In the first therapeutic session as mother tells the social worker that her baby constantly eats dirt and other things off the floor when crawling about. She states that she knows the baby is not hungry because it also happens after the baby has been fed. In the assessment phase the social worker is most likely to suspect that the child suffers from:

A. Rumination Disorder
B. Atypical Eating Disorder
C. Childhood Schizophrenia
D. Pica


D. Pica

Best answer is D.
This is the criterion for Pica.

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The technique that requires the social worker to restate and explore the cli-ent’s feeling statements is referred to as:

a. Reflection of feeling b. Social paraphrasing c. Therapeutic exploration d. Exploratory paraphrasing

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Supervisors should be aware that even when staff members demonstrate they can manage a situation on their own, they should not be abandoned to figure out how to deal with discouragement that may be part of the process.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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