AND ANSWERS
What does the exit conference include? (4) - ANS 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) - ANS -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 - ANS counseling begins in the diagnostic setting and into therapy;
always counseling patient
3 things we need to do (as counselors) - ANS Help discuss concern, Provide motivation, Offer
support
What will educating the client do? - ANS help patients understand results, features of the
disorder, and implications for management
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, What recommendations to make - ANS General recommendations, change or stop a
behavior, no therapy recommended, and recommend to another discipline
Intentions of the patient to carry out recommendations (2) - ANS Immediate (sign me up
ASAP) or Delayed (patient waits; thinks about; second opinion)
What is a diagnostic report? - ANS a written record that summarizes the relevant
information a clinician obtained and how they obtain it
Purpose of Diagnostic Report (4) - ANS 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? - ANS SOAP note
(medical) and IEP (school)
What is SOAP note - ANS S: Subjective (interview/case history)
O: Objective (test results)
A: Assessment (summary/impressions)
P: Plan (recommendations)
What is an IEP? - ANS a student focused plan made by a team of teachers, school admins.,
special educators, and parents;
should be organized for easy retrieval of information in a high professional standards
What questions should the IEP be able to answer? (4) - ANS 1. What is the problem?
2. Where is the student now?
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