3 job applications per week.
Time-bound: For the next 4 weeks.
Achievable: Using the reentry program’s job board, which is realistic given his resources.
Relevant: Employment is Palmer’s own stated priority.