Deck 7: The Preliminary And Beginning Phases In Family Practice

Question 1

According to Freeman,there are four phases of the first interview.Which of the following is not one of the phases?​

A)obtaining the commitment to work as a family
B)defining the problem
C)warming up
D)cooling down

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The process of countertransference is irrelevant in family work.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

According to Thomlison,the focus of family systems practice is:​

A)to build on the resources within the family and community.
B)to focus attention on the family-environment interactions.
C)to recognize the effects of environmental factors on family and child functioning.
D)all of these answers.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In the case of A White Worker with a Native American Family,the worker:​

A)did not participate in the illusion of work.
B)had to deal with the fact that she is white.
C)had to make the clients understand her point of view.
D)answers "did not participate in the illusion of work" and "had to deal with the fact that she is white."

Question 5

In the case of the First Session with a Greek Immigrant Family:​

A)the social worker identified with the father after reading the agency records and making the initial assessment.
B)when the father described concerned with the previous worker,he was indirectly raising concerns about the current worker.
C)during the early part of the interview,the worker was able to deescalate the father by bringing his supervisor to the session.
D)when the father described concerned with the previous worker,he was directly raising concerns about the social work profession.

Question 6

For a new worker facing a family alone,which of the following is NOT something she must keep track of?

A)Each individual member of the family
B)Her own feelings about the session
C)Communication patterns of the family as a whole
D)She must work to keep track of all of the above.

Question 7

Understanding a client's culture,belief system and its values is less important in family work than in individual work.

Question 8

The contracting process with families:​

A)includes the skill of addressing authority issues.
B)does not deal with feedback from the family.
C)must include all family members in a household.
D)occurs with only one member of the family.

Question 9

In the case of A White Worker with a Native American Family,which of the following did NOT happen during the second session?​

A)the worker attempted to join Jim on his view of parents.
B)the worker worked with Jim in a taboo area: the anger and rejection of his step-parent.
C)the worker tried to put the put the client's feelings into words for the benefit of the other family members.
D)the worker encouraged Jim to explore independent living.

Question 10

Nathan Ackerman influenced the ________,which emphasizes the need of the worker to employ skills of observation to identify idiosyncratic language of the family.

A)Structural Approach
B)Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy Approach
C)Psychodynamic Approach
D)Person-centered Approach

Question 11

In the construct of a family two-client system,the worker strives to:​

A)conceptualize and identify with the two clients simultaneously.
B)mediate between the units of the family.
C)identify with the least powerful family member.
D)conceptualize and identify with the most powerful family member.

Question 12

The two-client construct in family work refers to the idea that worker needs to identify two clients simultaneously: the individual and the family system.

Question 13

Shulman's 1991 study on issues of race and practice with Native clients:​

A)analyzed the worker's understanding of the Native culture and the understanding of the impact of race on the working relationship.
B)concluded that the attitudes of the child welfare staff as a whole did not affect outcome measures.
C)concluded that there was a strong negative association between the understanding of the impact of race on the working relationship and the worker's helpfulness.
D)analyzed the worker's understanding of the Native culture is distrusting of helping professionals.

Question 14

In which of the following models would a family be seen as an organism that is more than the sum of its parts,and in which the family constantly affects and is affected by its environment.

A)the Systems model
B)the Interrelational model
C)the Medical model
D)the Mixed-transactional model

Question 15

Short-term family support work often involves:

A)creating a working relationship.
B)helping the family identify the real problems.
C)referring the family for more traditional forms of family therapy.
D)all of these answers.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a reason for lack of a generally agreed upon standard definition of "family?"

A)The change of modern relationships does not fit one single definition.
B)The National Association of Social Workers refuses to create a standard definition.
C)The definition has implications concerning who receives agency service and who can receive benefits.
D)Family structure and relationships do not always follow a particular pattern.

Question 17

In work with families,it is important for the worker to tune in to the family-as-a-whole.

Question 18

The person-centered approach:​

A)was developed by Murray Bowen.
B)seeks to establish a healthy psychological climate for family members.
C)seeks to establish a setting in which all family members attend therapy together.
D)none of the above.

Question 19

The process of triangulation is used within the framework of the person-centered​ approach.

Question 20

The Multi-Systemic Therapy Model:​

A)does not stress the need for interventions within the system.
B)was first developed to treat adults involved in crime and substance abuse.
C)helps to link the goals of the all of the individual entities that care for an ​adolescent.
D)is attributed to Salvador Minuchin.