DIASS 1 Flashcards
Characteristics and Needs of Various Type of Clientele
Working with Individuals
Working with Groups and Organizations
Working with Communities
In casework, the individual is the principal client and efforts of helping are focused on her/him.
Working with Individuals
explains that the person’s inability to manage stress which may have been a result of a distressful situation or problem caused her/him or those concerned with her/him to seek professional help.
De Guzman (1992)
Sample of modes of adaptation
Fight, Flight, & Pairing
means physical or verbal projection of angry feelings on other especially when encountering difficult circumstances, frustration, disappointment or even anxiety.
Fight
this is manifested when the person physically moves away from the problem
Flight
it entails the entry into a relationship with another person who is perceived to be stronger, stable, or who has the capacity to provide help over his/her problem.
Pairing
are those persons who opted to voluntary seek the assistance of the worker or the services of the agency
Voluntary Clients (walk-in clients)
are those certain types of individuals in need who may not even consider asking help because they think that they are doing fine and will survive somehow.
Involuntary clients (reach-out clients)
Other clients are being assisted by another person, group/organizations, or community leaders/workers who are concerned about the client’s situation. They are also called_______?
referred clients.
Social group work as a process and method is rooted on the sociological concept that a person is a social being who has the inclination and need to associate with other human beings.
Working with Groups and Organizations
Typology of the Clients
Growth group, Treatment Group, Social Group, Interest Group, & Play/Recreational Group
a group of people gathered together in geographic are, large or small, who have common interests, actual potentially recognized in the social welfare.
community
