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Human Services
chapters 13=14
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Undergraduate 3
12/10/2013

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Coalition
Definition
Loose Amalgam of people or groups who support a similar idea or goal.
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Direct Action
Definition
An action that interferes with the orderly conduct of a system that is the target of change
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Change Agents
Definition
Workers who use their skills to bring about change in an unhealthy agency or situation, either alone or in concert with others
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bureaucracy
Definition
The way laws and regulations are implemented by human service workers at that level of direct contact with clints
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Stigma
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Something that detracts from the character or reputation of a person or group. A mark of disgrace or reproach
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Privileged Communication
Definition
Legal protection of confidences revealed in certain specified relationships
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Privacy
Definition
The right to be left alone
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Informed Consent
Definition
Agreement given with the understanding of the full implications of what one is agreeing to.
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Due Process
Definition
Procedural mechanisms that secure or protect a persons legal rights
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Right Treatment
Definition
Legal Assurance that a person who is placed in an institution that purports to give treatment does. in fact, receive treatment
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Least Restrictive settings
Definition
The type of treatment and location that provides the greatest amount of freedom to a client. ( who often has a specific disability)
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Right to Refuse Treatment
Definition
Legal protection granted to a person who does not want treatment that is prescribed by professionals
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Mainstreaming
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Putting people who have emotional disabilities into mainstream society as much as possible. The education for all handicap children act require all children be taught in regular schools and classrooms whenever possible
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Over identification
Definition
The process of relating so completely to another persons feelings and or experiences that one connect separate oneself if from the other person
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Involuntary Clients
Definition
Clients who are forced to use a social service, usually by a court
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Support Groups
Definition
Groups in which members help each other to clarify or act on certain issues
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