IC&RC Exam Questions And Answers.
Clinical Evaluation -
\Systematic approach to screening and assessment of individuals thought to have SUD;
being considered for admission to addiction-related services or presenting in a crisis
situation.
Screening -
\Process by which the counselor, client, and available SO review the current situation,
symptoms, and other available info to determine the most appropriate initial course of
action, given the client's needs and characteristics and the available resources within
the community.
Assessment -
\Ongoing process through which the counselor collaborates with the client and others to
gather and interpret info necessary for planning treatment and evaluating client
progress
Treatment planning -
\Collaborative process in which professionals and the client develop a written document
that identifies important treatment goals; describes measurable, time-sensitive action
steps toward achieving those goals w/ expected outcomes; and reflects a verbal
agreement a counselor and client.
Referral -
\Process of facilitating the client's use of available support systems and community
resources to meet needs identified in clinical evaluation or TX planning
Service coordination -
\Administrative, clinical, and evaluative activities that bring the client, TX services,
community agencies, and other resources together to focus on issues and needs
identified in the TX
Counseling -
\Collaborative process that facilitates the client's progress toward mutually determined
TX goals and objectives.
Includes methods that are sensitive to individual client characteristics and to the
influence of SOs, as well as the client's cultural and social context. Competence in
counseling is built on an understanding of, appreciation of, and ability to appropriately
use the contributions of various addiction counseling models as they apply to modalities
of care for individuals, groups, families, couples, and SOs.
Client, family and community education -
, \Process of providing clients, families, SOs, and community groups w/ info on risks
related to psychoactive substance use, as well as available prevention, treatment, and
recovery resources.
Documentation -
\Recording of the screening and intake process, assessment, TX plans, clinical reports,
clinical progress notes, discharge summaries, and other client-related data
Professional and ethical responsibilities -
\Obligations of an addiction counselor to adhere to accepted ethical and behavioral
standards of conduct and continuing professional development.
What are principles of Motivational Interviewing? -
\Express Empathy, Develop discrepancy, Roll with resistance, Support self-efficacy
Reframing -
\Gives alternative perspective of what client has said
Confrontation -
\Calling attention to what you see
Agonists -
\Substitute (Ex: Methadone)
Antagonist -
\Blocks effects of abused drugs.(Naltrexone for opiates)
Mixed agonist-antagonist -
\Suboxone, Subutex (Buprenorphone, Naloxone)
1st Step -
\Powerless over alcohol, unmanageable
2nd step -
\A power greater than ourselves to restore us to sanity
3rd step -
\Decision to turn our will and lives to God
4th step -
\Searching and fearless moral inventory
5th step -
\Admitted to God, ourselves, and someone else the exact nature of our wrongs
6th step -
Clinical Evaluation -
\Systematic approach to screening and assessment of individuals thought to have SUD;
being considered for admission to addiction-related services or presenting in a crisis
situation.
Screening -
\Process by which the counselor, client, and available SO review the current situation,
symptoms, and other available info to determine the most appropriate initial course of
action, given the client's needs and characteristics and the available resources within
the community.
Assessment -
\Ongoing process through which the counselor collaborates with the client and others to
gather and interpret info necessary for planning treatment and evaluating client
progress
Treatment planning -
\Collaborative process in which professionals and the client develop a written document
that identifies important treatment goals; describes measurable, time-sensitive action
steps toward achieving those goals w/ expected outcomes; and reflects a verbal
agreement a counselor and client.
Referral -
\Process of facilitating the client's use of available support systems and community
resources to meet needs identified in clinical evaluation or TX planning
Service coordination -
\Administrative, clinical, and evaluative activities that bring the client, TX services,
community agencies, and other resources together to focus on issues and needs
identified in the TX
Counseling -
\Collaborative process that facilitates the client's progress toward mutually determined
TX goals and objectives.
Includes methods that are sensitive to individual client characteristics and to the
influence of SOs, as well as the client's cultural and social context. Competence in
counseling is built on an understanding of, appreciation of, and ability to appropriately
use the contributions of various addiction counseling models as they apply to modalities
of care for individuals, groups, families, couples, and SOs.
Client, family and community education -
, \Process of providing clients, families, SOs, and community groups w/ info on risks
related to psychoactive substance use, as well as available prevention, treatment, and
recovery resources.
Documentation -
\Recording of the screening and intake process, assessment, TX plans, clinical reports,
clinical progress notes, discharge summaries, and other client-related data
Professional and ethical responsibilities -
\Obligations of an addiction counselor to adhere to accepted ethical and behavioral
standards of conduct and continuing professional development.
What are principles of Motivational Interviewing? -
\Express Empathy, Develop discrepancy, Roll with resistance, Support self-efficacy
Reframing -
\Gives alternative perspective of what client has said
Confrontation -
\Calling attention to what you see
Agonists -
\Substitute (Ex: Methadone)
Antagonist -
\Blocks effects of abused drugs.(Naltrexone for opiates)
Mixed agonist-antagonist -
\Suboxone, Subutex (Buprenorphone, Naloxone)
1st Step -
\Powerless over alcohol, unmanageable
2nd step -
\A power greater than ourselves to restore us to sanity
3rd step -
\Decision to turn our will and lives to God
4th step -
\Searching and fearless moral inventory
5th step -
\Admitted to God, ourselves, and someone else the exact nature of our wrongs
6th step -
