Source: Kairos Flashcards
Dawn, a social worker in Pagasa, a home for unwed mothers was assigned to work with six women, ages 22 to 33, all of whom were admitted to the facility during the last two weeks. All the women are on their third, fourth, or fifth month of pregnancy and sought admission to Pagasa for varied reasons fear of parents’ reaction to the pregnancy, decision to keep the matter a secret from family and friends, inability to meet the financial requirements of hospital confinement during delivery, need for guidance/assistance relating to the plan for the baby to be given up for adoption, having no place to stay in and no resources after being abandoned by the boyfriend, etc.
- What reasons might the individual women have for joining the group?
I. To overcome boredom, loneliness and/or idleness
II. To get advice/support from the group
III. To show cooperation out of gratitude
IV. To the agency
I, II and III
Given the situation of the mothers, which groupwork model approach seem most
appropriate to guide the social worker’s actions with the group?
a. Crisis-centered
b. Task-centered
c. Mediating
d. Psychosocial
Task-centered
If you were Dawn, which of these would you cite to motivate the prospective mothers to
join the group
I. The group will provide them the opportunity to share their feelings, concerns, technique,
relating to their situation
II. The group will clarify their different options relation to the baby after birth
III. The group will allow the participants to share, plans relating to their lives after
discharge from Pagasa.
a. II and III
b. I and II
c. I and III
d. III and III
III and III
What do you think would be the most appropriate goal for this group of unwed mothers in
Pagasa?
a. Reconciliation/reunion with their families after delivery
b. Stay physically and emotionally healthy is a successful delivery
c. Arrive at a realistic and sensible post delivery plan for themselves and their
babies
d. Utilization of existing community resources now and after discharge from
Pagasa
Arrive at a realistic and sensible post delivery plan for themselves and their
babies
What should the social worker do if, during a group discussion session, one participant
gets very upset emotionally, starts sobbing so that the rest of the group become very
uncomfortable, not understanding what triggered the behavior?
a. Ignore her and continue with the discussion so the participant will not feel guilty
about disrupting the session
b. Touch the participant to show acceptance and ask her if she wants to be
excused from the group for a while
c. Ask the participant to share with the group what brought it about
d. Remind the group that one of the rules agreed on is that there will be no
disruptive behavior during sessions
Touch the participant to show acceptance and ask her if she wants to be
excused from the group for a while
The subject of “Program Activities for Groups” has been put on the agenda for the next Social Service Staff meeting This has become an issue because a nurse in the Cancer Ward had complained to the Ward social Worker that her group’s loud singing of religious hymns was creating a disturbance in the ward. An attendant had also told his social worker that the nurses were talking about whether conducting Bible studies is a social work tasks
What should be clearly defined before the social worker and the group decide on the
activities for its sessions in the hospital?
a. The patients’ medical conditions
b. The purpose for the group program
c. The hospital’s realities
d. The administrative support available
The purpose for the group program
Which of these is appropriate program media for a group of hospital patients?
I. Discussion of illness-related concerns, fears and problems
II. Audio-visual materials
III. Resource persons for spiritual needs
a. I
b. I and II
c. I, II and III
d. II
I and II
What should be a social worker’s response to negative feedback about her group’s
activities?
a. Revise the activities
b. Review the activities to see if feedback is justified and act accordingly
c. Ignore it as one cannot please everybody
d. Let the group decide what to do about the feedback
Review the activities to see if feedback is justified and act accordingly
Who should decide the program media for a social work group of hospital patients?
a. The social worker
b. The social worker and the group
c. The patients/group
d. The medical team
The social worker and the group
Should social work group sessions be used for the discussions about the Bible and for
engaging in activities of a religious nature?
a. Yes, if the patients ask for them.
b. No, these are best left for the religious like ministers and priests
c. It depends on the situation
d. Yes, if the social worker is comfortable in doing these
No, these are best left for the religious like ministers and priests
As a social worker in the Probation Office, you decided to organize a group of nine “new adult probationers” whose suspended court sentences enable them to continue with their lives in the community. You believe that the socialization model of groupwork would be very appropriate to use.
What will you do if during the group formation meeting, the members ask for an election
of officers for the group?
a. Agree but tell the group to just have a few officers
b. Agree to the request
C. Explain why it is not necessary
d. Add more members to justify having officers
Explain why it is not necessary
Which program media would be very appropriate for this group if you are using the
socialization model?
I. Play activities
II. Resource person on laws and social norms and rules
III. Values and role-related exercises
II and III
Which of the following would you need to do to get data you still need for the groupwork
you are planning to undertake with these probationers?
a. Additional individual interviews
b. Marginal interviews
c. Collateral interviews
d. Intake
Additional individual interviews
What will you do if after 3 weekly sessions and despite having set rules on attendance
the same two/three members are always absent?
a. Ask the rest of the group to decide what to do about the absentees
b. I’ll ignore it since group membership should be voluntary
c. Switch to casework for the absentees
d. Reiterate that the group sessions are court-required activities for
probationers and inform the absentees promptly about this
Switch to casework for the absentees
What would be appropriate tasks in this group if you are using the socialization model?
I. Teaching
II. Modeling
III. Setting expectations
I, II and III
Brgy. Esperanza was visited by a local government social worker because of an outreach program to establish social services in depressed communities with large “under 5” population. The worker found that the residents, particularly a group of nine mothers who are in-charge of maintaining a chapel that provide religious services to the barangay, see the great need for family planning services in their community. The rural health clinic is in town proper (“Central”) and can be reached only by way of an expensive 30 minute motorboat trip. The clinic is open only on weekdays and it is very difficult for the mothers and/or their husbands to take off from work and household responsibilities. An additional problem is the priest who says mass in the barangay every Sundays as he has been telling the parishioners that family planning involves the termination of life and is therefore a “mortal sin.
Which of these is the most appropriate initial action in relation to the priest of
Esperanza?
a. Call on him and explain the nature of family planning services being provided
in the country
b. Request the barangay officials to talk to the priest
c. Call a barangay assembly and motivate the residents to put pressure on the
priest to change his stand
d. Ignore his stand and work on the residents’ expressed need
Call on him and explain the nature of family planning services being provided
in the country
A rural health clinic services all residents. However, as in the case of Brgy. Esperanza,
inaccessibility of the clinic deprives the residents of use of its services. This is likely true of all other social services that are located in the town proper. Given this reality, what helping
approach/model would be most appropriate?
a. Developmental
b. Remedial
c. Task-centered
d. Resource provision
Developmental
What would you consider to be the “presenting problem” in Brgy. Esperanza?
a. The attitude of the priest
b. The large “under 5” population
c. The inaccessibility of the rural health clinic
d. The lack of family planning services
The lack of family planning services
What would be the most logical point of entry for problem-solving in Brgy. Esperanza?
a. The Barangay officials
b. The entire community
c. The group of nine mothers.
d. The priest
The group of nine mothers.
Which of the following statements is a correct meaning of “family planning”?
a. Not having more children than a couple can afford
b. Spacing or limiting the number of children using acceptable methods
c. Planning a couple’s quality of life
d. Terminating conception in
Spacing or limiting the number of children using acceptable methods
Tita P. a social worker at Bukang Liwayway, a home for victims of sexual abuse, has selected five 10 to 13 year old girls to compose the treatment group she wants to organize in the home. Two days before the first formal group session, Millet, an 11-year old victim of rape by a well-known politician, was admitted. Her identity and whereabouts are being closely guarded for her protection. Tita P. was assigned to be her social worker. After reading the records on Millet, Tita P. is convinced that membership in treatment group will be very helpful to her. However, Tita P. is feeling ambivalent because of the “delicate” situation her client.
In addition to guided group experiences appropriate for rape victims, what other helping
interventions would you consider for your group members?
I. Work with their “significant others”
II. Use of appropriate community resources
III. Individual counseling
a. II, III
b. I, II, III
c. I, II
d. I, III
I, II, III
If you are in the place of this social worker, what should be your first move to be able to
decide whether or not to include Millet in the group?
a. Meet the group first to assess whether Millet would fit in
b. Interview Millet
c. Consult my supervisor/director
d. Invite Millet to the group’s first meeting to see if she would fit in
Interview Millet
Which of these behaviors are likely to be manifested by victims of sexual abuse?
I. Aggressiveness
II. Suspiciousness
III. Withdrawal
a. I, II, III
b. I, II
c. II,I
d. II, III
I, II, III
What will you do if after interviewing Millet you find her to be withdrawn and
uncooperative?
I. Warn her about the negative consequences of such attitude/behavior
II. Understand/accept her behavior, exert effort to establish a positive relationship with her
III. Consider one-on-one helping relationship until she is ready for group membership
a II only
b. II, III
c. I, III
d. I only
II, III
What can you do so that confidentiality is strictly observed/protected in relation to your
group members?
I. Set group norms/rules relating to confidentiality
II. Use appropriate program media that show negative consequences of not observing
confidentiality
III. Allow group members to give each other names that help hide their identity
a. II, III
b. I, II
c. I, III
d. I, II, III
I, II
Two weeks after the Bagong Buhay Community Center was opened in the government housing project, Lina Flores, one of the social workers who have made it a point to observe the youth in the area noticed that about a dozen at the corner around half a teenagers, all males tended to group block from the Center. She assumed they were either school drop outs or truants as they were always together just chatting, or engaged in horseplay when other young people were in school. She thought that the boys were wasting their time and energies when they could be engaging in worthwhile activities that could benefit themselves as well as the community
What community resources could be utilized for a developmental youth group whose
members are faced with socioeconomic problems?
I. Skills training agencies
II. Leadership training institutions
III. Capital/money lending organizations
a. I, II, III
b. I, II
c. I, II
d. II, III
I, II, III
If I were Lina Flores, the Social Worker, given the above situation, the first step I will
take is to:
a. Discuss/brainstorm the matter with the Center Staff and agree on the purpose of
the group program (re-group).
b. Invite the boys to the Center to offer the Center’s services
c. Get acquainted with the boys and offer the Center’s services
d. Prepare a concept paper containing my ideas about a group program for the
boys
Discuss/brainstorm the matter with the Center Staff and agree on the purpose of
the group program (re-group)
If Miss Flores finds that all the street corner boys are motivated to participate in the
Center’s group program, but she wants to start with one “open” group of only seven boys (the Center is planning other programs and want to have only one group at this time) how
will she decide which seven of the dozen boys to accept?
a. Set more specific criteria for group composition
b. User her intuition to select those likely to be most suitable for group membership
c. Let the boys decide among themselves who will comprise the first group
d. Ask the boys to draw lots
Set more specific criteria for group composition
How should Miss Flores deal with the boys who are very disappointed because they are
not among the seven selected for membership?
a. Work with them on a one-to-one basis
b. Form even just a “token” group so that no one feels disappointed
c. Promise to include them as members of the first group are terminated from time
to time
d. Explain the reason(s) for limiting the group to seven and clarify their
prospects for membership later
Explain the reason(s) for limiting the group to seven and clarify their
prospects for membership later
If the Center Staff agreed that the Center’s group program in the community will be
preventive and developmental in nature, which of the following activities will you NOT
expect Miss Flores to undertake in your group?
a. Psychodrama sessions
b. Self-awareness exercises
c. Sexuality Management discussions
d. Values exercises
Psychodrama sessions
It is defined as the dynamic interplay of forces in which contact between persons result
in behavior and attitude modification of the participant.
a. Social Interaction
b. Communication
c. Roles
d. Group Bond
Social Interaction
It indicates what is important or unimportant, desirable or undesirable, right or wrong. It
dictates what we consider or rate highly.
a. Norms
b. Values
c. Status
d. Social Interaction
Values
It is the position of a person they occupy in relation to others in a hierarchy of positions
in any group.
a. Group Bond
b. Roles
c. Status
d. Affectional Structure
Status
An important force whose essence is difference.
a. Communication
b. Conflict
c. Social Interaction
d. Group Bond
Conflict
