Intervention Processes And Techniques

Question 1

What are 5 techniques social workers may use in an interview?

Answer 1

1) universalization
2) clarification
3) confrontation
4) interpretation
5) reframing and relabelling

Question 2

What are the stages of social work intervention and treatment with a client?

Answer 2

1) engagement
2) assessment
3) planning
4) intervention
5) evaluation
6) termination

Question 3

What are the 6 stages of change?

Answer 3

1) precontemplation
2) contemplation
3) preparation
4) action
5) maintenance
6) relapse

Question 4

What are 8 communication methods?

Answer 4

1) active listening
2) silence
3) questioning
4) reflecting or validating
5) paraphrasing or clarifying
6) reframing
7) facial expression
8) postures or gestures

Question 5

What are the 4 stages of role playing?

Answer 5

1) preparation and explanation of the activity
2) preparation of the activity
3) role playing
4) discussion or debriefing after the role playing activity

Question 6

What are 4 types of modeling?

Answer 6

1) live modeling-watching a real person perform desired behaviour
2) symbolic-watching filmed models demonstrating behavior
3) participant modeling-an individual models anxiety evoking behaviours for a client and then prompts the client to engage in the behaviour
4) covert-use of imagination, visualization

Question 7

What are the 4 steps of management of conflict?

Answer 7

1) the recognition of an existing or potential conflict
2) an assessment of the conflict situation
3) the selection of an appropriate strategy
4) intervention

Question 8

In family therapy, what is first order changes?

Answer 8

Superficial behavioural changes within a system which do not change the structure of the system

Question 9

What are second order changes in family therapy?

Answer 9

Changes to your he systematic interaction pattern so the system is reorganized and functions more effectively

Question 10

What is family homeostasis

Answer 10

Families tend to preserve familiar organization and communication patterns, resistant to change

Question 11

What is relabeling in family therapy

Answer 11

Changing the label attached to a person or problem from negative to positive so the situation can be perceived differently, it is hoped hat new responses will evolve

Question 12

Paradoxical directive or instruction in family therapy

Answer 12

Prescribe the symptomatic behaviour so a client realizes they can control it, uses the strength of resistance to change in order to move a client toward goals

Question 13

What are 8 concepts in Bowenian family therapy?

Answer 13

1) differentiation
2) emotional fusion
3) multigenerational transmission
4) emotional triangle
5) nuclear family
6) family projection process
7) sibling position
8) societal regression

Question 14

What is the purpose of Bowenian family therapy?

Answer 14

Improving inter generational transmission process

Overall idea is that by improving overall functioning, a family members symptomology will be reduced

Question 15

What are the 5 case management activities?

Answer 15

1) assessment
2) planning
3) linking
4) monitoring
5) advocacy

Question 16

What is the definition of social planning?

Answer 16

The process by which a group or community decides its goals and strategies relating to social issues

Question 17

What are 6 sources of power to consider in community planning?

Answer 17

1) coercive-power from control of punishment
2) reward-power from control of rewards
3) expert-power from superiority or knowledge
4) referent-power from having charisma or identification with others who have power
5) legitimate-power from having legitimate authority
6) informational-power from having information

Question 18

4 stages an individual will go through I community based decision making

Answer 18

1) orientation-meeting, getting to know each other
2) conflict-disputes that will eventually be worked out
3) emergence-beginning to see and agree on course of action
4) reinforcement-decision is made and justification for it

Question 19

What is the definition of a crisis?

Answer 19

An acute disruption of psychological homeostasis (steady state)in which usual coping mechanisms fail and there exists evidence of distress and functional impairment

Question 20

What are the 3 components of CBT self monitoring techniques?

Answer 20

1) disturbing emotional states
2) the exact behaviours engaged in at the time of the emotional states
3) thoughts that occurred when the emotions emerged

Question 21

What are 7 standard elements of a case presentation

Answer 21

1) identifying data (demographics, cultural considerations)
2) history of the presenting problem (family history)
3) significant medical/psychiatric history
4) significant personal/social history, work problems, crisis/safety concerns
5) presenting problem (assessment, mental status, diagnosis)
6) impressions and summary (interview findings)
7) recommendations (treatment plan, strategies, goals, theoretical models used)

Question 22

What is involved in social policy analysis

Answer 22

1) identifying the problem
2) developing alternatives
3) assessing impact of alternatives
4) selecting desired option
5) designing and implementing the policy
6) evaluating outcomes

Question 23

What is community organizing

Answer 23

Focused on harnessing the collective power of communities to tackle issues of shared concern, challenging govt, corporations etc…

Question 24

What are the 3 types of prevention strategies

Answer 24

1) primary prevention-goal to protect (ie. immunization, safety education, screening public to identify risk factors)
2) secondary prevention-aims to slow progression or limit impact once something has occurred
3) tertiary prevention-managing complicated, long term diseases/injuries (ie. pain management groups, rehab programs, support groups)