PO: Quiz 7

In regards to advocacy competencies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Counselors who have a social justice advocacy perspective demonstrate minimal leadership abilities and do not understand the importance of speaking out.

____________ is "a comprehensive helping framework that is grounded in multicultural competence and oriented toward social justice."

Community counseling

In this role, counselors assist clients in recognizing oppressive forces in the community as a source of their problem and teach their clients strategies for developing political power to bring about change in the clients' social and physical environment.

Change agen

Tony, a recently relocated Mexican-American man, is seeking help from a Spanish-speaking organization designed to meet the needs of newly arriving legal immigrants. Tony is quite depressed, but reluctant to talk to his counselor about his problems. The counselor refers him to an indigenous resource who is more likely to be trusted by Tony. He was most likely referred to

Either religious leaders and institutions, energy healers, or respected community program

Chong is a legal immigrant who is having posttraumatic stress symptoms as a result of his experiences in Laos. He may be reluctant to use the available counseling resources because of all the following reasons EXCEPT

His access is easy to understand and figure out

____________ aim to change the social environment to reduce the mental and physical health problems of the population as a whole by influencing public policy.

Indirect community services

Nakita is an African-American mother with four children who has had difficulty finding housing in a safe community. Lisa, her social worker, suspects that racial discrimination is involved and takes Nakita to sites that she has previously screened for availability. In this case, Lisa is acting as an

advocate

Mental health professionals must move forward and beyond the traditional approach of focusing solely on the intrapsychic, accept and recognize the impact of sociopolitical factors on our clients and their families, and determine how our advocacy can effectively address those issues. Part of their ethical and moral obligation is to

advocate with the aim of creating a just society in which all people have equal opportunities and resources to strive toward their personal goals.

____________ include any institution-public or private, nonprofit or for-profit-designed to provide a wide range of social and psychological services to the community.

community agencies

The ____________ is relevant to all communities, but it is particularly relevant to underserved communities. By addressing the cause of the problem within the community, we can help change the lives of many individuals-not just the one person sitting in our office or clinic.

community approach

_____________ is/are a diverse pool of human-service workers whose primary duties include serving individuals within the community in a variety of community groups and includes social workers, community organizers and developers, clinical mental health counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, counselors, couples and family therapists, artists, activists, clergy persons, human-service workers with varying degrees of education and training, and residents involved in the community.

community workers

Counselors can encourage ethnic minority clients to learn skills they can use to interact successfully with various forces in their community by acting as their

consultant

The _____________ is grounded on strengths, focuses on assets and capacities, promotes capability and power, changes conditions, and is aimed at prevention. This approach builds on identifying resources within the individual, the group, or the community that can be more fully activated.

developmental approach

Mario's job entails going to middle schools within the county to run counseling groups for students identified as having the potential for aggression. He is providing

direct client services

Prevention programs that help people develop a wider range of competencies, such as interpersonal skills training or marriage education, are considered

direct community services

Counselors who base their practice on aspirational ethics oppose all forms of

discrimination and oppression

The ___________ in a community agency are more complex and difficult to resolve than ones pertaining to individual counseling. If a worker is not motivated, the system may tolerate this lack of motivation. If the system violates the rights of the client (community), then this is a real challenge to address.

ethical violations

Many professionals struggle with the issue of how to work within a system while retaining their dignity, vitality, and convictions. The most important component in any effort to bring about change is to

examine their attitude and focus on the things that can be changed.

Social justice is referred to as a ____________, which entails a paradigm shift beyond the individual and represents a proactive concern with advocacy and social change and focuses on changing systems and policies on multiple levels.

fifth force

Counselors ____________ when they use their skills in helping clients challenge institutional barriers that impede their personal, social, academic, or career goals.

function as advocates

Many __________ of war struggle to function in society due to immobilizing PTSD symptoms, substance abuse, and low social support.

homeless veterans

The process of systemic change can be defined as

increasing public awareness, affecting public policy, and influencing legislation.

The foundation of all ethical practice is promoting the welfare of clients. To overlook the abilities, strengths, and resources within the community is doing a great disservice to the individuals we serve. If we hope to bring about significant changes within individuals and communities, we

need to change the conditions that affect people rather than change the people affected by these conditions.

In regards to helpers working in the community, providing services in ________________ may be clinically and ethically indicated and may be most beneficial to clients.

nontraditional settings outside the office

Direct client services focus on

outreach activities

A ____________ focuses on problems to be solved and holes to fill. It is concerned more with maintaining rather than changing conditions and is oriented toward fixing problems rather than preventing them. A service orientation relies on experts and reinforces power imbalances, whereas a developmental approach relies on partnerships and equalizes power relationships.

service approach

The ___________ perspective, when working with marginalized groups in our society, is most enhanced (a) when mental health professionals can understand how individual and systemic worldviews shape clinical practice and (b) when they are equipped with organizational and system knowledge, expertise, and skills.

social justice

____________ involves access and equity to ensure full participation in the life of a society, particularly for those who have been systematically excluded on the basis of race/ethnicity, gender, age, physical or mental disability, education, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics of background or group membership and involves addressing the realities of oppression, privilege, and social inequities.

social justice

The goal of counseling from a social justice perspective is

to promote the empowerment of people who are marginalized and oppressed in our society.

Counselors can also reach out to the community outside of the counseling setting by

volunteering at nonprofit organizations in their local area.