Research-Based Practice: Select one category of practice theory, then explain its benefits to social work practice. What are the shortcomings of this body of theories?

What will be an ideal response?


Model Response: Knowledge is a fundamental ingredient of empowerment. Consider the cultural knowledge needed to support self-determination in two cul-tural contexts, for example, a lesbian family, an illegal Mexican family, or with a middle class Muslim woman.

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Case management includes:

a. Crisis intervention b. Brokering c. Writing case notes d. All of the above

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Changes in treatment of the mentally ill in the early-1900s received major impetus from the work of:

a. Dorothea Dix b. Jane Addams c. Philippe Pinel d. Mary Richmond

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What is Drunkman's sampling frame?

A) the drinking behavior of students B) students both in the directory and not in the directory C) the 2002 student telephone directory D) Wild State University E) the class levels

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Which of the following is internal criticism of a letter by General Rao written in 1904?

A) checking that the letter was not actually written in 1864 B) checking to be sure that general's wife was not the letter's author C) checking that the general witnessed events referred to in the letter and that the meanings within the letter are consistent D) asking why the letter survived to the present

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