to pass graded A+
What does the exit conference include? (4) - correct answer ✔✔What was done
today, the findings in relations to the norms or standards, the outlook for
improvement, recommended to be done?
Questions we need to ask (7) - correct answer ✔✔-Do we have enough
information to answer the diagnostic question with confidence?
-Have new areas been identified during the evaluation?
-How do you organize the information so the patient and the family will
understand the problem?
-How do we present the information, so the client regards the information as
satisfactory?
-Do I know enough about the problem to recommend therapy or not?
-What other diagnostic procedures or examinations might be useful to them?
-Have I given them sufficient opportunity to ask questions, express their feelings,
and to sort out any decisions about what to do next?
Clinicians as counselors - correct answer ✔✔counseling begins in the diagnostic
setting and into therapy; always counseling patient
3 things we need to do (as counselors) - correct answer ✔✔Help discuss concern,
Provide motivation, Offer support
, What will educating the client do? - correct answer ✔✔help patients understand
results, features of the disorder, and implications for management
What recommendations to make - correct answer ✔✔General recommendations,
change or stop a behavior, no therapy recommended, and recommend to another
discipline
Intentions of the patient to carry out recommendations (2) - correct answer
✔✔Immediate (sign me up ASAP) or Delayed (patient waits; thinks about; second
opinion)
What is a diagnostic report? - correct answer ✔✔a written record that
summarizes the relevant information a clinician obtained and how they obtain it
Purpose of Diagnostic Report (4) - correct answer ✔✔1. acts as a guide for further
services to the client
2. an official record of the meeting with the patients
3. it communicates the clinician's findings to other professionals
4. it can serve as a document for research purposes
What are the 2 different formats when organizing a diagnostic report? - correct
answer ✔✔SOAP note (medical) and IEP (school)
What is SOAP note - correct answer ✔✔S: Subjective (interview/case history)
O: Objective (test results)
A: Assessment (summary/impressions)
P: Plan (recommendations)