Hus Flashcards
Participant empowerment
The participant is involved in every decision the hus worker wants to make
Communication
Recognizing and adapting to the range of participant communication styles
Assessment
Conducting or assisting in assessments by gathering info to provide best support for participant
Mental illness then and now
Then : believed mental illness was caused by evil spirits, Hippocrates saw it as disease and it could be moral or physical
Now: disorder that affects your mood
Factors contributing to emergence of human services
Shortage in professionals
Resources
Training programs deinstitutionalization
Deinstitutionalization
Weakness: psychiatric hospitals patient population had declined
Shortage in professionals, resources and training programs
Strength: prompted increase in training programs for generalist hus workers 2-4 year colleges
Provision of hus
Number of non profit and private agencies in hus increases
Housing prisons and other hus contracted to private sector
Triggers that prompted changes
Welfare reform
Furthering education
Increase in poverty
Prwora personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act
Emphasized state control, time limits work requirements, personal responsibility and penalties