SOWK Final Exam Study Guide (true/false)
A consultant is a person who provides clinical intervention concerning social, emotional, or behavioral issues to individuals, families, groups, and communities.
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A recent survey of nonretired workers indicated that the average age of planned retirement was 62.
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A school social worker running a group for students recovering from a bus accident would be practicing macro- level social work.
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A school social worker who helps and places refugee students in English as a Second Language class, as well as assisting the parents with the written requirements of the schools, is acting as a consultant.
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About 20 percent of people age 65 and older experience dementia to the point at which they can no longer look after themselves.
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Al-Anon is specifically for teenagers within families of alcoholics.
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An Individualized Education Program is used exclusively for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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An example of an antipsychotic drug is Ritalin.
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At the micro level, generalist social workers conduct group therapy and provide various kinds of family treatment.
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Availability of resources and services for child maltreatment is basically consistent throughout communities in this country.
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Bipolar disorder was formerly referred to as multiple personality disorder.
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CNS is an abbreviation for combined narcotic substance.
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Capitation is a procedure used in the administration of electroconvulsive therapy.
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Child welfare is the umbrella term for physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect.
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Children growing up in LGB families become psychologically damaged.
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Cognition distortions are thought patterns that sustain a person's convictions and notions about how the world works.
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Crank is considered a bottom shelf stimulant.
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Eastern cultures such as Japan ignore older adults because they are no longer productive members of society.
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Emotional neglect concerns active criticism, disapproval, and censure of children and their feelings and behavior.
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Empathy is the process of giving people information, positive or negative, about their performance or behavior.
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Grandparents Who Care Support Network of San Francisco is an example cited in the text as a program approach to empowerment for Asian American grandparents who have lost grandchildren due to a tragic accident.
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Hospices are places where seniors can gather for social, recreational, and educational reasons.
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In managed care, clinician bias refers to the fact that certain medical and mental health services must be authorized ahead of time; otherwise the managed care organization won't pay for them.
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In most agencies, individual counseling with clients who have chemical dependence problems is provided more frequently than group sessions.
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In residential settings peer pressure usually has a negative impact on troubled children.
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Inhalation is the method of administration of a drug that takes the most time for its affect to be felt.
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It is estimated that 50,000 West and Central African children are sold into slavery each year.
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Kinship care is defined as a comprehensive care planning process directed toward the goal of a permanent, stable home for a child placed in substitute care.
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LGBOLD is the term coined by Tully, referring to the aging of gay people.
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Lesbian and gay people really want to be the opposite gender.
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Medications such as Antabuse that are used to combat alcoholism are called pharmaceutical equivalents.
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Occupational social work is also referred to as organizational social work.
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One of the programs discussed in the text as an example of evidence-based practice was utilization management.
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Outpatient treatment consists of temporary residences to assist in the transition from an inpatient program to the real-life community.
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Paraphilias are personality disorders primarily occurring in females.
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Positive reinforcement is the act of not only understanding how another person feels but also conveying to that person an awareness of how he or she feels.
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Primary aging concerns how the aging process can either be hastened or slowed by lifestyle and behavior.
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Psychotherapy is a treatment process that is used by both BSWs and MSWs.
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Sexual orientation is a person's internal psychological self-concept of being either a male or a female.
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Shelter foster homes offer an ongoing residence for children unable to return to their parents' home but unadoptable for various reasons.
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Snorting is a quicker method of administration of a drug than inhalation or injection.
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Social Security comprises about 90 percent of the income of 50 percent of older married couple beneficiaries.
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Special K, Rohypnol and ecstasy are all in the same drug category.
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Specialized foster homes provide a transitory haven for children during the assessment and placement process.
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Supportive services for children and families include residential placement in a group home, treatment center, or institution.
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The "population quotient" is the number of people age 65 or over who are retired compared to the number of people age 18-64 who are working.
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The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the average life expectancy for women is almost 80 years.
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The comprehensive assessment of a patient's abilities and needs, and the plan to transition a patient from the hospital, is called hospice planning.
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The defense mechanism of rationalization is the most used by alcoholics, and involves making excuses for the problems caused by the dependence on alcohol.
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The first stage of the four-stage recovery model is the confrontation stage.
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The second stage of coming out is taking the risk of sharing this self-identity with people who are close to them.
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The term substance abuse is now commonly replacing addiction.
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The vast majority of older adults reside in nursing homes.
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There has not as yet been clear evidence to prove that teaching family members problem-solving and coping skills has any positive results for the person with the psychiatric disorder.
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When working with an alcoholic in treatment, it is always imperative that his or her first aspect be total abstinence.
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A blended family is any nontraditional configuration of people who live together, are committed to each other, and perform functions traditionally assumed by families.
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A broker is a person who helps link clients with community resources and services.
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A civil union is a legally recognized same-sex marriage.
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A family service association is a type of outpatient treatment agency that offers various types of counseling, often in addition to child welfare services such as adoption and foster care.
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A key component of a harm reduction approach is choice.
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A stigma is a smear of shame and reproach upon one's reputation.
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According to Navajo tradition, Earth Surface People refer to living and dead humans.
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Ageism involves the harboring of negative images of and attitudes toward people simply because they are older.
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Almost half of all members of the National Association of Social Workers indicate that mental health is a major practice area for them.
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Autonomy is a strategy of empowerment for older adults to help them live as independently as possible.
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Becoming a member of the National Association of Social Workers and using continuing education opportunities were both suggestions for networking in the social work field.
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Both small group counseling and classroom guidance units are acceptable modalities for developing multicultural awareness.
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Child protective services are interventions aimed at protecting children at risk of maltreatment.
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Cultural awareness is defined as consciousness of one's own cultural values and of ethnicity and racism and its impact on professional attitude, perception, and behavior.
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Dementia is a condition that involves numerous cognitive problems such as impaired memory, poor judgment, and inability to control emotions.
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Electroconvulsive therapy is the most controversial technique in modern psychiatry.
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Failure to provide psychological care is an example of emotional neglect.
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Family members of substance abusers often feel tremendous guilt.
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Family preservation services are intensive services generally delivered in the client's home over a brief, time-limited period.
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Federal regulations regarding international adoptions require proof of the child being orphaned.
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Formal kinship care occurs when a social service agency gains legal custody of a child and places that child in a licensed kinship home.
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Health care insurance policies often do not include nonheterosexual partners.
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If an absolutely necessary program for clients does not exist, and a social worker initiates one to get clients the resources they need, that social worker is working at the macro-level of practice.
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If at all possible, family strengths should provide the basis for treatment planning in child maltreatment cases.
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In Eastern psychology, there is no clear connection between emotions and language.
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In almost any practice setting, a social worker may need to address AODA problems.
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It is predicted that Social Security will start going into the red as early as 2015.
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Most drugs of abuse can be smoked or inhaled.
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On the mezzo level of practice, school social workers could run groups for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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One of the principles of foster care is to view the child's own family as the client system.
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One of the ways that social workers practice in the mental health macro arena is when functioning as managers and administrators in mental health agencies and striving to improve policies and service provision in collaboration with colleagues and clients.
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Person-centered therapy emphasizes understanding and caring rather than diagnosis, advice, and persuasion.
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Reflective listening involves translating what they think the client is feeling into words.
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Some tribal societies let older adults die or kill them when these people are no longer useful and require care.
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Sometimes substance dependence is referred to as chemical dependence.
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Special needs adoptions involve children who have traditionally been more difficult to place in adoptive homes.
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Supportive services for children and families include intensive family preservation services.
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The credo of the addicted family is "don't talk, don't trust, and don't feel."
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The engagement process has the goal of determining the best course of treatment.
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The focus of cognitive therapy is on understanding distorted beliefs and using techniques to change maladaptive thinking.
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The primary goal of global education is to build understanding and respect for people and nations outside the United States.
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The process of providing services and care for people within their own communities rather than in inpatient mental hospitals is called deinstitutionalization.
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The term substance is often referred to as psychoactive substance.
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Traditional Navajo people have many restrictions regarding contact with the dead.
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Trichotillomania involves compulsively pulling out one's own hair to the extent that the loss is readily apparent to others.
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