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What is the first thing to assess in on-site basic crisis intervention, such as in the aftermath of a natural disaster?
- Immediate needs for physical safety, food and clothing
- Trauma response
- Future mental health risk
- Needs for various concrete services (e.g., transportation, alternate
housing) - Correct Answer - a. Immediate needs for physical safety, food and clothing
7-year-old child is refusing to sleep in his own bed at night. When the parents sit with him in his room, he is fine. When they leave the room, he begins to cry. When they come back in, he stops crying. This is an example of
- Operant conditioning
- Classical conditioning
- Punishment cycles
- Higher order conditioning - Correct Answer - operant conditioning
The purpose of feedback in a social worker interview is to:
- allow the social worker to confront distortions in the client's thinking
- summarize main points of the interview 1 / 4
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- let the client know social worker understands the issue
- give the social worker opportunity to self-disclose for benefit of the
client - Correct Answer – c. let the client know social worker understands the issue
A social worker is leading a women's group with the purpose of improving personal and environmental circumstances. The social worker asks the members to identify the area in which they feel most competent.The social worker is following an intervention strategy BEST described
as:
- reinforcement
- endorsement
- enhancement
- empowerment - Correct Answer - d. empowerment
The BEST example of the educational component of supervision is:
- monitoring the caseload
- providing in-service training
- utilizing individual and group conferences
- refining knowledge and skills - Correct Answer - d. refining
knowledge and skills
In facilitating a hospital support group for bereaved parents, a social
worker can discuss a personal experience of a death of a child to:
- create empathy with the participants 2 / 4
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- receive help from the group
- create a sense of shared experience
- establish role as expert on grief issues - Correct Answer - c. create a
sense of shared experience
The primary role of a social worker is:
- building rapport
- providing support systems
- acting as a resource
- curing emotional or mental dysfunction - Correct Answer - c. acting
as a resource
A client with a history of drug abuse was referred to a social worker by a
concerned relative. The social worker should FIRST:
- conduct a family interview
- begin treatment, focusing on the reason for the drug abuse
- refer the client for substance abuse treatment
- evaluate the client's motivation for change - Correct Answer - c. refer
the client for substance abuse treatment
In adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, the most frequently
encountered defense mechanism is:
- denial
- intellectualism
- suppression 3 / 4
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- projection - Correct Answer - a. denial
A 30-year-old gay male is seeking treatment in a mental health agency.The intake social worker begins to gather information to determine this individual's qualification for services. The client states that he has been feeling sad and hopeless, and is losing interest in activities in which he used to participate. He states that he and his partner have recently broken up and that he has been spending less time with his parents and siblings.The intake worker should refer this individual for treatment and identify his presenting problem as
- His Homosexuality
- Relationship issues
- Family issues
- Depression - Correct Answer – d. Depression
A client was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She
immediately began to learn everything she could about the illness:
reading books, journal articles, and the latest experimental research. The client's response to her diagnosis is representative of which defense mechanism?
- Intellectualization
- Regression
- Sublimation
- Repression - Correct Answer – a. Intellectualization
Self-Psychology, as postulated by Heinz Kohut, acknowledges that personality is partly formed by social structure. A cohesive self is
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