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Tools for working with clients with limited functional literacy / April 2017

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for working with underserved populations

Clients with limited literacy

In much of our clinical work, we encounter clients who struggle with literacy and therefore are less compliant with completing homework tracking sheets or less able to understand psychoeducational materials we provide as adjuncts to therapy. In an effort to better serve these clients, we created a set of handouts and worksheets that we have found to be useful for many of our clients, especially those who speak a primary language other than English and/or who find it difficult to read conventional handouts and materials. We describe the creation of these handouts in a forthcoming article in The Behavior Therapist. Included below are the generic templates we developed for these handouts and some examples of handouts for specific behavioral health concerns. Feel free to download them, customize them, and suggest additions!

Generic Worksheets/Templates

  • Template for psychoeducational handout
  • Template for symptom severity tracking
  • Template for tracking frequency of a behavior or symptom
  • Template for behavior tracking/monitoring, 3 times per day
  • Template for homeworking tracking
  • Template for mood tracking

    Below are some of the worksheets we developed. All use copyright-free clipart and all are in Word documents, so they can be easily downloaded and customized for your own clients.

    Alcohol or Substance Use

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Frequency Tracking Sheet

    Anxiety

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Homework Tracking Sheet

    Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Behavioral Tracking Sheet

    Depression

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Symptom Monitoring Sheet
  • Homework Tracking Sheet

    Diet/Healthy Eating

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Behavioral Tracking Sheet

    Exercise/Physical Activity

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Homework Tracking Sheet

    Marital/Relationship Conflict

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Homework Tracking Sheet

    Medication Adherence

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Homework Tracking Sheet

    Pain

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Homework Tracking Sheet

    Panic Attacks

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Frequency Monitoring Sheet
  • Symptom Tracking Sheet

    Sleep Hygiene/Insomnia

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Fatigue Tracking Sheet
  • Waking Monitoring Sheet
  • Hygiene Tracking Sheet

    Stress

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Homework Tracking Sheet

    Trauma

  • Psychoeducational Handout
  • Homework Tracking Sheet

  • Copyright Dr. Ana Bridges

    Updated: October 2018