LMSW Interventions with Clients, Client
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While living at a transitional shelter, a 22-year-old man attempts suicide two times. A
week before his discharge date, the man tells his social worker that he doesn't want to
move back into his parents' house after he is released. What should the social worker
do to respond to the client's need?
Select one:
A. Arrange other housing for him.
B. Help him find needed resources in the community.
C. Establish a contract in which he agrees to call her if he has suicidal thoughts after
returning home.
D. Call his parents to find out whether they are supportive of him. - answerB. Help him
find needed resources in the community.
The client is a 50-year-old woman whose presenting problem involves her relationship
with her 26-year-old son. The woman rents out the guest house on her property to her
son, who works part time at a music supply store. The son spends his money on music
downloads, vinyl records, concerts, and alcohol and relies on his mother to pay for his
food and other needs; he rarely pays his rent. The social worker and client agree that a
significant goal of therapy will be to help the client develop greater autonomy in her
relationship with her son. Three weeks later, the client reveals in her session that her
son smokes marijuana every day and is verbally abusive toward her. What should the
social worker do?
Select one:
A. Recommend a session with the client and her son.
B. Have the client give her son an ultimatum: either seek treatment or move out.
C. Help the client see how she plays a role in her son's addictive behavior a - answerD.
Help the client set clear expectations with her son about behavior that is acceptable and
unacceptable in her home.
A social worker wants to develop a new play therapy program at her practice for
children who have experienced trauma. What should be her FIRST step in developing
this program?
Select one:
A. Define the desired results for the children who participate in the play therapy program
B. Begin writing a play therapy curriculum based on the clinicians prior experience with
this type of therapy
,C. Recruit children to participate in the program by gaining the consent of their legal
guardians
D. Review existing literature detailing evidence-based practices for effective play
therapy programs - answerA. Define the desired results for the children who participate
in the play therapy program
A social worker begins individual therapy with a 52-year-old woman who has been
divorced for 10 years and has one child, a 21-year-old son. The client is initially
reluctant to disclose why she sought treatment. After some prompting, she reveals that
she is concerned about her son. She describes his problems with drugs and his
unwillingness to work or go to school. She says she's convinced that he's addicted to
drugs. After a few moments of silence, she suddenly adds that her son becomes very
angry when she won't give him money and often hits her when he's high. She begins to
cry a little and says she blames herself for her son's problems. After he acknowledges
the client's feelings about her situation, what should the social worker do NEXT?
Select one:
A. Recommend addiction treatment for the son.
B. Provide information about resources.
C. Discuss, explore, and address enabling behavior.
D. Offer training in parenti - answerB. Provide information about resources.
A study's dependent variable is measured on a nominal scale. Therefore, the
researcher can, at most, do which of the following with the data?
Select one:
A. Identify the mean score.
B. Compare frequencies.
C. Calculate the difference between scores.
D. Determine that one subject has more of the characteristic being measured than
another subject. - answerB. Compare frequencies.
A social worker is meeting with a family of three, including the father, mother, and a 13-
year-old son. The parents report that the son has been acting out ever since he became
a teenager - failing to do chores, talking back to them - and that all of their efforts to
discipline him have failed. He used to "shape up" when they took away his Internet
privileges or allowance, but now he continues to disobey them. The boy says he wants
more freedom to manage his own time and doesn't want his parents to regiment his life
so much. The social worker observes that the parents are highly involved in the details
of the boy's life, bicker a lot, and seem reluctant to change the way they've been
managing their son. What approach to family therapy would be MOST useful in this
case?
Select one:
A. Structural.
B. Behavioral.
C. Humanistic.
D. Psychodynamic. - answerA. Structural.
,The client is a self-referred woman who was diagnosed with schizophrenia about a year
ago, is currently taking antipsychotic medication, and reports feeling mildly depressed.
The client meets regularly with a psychiatrist, who is managing her medication regimen
and monitoring its effectiveness. In the initial interview, the client says that she's finally
ready to begin her life and hopes that the social worker can help her with that. She says
she wants to find a good job, save money to buy a house, and begin dating regularly so
that she can get married and start a family. The social worker's assessment reveals that
the client has mild depression but, otherwise, seems to be functioning well at this time.
What should the social worker do FIRST?
Select one:
A. Provide referrals to address the client's goals.
B. Urge the client to set more realistic goals.
C. Use interventions to target the client's depression.
D. Help t - answerD. Help the client clarify and prioritize her goals.
A client reports that he is being discriminated against at his job because of a physical
disability. From what the client describes, the social worker believes that this allegation
is true. As this client's advocate, what should the social worker do NEXT?
Select one:
A. Identify what steps the client wishes to take.
B. Schedule a meeting with the clients employer, after getting the clients permission.
C. Arrange to meet with the client and his attorney.
D. Help the client fight the apparent discrimination. - answerA. Identify what steps the
client wishes to take.
The client is a slightly overweight 30-year-old man who was referred by his doctor. The
client's presenting complaint is his recent weight gain. In the first interview, he appears
despondent about his appearance and expresses guilt about "destroying" himself by
becoming too fat. He says he's been "a loser" for years and blames himself. The doctor
has told both the client and the social worker that there is nothing medically wrong with
the client. What should the social worker do FIRST?
Select one:
A. Identify and reframe the client's negative self-statements.
B. Assist the client in meal planning to manage his poor eating habits.
C. Help the client modify his negative beliefs about himself.
D. Convey acceptance of the client's perceptions by referring him to a different
physician for a second opinion. - answerA. Identify and reframe the client's negative
self-statements.
The client is a woman who was diagnosed with cancer two weeks ago. The client is a
single mother with two school-age children. She and her husband divorced five years
ago and the client doesn't know where he lives now; he severed contact with the family
soon after the divorce. The client is in a state of distress and says she feels
overwhelmed. What should the social worker do?
Select one:
A. Help the client make provisions for her children.
, B. Refer the client to a support group for cancer patients.
C. Provide supportive counseling.
D. Provide her with access to information about cancer. - answerC. Provide supportive
counseling.
An 80-year-old woman has been living in a nursing home for several months. Once
each week, the woman is visited by a female friend who takes her on car rides around
the nearby countryside. The woman's son tells the social worker that he objects to these
car rides and is upset because his mother has been paying the friend a few dollars for
the rides. What is the social worker's BEST course of action?
Select one:
A. Place limitations on the mother's outings with her friend.
B. Meet with the mother and encourage her to stop paying for the car rides.
C. Meet with the mother and the son to discuss this issue.
D. Explain to the son that nothing should be done because the outings appear harmless
and his mother probably enjoys them. - answerC. Meet with the mother and the son to
discuss this issue.
Each year, an agency starts its budget process from scratch and must justify every
financial request it makes. What type of budget is being used?
Select one:
A. Line-item.
B. Program.
C. Base-increment.
D. Zero-based. - answerD. Zero-based.
In a private social agency, the board of directors:
Select one:
A. takes the place of administrative staff.
B. is responsible for programmatic and financial operations.
C. has, at most, an advisory role.
D. is the main bridge between direct service workers and administrators. - answerB. is
responsible for programmatic and financial operations.
A social worker has been leading a weekly therapy group for three weeks. Before the
current session, one of the group members arrives early so that he can ask the social
worker a question in private about something that happened in last week's group
session. How should the social worker handle this?
Select one:
A. Answer the clients question before the session.
B. Schedule a meeting with the client to address his reluctance to speak openly in the
group.
C. Encourage the client to ask his question during the group session.
D. Remind the client that she can't answer questions outside of group sessions. -
answerC. Encourage the client to ask his question during the group session.
