IL CADC Study Guide Q’s & A’s
Purpose of client advocate ✔✔Formal relationship with the employer, Involve
the employer in the
patient's treatment, Promote information to employer about the patient's
disease, Educate employer
on the treatment process, Help provide support for the patient in recovery
Community education purpose ✔✔Identify the major drug problems in the
community
Role for local churches and religious groups ✔✔Start a self-help group that
meets in the facility
Counselor responsibilities ✔✔Educating other agencies on effective ways to
work with specific
cases relating to drugs/alcohol
Two- Stepping ✔✔Defense that is destructive to the newly sober client in which
they help others
with their alcoholism but do not concentrate on their sobriety
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Signs/symptoms of Alcoholism ✔✔Solitary drinking, Over permissive norms of
drinking, Lack
of specific drinking norms, Tolerance of drunkenness, Adverse social behaviors,
Utilitarian use of
alcohol to reduce tension/anxiety, Lack of ritual/ceremonial use of alcohol,
Alcohol use separated
from eating patterns
Signs/symptoms of Alcoholism ✔✔Alcohol use separated from family, social
functions, Drinking
with strangers, Alcohol not introduced in small amounts when a child, Drinking
pursued as
recreation, Drinking concentrated in young males, Culture that stresses
individualism, self-reliance
and high achievement
Referring to AA/NA ✔✔Have a AA/NA person meet w/them and explain how
the group and
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recovery can work together, Not proper to refer an atheist since it is built on a
belief in God, do
not refer if it would seem to be disrespectful of clients rights and views, Make
sure the referral
meets the clients personality and background
Dual Diagnosis ✔✔Sometimes appear as patients sober up
Referral processes ✔✔Identifying the needs of the client that cannot be met by
the
counselor/agency and Assisting the client to utilize the support system and
community resources
available
Discharge summary is needed ✔✔Inpatient, aftercare, detox, half way houses,
etc,
Communications from one agency to another and increases accountability,
Reports and record
keeping tells the story of the client from beginning to end, No universally
accepted format for
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maintaining records
Reports ✔✔Explains various aspects of the assessment, treatment plans, and
discharge to parties
who need such information to enhance the care of the client
Documents patient can sign ✔✔Consent for treatment, Public aid, DASA,
statistics, Treatment
plans, Release of information, To acquire medical attention,
Education/prevention, Client
education, Crisis intervention
Patient has a right to ✔✔Treatment costs they are liable for, When treatment
services are available,
Types of counseling approaches used, Opportunity to complain to appropriate
staff
Client files ✔✔Only the clinical supervisor has unrestricted access to client's files
Physiological dependence for alcohol- Alpha ✔✔Psychological dependence, no
loss of control,
