In order to effectively assess risk and ensure safety, a child welfare agency must:
a. Gather relevant information about risk and protective factors
b. Analyze information
c. Make decision that will provide interventions that increase safety
d. All of the above
D
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What knowledge and skills did Linda possess to work with patients with HIV/AIDS? How did she obtain her knowledge and skills?
in a rural North Carolina community, Linda Summerfield’s job was to provide direct services to people with HIV/AIDS as well as to connect them with resources. Aware of their needs, she also respected their need for confidentiality and anonymity in an area where issues surrounding HIV/AIDS were highly charged and prejudice was common. In 1999, Linda was also eager to help six men in her caseload who were struggling with uncertainty, loneliness, and isolation. Aware of their shared needs, she believed in the healing power of group work for such clients. Although initially reluctant, the six men agreed to “meet” via telephone and, despite their apprehension and some technical difficulties, after five weeks all agreed that the experience was helpful. But when meeting via telephone became unworkable, Linda faced decisions over whether and how or where to persuade the men to continue meeting.
The Reagan and George H.W. Bush years constituted the largest redistribution of resources and rights upward in the nation's history. The economic situations of poor persons worsened due to
A. a deterioration of wages and reductions in social benefits and services. B. a deterioration of wages, reductions in social benefits and services, and increases in Social Security taxes. C. reductions in social benefits and services and increases in Social Security taxes. D. a deterioration of wages and increases in Social Security taxes.
Which of the following is a true statement concerning clients with schizophrenia?
A) ?What looks like resistance or denial may in reality be a manifestation of negative symptoms of schizophrenia. B) ?Clients with co-occurring mental disorder involving psychosis have a higher risk for self- destructive and violent behaviors. C) ?Clients with a co-occurring mental disorder involving psychosis are particularly vulnerable to homelessness, housing instability, victimization, poor nutrition, and inadequate financial resources. D) ?About 1% of people develop schizophrenia during their lifetime; it usually develops between the ages of 16 and 30
According to Gary Teeple, the goal of the Reagan and Bush Administrations was to redistribute
wealth upward, away from those with little
a. This was a necessary corrective to the class warfare waged by the Carter Administration. b. This is an example of class warfare that is seldom recognized as such. c. This was necessary to successfully win the Cold War and Gulf War. d. This was the unintended consequence of a genuine attempt to increase the take?home pay of the working poor.