During an interview, an African American woman says she works three part-time jobs to take care of her two children while her drug part-time jobs to take care of her two children while her drugdependent
She says that as much as
she has tried, she can no longer endure the pain it is causing and she
needs help. How do you respond to this information?
A. You tell her that her husband needs to come in for an
assessment and treatment, and she is the one who can make
him do it.
B. You recall the superwoman myth and congratulate her on her
decision to come in and focus on her own needs in addition to
those of her family.
C. You tell her to call the police the next time her husband takes
drugs and have him arrested.
D. You say nothing and let her continue talking.
B
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One of the few times the federal government took a preventive approach to child and family welfare was with passage
of:
a. The Temporary Assistance to Need Families Act b. The Family Care Act c. The Family and Medical Leave Act d. The Adoption and Foster Care Assistance Act e. The Child Welfare Act of 1965
The “chameleon strategy” used by Richard Leo in his study of police interrogations refers to:
a. the strategy he used for deciding which police to observe. b. how he presented a particular personality to the police to gain their cooperation. c. the strategy he used for maintaining confidentiality. d. how he convinced the sponsors of the research to provide funding for the research.
Families that lack dependability, coherency, and flexibility often appear chaotic. These families are harder to diagnose, and Aponte calls them _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Which of the following marked the beginning of the foster care concept in America?
A. the establishment of public orphanages beginning in the late 1700s B. the orphan trains that transported children all over America, Canada, and Mexico to new families from the 1850s to the early 1900s C. the creation of group homes run by private charities in the 1820s D. Dorothea Dix's lobbying of state and federal government in the mid-1800s