LMSW Assessment and Intervention Planning Quiz (2024/2025) Rated A+

LMSW Assessment and Intervention Planning Quiz (2024/2025) Rated A+ A social worker is providing case management services to a client who was diagnosed with HIV disease six months ago and is having difficulty accessing and using the services he needs. The client feels overwhelmed and isolated because he worries about disclosing his serostatus to others. In her initial contact with this client, the social worker should focus on: Select one: A. establishing a safe and accepting relationship and determining whether the client is in crisis. B. reassuring the client that she will protect his rights and assessing his needs. C. establishing a comfortable rapport with the client and exploring what obstacles he encounters in acquiring and using services. D. performing a crisis assessment and finding out whether the client is receiving adequate medical care and taking antiretroviral medications. A. establishing a safe and accepting relationship and determining whether the client is in crisis. A client becomes very fearful when a therapist closes the door of the treatment room, explaining that the session will be more private for the client. The closed door makes her nervous, and she wants to leave the room and end the therapy session entirely. Which is the BEST response by the social worker? Select one: A. Explain that as a policy of the agency, all therapists close their office doors during sessions to preserve client confidentiality, and continue the session B. Escort the client out of the office, ensuring that she schedules a follow-up appointment a few days later C. Work with the client to find an appropriately private location in the building that feels safe to her. Once the session is resumed, ask the client to explain why the closed door makes her so nervous D. Open the office door and change the subject of discussion to something more comfortable for the client C. Work with the client to find an appropriately private location in the building that feels safe to her. Once the session is resumed, ask the client to explain why the closed door makes her so nervous A social worker has been working in individual therapy with a client who has a substance use disorder and has agreed to abstain from using substances. The client has also been attending 12-Step meetings. In the current session, the client presents, for the first time, with depression-like symptoms. The social worker learns that the client has been using again. The client's depression-like symptoms suggest that she may be experiencing which of the following? Select one: A. Barbiturate intoxication. B. Cannabis intoxication. C. Opioid withdrawal. D. Alcohol withdrawal. C. Opioid withdrawal. A child with oppositional defiant disorder is LEAST likely to exhibit which of the following? Select one: A. Frequent conflicts with his parents. B. A high degree of physical aggression toward peers. C. Frequently blames others for his mistakes. D. Often loses temper. B. A high degree of physical aggression toward peers. Group therapy might be appropriate for the client in all of the following circumstances EXCEPT: Select one: A. the clients primary problem involves difficulties with intimacy. B. the client is unmotivated to change. C. the client is psychologically sophisticated. D. the client wants to overcome her shyness. B. the client is unmotivated to change. The client is a homeless woman who has a history of heavy alcohol use. She has refused help from her family for many years and spends most of her time on the streets, although she sometimes sleeps at a local shelter. She has been encouraged to enter an agency's service system through the agency's outreach program. In planning and providing case management services to this client, the social worker is LEAST likely to do which of the following? Select one: A. Intervene to meet even unrealistic goals expressed by the client by breaking them down into manageable and measurable steps. B. Rely on information from outside informants to identify the client's needs because the client is unlikely to be a reliable source of information. C. Provide short-term therapy, along with information, advice giving, and linkage, in order to help the client cope with day-to-day living situations. D. Draw on the clients natural helping netw B. Rely on information from outside informants to identify the client's needs because the client is unlikely to be a reliable source of information. According to the DSM-5, a person intoxicated on either cannabis or cocaine is likely to exhibit which of the following signs or symptoms? Select one: A. Blurring of vision. B. Psychomotor agitation. C. Tachycardia.