- What are the clinical indications of the disorder (being sure to utilize clinical signs and symptoms typically associated with the disorder) In addition, identify any differential diagnoses that should be considered. Provide a clinical rationale for your diagnosis. Be sure to review the existing literature regarding the clinical presentation of the disorder and whether specific variations are apparent based on client specific factors. Review biological and psychological etiology and course of the illness recognizing how stressful life events contribute to onset and severity.
- Treatment plan: Review the current state of treatment for the identified disorder. Review some of the more effective forms of treatment for the disorder. Your treatment plan should include a description of the presenting problem, the long-term and short-term goals, and the therapeutic interventions that will be employed to address the problem. As a reflective or side note to this plan (not normally included in a treatment plan), provide your clinical rationale for including these therapeutic interventions, a description of how the underlying therapeutic mechanisms likely effects the identified disorder (e.g., based on specific symptoms addressed), and central or specific modality from which it is derived. Moreover, discuss how social work specific approaches to treating the problem may differ from those of other mental health professionals on interdisciplinary teams.
- Think critically about the session and visualize yourself implementing one of the interventions you have identified above. Provide a script for the first session with the potential dialogue between yourself and the client. This should reflect the questions you would utilize to gather additional information, how the interventions or therapeutic tools would be incorporated into your therapeutic practice, and the potential
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