Deck 4: Beginnings And The Contracting Skills

Question 1

The skills that helps a client break large and often overwhelming problems into manageable parts is:​

A)containment
B)partializing the client's concerns
C)dealing with issues of authority
D)summarizing the client's concerns

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A form of cultural insensitivity is stereotyping clients by their cultural identity grouping.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Mailick in proposing a new approach to differential assessment calls for acknowledging three major determinants that contribute to assessment.They include all of the following except:​

A)the theoretical and value orientation of the practice
B)the unit of attention
C)the nature and scope of agency service
D)the correct DSM diagnosis

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The skill of exploring the meaning of a silence by putting the client's possible feelings into words (for instance,"Are you angry right now?")is termed:​

A)reaching inside of silences
B)working in the silence
C)labeling the silence
D)none of these answers

Question 5

The Health Insurance Patient Protection Act prohibits students in social work programs from:

A)presenting cases in classes without deidenitifying information
B)presenting cases in classes
C)presenting cases to filed instructors
D)answers "presenting cases in classes without deidenitifying information" and "presenting cases to filed instructors"

Question 6

Which of the following alternative assessment approaches is used to assess and empower culturally diverse families?

A)Ecomap
B)Culturagram
C)Social network
D)Genogram

Question 7

Helping a client break large and often overwhelming problems into manageable parts is referred to as:

A)partialization.
B)summarization
C)elaboration
D)containment

Question 8

Subtle and often unrecognizable behaviors in the counseling process that are likely to occur outside the awareness of well intentioned therapists are referred to as:​

A)microskills
B)mistakes.
C)micoagressions.
D)microdigressions

Question 9

Asking a lesbian colleague "how do lesbians feel about this?" is an example of?​

A)cultural insensitivity
B)societal ambivalence
C)cultural awareness
D)societal taboos

Question 10

Which of the following statements is most true about contracting?​

A)Contracts are negotiated in the beginning phase and can only be changed by the client.
B)Contracts are only valid is they are written and signed by all parties.
C)Contracts are negotiated continuously with mandated clients only.
D)Contracts are negotiated continuously through recontracting and can be openly changed as the work proceeds.

Question 11

Which of the following does NOT contribute to a worker's reluctance to be direct about the purpose of the work?​

A)The worker's tendency to be embarrassed about the worker's intentions
B)The worker's tendency to be embarrassed about the agency location
C)The worker's tendency to be embarrassed about the client's problems
D)None of these answers

Question 12

Reaching for the client's feedback may involve a simple question or a statement of specific illustrative examples of possible concerns.

Question 13

In Shulman's research studies,the skill of clarifying worker role was significantly associated with a worker's ability to be helpful.

Question 14

Diagnosis can be seen dynamically as something that changes and shifts,often moment to moment,as opposed to a fixed description of a client's problems.

Question 15

The ________ is essentially whether or not the client will engage with the worker in a meaningful way and begin to develop the therapeutic alliance.

A)first decision
B)first intervention
C)critical decision
D)core element

Question 16

________ is the client's granting of permission to the social worker and agency or other professional person to use specific intervention procedures.

A)Duty to warn
B)Confidentiality
C)Informed consent
D)Sharing client's feelings

Question 17

Three critical skills in the beginning phase of work are:​

A)Clarifying purpose,explaining paperwork,and reaching for client feedback
B)Clarifying purpose,clarifying role,and reaching for client feedback
C)Clarifying purpose,clarifying role,and reaching for client agreement
D)Clarifying purpose,clarifying role,and obtaining consent

Question 18

All of the following are interpretations of resistance EXCEPT:​

A)The counselor-client relationship has not been sufficiently established.
B)The counselor does not have a sufficient understanding of the client's world.
C)The client is mandated to service.
D)The counselor and client have not reached a mutually agreed-upon goal.

Question 19

The working relationship precedes the work.

Question 20

In the practice example First Session with a Voluntary,Resistant Father: The "Agency Client",the client opens up when the worker

A)gives the client information
B)becomes defensive
C)confronts the clients about his problems
D)demonstrates persistent and genuine concern with the client's feelings