Deck 12: Working in the Community

Question 1

Today, helpers are encouraged to become_____ to reform social systems and ameliorate unnecessary suffering.

A) political candidates
B) environmental change agents
C) environmental activists
D) political activists

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a task practitioners might be involved in when educating the community?

A) Supporting the needs of minority groups in the community
B) Initiating programs aimed at preventing problems
C) Developing strategies to deal effectively with poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, child sexual/physical abuse, child neglect, and domestic violence
D) Evaluating human-service programs to assess student understanding

Answer 2

D

Question 3

​A __________ requires helpers to design interventions that go beyond the office. It takes a paradigm shift for helpers trained in individual helping models to learn to identify the community as the client.

A) ​community workers
B) ​community change agent
C) ​community perspective
D) ​community orientation

Answer 3

D

Question 4

All of the following are considered as alternative helping roles EXCEPT

A) advocate.
B) diagnostic expert.
C) facilitator of indigenous support systems.
D) change agent.

Question 5

​The __________ differs from the traditional model used in the helping professions in the sense that the community worker does not wait for people to come in for help.

A) ​community approach
B) ​indirect approach
C) ​social assistance approach
D) ​outreach approach

Question 6

The role of __________ is similar to that of consultant. It differs in that the community worker in this role initiates the discussion with clients about ways to deal with environmental problems that contribute to their personal problems.​

A) ​consultant
B) ​adviser
C) ​facilitator
D) ​change agent

Question 7

The goal of the community approach is to

A) provide long-term therapy for individual clients.
B) implement managed care in all agency settings.
C) educate the public and attempt to change the attitudes of the community toward mental-health programs.
D) focus on individual client change.

Question 8

The outreach approach includes educational endeavors of all of the following EXCEPT

A) skills training.
B) education of the community.
C) consultation.
D) change agent.

Question 9

All of the following groups of people might be reluctant to seek professional counseling or therapy EXCEPT

A) ethnically diverse clients.
B) people in rural environments.
C) older adults.
D) married couples in distress.

Question 10

A process that considers both individual and environmental factors is consistent with the __________, which began in the 1950s and was based on the premise that human problems result primarily from failures in the social system.​

A) ​community health care agency movement
B) ​community workers movement
C) ​community medical health movement
D) ​community mental health movement

Question 11

Who is likely to receive the greatest benefit from direct community services?

A) Teenagers participating in an AIDS awareness/prevention workshop
B) A heroine addict
C) The leader of a gang
D) A child abuser

Question 12

__________ describes a diverse pool of human services workers and community health workers with varying levels of education and training whose primary duties revolve around serving individuals within their community and serving the community as a whole.​

A) ​Community agency
B) ​Community education
C) ​Community workers
D) ​Community perspective

Question 13

Practitioners must remember that before people can be motivated toward growth and actualization

A) they must be well-off financially.
B) they must be well educated.
C) their basic needs must be met.
D) their wants should be fulfilled.

Question 14

Any indigenous healing practices may

A) cause helpers to feel a heightened sense of anxiety.
B) benefit the helper's self-care program.
C) require helpers to abandon their own religious or spiritual values.
D) may be unethical and illegal.

Question 15

Proactive efforts carried out by counseling professional in response to institutional, systemic, and cultural impediments to their clients' well-being defines

A) ​advocacy.
B) ​adviser.
C) ​change agent.
D) ​consultant.

Question 16

Helpers who participate in social and political activism are carrying out which of the following roles?

A) Outreach
B) Client advocacy
C) Paraprofessional intervention
D) Preventive education

Question 17

Marilyn's 5-year-old daughter has the flu and needs to be admitted to the hospital for dehydration. Marilyn wants to stay overnight with her in the hospital, but the head nurse refuses her request. When Marilyn comes to you for help, you find out the hospital procedure for overnights, discuss this with Marilyn, and decide that you both should try to approach the head nurse about the situation. In this instance, you are using which of the following indirect client services?

A) Outreach activities
B) Client advocacy
C) Confronting ethical issues
D) Networking

Question 18

Becoming a culturally competent helper requires being open to

A) indigenous health and healing practices.
B) psychodynamic explanations for clients' irrational behavior.
C) higher malpractice insurance premiums.
D) working longer hours in one's office and doing more paperwork.

Question 19

A __________ is a number of people who share a distinct location, ​belief, interest, activity, or other characteristic that clearly identifies their commonality and differentiates them from those not sharing it.

A) ​community
B) ​advocate
C) ​adviser
D) ​helper

Question 20

_____ is a multifaceted approach combining direct and indirect services to help community members live more effectively and to prevent the problems most frequently faced by those who use the services.

A) Group counseling
B) Community counseling
C) Client advocacy
D) Preventative education

Question 21

Not all practitioners have the same areas of interest and expertise. When working in community intervention, practitioners should possess all of the following EXCEPT

A) ​have the ability to connect with the community whether or not they have the ability to connect community members with each other.
B) ​are familiar with resources within the community.
C) ​have a basic knowledge of the cultural background of their clients.
D) ​are able to alter the types of strategies and services they use with clients.

Question 22

Many school counselors are caught in the "nice counselor syndrome." List and briefly explain 2-3 of the recommendations to avoid this.​

Question 23

Describe 2-3 tasks practitioners might be involved in when educating the community. Describe the importance of each task. ​

Question 24

A shift in thinking toward __________ is slowly gaining recognition in the counseling profession.​

A) ​client advocacy
B) ​therapist advocacy
C) ​client idealism
D) ​client understanding

Question 25

__________ is essential in understanding the cultural relevance and appropriateness of advocacy interventions as counselors bring their own attitudes and beliefs to the sociopolitical history of their communities.​

A) ​Cultural distance
B) ​Religious advice
C) ​Multicultural competence
D) ​Spiritual attitude

Question 26

The helping professions must recognize that many problems reside outside the person. Due to this, alternative roles to traditional helping models will benefit clients. List 2-3 alternative roles and explain their benefits.​

Question 27

Stabilization for a client often includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) ​housing.
B) ​food.
C) ​money.
D) ​self-exploration.

Question 28

List 2-3 tasks practitioners might be involved in when educating the community. Describe the importance of each task.​

Question 29

A counselor working with a group of traumatized veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan may encourage these clients to join her in a public awareness campaign to educate the community about PTSD. This counselor is working in which alternate role?

A) ​Change agent
B) ​Consultant
C) ​Advocate
D) ​Adviser

Question 30

Describe direct and indirect client services and briefly explain ​the difference between them.