7.1 INTRODUCTION
As a human being passes through different stages in his life from infancy to old age there is no discontinuity in the passage from stage to stage yet each state has its own unique characteristics. In the same way, change is a continuous process characterised by certain stages. These stages are;
Initiation
Motivation
Diagnosis
Information collection
Deliberation
Proposal
Implementation
Stabilisation
They are direction-oriented rather than goal-driven, continuous, and specifically identified by stages.
In this chapter, we will examine the diagnosis stage with the information collection stage, as both stages supplement each other during the process of change. Diagnosis and intervention stage are the most crucial stages for the diagnostician. ...
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