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Spiritual Ecograms: A New Assessment Instrument for Identifying Clients' Spiritual Strengths

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About the Course

Increasing recognition exists for the vital role of spirituality in the lives of many clients. Yet relatively few quantitative assessment instruments have been developed. This article presents a new assessment instrument—the spiritual ecogram—that taps information in space and across time. In addition to combining the assessment strengths of spiritual ecomaps and genograms in a single diagrammatic instrument, ecograms depict the connections between past and present functioning. Historical influences on current systems can be seen as well as current relationships to historical influences. This article also includes a case example, information on conducting a spiritually competent assessment, and a discussion of some spiritual interventions that flow from ecograms.

COURSE SYLLABUS
I. Introduction
II. Constructing a Spiritual Ecogram
III. Areas that Might be Explored During Assessment
IV. Case Example
V. Steps Toward Spiritually Competent Assessment
VI. Interventions that May Flow from Spiritual Ecograms
VII. Advantages and Alternatives to Ecograms
VIII. Conclusion

This course is based on the reading online article, Spiritual Ecograms: A New Assessment Instrument for Identifying Clients’ Spiritual Strengths created by David R. Hodge, PhD

Publication Details

Publication Date: 2005 /Vol. 86, No. 2

Course Material Author

David R. Hodge, PhD
Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society University of Pennsylvania

David R. Hodge, PhD authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, psychologists, and other human services and behavioral health professionals who seek knowledge about spirituality and ecograms. It is appropriate for participants with all levels of knowledge about the topic.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 identify interventions that may flow from spiritual ecograms.
  2. 2 describe spiritual ecograms and areas that may be explored during a spiritual assessment.

Disclosure to Learners

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

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Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$9

Course Details

1 CE Hour
Reading Online
Course 100793

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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