Strength-Based Perspective
Working with children and families, focusing on their strengths, abilities, and potential, rather than focusing on their problems or weaknesses
What is Strength Based Perspective?
What are different forms of child abuse?
Physical abuse
Emotional abuse
Parental substance abuse
Sexual abuse
Neglect or Abandonment
In FCP, who is considered the "expert" and the best source for solutions?
The Family
An individual who has a duty to report suspected abuse of children (including all of us!)
What is a Mandated Reporter?
Recognizing the importance of an individual's family system is an example of which core value?
What is Importance of Human Relationships?
What helps families recognize their own strengths, abilities, and resources so they can have a more active role in making decisions about their lives using SBP
What is Empowerment?
A child has unexplained bruises and appears anxious, especially around adults
Yes, Sign of Abuse
Dynamics between couples/parents, between siblings, and between the parent and child are all examples of:
Subsystems
Child welfare is a victim of this, meaning that the required credentials of its workers have been diminished
What is Deprofessionalization?
SBP helps reinforce which social work core value?
What is Dignity and Worth of a Person?
SBP can help a client elicit changes by
Helping them identify their strengths and promote self-efficacy and the ability to parent more effectively
A child is having trouble sitting properly, and attaches quickly to strangers
Yes, Sign of Abuse
FCP instills this, focusing on realistic possibilities and creating opportunities for positive experiences
What is hope?
This status is NOT inherently a form of child abuse or neglect, however, it has historically been treated and addressed as such
What is Poverty?
A child welfare worker connects a family with housing and food assistance. Which core value is demonstrated?
What is Service?
Collaborative Relationships are built on?
Trust, transparency, and mutual respect
How do you respond when a child tells you they are experiencing a form of abuse or neglect? (Multiple answers)
Use age-appropriate language
Reassure the child that it is not their fault
Remain calm
Though it is an under-researched area, some evidence shows that family-based treatments have this kind of impact on suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Positive
The child welfare system is quite complex. What are some of the reasons why?
(Sample answers)
Public scrutiny, extra accountability measures, systemic racism, underfunding, increasing need, sociopolitical environment
A social worker recognizes that they lack credentials in a child welfare case, and they decide to seek supervision rather than continuing. What value does this follow?
What is Competence?