Discuss Wakefield's meaning in the statement, "It is the focus on minimal distributive justice that differentiates clinical social work from traditional psychotherapy" Be sure to explain "minimal distributive justice."
What will be an ideal response?
Students should know what basic social minimum means and social worker's role in bringing someone above that minimum. Also acceptable is discussion of social justice for micro practice by focusing on clients who lack basic social needs.
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A mandated reporter in child maltreatment situations is
a. any person who witnesses abuse according to the maltreatment laws of all states. b. only a social worker, primary physician, or public school teacher. c. someone who, in a professional capacity, is required to report maltreatment. d. someone who does not have to state his or her name when reporting.
Which perspective views social welfare as serving only those with the most problems or greatest need?
a. Social Darwinism b. laissez-faire c. residual d. institutional
Suppose a study is done in which the experimental and control groups both get pretests and posttests. Which of the following is the best statistical procedure?
a. Conduct a paired-samples t-test separately for each group to see whether the experimental group's improvement is more statistically significant than the control group's improvement b. Conduct an independent-samples t-test that compares the posttest means only. c. Conduct an independent-samples t-test that compares the changes scores in the two groups. d. All of these are equally acceptable.
Our ego involvement can influence us to disregard evidence that contradicts our beliefs
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.