Deck 13: Ending

Question 1

It is important for a social worker to seek feedback from clients about things that he or she said or did that were not helpful.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

_____ involves a summary retrospection of what has occurred between you and your clients during the time you have worked together.

A)Reviewing the process
B)Current assessment
C)Final evaluation
D)Sharing ending feelings

Answer 2

A

Question 3

You have reviewed the process and engaged in a final evaluation of progress with the Smith family.In the last several minutes remaining in this final meeting, you would like to share ending feelings and say goodbye.What would you say to the Smith family in the given situation?

Answer 3

Students' answers will vary.The nature and intensity of the feelings clients experience as they conclude a relationship with you vary according to their personal characteristics, the duration of service, the issue and goals, the roles and functions you served, and the degree of progress (Hess & Hess, 1999).Because ending is a significant event in the lives of many clients, social workers often engage others in sharing ending feelings and saying goodbye.
Clients may experience several emotional responses as they end their relationship with you: anger, sadness, loss, fear, guilt, rejection, ambivalence, gratitude, and affection.Clients may hesitate to express their emotions freely at this time.If they conclude the relationship without sharing some of these feelings, they may experience a sense of incompleteness.This "unfinished" quality may impede the appropriate process of psychological separation from you and inhibit the client's movement toward increased autonomy and independence.Therefore, we usually encourage clients to express their ending feelings.

Question 4

Which of the following is a reason for client discontinuance?

A)The social worker feels that the client poses a potential threat to others and decides to discontinue their working relationship.
B)The client is unhappy or unsatisfied with some aspect of the working relationship with the social worker and stops attending sessions.
C)The client and the social worker mutually agree that he or she needs to be transferred to another helping professional.
D)The social worker is hesitant to share feedback with a client.

Question 5

Which of the following modes of ending a work relationship between a social worker and his or her client is initiated exclusively by the latter?

A)Transferral
B)Termination
C)Client discontinuation
D)Referral

Question 6

T F 8.Following your final meeting with a client, you synthesize what occurred into a written closing summary.

Question 7

A social worker should share his or her subjective impressions of progress with a client during the final evaluating.

Question 8

The ending process between a social worker and the client is always initiated by the social worker.

Question 9

You have been working with Mrs.Audrey for approximately two months.She has accomplished virtually all the goals that you identified together.This meeting is your last.What would you say to engage Mrs.Audrey in the process of final evaluating?

Question 10

In _____, you encourage clients to share their reactions to the results of measurement instruments such as questionnaires, various individual or subjective rating scales, and the graphic reflections of trends and patterns.

A)needs assessment
B)final evaluating
C)plan execution
D)functional analysis

Question 11

Social workers can freely express whatever feelings they experience during the ending phase.

Question 12

During the ending process of the work relationship between a social worker and the client, why is sharing ending feelings and saying goodbye important?

A)It helps the client suppress feelings that are inappropriate to share with the social worker.
B)It allows the social worker to share his or her emotions-be it anger, sense of guilt, or inadequacy-with the client.
C)It helps prevent a sense of incompleteness that may otherwise inhibit the client's movement toward increased autonomy and independence.
D)It helps the social worker suppress feelings that are inappropriate to share with the client.

Question 13

T F 6.Not having the opportunity to express his or her feelings about the end of the relationship with the social worker may impede the client's progress toward independence.

Question 14

Final evaluating is a cooperative process.

Question 15

The social work ending skills do not include a client's review of the process.