Four Elements in a Well-Formulated Question



| |Four Elements in a Well-Formulated Question |

| |These are examples of actual questions that were brainstormed by a group of practitioners who participated in this training. |

|Five Question Types |Client Type |What You |Alternative Course |What You Want |

| |and Problem |Might Do |of Action |To Accomplish |

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| |How would I describe a group of|Apply a treatment; act o |What is the main alternative other|Outcome of treatment or prevention? |

| |clients of a similar type? Be |prevent a problem; measure to |than in the box to the left? |Valid measure? Accurate risk |

| |specific. |assess a problem; survey | |estimation, prevented behavior, |

| | |clients; screen clients to | |accurate estimation of need? |

| | |assess risk. | | |

| |If young married couples who |Are given intensive individual |Or are treated together as a |Which will result in fewer instances |

|Effectiveness |have a history of difficult |counseling |couple |of family violence? |

| |attachments | | | |

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| |If young immigrant men who are |Participate in a peer support |Or are linked to community |Which will result in a reduction in |

|Effectiveness |socially isolated |group |organizations through intensive |social isolation |

| | | |case management | |

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| |If young children in families |Are given play therapy |Or are given play therapy and |Which will result in secure |

|Effectiveness |with parents who are struggling| |participate in high quality day |attachment? Or social skills? Or |

| |with drug addiction | |care programs |reduce depression? |

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| |If young married women who have|Are administered a standardized|Or are assessed by common sense/ |Will the standardized attachment |

|Assessment |a history of poor attachments |attachment assessment measure |clinical judgment |assessment measure have a higher |

| | | | |reliability and predictive validity |

| | | | |for marital problems? |

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