What do you make of a situation where the client's behavior changes from bad to good to bad during baseline? Should you start the intervention with a sense of stability, if curvilinear, behaviors?
Yes or No?
No
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Systems theory, empowerment theory, the strengths perspective, and the ecological perspective are the theoretical foundations of what?
A. generalist social work B. the advocacy practice and policy model C. the NASW Code of Ethics D. cause and function analysis
Lack of resources as a barrier to goal achievement would constitute all of the following except:
A. The client only possesses sneakers and t-shirts B. The client's level of English is insufficient for job interviews C. The client owns an old automobile; however, he cannot afford insurance D. The single-parent client wishes to work but cannot afford childcare
A client who is unable to tolerate frustration had a tendency to discharge tension by action is said to
A. act-in. B. act-out. C. decompensate. D. sublimate.
What actions could Carla have taken at a micro/mezzo/macro level to address the issues in this case? What might be the consequences for Carla if she devoted time and energy to addressing the systemic issues she has identified?
Carla Hudson, a Black social worker with the Women’s Resource Center (WRC), had worked with Maria Velasquez, a Mexican immigrant and mother of two children, for several years as she struggled to escape a violent home situation. Maria was Carla’s first Spanish-speaking client. Maria’s spoken English was easily understandable, but she could not read or write English well. As Carla assisted Maria in acquiring mainstream services, including Head Start, TANF, Food Stamps, and WIC, she noticed barriers to services that she began to suspect were related to discrimination against Spanish-speaking clients. When two White Head Start caseworkers refused to help Maria attain educational support that she needed in order to gain English literacy, Carla faced the challenge of addressing discrimination issues in another agency and perhaps throughout the service delivery system in Jasper, Alabama.