Models of Practice Exam Questions Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Test Bank

1. Which of the following is not one of the four practice approaches outlined in the chapter?

a. Cognitive-behavioral

b. Case management

c. Independent living

d. Empowerment

2. According to the text, which of the following are most closely related models of practice?

a. Psychodynamic and humanistic

b. Positive psychology and strengths

c. Case management and independent living

d. Empowerment and case management

3. The text points out that

a. case management is often profit driven.

b. case management is inherently dehumanizing.

c. case management is primarily practiced in social service settings.

d. social workers are the only certified case managers

4. Traditional professional intervention/treatment approaches generally

a. provide client/control over decision-making.

b. foster professionals in roles of consultants.

c. ignore client/patient input.

d. rely on diagnoses and assume pathology.

5. Which of the following is true of independent living?

a. It is a movement that started in the 1990s.

b. It is utilized only in centers for independent living.

c. Centers for independent living are peer based.

d. Centers for independent living do not employ human service professionals.

6. Which of the following is true of the empowerment approach?

a. Clients make ultimate decisions in treatment.

b. It accounts for both personal and environmental factors.

c. The primary role of professionals is therapist.

d. It focuses only on strengths and capabilities.

7. Which is not one of the core services of centers for independent living?

a. Political activism

b. Individual and systems advocacy

c. Information and referral

d. Independent living skills training

8. Which of the following is not an assumption of independent living peer counseling?

a. Consumers are responsible and capable.

b. IL counselors and consumers are peers.

c. Consumers’ problems reside exclusively in the environment.

d. IL counselors facilitate individual and environmental change.

9. The independent living model of intervention differs from traditional intervention approaches in that

a. professionals cannot be IL counselors.

b. d/Disability related problems are exclusively environmentally caused.

c. IL interventions are not individually based.

d. IL first looks to social and environmental deficiencies.

10. How does the minority perspective and IL model relate to groups like ethnic minorities.

a. There is little or no relationship.

b. Both d/Disabled people and other minorities have been systematically denied opportunities.

c. Other minorities have oppressed d/Disabled people.

d. Ethnic minorities are highly represented in IL efforts.

11. In her early work on empowerment, Solomon emphasizes all but which one of the following practitioner roles.

a. Psychotherapist

b. Resource consultant

c. Sensitizer

d. Service provider

12. The strengths perspective and positive psychology

a. focus on capabilities

b. acknowledge the impacts of communities and institutions

c. emphasize the match between strengths and life activities

d. all of the above

13. Which of the following approaches most closely reflects the medical model of intervention?

a. independent living

b. Empowerment

c. Case management

d. All of the above

14. Effective case managers typically

a. Save their employers the greatest amount of money

b. Balance competing goals of access and fiscal restraint.

c. Emphasize political activism

d. Focus on organizational change

15. Which of the following is not a role associated with the independent living approach?

a. Consultant on community resources.

b. Psychotherapist.

c. Peer support

d. Skills training

Short Answer/ Essay Questions

1. Discuss the strengths perspective and positive psychology and compare them to the case management model of professional practice.

Sample

1. Compare the independent living approach with professional approaches.
2. What are the strengths and limitations in the case management approach?
3. What are some ways a professional employed as a case manager in a mental health center can apply principles of independent living in working with clients/patients who utilize the center’s services?
4. Discuss the strengths and limitation of the independent living model of intervention.