Week 7

Question 1

Upstream Thinking

Answer 1

Examining the community surrounding the individuals, insight can be gained and greater effectiveness in helping can be achieved.

Question 2

Define community

Answer 2

A number of people who share a distinct location, belief, interest, activity or other characteristic that clearly identifies their commonality and differentiates them from those not sharing it.

Question 3

Community Agency

Answer 3

Any institution designed to provide social and psychological services to the community.

Question 4

Change Agents

Answer 4

Play an active role in creating community programs from the bottom up.

Question 5

Community Workers

Answer 5

Human service and community health workers, with diverse education and training, whose primary duties revolve around serving their community.

Question 6

Community Orientation involves

Answer 6

*Designing interventions that go beyond the office and the individual
*A shift in thinking of the community as the client.

Question 7

Helping only the individual = _______

What does this lead to?

Answer 7

maintaining the status quo

this can lead to reinforcing social injustices, inequalities, and discriminatory treatment of certain groups of people?

Question 8

When did the community mental health movement begin?

Answer 8

1950s

Question 9

Community Mental Health Movement is based on the idea that

Answer 9

human problems are rooted in failures in the social system

Question 10

The community mental health movement is specifically relevant to

Answer 10

marginalized, oppressed and underserved communities.

Question 11

____________ must be met first

Answer 11

Basic human needs

Question 12

____________ > Exploration

Answer 12

Stabilization

Someone who is homeless and struggling to find food, is not likely at a point to benefit from self-exploration and personal growth.

Question 13

7 Points to Become a Skilled Community Practitioner

Answer 13

1. familiarity with resources
2. basic knowledge of cultural background of clients
3. strength based perspectives
4. alter interventions and strategies to client needs
5. implement programs and concepts that apply to a broad range of people
6. teach clients to be their own advocates
7. connect

Question 14

6 Roles of Community Worker

Answer 14

1. Advocate
2. Change Agent
3. Consultant
4. Advisor
5. Facilitator of Indigenous Support Systems
6. Facilitator of Indigenous Healing Systems

Question 15

Advocate Role of Community Worker

Answer 15

• Speaking on behalf of marginalized communities.
• Help clients to effectively deal with institutional barriers that impede personal, social, academic and career goals.
• Getting involved in social and political activism.

Question 16

Change Agent Role of Community Worker

Answer 16

• Confronting and bringing about change within the system that contributes to the problems that clients face.
• Assist clients in developing power to bring about change in the client’s social and physical environment.

Question 17

Consultant Role of Community Worker

Answer 17

• Encourage people from diverse cultures to learn skills to interact with forces within their community.
• Help design preventative programs to reduce the negative impact of racism and oppression.

Question 18

Advisor Role of Community Worker

Answer 18

• Initiates discussions with clients about ways to deal with environmental problems that contribute to personal problems.

Question 19

Facilitator of Indigenous Support Systems Role of Community Worker

Answer 19

• Encourage clients to make use of the resources in their communities (ex. Community centers, church, extended family, advocacy groups, etc).

Question 20

Facilitator of Indigenous Healing Systems role of community worker

Answer 20

• Recognizing mistrust that exists between some individuals and traditional mental health practices.
• Refer clients to healer of their choice or from their culture.

Question 21

4 Types of Community Interventions

Answer 21

1. Direct Client Services
2. Indirect Client Services
3. Direct Community Services
4. Indirect Community Services

Question 22

Direct Client Services

Answer 22

• Focus on outreach activities in a population at risk for developing mental health issues.

Question 23

Indirect Client Services

Answer 23

• Focus on client advocacy.
• Works to empower disenfranchised groups.

Question 24

Direct Community Services

Answer 24

• Focus on preventative education, geared to the population at large,

Question 25

Indirect Community Services

Answer 25

• Attempts to change the social environment to meet the needs of the population as a whole by influencing public policy.

Question 26

Define outreach

Answer 26

• Not waiting for people to come in seeking help,
• Must be practical for the community, not just the practitioner.