Your original response to the Discussion topic should be at least 350 words and should reflect the fact that you have completed the Reading and activities. Use your words wisely so that the posting has substance and includes examples and explanations. Best practice is to include citations and a reference list.

Setting Goals and Objectives

1. Select and describe a target population that you can see yourself working with in the future. What should be included in the service definition in order to make it specific for a target population? Write a draft of the service definition.
2. What are service tasks? Describe the significance of service tasks.
3. Current service tasks include screening and assessment, developing a treatment plan, teaching problem-solving skills, and helping individuals and families develop coping skills. How would you adapt these service tasks to the characteristics of Asian American families?
4. In Chapter 8 of your text, you reviewed the process for assessing a client’s problems. What kinds of world view questions, values questions, and racial identity questions might be explored that would be different from the questions asked for non-African American clients?
5. How might one or two of these questions be scaled for pretest and posttest purposes?
6. If the ultimate outcome is for clients to become free of dependency or free enough of dependency to hold a job and fulfill family responsibilities, what might be some intermediate outcome expectations? Be sure to reference what you reviewed in Chapter 9 of your text.