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When addressing termination of the client in a planned short-term treatment context, it should FIRST be discussed with the client:
A) In the beginning of treatment
B) In the middle of treatment
C) At the end of treatment
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When addressing termination of the client in a planned short-term treatment context, it should FIRST be
discussed with the client:
A) In the beginning of treatment
B) In the middle of treatment
C) At the end of treatment
D) Generally, not discussed until termination - ✔✔-A) In the beginning of treatment
Key words: addressing termination, planned short-term treatment, first discussed
In planned short-term, time limits and planned termination are essential to the practice structure. # of
treatment sessions usually established in the first session.
The termination process is most commonly associated with:
A) Evaluating goals and accomplishments
B) Implementing a plan of action
C) Setting limits
D) Developing a contract - ✔✔-A) Evaluating goals and accomplishments
A family with a teenage girl brings their daughter in for counseling due to suspected substance abuse.
The daughter is defiant and says it is her parents who need help and she refuses any intervention. What
should the social worker due first?
A) Refer the daughter for substance abuse counseling
,B) Explain to the parents that her attitude is typical for her age
C) Assist the daughter to express her anger with her parents
D) Explore and clarify what the problem is that will need to be addressed - ✔✔-D) Explore and clarify
what the problem is that will need to be addressed
Key Words: Suspected substance abuse. Option A - referral is for counseling, not drug testing.
A social worker is working with a client that is female and a single-parent mother with three small
children. When referring this client in the community for service, the most important information for
the social worker to discuss with the client is:
A) The agency's reputation in the human service community
B) Appropriateness of the agency service to meet the client's needs
C) Fees the agency will charge the client for services
D) Ease with which the client can reach the agency from home or work - ✔✔-B) Appropriateness of the
agency service to meet the client's needs
While all choices may be relevant at some point, appropriateness of the agency to address the problem
is essential. Other factors are secondary distracters.
Which of the following tasks most appropriately describes the activities of a social worker in the role of
community organizer?
A) Determining the redistribution of scarce resources within a community
B) Enacting legislation that strengthens the funding of a community program
C) Collecting data on social welfare programs and suggesting strategies for improvement
D) Developing and working with groups from a community to improve relationships among the residents
- ✔✔-D) Developing and working with groups from a community to improve relationships among the
residents
,The basics of social work & community organization in the practice community require the social worker
to be active working with residents of the community. Other distracters are roles that a social worker
might assume, but are NOT typical of the traditional role.
A 15-year-old male teenager is angry with his father. He cannot tell his father how he feels. He plays
football and during practice he deliberately tackles a member of the other team, fiercely knocking the
other player to the ground. While charging the other player, he is thinking about his father and the
anger he has for him. This is an example of:
A) Sublimation
B) Displacement
C) Reaction Formation
D) Projection - ✔✔-A) Sublimation
The individual deals with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by channeling potentially
maladaptive feelings or impulses into socially acceptable behavior. (e.g. contact sports to channel angry
impulses)
A client discusses with the social worker a fight she had with her husband. The client explains how angry
she was with her husband, but the husband abruptly left the house and ended the fight. The client
reported she was still furious with him. Since she had to hurry and get her daughter ready for school,
she wildly brushed the child's hair until the child complained it hurts. The mother is expressing her anger
with the father while combing the child's hair roughly. This is an example of:
A) Sublimation
B) Displacement
C) Reaction Formation
D) Projection - ✔✔-B) Displacement
The mother is putting her anger into a safer substitute object, which, in this case, is the child's hair.
A couple with two children is recently divorced. The mother is given custody of the children and the
father does not visit or pay child support. When the mother tries to discipline the child, he constantly
complains that his father was a better parent and would always know how to help him when needed. He
, complains that the mother can never understand what he is experiencing and wishes his father was still
there. This is an example of:
A) Rationalization
B) Denial
C) Idealization
D) Intellectualization - ✔✔-C) Idealization
In this situation, it appears the child is dealing with his loss by attributing exaggerated positive qualities
to his father.
L has a child who was recently diagnosed with a terminal illness. L. tells the social worker that her child is
not ill and will not be returning to the clinic for follow-up. Which of the following defense mechanisms is
BEST represented by L's response?
A) Rationalization
B) Denial
C) Intellectualization
D) Projective Identification - ✔✔-B) Denial
This is an example of denial where the mother refuses to acknowledge the situation.
A social worker is seeing an adolescent referred by his parents who are concerned about his angry
outbursts related to an intense hatred for homosexuals. After several sessions with the social worker,
the adolescent acknowledges having homosexual fantasies, but continues to articulate his hatred for
gays. Which defense mechanism is most likely being displayed?
A) Reaction Formation
B) Denial
C) Sublimation
D) Displacement - ✔✔-A) Reaction Formation
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