Stages of Change
This is the stage where individuals are not yet aware or acknowledge the need for change.
What is pre-contemplation
The process of attempting to decrease the prevalence of ones former problem behavior in society.
What is Social Liberation
The two components of decisional balance in the Transtheoretical Model
What are the pros and cons of changing a behavior.
An individual's belief in their ability to successfully change a behavior.
What is self-efficacy
Building rapport is connected to this stage of change.
What is pre-contemplation
The stage of change when people are making observable behavior changes
What is the Action stage
Assessing the impact that the individual’s problem behavior has on their environment.
What is environmental re-evaluation
A strategy that helps individuals assess the pros and cons of changing a specific behavior.
What is a decisional balance worksheet
One way to enhance self-efficacy in the change process
What is skill-building and providing opportunities for success.
This SW task occurs in the maintenance stage
What is help the client identify and use strategies to prevent relapse
Providing information and education about the benefits of change
What is a strategy to support individuals moving from the contemplation stage to the preparation stage.
Increasing knowledge and awareness about the individual and their problem behavior.
What is consciousness raising
Decisional balance worksheets are often used in this stage of change.
What is contemplation
Self-efficacy is influenced by these types of experiences
What are successfully changing past behaviors
A strategy that supports and acknowledges the clients work and effort in the maintenance stage.
What is the use of affirmations
The primary goal of the action stage in the Transtheoretical model
What is to implement and maintain the desired change.
The use of rewards for positive behavioral changes
What is Reinforcement Management
What happens when the pros in favor of changing outweigh the cons for maintaining the unhealthy behavior.
The way self-efficacy affects an individual's motivation to change
What is by influencing ones belief in their ability to succeed and persevere through challenges.
SW normalize this as an opportunity for learning and as part of the change process
What is relapse
Slipping Back to Previous Behavior in the SOC model
What is relapse and recycling
The process of preparing to cope with, remove or avoid stimuli that may trigger relapse
A question that could be commonly used when working with clients using substances from a decisional balance approach.
What is a question to create discrepancy
What do you like about SU? What's positive about using for you?
What are some of the things you don't like about substance use?
The reason it's important to address and enhance self-efficacy during the stages of change
What is because higher levels of self-efficacy are associated with greater success in maintaining behavior change.
A skill that SW use to support clients in the process of goal development.
What is SMART Goals