To be systemically consistent, therapists should do which of the following?
a. Utilize cookbook cures
b. Be guided by a theoretical model
c. Individualize interventions/perturbations
d. Be guided by what has worked in the past
Answer: C
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The mental health agency learns that a local landlord refuses to rent out apartments to African Americans. The Board decides to take action on behalf of several clients who have been refused housing. The best strategy is to
A. use existing anti-discrimination statutes and institutions to force landlords to comply with the law. B. organize a demonstration to protest the landlord's actions. C. sue the landlord for damages. D. publicize the landlord's behavior.
What is the difference between family social work and family therapy?
a. Family therapy relies on office-based intervention to help families make systemic changes while family social work can be both home-based and community based, often unfolding in the same time and space as family life and focusing on such things as daily routines and social environment. b. Family therapy involves working in the community with family to assess their functioning which family social work is in the office assessing a families functioning. c. Family therapy involves working solely in the community to provide interventions to a family while family social work relies on office-based intervention to help families make systemic changes. d. Family therapy relies on daily routines, skills and interactions while family social work focuses on working with families on providing concrete services usually in an office setting.
According to Constable (2009), school social workers serve as important liaisons between the
school system, and a student's family system and community, in order to A) improve psychological functioning B) increase psychosocial support C) increase test scores which are directly related to federal funding D) remove barriers to a student's optimum academic performance
The political economy of a social agency:
a. Has little effect on its survival and influence. b. Is a key element to its survival and influence. c. Has to do with the goods and services it provides. d. Is the agency's source of income.