Exam 13: Community and Social Justice Perspectives

Nakita is an African-American mother with four children who has had difficulty finding housing in a safe community.Lisa,her social worker,suspects that racial discrimination is involved and takes Nakita to sites that she has previously screened for availability.In this case,Lisa is acting as an

In regards to helpers working in the community,providing services in ________________ may be clinically and ethically indicated and may be most beneficial to clients.

The goal of counseling from a social justice perspective is

Social justice is referred to as a ____________,which entails a paradigm shift beyond the individual and represents a proactive concern with advocacy and social change and focuses on changing systems and policies on multiple levels.

Counselors can encourage ethnic minority clients to learn skills they can use to interact successfully with various forces in their community by acting as their

Counselors who base their practice on aspirational ethics oppose all forms of

_____________ is/are a diverse pool of human-service workers whose primary duties include serving individuals within the community in a variety of community groups and includes social workers,community organizers and developers,clinical mental health counselors,psychologists,psychiatrists,nurses,counselors,couples and family therapists,artists,activists,clergy persons,human-service workers with varying degrees of education and training,and residents involved in the community.

The ___________ in a community agency are more complex and difficult to resolve than ones pertaining to individual counseling.If a worker is not motivated,the system may tolerate this lack of motivation.If the system violates the rights of the client (community),then this is a real challenge to address.

____________ aim to change the social environment to reduce the mental and physical health problems of the population as a whole by influencing public policy.

In regards to advocacy competencies,which of the following statements is FALSE?

The ___________ perspective,when working with marginalized groups in our society,is most enhanced (a)when mental health professionals can understand how individual and systemic worldviews shape clinical practice and (b)when they are equipped with organizational and system knowledge,expertise,and skills.

The ____________ is relevant to all communities,but it is particularly relevant to underserved communities.By addressing the cause of the problem within the community,we can help change the lives of many individuals-not just the one person sitting in our office or clinic.

Prevention programs that help people develop a wider range of competencies,such as interpersonal skills training or marriage education,are considered

Counselors can also reach out to the community outside of the counseling setting by

Chong is a legal immigrant who is having posttraumatic stress symptoms as a result of his experiences in Laos.He may be reluctant to use the available counseling resources because of all the following reasons EXCEPT

In this role,counselors assist clients in recognizing oppressive forces in the community as a source of their problem and teach their clients strategies for developing political power to bring about change in the clients' social and physical environment.

____________ include any institution-public or private,nonprofit or for-profit-designed to provide a wide range of social and psychological services to the community.

Tony,a recently relocated Mexican-American man,is seeking help from a Spanish-speaking organization designed to meet the needs of newly arriving legal immigrants.Tony is quite depressed,but reluctant to talk to his counselor about his problems.The counselor refers him to an indigenous resource who is more likely to be trusted by Tony.He was most likely referred to

The process of systemic change can be defined as

Many __________ of war struggle to function in society due to immobilizing PTSD symptoms,substance abuse,and low social support.