PAIP Foundations
PAIP is designed to increase this instead of simply teaching participants to manage anger.
Accountability/Responsibility for one's abusive behaviors
True or False: If you know how to do an individual session then you know how to conduct groups.
False: While many skills used in individual counseling are useful in group sessions, group work requires a special set of skills and processes.
True or False: Letting clients vent in length about the frustrations with the system and their partner is cathartic.
False! Not only is it not cathartic, it can reinforce other group's members blaming of their partners.
Truth or False: Pastoral counseling is recommended in conjunction with PAIP services as it's culturally sensitive
False: The IDHS protocol indicates pastoral counseling is an inappropriate model
Bonus 100: Why do you think that is?
True or false: The counselor has a DUTY TO WARN.
True, Duty to warn/protect means that there are situations where a counselor may need to break confidentiality to help protect someone from serious harm or kill someone.
How many sessions does a client need to attend?
Illinois protocol states minimum of 24
CADP program is 24 group sessions and 1 individual session or 25 group sessions
True or false: The administrative code states that only female-male co-facilitation is permitted.
False. Male-female co-facilitation teams recommended, but also two women can co-facilitate together. Two men cannot co-facilitate together.
What is change talk?
language that expresses a desire, reason, ability, need, or commitment to change
True or False: Working with the criminal justice and child welfare is recommended, but optional for PAIP programs.
False: PAIPs must work in collaboration with criminal justice and child welfare agencies.
Is HIPPA a federal or state law?
HIPAA is a federal law
What should you and your facilitator do after a group session?
Debrief
Bonus 100: What do you personally think would be a useful debrief topic?
The shared expectations that shape how members behave and respond to one another are called these.
Group norms
Why is challenging part of the facilitator’s role?
PAIP groups are not neutral discussion groups. Facilitators have a responsibility to keep the group centered on victim safety, accountability, and behavioral change.
If harmful beliefs go unchallenged, silence may be interpreted as agreement. Other participants may also begin reinforcing or normalizing those beliefs.
Name 3 pieces of information collected at intake:
1) Obtaining general identification and demographic data:
A) Date of screening;
B) Age;
C) Race/ethnicity;
D) Address;
E) Telephone number;
F) Marital status;
G) Number of children;
H) Educational level;
I) Employment;
J) Income; and
K) History of military service/law enforcement.
True or False: The Illinois Mental Health Code requires counselors to obtain a valid release of information signed by the client in order to disclose client information.
True
Sharing airtime, respecting different perspectives, and avoiding competition allow co-facilitators to model this.
Equality or egalitarian relationship between co-facilitators
Define collusion
Group members reinforce or join with beliefs that minimize responsibility for abusive behavior
Bonus 100: Why might a facilitator engage in collusion?
A participant says, “I already admitted I yelled. What else do you want from me?” What is missing from this statement?
Deeper accountability—including identifying choices, beliefs, impact, and what he will do differently
If a client has a substance abuse disorder, and refuses treatment, can they be denied PAIP services?
Participants who refuse substance abuse treatment must not be refused service by the PAIP, unless substance use impairs a participant's ability to benefit from PAIP services.
How would you explain HIPPA to a client?
HIPPA helps protect the privacy of your health information. It sets rules about when your information can be used or shared and gives you certain rights over your records.
Under Illinois PAIP standards, the safety and rights of these who must be the highest priority?
Victims/survivors and their children
After a member lashes out and is removed, facilitators help the remaining members process the incident, restore safety, and reestablish group expectations.
Damage control, or group repair
Several members agree that a participant’s partner “provoked him.” What should the facilitator do?
Name the victim-blaming pattern, redirect responsibility to the participant’s choices, and invite the group to examine the belief rather than debating the partner’s behavior
In this case, PAIPs must refer the participant to the referral source and criteria for re-entry into PAIP.
Name at least 3 essential pieces of information needed for a release of information
(b) Every consent form shall be in writing and shall specify the following:
(1) the person or agency to whom disclosure is to be made;
(2) the purpose for which disclosure is to be made;
(3) the nature of the information to be disclosed;
(4) the right to inspect and copy the information to be disclosed;
(5) the consequences of a refusal to consent, if any; and
(6) the calendar date on which the consent expires, provided that if no calendar date is stated, information may be released only on the day the consent form is received by the therapist; and
(7) the right to revoke the consent at any time.