Module 5: MATCHING STRENGTH AND NEEDS TO SERVICES

 

Time:

 50 Minutes

Purpose:

Module 5 provides participants with an opportunity to practice matching individual and families’ strengths and needs to appropriate covered services.


Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:


Module Agenda:

A. Purpose and Learning Objectives of Module 5 1 Minute
B. Learning Activity 34 Minutes
C. Summary Discussion 10 Minutes
D. Post-Test 5 Minutes


Transparencies:

None


Handouts:

H-5.1: Rules of Learning Activity
H-5.2: Case Study Update
H-5.3: Post-Test


Prepared Newsprint:


Additional Supplies:

None


A. PURPOSE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF MODULE 5
(1 Minute)

Facilitator should spend a few minutes discussing the module cover sheet and reviewing the purpose and learning objectives of Module 5.


B. LEARNING ACTIVITY
(34 Minutes)

The Facilitator should handout H-5.1: Rules of the Learning Activity and introduce the game by explaining the following rules:


C. SUMMARY DISCUSSION
(10 Minutes)

The Facilitator should conclude the game by noting that identifying needs, strengths and services is the first step toward the delivery of support services. The next step is arranging a referral for the needed services. This referral is only successful when the individual actually receives the identified service.


D. POST-TEST
(5 Minutes)

The Facilitator should then distribute H-5.3: Post-Test and ask each participant to spend 5 minutes independently identifying needs and strengths. After completing this exercise, they should compare the results of the Post-Test with the results of the Pre-Test completed in Module 1.


H-5.1: RULES OF LEARNING ACTIVITY

The following learning activity should be played according to the following rules:

  • The exercise is similar to the Family Feud game with each team being a family.
  • The exercise will use the clinical scenario that the participants have been working on in Module 2. This scenario will serve as the content upon which the game is based.
  • The game consists of 4 rounds: the first round will be used to identify the top 4 appropriate covered services used to address the needs of the individual. Before the second round begins, the participants will be given more information about the individual. During the second round, the participants will then identify the top 2 new needs after re-assessing the individual’s updated situation. During the third round, the participants will then identify the top 2 new strengths after re-assessing the individual’s updated situation. During the fourth round, the participants will then identify the top 2 new services after re-assessing the individual’s updated situation.
  • If a team fails to identify all predetermined needs/strengths/services before getting 2 strikes, the opposing team will have the opportunity to steal the points from the first team by identifying a remaining need, strength or service.
  • Each correct response is worth 1 point. The team with the most points at the end of the fourth round will win.

H-5.2: CASE STUDY UPDATE

Joe has moved to a shelter and has started treatment. He was doing well but has not shown up for his last two sessions. His mother has reported that he has been calling at all hours of the night asking for money. A week after he receives his SSDI check he is broke. He also told her that “he wasn’t going to take those stinking meds because they made him numb and he couldn’t function” He has also accused the authorities (CPS) from hiding his kids from him and that it is all a conspiracy to put him back into jail. He is afraid that his parole officer is in on the conspiracy as well as the staff at the shelter.

Joe and significant people in his life including his mother, his parole officer, his peer support person and an advocate from the Office of Human Rights have joined with Joe’s Clinical Team at the clinic for his annual review. At this time, Joe states that he is feeling much better and the new meds are helping. He is looking forward to working on his new goals and starting rehabilitation services in two weeks.

H-5.3: POST-TEST

Please spend 5 minutes reading the scenario below again. Once you have read the scenario, please make a list of the needs and strengths you have identified. After you have completed the exercise, compare these results to the results of the pre-test completed in module 1. Then, discuss the similarities and differences between the 2 test with the large group.

Bobby is a nine-year-old boy who was picked up by the police for driving a stolen car. He was initially taken to detention but his behavior became so violent and out of control that he was placed in an acute care facility. Until this time, Bobby has been living with his mother, her boyfriend (of three years) and two sibs, Ben 10 and sister, Brittany, 6. Bobby reports he headed to the store to buy groceries when the police stopped him. He took the money left on the table at home and ran. Mom was asleep and “daddy” was out at the time. Mom reports that Bobby has been somewhat wild lately. He comes and goes as he pleases and rarely attends school. Once when mom and dad were high on drugs and fighting with each other, Bobby even went after “daddy” with a knife. “He’s a good boy though and really looks after his brother and sister.” Since his real dad was murdered almost two years ago, there has been a big change in him and his behavior.

In the hospital, Bobby continues to tantrum and refuses to follow any rules. He has been assaultive to staff and is on constant AWOL watch. The plan, pending further investigation of the family situation, is to return him home - on probation - as soon as his behavior is under better control.