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Social Work - Exam 3 Terminology Questions and
Answers with Solutions UPDATED!!!
Addiction - ANSWER Physical and/or psychological dependance
upon mood-altering substances or activities, including but not
limited or drugs, alcohol, pills, food, sex, gambling
Ageism - ANSWER Discrimination against the elderly because of
their age
Bioethics - ANSWER Moral and ethical decisions associated with
advanced technology in the health-care field
Blended Family - ANSWER A family formed by marriage or long
term relationship between partners in which at least one
partner brings children from a previous relationship into the
new family system
Child Protective Services - ANSWER Mandated services
provided by state social service agencies to families who abuse
or neglect their children, for the purpose of protecting children
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whose safety is seriously endangered by the actions or inactions
of their caretakers
Child Welfare Services - ANSWER Social services that
supplement or substitute for parental care and supervision
when parents are unable to fulfill parental responsibilities and
that improve conditions for children and their families
Clinical Social Worker - ANSWER A person whose major focus is
to provide clinical social work services - usually individual,
group, or family counseling - often in a psychiatric, hospital,
residential treatment, or mental health facility
Custody - ANSWER Legal charge given to a person requiring
her/him to provide certain types of care and to exercise certain
controls in regard to another individual, as in parent-child
custody
Deinstitultionalization - ANSWER A philosophy that advocates
care of individuals with mental health problems and
developmental disabilities in local community outpatient
programs, whenever appropriate to the client's needs, as
opposed to hospitalization in an institution
Social Work - Exam 3 Terminology Questions and
Answers with Solutions UPDATED!!!
Addiction - ANSWER Physical and/or psychological dependance
upon mood-altering substances or activities, including but not
limited or drugs, alcohol, pills, food, sex, gambling
Ageism - ANSWER Discrimination against the elderly because of
their age
Bioethics - ANSWER Moral and ethical decisions associated with
advanced technology in the health-care field
Blended Family - ANSWER A family formed by marriage or long
term relationship between partners in which at least one
partner brings children from a previous relationship into the
new family system
Child Protective Services - ANSWER Mandated services
provided by state social service agencies to families who abuse
or neglect their children, for the purpose of protecting children
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whose safety is seriously endangered by the actions or inactions
of their caretakers
Child Welfare Services - ANSWER Social services that
supplement or substitute for parental care and supervision
when parents are unable to fulfill parental responsibilities and
that improve conditions for children and their families
Clinical Social Worker - ANSWER A person whose major focus is
to provide clinical social work services - usually individual,
group, or family counseling - often in a psychiatric, hospital,
residential treatment, or mental health facility
Custody - ANSWER Legal charge given to a person requiring
her/him to provide certain types of care and to exercise certain
controls in regard to another individual, as in parent-child
custody
Deinstitultionalization - ANSWER A philosophy that advocates
care of individuals with mental health problems and
developmental disabilities in local community outpatient
programs, whenever appropriate to the client's needs, as
opposed to hospitalization in an institution
