A clinician without a Case Conceptualization Model is like a Captainof aship without a rudder, aimlessly floating about with little or nodirection”A well formulated Case Conceptualization Model (CCM) should:1.give direction to bothassessment and treatment decision-making;2.identify developmental, precipitating and maintaining factors that contribute tomaladaptive behaviors and adjustment difficulties and that reduce quality of life;3.provide information about the developmental, familial, contextual risk and protective factors;4.highlight cultural, racial and gender-specific risk and protective factors;5.identify individual, social and cultural strengths and evidence of resilience that can be incorporated into the treatment-decision making;6.provide a means to collaboratively establish the short-term, intermediate and long-term goals and the means by which they can be achieved;7.identify, anticipate and address potential individual, social, and systemic barriers that may interfere with and undermine treatment effectiveness;8.provide a means to assess the client’s progress on a regular basis;9.consider howeach of these objectives need to be altered in a developmentally, culturally, ethnically and racially sensitive fashion10.provide feedback to client and significant others in order to nurture hope in both the client, familymembers and the treatment team11.facilitate communication and coordination among staff member