ABSTRACT
We believe that the MICST model has applicability to a wide range of clinical populations such as persons with schizophrenia, clients with a long-term history of substance abuse, and psychiatrically and physically compromised clients in nursing homes. Clinicians may find that in working with these challenging clinical populations, they have limited interventions that have been clinically validated and as such, may have limited expectations for these clients. Clinicians may also have difficulty “connecting” with these clients through traditional interventions that rely heavily on verbal–auditory processing.
