Social Work Practice and Policy
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Social Work Practice and Policy explores the foundational principles, values, and skills necessary for effective social work intervention at individual, group, and community levels, while critically examining the role of policy in shaping practice environments. The course addresses methods for assessing client needs, developing intervention strategies, and evaluating outcomes within the context of diverse populations and settings. Students analyze social welfare policies, their historical development, and the impact of legislation on service delivery, advocacy, and social justice. Emphasis is placed on integrating theory and evidence-based practices to empower clients and advance equitable social change.
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Empowerment Series Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare 5th Edition by Karen K. Kirst
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
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Q1) _____ is the process of increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that individuals can take action to improve their life situations.
A)Empowerment
B)Assessment
C)Social justice
D)Economic justice
Answer: A
Q2) Prior to the Great Depression in the 1930s, the ______ approach to social welfare dominated all other approaches.
A)residual
B)institutional
C)developmental
Answer: A
Q3) Gambrill and Gibbs (2009) listed four ways that critical thinking can be helpful. One was to identify propaganda. What are the other three?
Answer: Apart from being helpful in identifying propaganda, critical thinking can help people (1) distinguish intentionally deceptive claims, (2) focus on and choose words carefully, and (3) be wary of emotional ploys and appeals.
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Chapter 2: Social Work Values and Ethics
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Q1) Integrity means having the necessary skills and abilities to work effectively with clients.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) An ongoing task for social workers is to identify their personal values and distinguish between those and their professional values.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The NASW Code of Ethics includes the dignity and worth of the person as one of its core values.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The United States is the most common destination for victims of human trafficking. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Empowerment and Human Diversity
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Q1) Cite and contrast the terms spirituality and religion.
Answer: Religion involves people's spiritual beliefs concerning the origin, character, and reason for being, usually based on the existence of some higher power or powers, that often involves designated rituals and provides direction for what is considered moral or right.Spirituality, a related concept, includes one's values, beliefs, mission, awareness, subjectivity, experience, sense of purpose and direction, and a kind of striving toward something greater than oneself.It may or may not include a deity.Religion implies membership in a spiritual organization with customs, traditions, and structure.Spirituality may involve religion, or it may reflect a personal, internalized view of existence.
Q2) Kwanzaa is celebrated from January 1 to January 8.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The term Chicano refers to U.S. citizens with a Puerto Rican heritage.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: The Process of Generalist Practice
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Q1) The term delayed response refers to the careful scrutiny of what is stated as true or what appears to be true and the resulting expression of an opinion or conclusion based on that scrutiny.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Believing that something is right if it's written down is a fallacy trap.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The process of critical thinking employs:
A)the Delphi technique.
B)contingency planning.
C)the Triple-A approach.
D)classical conditioning.
Q4) Compare and contrast the terms "planned change" and "problem solving."
Q5) List any six curriculum content areas of social work.
Q6) Assume that you are a generalist practitioner working at Community Counseling Center. A couple comes to you for help in their marital relationship. List the possible aspects of intervention that can be provided at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels during assessment.
Q7) Explain evidence-based practice. Why is it so important in social work?
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Chapter 5: Practice Settings
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Q1) An example of a support group would be an urban neighborhood's youth activities group.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Explain the three categories of health-care social workers.
Q3) A cabinet is a group formed to provide advice and expertise about policy issues to chief executive officers or other high-level administrators.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the survey conducted by Hull (2004) and Buchan, Hull, Rogers, Rodenhiser, and Smith (2004), in which of the following fields of practice isthe greatest number BSW alumni employed?
A)Youth services
B)Alcohol, drug, or substance abuse
C)Child welfare/child protective services
D)Public assistance/public welfare
Q5) Explain the reason why social work with families combines micro and mezzo levels of practice.
Q6) Distinguish between task and treatment groups in social work practice.
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Chapter 6: An Overview of Social Welfare and Social Work
History
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Q1) In colonial America, people with mental illness were placed in almshouses, clustered with the poor and people with other disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Freedmen's Bureau was placed under the auspices of the Interior Department.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The _____ established the residency requirement in England that needed potential aid recipients to prove that they had dwelled in some location for some designated time before they could receive assistance or benefits from the political body governing that location.
A)Elizabethan Poor Law
B)Law of Settlement
C)Social Welfare Act
D)Statutes of Laborers
Q4) List the three categories of eligible recipients outlined in the English Elizabethan Poor Law.
Q5) Describe the Trail of Tears.
Q6) Briefly discuss the Older Americans Act of 1965.
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Chapter 7: Policy, Policy Analysis, Policy Practice, and Policy
Advocacy: Foundations for Service Provision
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Q1) The _____, established by the National Association of Social Workers in 1976, solicits information from political contestants to establish their positions on social welfare issues and determine the extent to which their stances comply with social work values and goals.
A)Social Work Advocacy Group
B)Political Advocacy Election Campaign
C)Political Action Committee for Candidate Election
Q2) A means test is a systematic evaluation of how effectively a policy addresses the targeted problem or issue, meets people's needs, and achieves its goals.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Social workers can perform all of the following actions to conduct policy practice and advocacy except:
A)persuade.
B)use grievance processes.
C)initiate a legal action.
D)surrender.
Q4) Explain policy practice and policy advocacy.
Q5) What are the five broad components of a policy?
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Chapter 8: Policies and Programs to Combat Poverty
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Q1) _____ involves the increasing interdependence and interconnectedness among nations around the world.
A)Acclimatization
B)Naturalization
C)Globalization
D)Nationalization
Q2) What kind of background do you come from? Do you come from a middle- or upper-class family in which resources were plentiful and you had lots of "stuff"? Or did your family have difficulty scraping by and paying essential bills on time?
Q3) Prior to August 1996, a primary program providing minimal financial assistance to individuals and families in the United States was Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research indicates that about 20% of all households in the United States have more than one-third of the wealth.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How can the homelessness problem in the United States be resolved?
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Chapter 9: Social Work and Services for Children and Families
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Q1) Discuss the role of social workers in adoption.
Q2) A _____ home serves a child who requires a relatively restrictive environment with structured behavioral management for therapeutic purposes.
A)specialized foster
B)shelter
C)long-term foster
D)treatment foster care
Q3) _____ homes offer an ongoing residence for children unable to return to their parents' home and unadoptable for various reasons.
A)Specialized foster
B)Shelter
C)Long-term foster
D)Treatment foster care
Q4) Custody involves the legal responsibility to care for another person and oversee that person's affairs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Define the family life education program.
Q6) Do you support same-sex marriage? Why or why not?
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Chapter 10: Social Work and Services for Older Adults
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Q1) A survey of nonretired workers indicated that the average age of planned retirement was 55 (Carroll, 2008).
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is true in the context of older adults being treated differently depending on their culture?
A)Some tribal societies let older adults die or actually kill them when these people require care and are no longer useful.
B)Scandinavian nations refrain from spending on the daily-assistance requirements of older adults.
C)Eastern cultures such as Japan shun older adults because they are no longer productive and do not contribute to society.
Q3) Explain the concept of "global graying."
Q4) About 20% of people age 65 and older experience dementia to the point at which they can no longer look after themselves.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List and define the four concepts essential to empowering older adults.
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Chapter 11: Social Work and Services for People With Disabilities
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Q1) Today, the preferred terms used to define people with a disability are "retarded," "handicapped," and "disabled."
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ is a disability involving problems in muscular control and coordination resulting from damage to the brain before it has matured, that is, before or during birth.
A)Paraplegia
B)Cerebral palsy
C)Osteoarthritis
Q3) The treatment of people with developmental disabilities during the 1970s and early 1980s involved a(n):
A)community-based approach.
B)emphasis on individual pathology.
C)consumer-empowerment approach.
Q4) It is a fact that the more severe a physical disability is, the less intelligent the person.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Define the two types of mobility disorders.
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Chapter 12: Social Work and Services in Health Care
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Q1) In the context of U.S. health-care provision, Asian and Pacific Islander (API) values center on the individual decision-making process.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A special kind of virus that invades normal cells and causes them to reproduce more of the virus rather than reproduce themselves like other normal cells is called a rhinovirus.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Organizations that provide a wide range of health-care services for participants and employers who typically pay an established monthly fee for services are called _____.
A)health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
B)primary health-care clinics (PHCCs)
C)community health and mental health centers (CHMHCs)
D)individual pathology centers (IPCs)
Q4) What can be done to address the AIDS/HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Q5) Explain the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Are you for or against this health-care reform? State your reasons.
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Chapter 13: Social Work and Services in Mental Health
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Q1) Clinicians who are unfamiliar with the cultural customs of people having different beliefs, values, and behaviors may well misdiagnose the problem. This barrier to receiving mental health services is known as clinician bias.
A)True
B)False
Q2) List any five personality disorders, and describe the persistent patterns characterizing each.
Q3) Explain cognitive therapy.
Q4) Positive reinforcement is a procedure or consequence that increases the frequency of the behavior immediately preceding it.
A)True
B)False
Q5) At the _____ level, social workers address mental illness through case management, counseling, and intensive psychotherapy for chronically (long-term) mentally ill people.
A)micro
B)mezzo
C)macro
D)mazzo
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Chapter 14: Social Work and Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence
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Q1) In most agencies, individual counseling sessions with clients who have chemical dependence problems are provided more frequently than group sessions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are dissociative anesthetics?
Q3) _____ is the array of symptoms that develop as a result of discontinued use of a substance or the compulsion to absorb the substance to avert these symptoms.
A)Tolerance
B)Withdrawal
C)Addiction
D)Alcoholism
Q4) Withdrawal is the development of a series of symptoms directly related to intake of the substance and its influence on the central nervous system.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the terms tolerance and withdrawal in the context of people with alcohol problems.
Q6) Describe the four-stage recovery model.
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Chapter 15: Social Work and Services for Youths and in the Schools
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Q1) List four types of groups that school social workers could run at the mezzo level.
Q2) Gay men are effeminate and weak, while lesbians are masculine and physically strong.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An Individualized Education Program is used exclusively for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Social groups that provide crisis intervention for students recovering from any trauma, such as a school bus accident, is an example of groups employing macro practices.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to the assessment results of Delgado (1998), the use of Latino adolescents in community asset assessments offers much promise for social work.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Social Work and Services in the Criminal Justice System
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Q1) Status offenses are acts that are considered crimes if committed by adults.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The term _____ refers to devil worship or participation in evil practices.
A)occult
B)uppers
C)cult
D)shabu
Q3) Define adjudication, incarceration, and rehabilitation.
Q4) Incarceration is defined as restoring a person to a state of productive, noncriminal functioning in society.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Women continue to stay with abusive partners for all of the following reasonsexcept:
A)economic dependence.
B)lack of power.
C)fear of isolation.
D)desire for attention.
Q6) Discuss the gender variable of crime.
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