When parents are unable to resolve the conflicts between them, a common pattern is to continue to argue through the children. When father says mother is too permissive, she says he's too strict
He may in turn withdraw, and she responds to
the child with excessive concern and devotion. The structural term which best
describes the resulting family structure is:
a. diffuse boundaries between husband and wife
b. a cross-generational coalition between mother and child
c. overinvolvement between father and child
d. a pathological triangle
Answer: B
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A) ?listen for gaps in the information. B) ?notice points and words that are not clear. C) ?give advice for the client to follow. D) ?ask about how conclusions are reached.
Jolene is working on a planning effort to coordinate service delivery for homeless women and children. Ogden is a counselor with the Homeless Coalition
Sarah, a legislative advocate, is concerned with social policy development regarding homelessness. Evaluate their activities in relation to the purpose of social work. a. Only Ogden reflects the true social work purpose. b. Jolene and Sarah's work reflects social work purpose. c. Sarah's work, while concerned with social justice, is tangential to social work purpose. d. Jolene, Ogden, and Sarah all reflect the purpose of social work in their work activities.
For Nagy, the central relational dynamic is:
a. Ethics b. Trustworthiness c. The revolving slate d. Filial loyalty
Which of the following is an example of a harm reduction strategy?
a. insisting clients pay at least some money for treatment b. lowering financial barriers to treatment c. removing access to injection equipment d. preventing physicians from prescribing methadone