Week 3 – Developing the Formal Treatment Plan
On Treatment Planning, we learned that the importance of developing a treatment plan is critical to understanding the needs of the patient. The foundation of an effective treatment plan is the primary source that the substance abuse counselor can use to prevent potential negative factors from impeding client outcomes.
For this assignment, you will use well-organized paragraphs and in your own words explain the formal treatment plan process. You will submit in an essay format, double-spaced, using a minimum 2 pages with a maximum of 3 pages. This assignment must be submitted in an APA format. Provide materials from the chapter to support your response.
1) What is treatment planning and why do we do it?
2) Briefly explain the history of the formal treatment plan.
3) Explain the importance for treatment planning and include the following:
- Common elements in treatment planning (i.e., background information, diagnosis, problem, identification, etc.)
- It purpose
- Users of the treatment plan
- What are three benefits
- Identify four general assumptions underlying the treatment planning process
