Keisha is a social work administrator and is responsible for evaluating interventions. She believes
that the strengths model has relevance, but that it may be ineffective as a sole paradigm for treating
clients with developmental disabilities.
She wants to conduct a needs assessment to gather more
information, but unfortunately does not have the necessary funding. What can Keisha do?
a) Literature review
b) Obtain stakeholder feedback
c) Ascertain physical barriers
d) Ascertain psychological barriers
a
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Suppose you obtained the following results in a multiple baseline design assessing the impact of family therapy on tantrums, chores, and truancy in treating one child and his parents. Which interpretation(s) is(are) plausible?
Number of tantrums:Al : 4 4 4 B1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Number of chores performed:A2 : 0 0 0 3 3 B2: 3 3 3 3 3 3 Number of days truant:A3 : 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 B3: 0 0 0 0
a. History could have caused the change. b. The intervention may have had generalizable effects. c. History could have caused the change or the intervention may have been effective, with generalizable effects. d. none of these.
Stakeholders are:
a) social workers that operate solely in the political arena. b) all the actors interested in and potentially affected by a policy. c) individuals that utilize a specific social program. d) None of the above.
Analytic inductions can best be used to do which of the following?
A. test a hypothesis where knowledge is well known and the hypothesis is now well supported by existing research B. examine theories about human dysfunction with a particular focus on age as a critical variable C. support an existing hypothesis D. refine, or improve, an existing hypothesis
Involuntary referral is illustrated by all EXCEPT
a. inadvertent services by a human service agency b. juvenile court may order services for first offenders c. individuals incarcerated for crimes d. agreement of abusive parents to seek counseling