This guide contains 146 ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. Featuring new and updated assignments and exercises that coordinate with evidence-based treatment, the assignments found in this reference are grouped by behavioral problems including academic underachievement, anger management, depression, social phobia, and sexual abuse. An accompanying CD-ROM allows clinicians to customize the assignments to fit a particular client need or treatment situation. The companion CD-ROM is not included as part of the e-book file, but is available for download after purchase.
PracticePlanners® Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
SECTION 1 – Academic Underachievement
Exercise 1.A Attitudes About Homework
Exercise 1.B Break It Down Into Small Steps
Exercise 1.C Good Grade/Bad Grade Incident Reports
SECTION 2 – Adoption
Exercise 2.A Beginning a Search for Birth Parents
Exercise 2.B Considering a Search for Birth Parents
Exercise 2.C My Child’s Search for Birth Parents
Exercise 2.D Questions and Concerns Around Being Adopted
Exercise 2.E Some Things I’d Like You to Know…
SECTION 3 – Anger Control Problems
Exercise 3.A Anger Checklist
Exercise 3.B Anger Control
Exercise 3.C Stop Yelling
SECTION 4 – Anxiety
Exercise 4.A Finding and Losing Your Anxiety
Exercise 4.B Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Exercise 4.C Tools for Anxiety
Exercise 4.D What Makes Me Anxious
Exercise 4.E Worry Time
SECTION 5 – Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Exercise 5.A Channel Your Energy in a Positive Direction
Exercise 5.B Evaluating Medication Effects
Exercise 5.C Getting It Done
Exercise 5.D Problem-Solving Exercise
Exercise 5.E Social Skills Exercise
SECTION 6 – Autism Spectrum Disorder
Exercise 6.A Managing the Meltdowns
Exercise 6.B Moving Toward Independence
Exercise 6.C Progress: Past, Present, and Future
Exercise 6.D Progress Survey
SECTION 7 – Bipolar Disorder
Exercise 7.A Action Minus Thought Equals Painful Consequences
Exercise 7.B Clear Rules, Positive Reinforcement, Appropriate Consequences
Exercise 7.C Medication Resistance
Exercise 7.D Mood Disorders Symptom List
SECTION 8 – Blended Family
Exercise 8.A A Few Things About Me
Exercise 8.B Assessing the Family – Present and Future
Exercise 8.C Interaction as a Family
Exercise 8.D Stepparent and Sibling Questionnaire
SECTION 9 – Conduct Disorder/Delinquency
Exercise 9.A Catch Your Teen Being Responsible
Exercise 9.B Headed in the Right Direction
Exercise 9.C How My Behavior Hurts Others
Exercise 9.D Letter to Absent or Uninvolved Parent
Exercise 9.E Patterns of Stealing
SECTION 10 – Divorce Reaction
Exercise 10.A Impact of Parents’ Separation/Divorce
Exercise 10.B Initial Reaction to Parents’ Separation
Exercise 10.C My Thoughts, Feelings, and Beliefs About Divorce
Exercise 10.D Stop the Fighting
SECTION 11 – Eating Disorder
Exercise 11.A Body Image
Exercise 11.B Fears Beneath the Eating Disorder
Exercise 11.C Plan and Eat a Meal
Exercise 11.D Reality: Food Intake, Weight, Thoughts, and Feelings
SECTION 12 – Grief/Loss Unresolved
Exercise 12.A Create a Memory Album
Exercise 12.B Grief Letter
Exercise 12.C Honoring the Anniversary of the Loss
Exercise 12.D Memorial Collage
Exercise 12.E Moving Closer to Resolution
SECTION 13 – Intellectual Development Disorder
Exercise 13.A Activities of Daily Living Program
Exercise 13.B A Sense of Belonging
Exercise 13.C Hopes and Dreams for Your Child
Exercise 13.D Supportive Services for Your Child
SECTION 14 – Low Self-Esteem
Exercise 14.A Maintaining Your Self-Esteem
Exercise 14.B Recognizing Your Abilities, Traits, and Accomplishments
Exercise 14.C Three Ways to Change Yourself
Exercise 14.D Three Wishes Game
SECTION 15 – Medical Condition
Exercise 15.A Attitudes About Medication or Medical Treatment
Exercise 15.B Coping with a Sibling’s Health Problems
Exercise 15.C Coping with Your Illness
SECTION 16 – Negative Peer Influences
Exercise 16.A Choice of Friends Survey
Exercise 16.B I Want to be Like…
Exercise 16.C Reasons for Negative Peer Group Involvement
SECTION 17 – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Exercise 17.A Decreasing What You Save and Collect
Exercise 17.B Refocus Attention Away from Obsessions and Compulsions
Exercise 17.C Thought-Stopping
SECTION 18 – Oppositional Defiant
Exercise 18.A Changing School Rules
Exercise 18.B Cooperative Activity
Exercise 18.C Filing a Complaint
Exercise 18.D If I Could Run My Family
Exercise 18.E Switching from Defense to Offense
SECTION 19 – Overweight/Obesity
Exercise 19.A Developing and Implementing a Healthier Diet
Exercise 19.B Increasing My Physical Activity
Exercise 19.C My Eating and Exercise Journal
SECTION 20 – Panic/Agoraphobia
Exercise 20.A Panic Attack Rating Form
Exercise 20.B Panic Survey
SECTION 21 – Parenting
Exercise 21.A Evaluating the Strength of Your Parenting Team
Exercise 21.B One-on-One
Exercise 21.C Parenting Report Card
Exercise 21.D Parents Understand the Roots of Their Parenting Methods
Exercise 21.E Transitioning from Parenting a Child to Parenting a Teen
SECTION 22 – Peer/Sibling Conflict
Exercise 22.A Cloning the Perfect Sibling
Exercise 22.B How Parents Respond to Sibling Rivalry
Exercise 22.C Negotiating a Peace Treaty
Exercise 22.D Why I Fight with My Peers
SECTION 23 – Physical/Emotional Abuse Victim
Exercise 23.A Identify the Nature of the Abuse
Exercise 23.B Letter of Empowerment
Exercise 23.C My Thoughts and Feelings
Exercise 23.D Self-Esteem Before, During, and After Abuse
Exercise 23.E Take the First Step
SECTION 24 – Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Exercise 24.A Describe the Trauma and Your Feelings
Exercise 24.B Describe Your PTSD Symptoms
Exercise 24.C Effects of Trauma or Long-Term Trauma/Stress
Exercise 24.D Impact of Frightening or Dangerous Event
SECTION 25 – Psychoticism
Exercise 25.A Describe Your Hallucinations
Exercise 25.B My Irrational Thoughts
Exercise 25.C Recognizing Early Warning Signs
SECTION 26 – Runaway
Exercise 26.A Airing Your Grievances
Exercise 26.B Another Place to Live
Exercise 26.C Describe Life on the Run
Exercise 26.D Home by Another Name
Exercise 26.E Undercover Assignment
SECTION 27 – School Violence
Exercise 27.A Plan and Evaluate a Family Activity
Exercise 27.B Reasons for Rage
Exercise 27.C School Violence Incident Report
SECTION 28 – Sexual Abuse Perpetrator
Exercise 28.A Celebrity-Style Interview
Exercise 28.B Evaluating My Treatment Progress
Exercise 28.C Getting Started
Exercise 28.D Negative Effects of the Abuse
Exercise 28.E Your Feelings and Beyond
SECTION 29 – Sexual Abuse Victim
Exercise 29.A Denial Within the Family
Exercise 29.B Letter of Forgiveness
Exercise 29.C My Story
Exercise 29.D Perpetrator Apology to the Victim
Exercise 29.E You Are Not Alone
SECTION 30 – Sexual Identity Confusion
Exercise 30.A Disclosing Homosexual Orientation
Exercise 30.B Parents’ Thoughts and Feelings About Son/Daughter’s Sexual Orientation
Exercise 30.C Unsure
SECTION 31 – Sexual Promiscuity
Exercise 31.A Connecting Sexual Behavior with Needs
Exercise 31.B Looking Closer at My Sexual Behavior
Exercise 31.C Pros and Cons of Having Sex
SECTION 32 – Social Anxiety
Exercise 32.A Developing Conversational Skills
Exercise 32.B Greeting Peers
Exercise 32.C Observe Positive Social Behaviors
Exercise 32.D Show Your Strengths
SECTION 33 – Specific Phobia
Exercise 33.A Finding a Strategy to Minimize My Fear
Exercise 33.B Gradual Exposure to Fear
Exercise 33.C School Fear Reduction
SECTION 34 – Substance Use
Exercise 34.A Keeping Straight
Exercise 34.B Saying Goodbye to My Drug
Exercise 34.C Taking Your First Step
Exercise 34.D The Many Changes Necessary for Recovery
Exercise 34.E Welcome to Recovery
SECTION 35 – Suicidal Ideation
Exercise 35.A No Self-Harm Contract
Exercise 35.B Painful Effects of Suicide
Exercise 35.C Past and Present Hurt – Hope for the Future
Exercise 35.D Symbols of Self-Worth
SECTION 36 – Unipolar Depression
Exercise 36.A Bad Thoughts Lead to Depressed Feelings
Exercise 36.B Becoming Assertive
Exercise 36.C Home, School, and Community Activities I Enjoyed
Exercise 36.D Overcoming Helplessness and Hopelessness
Exercise 36.E Surface Behavior/Inner Feelings
Exercise 36.F Three Ways to Change the World
Exercise 36.G Unmet Emotional Needs – Identification and Satisfaction
APPENDIX A: Alternate Assignments for Presenting Problems
APPENDIX B: Alphabetical Index of Exercises
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