SW 1000 Final Flashcards
A generalist social worker is one that….
Engages in the planned change process
What is the ultimate goal of the social work profession?
Social justice
The BSW practitioner is able to
Function as a specialist in more complex tasks
The first settlement house in the US was located in
Buffalo, NY
Hull House was established in 1889 by
Jane Addams
The simplest way to describe the word system is…
A whole consisting of interacting parts
The ecosystem/ecological perspective encourages social workers to focus on…
The person and the environment
The generalist approach to social work practice is strongly rooted in….
Systems theory and the ecosystem perspective
The generalist approach to social work practice involves attention too…
Multiple levels of intervention
A strenghs perspective leads naturally to the idea of..
Empowering clients
The Republican Party can be described as
Conservative
The Democratic Party can be described as
Liberal
People with conservative perspectives want to
Keep things as they are
In particular, conservatives believe that the government should not interfere with the
Free market forces of supply and demand
The process people use to try to improve the fit between themselves and their environments are
Adaptations
Who was the US president who engaged in an attack on the poor that was not limited to mothers and their children, but targeted the elderly and the disabled as well, via a push to privatize social security is
George W. Bush
T/F poverty may be defined broadly as the lack of resources to achieve a reasonably comfort standard of living
True
During the 1980s, growth in child poverty rates lead to the coining of the term…
The juvenilization of poverty
Racial and minority groups have
Distinct biological or cultural characteristics different from the majority
The skill of communicating competently with people of contrasting cultures which is becoming an increasingly important expertise in social work practice is referred to as
Cultural competency
Temporary assistance for needy families replaced which former income maintance program
Aid to families with dependent children
Those who endorse the residual approach to social welfare believe that people should normally be able to do
Meet all their needs through their own family or through the job market
The institutional conception of social welfare is based on the belief that
Social welfare services are normal, first line functions of modern industrial society
After the America revolution relief of the poor became a peroration of
The federal government
The settlement house movement involved
The concept of self-help and mutual aid
What was NOT established by the social security act of 1953?
Homestead protection
The purpose of the major welfare bill passed in the closing day of the Reagan admin. Was to
Force mothers who had remained on AFDC into the job market
ThePersonal Responsibility Act and Work Oppurtunity Act eliminated which program
Aid to families with dependent children
Privatization. Of government social services is based on what political philosophy
Conservative
T/f the US and Somalia are the only nations that have refused to ratify the UN convention on the rights of the child
True
The goal of in home services is
To offer services in the clients own home
Family preservation services don’t include
Working with children who are at immediate risk of placement
The primary goal of child protective services programs under the adoption and child and welfare act of 1980 is to
Preserve families while providing safe enviorments for children
What is NOT an in home service provided by a social worker in the area of family and children services
Foster care
Many who enrolled in TANF were sanctioned since they were unable to meet TANFworkor training requirements due to
Child care needs
What difference were foundby Williams and Esterburg regarding children raised with same-sex parents in comparison to children raised by heterosexual parents
No differences
The first federal socials welfare agency to aid the poor was
Orphans train
T/f social work practice practice in a secondary setting means that social work is not the function of that setting
True
T/f the DSM IV is widely use by mental health professionals as a mental illness classification system
True
T/f cultural competence in social work involves knowledge of the history and patterns of oppression experienced by cultural and ethnic groups as well as the traditions and values of those groups
True
Social workers in mental health settings are responsible for
Collecting and assessing data
Who coordinates and ensures that all services needed by a client are provided
Case manager
“The first piece of social research ever conducted inAmerica” was the 1843 report on the status of mentally ill in Mass. Prepared by
Mary Antoinette Cannon
The mental health consumer group that continues to support research, edu, social policy and political activity is
National institute of mental health (NIMH)
T/f an example of acute health care is a hospital and an example of long term healthcare is adult day care
False
T/f hospice refers to a specialized approach in caring for mentally ill patients
True
T/f palliative care is defined as total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment
True
A new but fledging development in healthcare social work is the establishment of social work services within
Insurance companies
Medicaid differs from Medicare in that it is a program that
Requires a means test for eligibility
What is know as a country’s ownership and administration for health care facilities and services where all citizens receive care
National health insurance
What concept means that every u.s. citizen would receive health care benefits at the same rate ad without regard to economic status
Universal coverage
The legislation mandating that appropriate public edu be provided for all children with disabilities requires that programs be
Located in segregated special education facilities
Schools where coordinated community services are delivered on site are called
Full service schools
The concept of keeping all children together in the same classroom By modifying the environment to meet all needs instead of removing kids wholly or partially throughout the day
M teams
Why is social work the secondary in school settings
Some social workers have responsibility for several schools
The model for teaching kids whose native lang is not eng to get them in the classroom speaking English is
Bilingual mode,
T/f alternative schools operate outside of the reg public system
True
What is an m-team
A multidisciplinary team that works together to assess plan implement and evaluate the needs of special needs kids
T/f zero tolerance in schools means that a student must be expelled from school for a calendar year if caught carrying a weapon in school
True
T/f no child left behind has to do with the social promotion I school without regard to the students academic achievement
True
Social emotion learning involves recognizing emotions and regulating responses to stress
True
The history of the social work profession in the substance abuse field began with early social work pioneer
Mary Richmond
The most abused substance is
Alcohol
What must one do before developing an intervention plan for people who abuse substances
Make an assessment of the situation
What is true of Alcoholics Anonymous
Membership in aa has been open to men and women since the group’s founding
A condition where abnormalities in children are caused by heavy alcohol consumption during pregnancy is known as
Fetal alcohol syndrome
The model used in Europe and Australia for substance abuse is called
The harm reduction model
It is estimated that only a small portion of this addicted group receives services
Women
The coordination of care is called
Case management
All older adult population are likely to poor except
White men
In home services to older adults don’t include
Telephone monitoring
Recognition of the preference of most older adults to maintain independence as long as possible has lead to the concept of
Continuum care
Financial assistance designed to minimize the stigma of applying for government provided welfare and was targeted at helping the elderly blind and disabled was
Supplemental security income
A model used when working with persons who are aging that assists them to use and develop coping skills through consciousness raising, edu, and support
Empowerment model
Community service sentencing for an offender is
A requirement that an offender work without pay in a private or governmental human service program for a period of time
T/f a misdemeanor is a serious crime while a felony is a relatively minor offense
False
Te three major components of the of the American criminal justice system are sometimes known as the threes c’s which stand for
Courts, cops, corrections
Probation refers to
The suspension of imprisonment following conviction on the condition that the individual fulfills certain requirement of supervision
Parole refers to
The release of a prisoner before completion of his or her full sentence
In communities where police social workers are available they aren’t …
Confined to desk work only
One of the common roles performed by social workers employed by the court system is
Conducting persistence investigations
The part of the NASW code of ethics code that presents a dilemma for social workers is
Confidentiality
A key function of the social worker who acts as a probation agent or parole officer is to
Help the client meet the terms of the parole or probation agreement
Group work has been found to be particularly effective in all settings except
Community based group homes for adolescent offenders
What is not defined as a type of developmental disability
A person injured midlife due to an auto accident
What is not a cause of intellectual disability in children
Depression in the mother
What is not a major category of developmental disabilities
Crohn’s disease
Children who have this disability are often described as being in a world of their own
Autism
Causes of this developmental disability includ: infections to the mother during pregnancy Insufficient oxygen reaching the fetus Premature birth Lack of oxygen to the baby during birth Blood disease Etc.
Intellectual disability
T/f the highest level of care for developmental disabilities in large state institutions
True
Globalization means
The interconnected ness of all regions and people of the world
The four demographic trends that currently have the greatest impact on social work practice are
The graying of America, the evolving structure of the American family, the changing nature of the immigrant and refugee pop, and an increasingly multicultural America
Employees at or neat minimum wage often part time and without benefits is also known as
Underemployment
T/f women earn equal pay for the same job men do
False
