Fall 2025 SOWK 550 Week 11 - Planning How to Develop Goals and Implement Change-oriented Strategies

A presentation at Heritage University in November 2025 by Jacob Campbell and is tagged with Heritage University, MSW Program, SOWK 530

Circles, one dotted and one solid, overlap on a gradient background. Bold text reads: 'PLANNING HOW TO DEVELOP GOALS AND IMPLEMENT CHANGE-ORIENTED STRATEGIES.' Additional text: 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University Fall 2025 SOWK 530 Week 11.'

Slide displaying 'Plan for Week 11' with agenda items: 'Information about goals,' 'The six steps to planning,' and 'Practice doing the planning process.' Learning objectives include explaining goals and applying the planning process.

Three icons—clipboard, target, checklist—describe 'Assessment,' 'Targeted Concerns,' and 'Goals' linked with arrows. Titled 'Linkages in the Planned Changed Process.' Includes citation: (Hepworth et al., 2017).

Graphic illustrating goal-setting flow from 'Priority Concern' to 'Attainment' with arrows and circles, emphasizing incremental tasks, in a presentation context. Text highlights client values in goal formation. Text includes: 'GOALS: PURPOSE AND FUNCTION,' 'Priority Concern,' 'Task or Objective,' 'Attainment,' and a quote from Hepworth et al., 2023.

A blue couch diagram lists 'Factors Influencing Goal Development' including 'Client Participation,' 'Values and Beliefs,' 'Involuntary Status,' 'Resources and Supports,' 'Environmental Conditions.' Background gradient shifts from purple to green.

Silhouette of a person with highlights: green brain, pink heart. Text: 'INDIVIDUAL GOAL FOCUS' alongside labels 'Cognitive Functioning,' 'Emotional Functioning,' 'Behavioral Change' with a wrench. Reference: Hepworth et al., 2017.

Image shows a presentation slide titled 'TYPES OF GOALS.' It categorizes goals into approach, avoidance, performance, and learning. Time period descriptors include long-term and short-term goals. It mentions empowerment, conformity, risk/resilience, and provides examples related to personal and societal contexts. Text includes: Hepworth et al., 2023.

A colorful presentation slide displays guidelines for selecting and defining goals, emphasizing positivity and structure. Key elements include 'Balance,' 'Maximize client choice,' and matching values with goals. Text includes course and source details.

Slide featuring bold text 'QUALITIES OF EFFECTIVE GOALS' alongside the 'SMART' mnemonic: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound; displayed on split yellow-blue background. Includes © Fall 2025 citation.

The slide presents 'Strategies for Developing Goals' with involuntary clients. It includes visuals for: 1. 'Motivational Congruence' (intersecting circles).2. 'Let's Make a Deal' (clipboard and pen).3. 'Agreeable Mandate' (blue arrow sign).4. 'Getting Rid of the Mandate' (pink bell).© Fall 2025 for SOWK 530 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LCSW at Heritage University. (Hepworth et al., 2023).

Slide displays text on a gradient background. It details the 'Process of Goal Formulation' in six stages: determine clients’ readiness, explain goals, formulate client-driven goals, increase specificity, determine barriers and benefits, rank priorities.

Table outlines 'Creating a Goal Plan;' includes 'Statement of Concern,' 'Goal Statement,' 'Identify Strengths/Resources,' and 'Identify Potential Barriers/Obstacles' sections. Background is a gradient of blue, green, and purple.Text: © Fall 2023 for SOWK 530 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LICSW at Heritage University.

The image presents a slide titled 'Process of Goal Formulation' featuring six stages: determining client readiness, explaining goal purpose, formulating goals, increasing specificity, assessing barriers/benefits, and ranking priorities. Important notes include assessing readiness, summarizing, and recognizing reluctance. References: Hepworth et al., 2023.

The slide outlines the 'PROCESS OF GOAL FORMULATION' with six stages: determining readiness, explaining goals, formulating, increasing specificity, identifying barriers, and ranking priorities. It advises educating clients and matching goals. © Fall 2025 for SOWK 520 with Jacob Campbell, PhD LICSW at Heritage University.

Slide displays six stages of goal formulation, including determining readiness and formulating client-driven goals. Text box suggests methods like soliciting quotes. Bright gradient background with black text and check marks.

Text presentation slide titled 'Process of Goal Formulation' lists six stages: determining clients' readiness, explaining goals' purpose, formulating client-driven goals, increasing specificity, determining barriers and benefits, ranking goals. Checklist and guidance note included.

A slide displays a goal planning table for client-staff collaboration, including fields for concerns, goal statement, strengths, barriers, and tasks. Titled 'Create a Goal Plan,' it has a gradient background.

Form template titled 'Create a Goal Plan' displayed with sections for client information, concerns, and goals. A blue box queries goal alignment, measurability, feasibility, and positivity. Features title, form sections, and questions.

**Slide Title: Process of Goal Formulation****Object:** Text**Action:** Listed steps and guidelines **Context:** A presentation slide with a gradient background.**Description:** - **Six Stages:** - Determine clients’ readiness - Explain goals' purpose and function - Formulate client-driven goals - Increase goal specificity - Determine barriers and benefits - Rank goals by priorities- **Guidelines:** - Use scaling questions about goal commitment - Anticipate future barriers - Discuss intrinsic benefits - Provide incentives and rewards when possible - Explicitly link short and long-term goals(Copyright © Fall 2025, SOWK 530, Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LICSW at Heritage University. Source: Hepworth et al., 2023)

Slide titled 'CREATE A GOAL PLAN' shows a table for planning, with sections for client/staff details, statements of concern, goals, tasks, strengths/resources, and barriers/obstacles. The background is a gradient of purple and teal. Text at the bottom reads, © Fall 2025 for SOWK 530 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University.

Slide titled 'Process of Goal Formulation' lists six stages: determine readiness, explain goals, formulate client-driven goals, increase specificity, determine barriers and benefits, rank priorities. Includes an illustration of scales and a motivational text about helping clients. Context suggests an educational presentation.

The image displays a section of a presentation slide featuring a 'CREATE A GOAL PLAN' template. It includes fields for client, staff, goals, tasks, strengths, and barriers. Colorful gradient background with text.Text details:- 'Client/Family:' - 'Staff:'- 'Statement of Concern:'- 'Goal Statement:'- 'Goal #:'- 'General Tasks:'- 'Identify Strengths/Resources:'- 'Identify Potential Barriers/Obstacles:'- 'Tasks/Steps-Participant:'- 'Tasks/Steps-Staff:'Footer text: '© Fall 2023 for SOWK 530 with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University'

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Dr. Jacob Campbell

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Description

Week 11 is a synchronous week with class on Saturday (11/08/25). Students read two chapters from Hepworth et al. (2023) focused on the planning and implementation stages of the planned change process. They engage in a reading quiz and have forums exploring content from the readings, looking at Cognitive Behavioral Therapy through the lens of Thinking Distortions, and a talk by David Burns. During the in-person class session, the focus will be on the goal-formulation process. The agenda is as follows:

Information about goals
The six steps to planning
Practice doing the planning process

Learning Objectives this week include:

Explain the purpose, function, and types of goals used in social work practice.
Apply the six-step planning process to develop goals collaboratively.
Identify and define common cognitive distortions, providing real-life or media-based examples.
Compare different formats and examples of treatment/service plans used in social work practice settings.