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| exposed to everything, have a wide spectrum before you narrow focus |
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| Social Work Career Ladder |
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| Steps to advance professionally (education!) |
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| National Association of Social Workers |
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| What is the Difference between Social Work and Sociology? |
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| Sociology is the study of people and how they interact in groups; Social Work is the professional field where people apply those concepts |
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| 3 Services in the Continuum of Care for children in the US |
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Protective Services- Shield children from maltreatment
Family Therapy-Assists families
Foster Care- Informal (family) or govt placed |
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| What difficulties do parents face in the workplace? |
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| Not flexible schedule, can be fired for getting pregnant or not given opportunity for advancement |
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| Case Manager in mental health setting |
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| coordinates and ensures that all services needed by a client are provided. (Medical, financial, legal, etc.) |
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| Secondary Setting for a Social Worker |
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| Where social work is not the primary function (ex: schools) |
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
-4th edition
-text revised |
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| category that focuses on disturbances of mood |
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| General approaches for treating a mental disorder? |
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| Medication, monitoring, various forms of psychotherapy |
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| acute care vs. sub-acute care |
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acute- facilities that provide immediate, short term care
Sub-acute- provide intensive medical services for ppl who don't need to remain in hospital, still not long term |
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| Palliative Care and what workers do in this setting? |
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treatment to relieve pain and provide the best quality of life possible to the terminally ill
-SW assist, offer counseling, crisis intervention |
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65& up, disabled, kidney failure
A) Hospital Insurance
B) Supplementary Medical Insurance
C)Medicare and Choice
D) Prescription |
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| 3 roles of social work in schools? |
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Family Work
Group Work
Adjustment Counselor |
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| 3 issues SW may encounter in school settings? |
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| Teen pregnancy, violence, underage drinking |
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Individual Education Program
-more help for students who need it
-can be very specific |
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| Both kids get thrown out of school if there is a fight. The school will not deal with any act or threat of violence |
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| Substance dependence vs. substance abuse |
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Dependence: Withdrawal & Tolerance
Abuse: Failure to fulfill major role obligations, use when physically hazardous, continued use despite social or interpersonal probs |
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| What is the Harm Reduction Model and how would it work in the US? |
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| a controversial program used in European countries where there is no negative stereotyping attached to drinking and programs that protect the public by protecting drug users health (clean needles, etc.) |
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| The generation caught between their kids and older parents |
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| Name on least restrictive service and most restrictive service on the continuum of care. |
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least- home health care
most- assisted living |
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| Historically, how have people with disabilities been treated? |
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-seen as defective and useless
-training schools, protective asylums, sent to work/live on farms |
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| Applied Social Darwinism to humans and used to provoke fear among people to disregard the mentally ill. |
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| Identify 3 categories of developmental disabilities |
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Autism
learning disability
hearing problems |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
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-assists all people with disabilities
-requirements for employers
-reasonable access
-reasonable modification to education |
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-Strengthen ADA
-Complaints are handled by the Equal Employment Commissions |
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Misdemeanor- minor crime punishable by fines, probation, or a relatively brief jail sentence
Felony- a serious crime |
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| a program that requires offender to compensate the victim |
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| identify 2 value dilemmas for social workers in criminal justice |
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-The use and abuse of authority
-Confidentiality
-being required to testify |
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