First Contact/ Orienting family to services & agency
True or False:
IHT calls family within 24 hours of assignment
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE:
Only the parents should discuss youth's strength and needs.
FALSE! It is ideal practice to discuss with youth what they think their strengths and needs are!
TRUE or FALSE:
It is okay to provide 9-1-1 as a primary emergency contact
FALSE. This is unacceptable practice.
True or false:
It is developmental practice to make assumptions about treatment progress based on own experience or agenda
FALSE: This is unacceptable practice!
TRUE or FALSE:
It is okay to accept verbal consent in place of signed document
FALSE. This is unacceptable practice!
Neglecting to offer alternatives to meet the needs of a family if there is no appropriate match is an example of:
a. Ideal Practice
b. Developmental Practice
c. Unacceptable Practice
C- UNACCEPTABLE PRACTICE
True or false:
It is unacceptable practice to develop ideas about change based on own clinical training with out family input
TRUE... we always want to check our biases about what we think should change and get family input first and foremost!
Responding late to family contacts, or not at all, is an example of:
a. ideal practice
b. developmental practice
c. unacceptable practice
CORRECT ANSWER is C: unacceptable practice. It is ideal practice to respond to a family member within 24 hours
Allowing check-in to become a venting session is:
a. ideal practice
b. developmental practice
c. unacceptable practice
CORRECT ANSWER: B, developmental practice!
TRUE or FALSE:
It is ideal practice to write assessments and progress notes in very clinical language
This is FALSE. It is ideal practice to write all information in ways that are clear and respectful for family
While orienting family to service and agency, IHT is required to discuss with families:
a. Family expectations of IHT, including past experiences both positive and negative
b. What IHT can do and what its limitations are including mandating reporting and confidentiality
c. The team approach of pairing IHT clinician with TT&S
d. all of the above
D- ALL OF THE ABOVE
TRUE or FALSE
It is developmental practice to discuss only the needs of the family and not the strengths during engagement
this is FALSE... it is unacceptable practice as we are a strength based service!
IHT should be scheduling meetings based off of:
a. family preference
b. transportation
c. safety
d. all of the above
CORRECT ANSWER: D. It is ideal practice to schedule meetings based off of family preference, transportation and safety concerns!
TRUE or FALSE
It is developmental practice to ask open ended questions and probe for understanding as needed
FALSE, This is IDEAL practice!
TRUE or FALSE
It is ideal practice to assume that everyone in the household can be spoken to/hear therapy without consent of family members
This is FALSE. It is unacceptable practice! We must always obtain a consent for individuals who are often in the home (like babysitter or family friend, for example)
TRUE or FALSE:
It is ideal practice to avoid exploration of past negative experiences with treatment
This is FALSE and is considered "developmental practice"
TRUE or FALSE:
Only blood relatives of the youth are able to participate in family therapy
FALSE... it is ideal practice to ask child and family which individuals they consider family members and who they expect or hope will participate in family therapy
TRUE or FALSE:
It is okay to neglect possible safety concerns
This is FALSE and is considered developmental practice; we always want to make sure safety concerns are addressed!
TRUE or FALSE
It is unacceptable practice to use recent clinical documentation to guide check in process.
FALSE! This is ideal practice!
We should prepare ahead of time with youth and family for participation in different types of meeting such as:
a. school meeting (IEP)
b. DCF meeting
C. Medical meeting
D. All of the above
CORRECT ANSWER:
D. It is ideal practice to prepare with family ahead of time for ALL meetings!
TRUE or FALSE:
It is not IHT's job to discuss with family what IHT is in relation to other CBHI services and hub-dependent services
FALSE- It is IDEAL practice to do so!
It is IDEAL practice during engagement to:
a. use a range of strategies to engage all identified family members
b. listen carefully to the family's narrative and summarize verbally back to each family member to make sure of shared understanding
c. allow concerns to dominate discussion
d. a&b
e. all of the above
Correct Response is D! We do not want concerns to dominate the conversation during engagement; we always want to know discuss their strengths as well.
Giving pamphlets or business card with written information without checking for understanding or ability to use is considered:
a. ideal practice
b. developmental practice
c. unacceptable practice
CORRECT ANSWER: B, Developmental Practice
True or False:
It is ideal practice to only discuss family choice at the beginning of treatment
This is FALSE and is considered developmental practice; family choice should be at the center through out treatment!
True or false:
You do not have to include family members on updates with collateral's that happen between sessions
CORRECT ANSWER:
FALSE! Including the family members with updates that occur with collateral's between session is ideal practice