The required film “Out of the Shadow” will be required for the paper –
Smiley S, Massie E, Plotch J, Oppenheim J, Pérez HH, Griffin BQ. Out of the Shadow. Vine Street Pictures; 2016.
Person-Centered Assessment and Treatment Plan
(approx. length 8-10 pages)
For this assignment, you will practice developing a
person-centered assessment and treatment plan for an individual with a serious
mental illness using the “core values and qualities of good assessment”
described in Corrigan (2016, Chapter 4) and the treatment planning strategies
described in Chapters 4-6 in Adams & Grieder (2014). For the purposes of
this assignment, you are a mental health social worker assigned to work with
Millie, the central figure in the film Out of the Shadow
PART 1 – ASSESSING MILLIE’S GOALS, NEEDS,
& STRENGTHS (3-4 pages)
Choose a point in the film on which you will base this
assessment and plan. – Listen closely to Millie in the film. Based on her
wishes for her own health and wellness at this point, identify her primary goal
for her recovery–what does she want to change or accomplish? Directly quote her
words as the goal statement in this assessment and in the treatment plan in
Part 3. – In the film, Millie moves through various “stages of change” in her
recovery (i.e. the degree to which she is motivated to make particular changes
to improve her health and wellness). Using evidence from the film to support
your points, describe Millie’s stage(s) of change at the point in the film you
chose for this assessment. Remember, a person can be in multiple stages at one
time (e.g. they can be in Preparation and want to move into supportive housing,
but also unaware of their mental illness and Pre-contemplative about taking
medications). Briefly discuss how you would adapt your approach to engaging
Millie in the planning process based on her particular stage(s) of change. –
Drawing upon any sources of information that are available to you (client’s
perspective, your observations, the perspective of family members and others)
assess and describe Millie’s biological, psychological, and social strengths
that could be used to help her achieve her primary recovery goal. Consider both
her personal and her environmental strengths in this assessment. – Assess and
describe Millie’s biological, psychological, and social needs and any
challenges that could impact her ability to accomplish her goal. Identifying
personal and environmental challenges/needs is key to specifying the objectives
for your work together, and the services or interventions that could be used to
help her overcome these challenges and address her needs.
PART 2 – REVIEWING THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE,
AVAILABILITY, AND CULTURAL RELEVANCE OF 3 POSSIBLE INTERVENTIONS (4-5 pages)
As Millie’s social worker it is your job to help her
locate the best possible resources, supports and interventions that she and
others can use to help her achieve her recovery goals. Ideally, these
interventions are evidence-based, culturally relevant, and readily available.
But in today’s social service world, this is not always the case. You and your
client then have to work together to find the best available options and engage
in shared decision-making in deciding which interventions to use. Considering
the assessment that you conducted in Part 1 and Millie’s goal for her recovery,
use the course readings and outside research to identify and compare 3
potentially appropriate interventions that could help Millie get closer to
achieving her recovery goal. Conduct a review of the empirical evidence, local
availability, and cultural relevance of these interventions. Is there a
resource, support, or treatment modality that is most effective or “best 8
practice” for getting Millie closer to her identified goal? What does the
empirical research show about this intervention’s effectiveness and use with
people with serious mental illness and with people of Millie’s cultural
background? Is this support/intervention available in your community and how
would you go about linking or referring Millie to this support? Remember, effective
interventions can include biological (e.g. psychotropic medications),
psychological (e.g. psychotherapies), or social (e.g. housing, employment)
interventions. They can involve peer support, natural/community supports, or
self-directed activities. But they should always be appropriately matched to
the person’s own goal and their particular stage of change. A minimum of 10
empirical sources, outside of the course readings and websites, should be used
to support this review.
PART 3 – DEVELOPING THE PERSON-CENTERED
TREATMENT PLAN (1 page) Considering your assessment and
review of possible interventions, use the instructions in Adams & Grieder
(Chapters 4-6) and the New York Office of Mental Health (2013) Quick Guide to
develop a person-centered treatment plan like the one below for Millie. The
plan should contain her longer-term recovery goal and three shorter-term
S.M.A.R.T. objectives that specify the smaller steps that will get her closer
to her long-term goal. For each objective, provide one intervention statement
(i.e. what the individual needs in terms of services and community resources to
meet the objectives) that uses the 5 W’s. Goal:
“I want to get
a job.” Objective 1: Taiisa will be able to take the bus downtown within the
next 30 days so that she can locate possible work sites within commuting
distance as evidenced by her selfreport of a bus trip. Intervention 1: The
supported employment specialist will meet weekly for one month with Taiisa at
her apartment to provide supported employment assistance to help her locate the
bus schedule and develop her bus travel plan.
Objective 2: XXXX Intervention 2: XXXX
Objective 3: XXXX Intervention 3: XXXX
