Interventions designed to draw out descriptive and explanatory materials are known as which combination?

• A. Exploration, Description, Ventilation
• B. Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning
• C. Interrogation, Probing, Clarification
• D. Observation, Recording, Summarizing

Answer: (A)

Interventions that aim to pull out descriptive and explanatory material center on how a worker elicits detailed, meaningful information from a client. Exploration starts the process by inviting the client to share their story, context, and the sequence of events. Description then prompts the client to provide concrete details: what happened, who was involved, where and when it occurred, and how it unfolded. Ventilation gives space for the client to express feelings, reactions, and emotional responses, which can reveal motivations, meanings, and impacts that raw facts alone don’t show. Together, these three work synergistically to produce rich, descriptive, and explanatory material that supports a deeper understanding of the client’s situation. Other sets emphasize assessment, documentation, or strictly questioning, which don’t specifically cultivate the same depth of descriptive and emotional content.