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Instructor’s Guide
for Inservice Training

Table of Contents | NCCAP/NCTRC CE Booklet

Reproduce this Note-Taking Booklet for Inservice Training of Staff and Volunteers.  After previewing a CD, as you play an appropriate track for a training session, pause the CD player frequently to facilitate note-taking and discussion.  The questions below, found in each section, are intended for Inservice discussion or your personal note taking.

However, the most important piece of information you write below and discuss with Staff and Volunteers is the resident in your facility with whom you feel the concept may be appropriate.  If you have a higher-functioning resident with which to adapt the idea presented in a track, list his/her name below.  This will facilitate your implementation of the concept, as well as possible inclusion as a Care Plan Goal, Approach, Progress Note, MDS assessment, etc. 

CD Notes
Track 1 - 'Hurrying Slowly,' and Staying Focused

Resident:
Notes:

By utilizing an abundance of theories about emotional disorders, it enhances the human tendency to do what? 

Track 2  - Elevator Phobia and Procrastination

Resident:
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To effectively deal with conceptualizing, the therapist has to elicit what from the client?

Track 3 - The Inductive Method

Resident:
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What is one method to motivate a client to do homework?

Track 4 - Eight Strategies for Controlling Anxiety

Resident:
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What is the "Divide and conquer" intervention technique?

Track 5 - Helping Clients track Subliminal Advertisements with
the 'Catching Thoughts' Exercise

Resident:
Notes:

What is one way of presenting automatic thought to your client?

Track 6 - Losing Control - 3 Strategies for Distancing and Experiencing Anxiety

Resident:
Notes:

What is a technique to help the client distance himself from the anxiety?

Track 7 - Gaining a Sense of Mastery Over Anxiety Thoughts

Resident:
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What is the purpose for having your client count automatic thoughts?

Track 8 - A Six Point Checklist for Asking the Right Questions

Resident:
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What are six key points for asking questions of an anxious child or adult?

 
Track 9 - Four Specific Interventions for Anxious Thoughts

Resident:
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What are some interventions to assist your client in answering the question "What's the evidence?"

Track 10 - Decentering & Treating a Client's Limited View of Reality

Resident:
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What are interventions to assist your client in answering the question: What's Another Way Of Looking At It?

Track 11 - De-Catastrophizing & Creating a Coping Plan

Resident:
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What are interventions to assist your client in answering the question "So What If It Happens?"

Track 12 - Stimulus Generalization & the 'Hypersensitive Alarm System'

Resident:
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What are examples of characteristic thinking of an anxiety-disordered client?

Track 13 - How the 'Freeze Reaction' Leads to Further Dysfunction

Resident:
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The negative evaluation of self may further interfere with what?

Track 14 - Cognitive Maps of Vulnerability, Skill Deficits, &
The Rules of Anxiety Disorders

Resident:
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Even large successes in the past may have no permanent effect because the "vulnerable" client feels he or she will what?

Track 15 - The Sabotage of Uncertainty & Vulnerability Mode

Resident:
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What is one problem regarding retaining confidence?

Track 16 - Tug-of-War, Walking the Tightrope, & the 'Function of Dysfunction'

Resident:
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The question of self-confidence raises what question?

Track 17 - Treating Anxiety in Children with Video Visualizations and Wall Pictures

Resident:
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What is an example of interventions specifically intended for children who have an anxiety disorder?