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W J Gingerich

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The BRIEFER project: using expert systems as theory construction tools.

This article describes the development of BRIEFER I and BRIEFER II, expert systems that advise the therapist on selecting, designing, and developing an intervention at the end of the first therapy session. The process of developing expert systems has aided us in describing what brief therapists do, in modeling the intervention design process, and in training brief therapists.

Clinical Protocols

Procedure for evaluating clinical practice.

A step-by-step procedure is needed for evaluating social work practice. This article describes such a procedure, with particular emphasis placed on practical concerns that arise in the use of evaluation techniques, and shows that clinical evaluation is compatible and consistent with most problem-solving models already in use by experienced practitioners.

Clinical Competence