Comprehensive Exam
Coalitions
a group of individuals with a shared interest to achieve a common goal
summarative evaluation
- involves gathering information once programs have been fully implemented (usually at the end of an operating cycle),
Gibbs reflective model
6 stages: description feelings evaluations analysis conclusion action plan
when did the Code add technology info
2018!!
Bipolar II Disorder
4 consecutive days of hypomania with depression continuously for weeks. MDD must last TWO WEEKS;
You are using a single subject research design to test a new behavioral technique with your 8 year-old client. You give the parents a behavioral checklist to complete prior to beginning the treatment, and then ask them to complete the behavioral checklist after 6 weeks of treatment. You then compare your client's behavior before and after the treatment. This is an example of what kind of SSRD?
A-B design
A-B design
A-B. An AB design is a two-part or phase design composed of a baseline ("A" phase) with no changes, and a treatment or intervention ("B") phase. I
quasi-experimental design
An experiment that does not require random assignment.
You are working on a research project about adolescent runaways who are homeless and use snowball sampling. Which of the following is an example of snowball sampling?
Asking an adolescent runaway at a local shelter where you could find other adolescent runway youth to confidentially interview
Skills and best practices regarding INTERVENTIONS with communities and organizations in enshrined in CSWE EPAS ______________
COMP 9
countertransference
Circumstances in which a clinician develops personal feelings about a client because of perceived similarity to the client to significant people in the therapist's life.
Henry Fayol's Administrative Management Theory (14)
Fayol suggests that these principles are not rigid but they are flexible and should be used according to the need. So it depends on the part of the manager on how they use the above to suit the organization and to manage effectively and efficiently.
cognitive dissonance
Inner tension that a consumer experiences after recognizing an inconsistency between behavior and values or opinions
American Disabilities Act
Law that prohibits employers from discriminating against people with physical disabilities
Social Goals Group Model
MACRO focuses on socializing members to democratic societal values. values diversity and collective action as a group
reciprocal group work model
MEZZO based on mutual relationships between group members and society members influence and are influenced by society
requires four key communication skills that support and strengthen the process of eliciting change talk, also known as OARS: Open-ended questions Affirming Reflective listening Summarizing
MI
remedial group model
MICRO focuses on changing or rehabilitating members through behavior changes - leader centered approach
Bureaucratic Management Theory
Max Weber: 'the bureaucracy as the organizational model with the greatest potential for efficiency and control.'
Schizophrenia
Must have 2 of these present within a month: Delusions - Hallucinations - Disorganized Speech - Grossly Disorganized or catatonic behavior - Negative symptoms signs of disturbance should last six months features emerge between late teens and mid 30s
ADHD
Must have symptoms before the age of 12 to be diagnosed Must have symptoms in 2 or more settings spectrum disorder that can include ADD, but ADD is no longer used primarily (inattention) must have 6 of main symptoms: inattention a. fails to give close attention b. difficulty sustaining attention in tasks c. does not seem to listen when spoken to directly d. does not follow through on homework or instructions e. difficulty organizing; bad time management skills hyperactivity and impulsivity must have five symptoms from list pg 60
What are the three primary purposes of process or formative evaluation?
Program description, Program monitoring, Quality assurance
Capital campaigns
Raise dollars for a building/facility - Brick and Mortar
experimental research design
Random assignment of participants to conditions, conducted in a laboratory or the workplace.
What management theory is defined as a theory that analyzes and synthesizes workflow. This theory is also known as Taylorism.
Scientific Theory
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Symptoms present for at least 2 weeks nearly everyday for a MDD diagnosis depressed most of day every day sad, empty, hopeless,
independent variable
The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied. Should explain the change
Dependent Variable
The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested. the variable that the researcher wants to explain!
Outputs
The units of service (number of clients counseled or children cared for)
vertical organization structure
The vertical organizational structure is a strict hierarchical structure with power emanating from the top to the bottom. top has the most power
Transference
Transference is when the client redirects (transfers) an unconscious feeling, desire, or expectation from another person toward their therapist. For example, a therapist may remind a client of her mother.
socratic questioning
Use of basic 'tell me more' questions that get them to go deeper. Why are you saying that? What exactly does this mean? How does this relate to what we have been talking about? What is the nature of ...? What do we already know about this? Can you give me an example? Are you saying ... or ... ? Can you rephrase that, please? is an example of
Logic Model
Visual representation of how a program is organized, including activities, resources, short-term and intermediate outcomes, and program goals.
cognitive restructuring
a therapeutic approach that teaches clients to question the automatic beliefs, assumptions, and predictions that often lead to negative emotions and to replace negative thinking with more realistic and positive beliefs Used in CBT
internal validity
addresses the extent to which casual inferences can be made about the intervention and the targeted behavior
Educational supervision
aim of teaching new skills or refining existing ones
outcome evaluation
assesses the effectiveness of a program in producing change. are summarative in nature
Neoclassical Theory
behavior impacts work ability (Hawthorn experiment)
Complete participant
can be problematic as the social worker is too involved
A social problem emerges when a social entity (such as a social change group, the news media, or influential politicians) begins to call attention to a condition or behavior that it perceives to be undesirable and in need of remedy. As part of this process, it tries to influence public perceptions of the problem, the reasons for it, and possible solutions to it. This process is known as...
claims making
parts of a strengths-based intervention
collaboration between client and clinician the assumption that the client can change and adapt
Qualitative research
collecting information through unstructured interviews, observation, and focus groups. Time consuming so used on smaller samples
culturally informed intervention planning
cultural appropriateness of family involvement, individual versus group treatment, alternative treatment approaches (yoga, aromatherapy, music, and writing), medication (western, traditional, alternative), and/or location/duration of intervention
When treatment fidelity is not maintained, what is/are the risk(s) for the evaluator?
data can and will contain errors treatment likely can not be recreated in other settings concluding that a program was not effective when it really was
autism
deficits in social-emotional reciprocity and nonverbal communication and maintaining relationships. there must be symptoms in early childhood development Does is co-occur with IDD or language impairment?when diagnosing, specify bc Autism is an umbrella term for 4 disorders ie Aspergers. Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, specify severity from level 1-3 onset: 12-24 months genetic Four times more common in males.
A disorder in which a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined is
delusional disorder
Evaluative research
determines if needs of clients are being met
cost-benefit analysis
determines the financial costs of operating a program as compared with the fiscal benefits of its outcomes.
process evaluation
determines whether a program is being implemented as intended
One of the requirements of single system research design is that the results are:
displayed in a graph to see measurable results over time
identify the dependent variable in the follow hypothesis: At risk students who participate in the Communities and Schools program will have a lower drop-out rate than students who do not participate in the program
drop out rate
A social worker meets with a new client who describes feelings of anxiety and depression that began soon after she got married. The client's affect is flat and she keeps her eyes averted for much of the session. When asked about recent pleasurable experiences, the client states offhandedly that she is "not allowed to go out much." The client becomes more visibly anxious toward the end of the session and keeps touching a bruise on the side of her face. The social worker should NEXT:
educate the client on the cycle of violence
According to NASW Best Practice Standards in Social Work Supervision, the three primary domains for supervision are:
education, administration, and support
People may feel helpless in their lives for any number of reasons, but ________________focuses on how oppression contributes to this experience. It centers on helping marginalized people at individual, group and community levels gain the personal, interpersonal and political power to improve their lives. Additionally, the model seeks to challenge systems that prevent or hinder people from having their needs met.
empowerment theory
dissociation
engaging in activities without consciousness or memories of the activities
A single father seeks the assistance of a social worker in a family service agency. He reports increasing stress and difficulty sleeping, which have increased due to financial difficulties related to his mortgage. In the initial session, the client asks the social worker who will have access to what he talks about in session. The social worker's MOST appropriate response to him is:
explain the agency's rules on confidentiality
Needs assessment employs
exploratory research
Historically speaking, evaluation research has been primarily qualitative in nature.
false
Psychodynamic approach
focuses on interpersonal struggles or trauma that developed in childhood
Symbolic Interactionism
focuses on interpreting the meanings that clients develop through their interaction with others.
Administrative management theory
formalized administrative structure, a clear division of labor, and delegation of power and authority to administrators relevant to their areas of responsibilities.
Qualitative methods are most often used with which type of program assessment?
formative
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
fundamentally changed the nation's social welfare system, replacing a federal entitlement program for low-income families, called Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), with state-administered block grants, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
Older Americans Act
funds critical services that keep our nation's seniors healthy and independent—services like meals, job training, senior centers, health promotion, benefits enrollment, caregiver support, transportation, and more.
When solving an ethical dilemma...
go to the code of ethics FIRST not supervisor or coworkers
InVivo Mastery
gradual exposure to get the client more comfortable with their fears
horizontal organization
has fewer vertical hierarchical layers than other organizational structures. only two or three chains of command
Program evaluation and basic research have some similarities. Which of the following is a difference between the two approaches?
how the data is used
Incentives, like bring your dog to work day, are an example of what management
human relations theory
Ecological Perspective
identifies social, cultural, physiological, economic, and environmental factors that interconnect and impact her client's current problem.
treatment fidelity
implementing a procedure exactly as planned
supportive supervision
increasing performance by decreasing job-related stress that interferes with functioning
in a hypothesis which should come first independent or dependent variable
independent
What is the order for listing program components in a logic model?
inputs, activities, outputs, client outcomes
parallel process in supervision
is an unconscious identification with a client and can be used as an important part of the supervisory process. Examining it will assist a social worker and his or her supervisor in identifying issues that exist in a therapeutic relationship and allow for techniques to resolve these issues to be identified and discussed.
legal and ethical protection for client notes should include
keeping psychotherapy notes in locations which are secure, but separate from clients' files to provide additional confidentiality protections.
reflective learning models Schön defines reflective practice
learn from experience
A client barges into a social worker's office yelling in a loud and hostile manner. The MOST effective method for the social worker to address the situation is to:
listen to the client quietly and eventually offer ideas for what to do if an emergency arises later and how the client should appropriately proceed
bipolar I
more emphasis on full-blown mania that alternates with episodes of major depression
Which one of the following is carried out at the conceptualization stage of programs or before programs are implemented?
needs assessments
formative evaluation
not for funding but to guide and direct new programs (note the root word, "form") (125); assists with program improvement (126) examine the process of delivering services
countertransference in supervision
occurs when a supervisor responds to a social worker in the same manner that a social worker responds to a client.
When completing a logic model for a family counseling program, Samira counts the numbers of therapy sessions that were conducted during a 30 day period. This is an example of which of the following?
outputs
Trauma and the brain
prefrontal cortex is taken over impulsivity and agitation common lack empathy
rapid cycling
presence of 4+ mood episodes in the previous 12 months that meet the criteria for a manic, hypomanic, or major depressive episode;
Aaron wishes to collect data to understand better if his program is being implemented the way it was planned. What kind of evaluation is Aaron likely going to complete?
process evaluation
An organized collection of activities designed to reach certain objectives is referred to a ___________?
program
brief psychotic disorder
psychotic episodes with a duration of at least 1 day but less than 1 month
You are designing an evaluation for a county foster care youth program. You sample youth at three county foster youth facilities within your county. What kind of evaluation is this?
purposeful sample
snowball sampling
recruitment of participants based on word of mouth or referrals from other participants
case management
reduces gaps in coverage links to services coordinate and monitor services
What is an example of Total Quality Management (TQM)?
regular quality assurance meetings
quantitative research
responses come thru research instruments ie. questionnaires phone surveys or mail surveys
schizophreniform disorder
same symptoms of schizophrenia but the duration of symptoms must be less than six months over six months is schizophrenia
behavioral activation
scheduling daily activities that are positive influences
six core values of social work
service, social justice, dignity and worth of a person, importance of human relationships, competence, integrity
A social worker is running a therapy group for people going through divorce. The social worker suspects that one member of the group is abusing drugs and determines that his erratic participation is detrimental to the group process. The social worker should FIRST:
speak first with the client
use what perspective when assessing patients for mental health concerns
strengths
persistant depressive disorder
symptoms for at least 2 years
displacement (defense mechanism)
taking out frustrations, feelings, and impulses on less threatening people or objects. Displaced aggression is a common example taking out anger on others
social stratification
the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy some children will have access to more if they are from an affluent family
Social workers in fee-for-service settings may terminate services to clients who are not paying an overdue balance if
the financial contractual arrangements have been made clear to a client, if a client does not pose an imminent danger to self or others, and if the clinical and other consequences of the current nonpayment have been addressed and discussed with a client (NASW Code of Ethics, 2008-1.16 Termination of Services).
Treatment fidelity is important to maintain so that program evaluation results can confidently be attributed to _______, and not to other factors or activities.
the interventions used in the program itself
Inputs
the resources needed to run the program (money, facilities, program staff)
longitudinal design study
to establish a casual relationship between two variables over time
____________ shifts the focus from "What's wrong with you?" to "What happened to you?"
trauma informed care
A 25-year-old client begins to cry in session while disclosing that her male gynecologist made several inappropriate comments about her body and genitals during a recent exam. She believes this was wrong, but asks the social worker not to disclose this information. What should the social worker do FIRST: Correct!
validate the feelings and discuss the impact on the client encouraging the client to report goes against client wishes
Trauma bonding
when a client wants to go back to or stays with a person who has caused him or her pain, with the irrational thinking that the person who caused the pain can take it away.
transference in supervision
when a social worker recreates, within a supervisory relationship, a presenting problem and emotions occurring in a therapeutic relationship.
righting reflex
when the therapist is arguing for change, though the client is resistant
authoritarian leadership
where one person makes most decisions Uses control and punishment to maintain standards and is effective when quick decisions are needed
Administrative supervision
work should be performed in an acceptable manner
needs assessment
•First step in responding to perceived needs within a community or client group. •Can arise due to a desire to improve programs or from new attention to unrecognized problems. •Used to prioritize spending, allocate resources and aid planning and development.
