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Social Work Final
This is the final exam for Introduction to Social work
Question | Answer |
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transitional poor | Temporarily in poverty because of a change. |
marginal poor | barely making enough to meet their needs |
residual poor | long term, stereotype |
Misconceptions of homelessness | homeless people have a mental illness or are on drugs, Shelter space is always available, people who are homeless are unemployed, the government is meeting the needs of the crisis |
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Assistance Act of 1987 | established programs for housing, food, and education |
life sustaining programs | meet the needs for people who are homeless |
rehabilitative services | programs for education, job training, addiction treatment, domestic violence |
Policy and program advocacy | strengthen local, state, and federal responses to homelessness |
cyclical unemployment | recessions or economic fluctuations in the demand for workers. |
Frictional unemployment | temporarily out of work because of job change |
Structural unemployment | people's skills fall short of requirement or discimination occurs |
retribution | oldest goal, eye for an eye tooth for a tooth |
deterrence | prevention strategy; criminal sanctions for all offenses, guidelines that courts must adhere to |
rehabilitation | educational and vocational training, parole |
reintergration | upon release people should be able to adapt and restablish themselves in the community |
Control | intensive supervision and monitering of offenders' wherabouts in community-based programs |
specific roles in criminal justice | police officers, forensic social workers, juvenile court officers, probation and parole officers, social workers in correctional programs, victim assistance programs |
public health | social aspects of health and social conditions and wellness |
primary health care | common problems treated in community settings |
hospital-based services | relationships between the social and phsycal dimensions of medical conditions |
Long-term care | continuous health care, personal care, and social services for people who cannot take care of themselves |
genetics | research on genome projects, it will help to lead to treatment of genetic disorders |
People with HIV/AIDs face | dealing with stigma, continueing everyday lives, dealing with losses, planning for survivors, special issues for women |
developmental disability | nondiagnostic term to determine someone's eligibilty for federally funded programs |
examples of developmental disabilities | mental retardation, cerebal palsy, hearing loss, epilepsy |
Psychological theories | emphasize the impact of early childhood, family relationships, and unconscious conflicts on personal structure |
organic theories | hormones, biochemical balance, neurotransmitters, genetics, and sunlight |
sociocultural theories | emphasizes the influence of social and cultural contexts on human behavior |
deinstitutionalization | community-based mental health services |
family | two or more people who regard their relationship as family and who take on the responsibilites of a family |
single-parent families | a mother or father taking care of children |
blended families | step parents, stepsiblings, etc. |
gay and lesbian families | a family with homosexual couples and possibly children |
multigenerational families | three or more generations of families in one house |
grandparent-headed families | grandparent taking care of children |
functions of familes | childbearing, consumers, childrearing, educations, socialization |
mandated reporting refers to | those that are professionals are required to report of any suspicion of abuse |
1980 Adoption assistance and child welfare act | permancy planning, children should stay in own home with supportive services |
The Child abuse and prevention act amendments of 1996 | integrates work of social services, legal, health, mental health, education, and substance abuse agencies and organizations |
The adoption and safe families act of 1997 | emphasizes safetly, permanence and well being of children |
keep children and families safe act of 2003 | improving organizations that help children and families |
supportive services | trying to keep the family together. It is the first step |
supplementary services | helps fill some of the missing parts of a family so that they can stay together with outside hlep |
substitutive services | substitutes the childs family with a foster home or adoptive parents |
role of social work in infertility program | providing supportive counseling and trying to find referrals to help the clients |
issues families face in supporting aging parents | stress, financial problems, taking care of too many people |
occupational social work | the social workers work with the employees of a business to help with their personal and work needs |
cycle of domestic violence | the victim feels like they have a bit of control so they dont' fulfill the demands of the spouse, abuse happens that become intense, there then is love and no tension, and then the victim tries to use skills to cope with the situation such as denial |
seven times of elder abuse | neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, financial exploitation (doing something with there finances or assetts that they didn't want done), abandonment, self-neglect |
international social work | international organization using social work methods, social work cooperation between countries, and the transfer between countries of social work methods and knowledge of social work |
specific resources for older adults | income support, SSI; health care, medicaid, medicare; nutrition, food stamps; housing, public subsidized housing; transportation, reduced bus fares; socialization, adult day care, volunteer programs; legal services, legal aide |