FREE MSW Master of Social Work Clinical Intervention Strategies Questions and Answers Flashcards
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A clinical social worker is using solution-focused brief therapy with a mandated client who states they do not have a problem. What is the MOST appropriate initial intervention?
Answer: Explore what the client would need to see happen for the mandate to end
With mandated clients in SFBT, exploring what needs to happen for external requirements to be satisfied engages the client pragmatically without forcing them to accept a problem label.
When implementing a crisis intervention with a client who is actively suicidal, which action should be taken AFTER ensuring immediate safety?
Answer: Collaboratively create a safety plan with specific coping strategies
After ensuring immediate safety, collaboratively developing a safety plan with the client that includes specific coping strategies, support contacts, and means restriction is the evidence-based next step.
A social worker is facilitating a psychoeducational group for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. One parent dominates every discussion while others remain silent. What is the BEST group facilitation technique?
Answer: Use structured turn-taking and directly invite quieter members to share
Structured turn-taking and direct invitations to quieter members are effective group facilitation techniques that balance participation without singling out or shaming any member.
Which clinical intervention is considered FIRST-LINE treatment for a veteran presenting with posttraumatic stress disorder according to current VA/DoD clinical practice guidelines?
Answer: Prolonged exposure therapy or cognitive processing therapy
The VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines recommend trauma-focused psychotherapies such as prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy as first-line treatments for PTSD.
A social worker using a harm reduction approach with a client who injects drugs should prioritize which intervention?
Answer: Providing education on safer injection practices and access to clean supplies
Harm reduction prioritizes reducing the negative consequences of drug use through practical strategies like safer injection education and access to clean supplies, without requiring abstinence.
A clinical social worker is treating a couple where one partner has recently disclosed infidelity. Using Gottman method couples therapy, what is the FIRST phase of treatment?
Answer: Process the trauma of the betrayal through atonement and attunement
In the Gottman method trust revival approach, the first phase focuses on processing the betrayal as a traumatic event through atonement by the involved partner and attunement to the injured partner's pain.