LSA Models of Social Work Practice 5

Question 1

A worker provides clean syringes and naloxone to a client who is not ready to stop using opioids. This reflects which approach?

Accepted Answer

Harm reduction

Answer

Harm reduction meets clients where they are and reduces the negative effects of use without requiring abstinence.

Question 2

According to SAMHSA, the principles of trauma-informed care include:

Accepted Answer

Safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment

Answer

Trauma-informed care puts safety, trust, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural responsiveness first.

Question 3

In the empowerment approach to practice, the social worker's relationship with the client is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A collaborative partnership

Answer

Empowerment practice stresses partnership and shared power so clients can gain personal, interpersonal, and political power.

Question 4

A feminist practice model would most likely encourage the worker to:

Accepted Answer

Explore how gender roles and power differences shape the client's problems

Answer

Feminist practice holds that the personal is political and looks at gender-based oppression and power.

Question 5

Which assessment tool visually maps a client's connections to outside systems such as school, church, and work?

Accepted Answer

Ecomap

Answer

An ecomap, created by Ann Hartman, shows the client's relationships with environmental systems and how strong those ties are.

LSA - Licensed Social Worker Associate Certification Practice Test