SOWK 2100 Exam 2 ch 7-12 questions with accurate
answers
Advocacy and Policy Building Ans✓✓✓ Advocacy is acting on behalf
of children to assure protection of their basic rights and needs. Social
Workers can impact the policymaking process simply by voting in all
elections and supporting candidates that support children's services.
Social workers also lobby politicians regarding children's issues.
Age Discrimination Ans✓✓✓ ageism is prejudice against people based
solely on age.
Aging Ans✓✓✓ By 2050, 88.5 million people are projected to be over
65, more than double the current number
People are living longer, a child born today has a life expectancy of 79
years
Broad definition of child welfare Ans✓✓✓ The activities, programs,
interventions, and/or policies that are intended to improve the overall
well-being of children.
Caregivers: informal, family members, and paid professionals Ans✓✓✓
-Home aid is usually not covered by insurance or government
-Basic care, at about $15 per hour, can keep people at home
-Skilled nursing home care typically costs $150 per day, and is higher
for specialized care, Alzheimer's units, private rooms
, Case Management Ans✓✓✓ with children includes assessing a child's
problem and needs and determining what steps are necessary to provide
services for the child and his or her family.
Child Protection Services Ans✓✓✓ typically is used to refer to the state
system, department, or agency responsible for the investigation of
allegations of abuse and neglect, and the placement of children is
maltreated.
Child Welfare explained Ans✓✓✓ a loosely formed network of federal
and state mandates that promote the welfare of all children and facilitate
permanency by providing services to prevent the unnecessary separation
of children from their families, to restore children from their families, to
restore children to their families if they have been separated, and to
place children in adoptive homes when reunification is not possible. The
child welfare system includes services such as child protection, foster
care, and adoption.
Child Welfare System Ans✓✓✓ Promotes welfare of children through
social services.
Cognitive Development Theory Ans✓✓✓ Jean Piaget's theory
describes stages children go through in order to progress to high levels
of thinking. Cognitive processes starts out basic and concrete in infancy
and become more abstract and complicated with moral development.
Critical Issues Ans✓✓✓ Child Maltreatment
Foster Care
answers
Advocacy and Policy Building Ans✓✓✓ Advocacy is acting on behalf
of children to assure protection of their basic rights and needs. Social
Workers can impact the policymaking process simply by voting in all
elections and supporting candidates that support children's services.
Social workers also lobby politicians regarding children's issues.
Age Discrimination Ans✓✓✓ ageism is prejudice against people based
solely on age.
Aging Ans✓✓✓ By 2050, 88.5 million people are projected to be over
65, more than double the current number
People are living longer, a child born today has a life expectancy of 79
years
Broad definition of child welfare Ans✓✓✓ The activities, programs,
interventions, and/or policies that are intended to improve the overall
well-being of children.
Caregivers: informal, family members, and paid professionals Ans✓✓✓
-Home aid is usually not covered by insurance or government
-Basic care, at about $15 per hour, can keep people at home
-Skilled nursing home care typically costs $150 per day, and is higher
for specialized care, Alzheimer's units, private rooms
, Case Management Ans✓✓✓ with children includes assessing a child's
problem and needs and determining what steps are necessary to provide
services for the child and his or her family.
Child Protection Services Ans✓✓✓ typically is used to refer to the state
system, department, or agency responsible for the investigation of
allegations of abuse and neglect, and the placement of children is
maltreated.
Child Welfare explained Ans✓✓✓ a loosely formed network of federal
and state mandates that promote the welfare of all children and facilitate
permanency by providing services to prevent the unnecessary separation
of children from their families, to restore children from their families, to
restore children to their families if they have been separated, and to
place children in adoptive homes when reunification is not possible. The
child welfare system includes services such as child protection, foster
care, and adoption.
Child Welfare System Ans✓✓✓ Promotes welfare of children through
social services.
Cognitive Development Theory Ans✓✓✓ Jean Piaget's theory
describes stages children go through in order to progress to high levels
of thinking. Cognitive processes starts out basic and concrete in infancy
and become more abstract and complicated with moral development.
Critical Issues Ans✓✓✓ Child Maltreatment
Foster Care
