Social Work Theories and Diagnosis
This is a condition that meets the criteria for schizophrenia but lasts for less than six months.
What is Schizophreniform Disorder?
The ethical stance that a professional can only release or share information about a client with their consent
What is confidentiality?
What is a dual relationship?
The social work role by which clients, families, groups or organizations are linked in order to receive services or support each other
What is broker?
Bronfenbrenner developed this theory, which states that people's development is influenced by the various environmental systems they interact with throughout their lives
What is Ecological Systems Theory?
Social work practice which focuses on interventions in the areas of societal and structural change
What is Macro level social work?
A situation in which two strongly held values are in conflict, and in which action to support one value violates the other.
What is an ethical dilemma?
Social worker who engages in clinical practice with a client to help the client deal with psycho-social issues through the use of psychotherapeutic techniques suited to the client’s individual situation
What is counselor?
This disorder is characterized by limiting the amount of type of food consumed.
What is Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder?
The process of examining a problem to determine its cause, severity, and course which is necessary to design an effective intervention plan.
What is Assessment?
A principle that involves ensuring everyone the same basic rights, protections and opportunities and addressing inequalities and injustices in order to eliminate oppression and unequal treatment.
What is social justice?
Social worker who works to help resolve disputes between individuals, within families, and/or within organizations.
What is mediator?
This a psychological framework focuses on the relationships between people, especially the importance of early bonds between infants and their primary caregivers
What is Attachment Theory?
Social work practice which focuses on interventions with groups and organizations
What is mezzo level social work?
This requires social workers by law to report any concerns of neglect, abuse or harm to a vulnerable populations.
What is mandated reporting?
A social worker who secures, implements, and monitors services needed by a client.
What is case manager?
This neurodevelopmental disorder is characterized by differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing differences, focused interests, and repetitive behaviors.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Professional practice based on empirical studies of practice approaches and models, combined with professional ethics, best practices, and practice wisdom.
What is evidenced based practice?
An ethical principle that protects and ensures a client’s right to make decisions on one’s own behalf, select interventions that will meet their needs, and choose whether or not to become involved in interventions.
What is self-determination?
Representing others individually or in groups in order to protect them or advance their cause
What is Advocacy?