U.S. public policy reflects four approaches to defining disability. List them and offer a definition for each

What will be an ideal response?


Medical model-disability is impairment due to abnormality caused by a medical condition; Economic model-disability is the inability to work; Functional model-disability is functional impairment, inability to perform specific activities; Ecological model-disability results from the interaction between individuals and their environment

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What were the two purposes of the California Mental Health Services Act?

What will be an ideal response?

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Problems of personal dissatisfaction are:

a. Often too difficult to be resolved. b. Too self indulgent and human service workers should work on more important issues. c. Appropriate for human service workers to address. d. Typically trivial.

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____________________ of dependent individuals in the community rely on informal caregivers such as family.

a. One fourth b. Half c. Two thirds d. One third

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A Satir-oriented therapist says, "On the surface you look angry and sure of yourself when you are arguing with your spouse. But inside, it seems more like you feel like a sad lonely little girl who isn't too sure of herself. Is that what is going on here?" What strategy is the therapist using?

A) Validation B) Evocative responding C) Empathetic conjecture D) Heightening

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