Exam 6: Verbal Following, Exploring, and Focusing Skills

In the context of furthering responses, _____ signal the social worker's attentiveness and encourage the client to continue verbalizing.

Which of the following responses would be used by a social worker to elicit limited information from a client?

Client messages may ramble to the extent that they contain numerous unrelated elements that cannot all be tied together. In such instances, the social worker's task is to:

Sometimes a reframe might focus on amplification, which means:

A client states, "This past month my daughter has just been unbearable." The social worker responds, "Unbearable?" The social worker's response is a(n) _____.

During the phase of an initial session with a client, which of the following can be effectively employed to tie together and highlight essential aspects of the session before proceeding to explore additional concerns and strengths?

In the context of maintaining psychological contact with clients and exploring their problems, _____ emphasize the cognitive aspects of client messages, such as situations, ideas, objects, or persons.

Which of the following is an example of a closed-ended question?

_____ invite expanded expression and leave a client free to express what seems most relevant and important to him or her.

What are complex reflections? Describe at least one situation in which a social worker might use a complex reflection

Skills in focusing are critical to a social worker because:

Which of the following statements made by a social worker has a high degree of specificity?

_____ do not take the form of a question but embody a request for information.

Clients do not always perceive social worker questions about concerns as helpful. Should a social worker adjust his or her verbal following skills according to age, setting, and language? If yes, how could he or she do so?

An initial interview with Ms. Greta produces little information about the kind of help she is seeking. She rambles between topics and introduces new people, events, and topics without making any connection between them. The social worker needs to extract elements from Ms. Greta that are relevant to the session. In this scenario, which of the following is the best course of action for the social worker?

How should you respond if your client is using language that you are not familiar with?

A father of a teenage boy, who has been truant, says to the social worker, "I am sick and tired of this. This boy is going to have to grow up and learn that the world does not owe him anything. Nothing is going to be given to him." The social worker responds by asking the father, "Are you saying that your son has not learned some important life lessons?" The social worker's response would be an example of:

What are the implications for utilizing empathy skills in problem-solving focused settings?

In the context of reflection responses, _____ identify the emotions expressed by a client but do not take a stand or attempt to help the client deal with the emotions.

In the context of verbal following, incongruent responses to clients have been associated with: