Bree is a social worker who wants to help her clients by applying the life model of practice. Which of the following strategies is Bree most likely to apply to her practice?
a. Give clients advice
b. Suggest methods of treatment for her clients
c. Find out her clients’ greatest sources of strength
d. Direct her clients to sources of financial assistance
c
Feedback to correct answer: The Life Model practice method im-plements the concepts of the ecological perspective into a practice approach. It differs from popular practice approaches in that it did not focus on the deficits of a person, but rather models interactions in the practice relationship around life processes, and focuses on client strengths.
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Physicians and medical students that work with obese patients have been found to:
a) empower patients to take steps to reduce their weight b) use adjectives such as bad, sad, ugly, lacking self-control and difficult to manage c) use adjectives such as easy to empower, good, average to manage d) work positively with patients that are obese or approaching obesity
___________ interviews allow for a more detailed description of cultural variables and perspectives.
a. Quantitative b. Ethnographic c. On site d. Off site
PIE allows generalist social workers to perceive people as participants in a(n)
A. extended family B. culture that includes only minorities C. society that is urban in nature D. family, culture, and society
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
One of the limitations of the Session Rating Scale and the Outcome Rating Scale is that they do not allow the client a great range of self-expression in describing the outcomes they seek.