SOCW 2000
INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIAL WORK FINAL
EXAM REVIEW 2024 With
Complete Solution
Denning [Date] [Course title]
,adoption - Correct Answers Process of legally moving a child to another family which becomes the
child's own.
Child Protective Services - Correct Answers Term used to refer to the state system, department, or
agency responsible for the investigation of allegations of abuse or neglect, the protection of children at
risk of abuse or neglect, service delivery, and the placement of children who have been maltreated.
Social workers serve as CPS intake workers, caseworkers, supervisors, and administrators. True or false?
- Correct Answers True
child welfare - Correct Answers Includes the activities, programs, interventions, or policies that are
intended to improve the overall well-being of children.
The private and public systems put in place to serve the needs of children.
childhood - Correct Answers The first period of life. Legally, childhood is defined as a stage of life that
begins at birth and ends at age 18. In the United States, anyone under the age of 18 is considered to be
legally dependent and is classified as a child.
cognitive development - Correct Answers Stages of development that children must go through in order
to progress to higher levels of thinking. Jean Piaget proposed this theory. His basic premise was that
cognitive processes start out basic and concrete in infancy and become more abstract and complicated
with moral development.
delinquency - Correct Answers Refers to any behavior that is illegal and could involve a child with the
juvenile justice system. The behavior may be illegal only for minors, such as running away, using alcohol,
being truant, or violating curfew, or it may involve offenses that are illegal regardless of age, such as
theft, assault, violence, and the use of illegal substances.
family - Correct Answers a system of individuals who are interrelated and have significant relationships.
Although many families are related through heredity, that is not true of all families. There are many
structural variations on family, and significant relationships that are not biological play an important role
in a child's life and must be recognized and embraced.
,Family systems exist to serve certain functions.
Social workers who specialize with children and families often intervene when the family does not or
cannot provide care, support, and nurturance.
family group decision making - Correct Answers This supports the idea that families can contribute to
decision making in child welfare...
"A broad term used to describe a number of approaches where family members are brought together to
decide how to best care for their children."
family preservation services - Correct Answers "Activities designed to help families alleviate crises that
might lead to out of home placement of children, maintain the safety of children in their own homes,
support families preparing to reunify or adopt, and assist families in obtaining services and other
supports necessary to address their multiple needs in a culturally sensitive manner.'
foster care - Correct Answers a major social welfare program to care for children outside of their
families. The idea is for a child to be placed in a foster home while his or her family receives services to
overcome problems. The ultimate goal is for the child to return home.
maltreatment - Correct Answers "The physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, or exploitation, negligent
treatment, or maltreatment of a child by a person who is responsible for the child's welfare, under
circumstances which indicate that the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened thereby, as
determined in accordance with federal regulations."
permanency planning - Correct Answers Effort to achieve child welfare goal of placing children in the
most stable and safe living situation.
psychosocial theory - Correct Answers Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory states that children progress
through clear stages of development. In this theory, human development is presented as a series of
psychosocial crises. Ideally, people prepared themselves for the next stage of development by resolving
each crisis. Failing to resolve a crisis can lead to problems in later stages.
referral - Correct Answers Request or demand by other professionals that social services be provided for
a client.
, social learning theory - Correct Answers Belief that behavior is learned through socialization.
termination - Correct Answers final stage of the problem solving model for treatment.
vulnerable - Correct Answers Children are defined as being vulnerable to oppression and discrimination.
In social work, vulnerable populations are considered to need special attention and advocacy; Needing
special attention and advocacy, needing others to recognize and respond to one's needs.
wraparound services - Correct Answers A strengths based response to child welfare that uses
community based formal and informal services.
In the wraparound process, the child and the family develop a set of goals. A team of people who are
relevant to the child's well-being work collaboratively to develop and implement a care plan to meet
these goals.
What are theories of child development? - Correct Answers Ecological approach: provides a framework
for social workers to assess a client within the context of his or her environment.
Human Development: Child growth is shown to be continuous and orderly and development follows
fairly predictable patterns.
Cognitive development: Jean Piaget presented this theory, that described the stages that children must
go through in order to progress to higher levels of thinking. His basic premise was that cognitive
processes start out basic and concrete in infancy and become more abstract and complicated with moral
development.
Social Learning Theory: Based on the idea that behavior is learned through socialization. Within this
context, the theory derives a variety of behavioral methods, such as modeling and positive
reinforcement.
Psychosocial Theory: Erik Erikson's theory that states that children progress through clear stages of
development. Human development is presented as a series of psychosocial crises.
What are the roles of social workers? - Correct Answers They play three main roles when working with
children and their families:
1. Case Management
2. Direct Practice