To avoid or alleviate practical pitfalls when carrying out experiments in social work agencies, researchers should:
A) Include agency staff in the research planning phase
B) Keep research staff away from program staff during the study.
C) Avoid developing or using treatment manuals for the experimental or control conditions.
D) ?Refrain from recruiting clients on an ongoing basis throughout the study.
A
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During the first half of the 19th Century, the main thrust of social welfare
a. by local governments lay in constructing institutional settings. b. by local governments lay in deinstitutionalizing people and releasing them to the community. c. was to develop a constitutional precedent for the federal government to provide social services to citizens. d. lay in transferring the resources and energy of private groups to local governments
Why is using facial gestures important in practice?
a. It conveys a sense that you want them to stop talking b. They can be humorous and you can help your client feel better by making them laugh with the different funny faces you make when they seem upset c. It can show others in this way that you are listening, engaged, and thinking about what they are saying to you, in a way that helps clients feel that you are connecting to them, appreciate what they are saying, and trying actively to understand what they are saying to you d. They can make the client think you are listening to them when you really are not, so that they do not get angry at you for ignoring them
When an individual is taking steps to modify his or her behavior to solve a problem, he or she is considered to be in which of the following stages?
A) ?precontemplation B) ?contemplation C) ?preparation D) ?action
A human service worker needs to decide upon a theory of practice to use with a
client that she is not sure how to help. The decision should ultimately be based on whether _______. A. a theory incorporates as many elements as possible into it B. a theory is one that many other workers subscribe to C. a practice is a new one D. a practice works for the situation