Group work can provide three challenges that can build upon the group’s great potential. List those three challenges and describe.

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: normalization and socialization, compounded empathy, and multifaceted feedback and help.
Learning Objective: 12.1: Learn about the benefits of social work groups.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Section 12.1: Social Work With Groups

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What will be an ideal response?

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Relative to organizational and community systems, to help people effectively, human services professionals can do which of the following?

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In box 3.5, the majority of the backlash regarding Sen. Clinton's actions came from:

a) Fellow democrats b) The Democratic Leadership Council c) Bloggers and grass roots activists d) You tube posters

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