Social Work Practice with Individuals
Answer the questions below.

1. An HHS worker should have a _____ towards clients.

☐ dominance

☐ aggressive nature

☐ powerful attitude

☐ a nonjudgmental attitude

2. It is very important to focus on a client’s _____ to empower a client.

☐ Strengths

☐ fears

☐ abuse

☐ remorse

3. It is important for an HHS worker to have good _____ skills while communicating with clients.

☐ team

☐ physical

☐ interviewing

☐ vocal

4. The goal of _____ is to assist clients toward acceptable resolution of their problems and to address their unmet needs.

☐ acceptance

☐ intervention

☐ retaliation

☐ punishment

5. __________ is when an HHS worker and client work together to identify intervention options to address client needs and to help clients overcome their issues.

☐ social injustice

☐ forced awareness

☐ goal setting

☐ forced beliefs

 

Social Work Practice with Agencies and the Community
Answer the questions below.

6. ________ are defined as spaces, interactions and identifications that people share with others in place-specific and non-place-specific locations.

☐ Stores

☐ Jails

☐ Communities

☐ Schools

7. Neighborhood and community _______ focuses on having community members come together and advocate around quality-of-life issues (e.g.; air quality, pollution, etc.).

☐ parties

☐ aftermaths

☐ punishment

☐ organizing

8. Many non-profit ______ agencies rely on donations and grant funding to provide social welfare services.

☐ for-profit

☐ voluntary

☐ global bank

☐ none of these apply

9. Evidenced-based practice involves using the most current, best_____ to make informed decisions.

☐ evidence

☐ vocabulary

☐ terms

☐ justice

10. _________________ are places where people go for help when problems arise.

☐ Social welfare agencies

☐ court houses

☐ fire stations

☐ schools

 

Critical Thinking Questions
Answer the questions below.

11.  Self-Help groups serve a vital purpose in the field of Human Services. Examples of well-known self-help groups include: Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Overeaters Anonymous. Think of someone you know that has gone to a self-help group. Without giving detailed information about the person, please describe what type of self-help group they were a part of. Did the group help the person? If so, how were they assisted and if not, what did they hope to get out of the group? If you’ve not known anyone involved in a self-help group, please identify a self-help group and explain the main purpose of the group.

Type  answer here

12. Explain why intervention is such an important step in assisting clients by describing a situation in which a client might need an intervention and list 2 types of services or resources you could refer a client to.

 

Describe a   situation                                           2 types of   services or resources          

Type answer here                                                     a. Type answer here

 

b. Type answer here

                                                                         

 

13. Goal setting is another important factor in helping clients overcome their problems. Why is it important to develop short and long-term goals with clients during the goal setting process? In one paragraph, explain why it is important to set both long-term and short-term when working with clients
Type answer here

 

Reflection 
Reflect on what you have learned this week to help you respond to the question below.  You may choose to respond in writing or by recording a video!

14. HHS professionals work with many vulnerable populations that may not be capable of making their own decisions. Describe a situation in which an agency may be responsible for making decisions for their clients. How can they ensure that they are acting in the clients’ best interest?

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As a mental health worker, it is essential to understand the family systems: Individuals and their roles and boundaries. This assignment will help you understand how to analyze a family system.

Cite two to four sources (in addition to the textbook) to support your answers.

After viewing the What’s Eating Gilbert Grape film and reading the “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape Case Study,” answer the following prompts:

 

Explain how the family of origin dynamics caused the   family structure of Gilbert’s family (200-250 words).

 

Explain what the viewer doesn’t know about Gilbert’s   family (200-250 words):

 

Hypothesize about what leads to the mental health/social   issues in Gilbert’s family (100-150 words):

Suicide

Obesity

Poverty

Sexual promiscuity

 

Using Gilbert’s family system, select three   of the following of Bowen’s theories and explain how they are present in the   Gilbert’s family. Provide examples (75-100 words each):

 

Triangles

 

Nuclear Family Emotional Process

 

Family Projection Process

 

Multigenerational Transmission Process

 

Differentiation of Self

 

Sibling Position

 

Emotional Cutoff

 

Emotional Process in Society

 

Lastly, imagine   Gilbert Grape approached you to assist his family as their mental health worker:

 

Explain your approach to providing treatment for this   family. What preliminary steps would you take to begin your assessment of   this family? Why? (400-500 words)

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Traditionally, mental illness was considered a biological problem, either inherited or developed due to genetic vulnerability within the individual. This point of view is termed the medical model. Treatment was provided to the individual in one-to-one meetings with a psychiatrist or sessions with a psychotherapist.

The field of mental health has evolved from the traditional model to one incorporating many more people, factors, causes, and types of treatment. The biopsychosocial-cultural model incorporates biological, psychological, developmental, familial, social, and cultural factors to understand how mental illness develops and how to design effective treatments.

 

Revisit the following case:

Wes Moore, the author of the book The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, was surprised when one day, the police approached him for a crime he did not commit. During the investigation, he came to know of another man who had the same name—Wes Moore. The shared name was not the only coincidence: they had both grown up in the same neighborhood at about the same time. Yet, one Wes Moore went on to become a Rhodes scholar, earn honors in the military, work at the White House, and become a leader in the business community; while the other Wes Moore was sentenced to life in prison. The descriptions of the lives of both Wes Moores are illustrative of the power of heredity and environment in the shaping of a person.

As boys, both Wes Moores grew up in poor, single-parent homes and did not apply themselves in primary and secondary school. The author’s father, a newscaster, died when the author was three years old. He and his two sisters were raised by his widowed mother. Before he was a teen, he became disillusioned with school and began getting into trouble in his neighborhood, even having brushes with the law for petty crimes. His mother decided to send him to military school, but he ran away five times before finally giving the school a chance. Once he decided to stay, he gained a strong sense of purpose and developed a strong work ethic.

Meanwhile, the other Wes Moore, who lived in the same area of Baltimore, was about the same age, and was also being raised by a single mother. He was arrested and convicted for first-degree murder of a police officer during a jewelry store robbery. He is serving a life prison sentence.

Important differences between the childhoods of the two boys are notable. The author had two college-educated parents. His father chose to stay with the family, but died at a relatively young age. He was relatively closely supervised. He, his siblings, and his mother lived with his grandparents after his father died. The author’s mother took extreme steps to try to turn him around. She moved several times to try to find safer neighborhoods. She sent him to military school when he exhibited troublesome behavior.

The other Wes Moore’s father was never a part of his life, choosing to abandon the family before his birth. His mother had been accepted to college, but federal budget cuts resulted in the loss of her Pell Grant. She had to abandon her goal of a college education and instead, had to work three jobs to care for her family. Eventually, she became overwhelmed and was unable to provide the kind of structure the author received. As a result, the other Wes Moore was unsupervised much of the time. He began using and selling drugs, later resorting to more serious crimes, like robbery, for money. It was during a robbery that he shot and killed a police officer—a crime that put him in prison for life.

 

Now pretend that you are the prison psychologist who completed the evaluation of the Wes Moore convicted of murder.

 

 

Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, complete the following:

 

• Gather information about the potential causes of Mr. Moore’s outcome.
• Write a report of your findings to be filed in Mr. Moore’s chart and used by professionals who will be helping Mr. Moore. Address the following in your report:

 

• • Analyze how each of the following played a role in causing or affecting Mr. Moore’s troubled childhood and eventual imprisonment:

 

• • • Biological factors (genetic and physiological)
    • Developmental factors
    • Psychological factors (emotional and related to thoughts)
    • Familial and social factors
    • Cultural factors (environmental and multicultural)

 

• • Evaluate how Mr. Moore’s troubled childhood and eventual imprisonment could have been prevented by early intervention. In addition, explain how that intervention could have been designed to address each of the following:

 

• • • Psychological factors
    • Familial and social factors
    • Cultural factors

 

• • Recommend at least two ideas for treatment that Mr. Moore should have received in childhood, based on all of the following:

 

• • • Biological factors
    • Psychological factors
    • Familial and social factors

 

Write a 3–5-page report in Word format (not including the title page and reference page). Include a title and reference page in APA format, and apply APA standards to citation of sources, including in-text citations and full references.

 

 

 

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Analyzed the roles of the biopsychosocial-cultural factors in causing or affecting Mr. Moore’s troubled childhood and eventual imprisonment.	24
Evaluated an early intervention that could have prevented Mr. Moore’s troubled childhood and eventual imprisonment, with respect to the listed biopsychosocial-cultural factors.	24
Recommended at least two ideas for a treatment that Mr. Moore should have received in childhood, with respect to the listed biopsychosocial-cultural factors.	32
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.	20
Total:	100

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