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LCSW Exam Questions and answers, 100% accurate, rated A+ This diagnosis is made when the ability to perform daily activities that require motor abilities is substantially below that expected for ... the person's age and intelligence. The disorder interferes in a significant way with academic achievement and daily living. Moreover, it is not the result of a medical condition. - ✔✔-Developmental Coordination Disorder Integrity vs. Despair - ✔✔-A time when an older person reviews life accomplishments, deals with loss and prepares for death. A 15-year-old comes to you on her own for treatment in a federally funded drug treatment program. You should: - ✔✔-Treat the client You are a social worker for at-risk teens. Joe, age 14, has been seeing you after an episode of shoplifting. He's doing well, and you plan to work toward ending therapy. How do you FIRST approach termination? - ✔✔-Start reviewing Joe's successes in achieving his goals, and work with him to set a date for the last counseling session All of these Assessment tools are applicable to Substance Use/Abuse/Dependence evaluation EXCEPT: - ✔✔-Beck's Depression Inventory Which of these situations illustrates a dual relationship? - ✔✔-Dating and treating the client Describe a scatter plot of data that are weakly, negatively correlated. - ✔✔-Data points follow a general trend from top left to bottom right; points are loosely bunched together Parents come to you with their 19 month-old daughter who presents with the following characteristics: (1) a loss of motor skills previously learned, (2) a decrease in sociability with siblings, (3) declining physical coordination, (4) problems with expressive needs and (5) lethargy. In conjunction, her medical file states that the client's head growth seems slowed/decelerated for her age. These symptoms began manifesting at approximately 12 months of age. With this information what diagnosis would be MOST appropriate? - ✔✔-299.80 Rett's Disorder Which one of the following measurements would have the greatest reliability? - ✔✔-Weight At what age is conformity with peers MOST likely to be the highest? - ✔✔-8-10 Preadolescents typically value conformity with their peers. When a client threatens suicide the secondary concern is: - ✔✔-Contracting a Safety Contract Agreement between the client and the social worker An example of Piaget's Sensorimotor Developmental Stage would be: - ✔✔-An infant putting a ball in her mouth Gertrude wants to do a study on finishing times at her favorite roller derby. Which measure would report the difference in times between roller skaters as they cross the finish line? - ✔✔-Interval reports the difference in finishing times between roller skaters. Which of the following is associated with partialization? - ✔✔-Prioritizing the goals and objectives of the patient and determining which need to be worked on first is partialization, the patient's objectives and goals are first prioritized so that they can be worked on separately and in sequence. Which of the following theorists was primarily concerned with adult developmental issues? - ✔✔-Dan Levinson postulated that development continues all through life. He delineated the stages of adult development into basic eras: When a 5-year-old child begins wetting the bed twice a week after the birth of a sibling, you might consider which of the following diagnoses? - ✔✔-Functional Enuresis During a presentation at a conference on conduct disorders, a licensed social worker talks about several of her past clients. She is very conscious not to reveal any of their identities or information that would allow for their identification. Her actions are: - ✔✔-Ethical You meet with a potentially suicidal teen. What do you ask to evaluate his potential for suicide? - ✔✔- Ask if he has considered suicide; if he has considered suicide, ask what plan he has or method he plans to use and if that method is available to him You have been counseling a young woman who is a victim of domestic violence. She has been to a domestic violence shelter several times after her husband has attacked her. Each time, she returned home to her husband within 24 hours. How can you BEST intervene? - ✔✔-Continue counseling the young woman to build her self-esteem, set goals for financial independence and help her look at this pattern of behavior; try to help her predict violence and go to the shelter before she is attacked You work in a busy counseling center. Your supervisor is responsible for supervising an unlicensed MSW and signs off on her work. During your supervisor's maternity leave, she asks you to sign off on the supervisee's work but knows you are too busy to actually meet with the supervisee for supervision. What is the BEST thing you can do? - ✔✔-Tell your supervisor you cannot do this unless you are given time to provide supervision During the course of treatment, one of your clients discloses that he has sexually abused one of his children. As a social work professional, you should: - ✔✔-Report the child abuse according to state guidelines As a social work professional, you must report the child abuse according to the state guidelines. This is your legal and ethical responsibility. The BEST approach to take as a crisis intervention worker seeking to de-escalate and stabilize a crisis situation is to be: - ✔✔-Active, directive, and systematic The best approach to take with a crisis situation requiring de-escalation and stabilization is to be active, directive, and systematic. When in an active state of crisis, clients are not able to muster required resources for problem-solving and safety. Which theorists would find it easiest to explain why most children have been found to cheat when they observe other children cheating on an exam? - ✔✔-Bandura's social learning theory concentrates on the power of example. During a family therapy session, it becomes clear that a 16-year-old girl has been sexually abused by her father. The father admits to sexually abusing his daughter, but says it was only once or twice and that it happened more than two years ago. The daughter validates this information and the parents plead with the therapist not to report the abuse to the abuse hot line. They promise to continue therapy, and the therapist agrees not to report the abuse. Since the family is committed to getting help and the abuse was more than two years ago, the therapist feels comfortable with the decision. Is the therapist behaving ethically? - ✔✔-No, the therapist is acting unethically by not making a report to the appropriate authorities. You are a school social worker. Melissa, age 10, comes to you and says, "I'm afraid of my teacher." What do you do NEXT? - ✔✔-Put Melissa at ease and ask her what her fears are A diagnosis of Pica requires that the following symptoms be present, EXCEPT: - ✔✔-Ihe eating of the nonnutritive substance occurs exclusively during the course of an Axis II disorder According to betrayal trauma theory, a client who was abused as a child is likely to have: - ✔✔- Repressed the memory Aisha, age 35, comes to her regular therapy appointment with you. During the session she talks about 'ending it all.' What do you do NEXT? - ✔✔-The correct answer: Let Aisha know you are concerned and do an assessment of her potential for suicide; based on the assessment, develop a plan with Aisha to ensure her safety If a group of test scores follow a normal distribution, then which of the following statements is true? - ✔✔-mean, mode and median are equal According to Erikson, what is the psychosocial crisis of early adulthood? - ✔✔-The correct answer: Intimacy vs. Isolation What is the FIRST thing to assess in on-site basic crisis intervention, such as in the aftermath of a natural disaster? - ✔✔-The first thing to assess is the immediate need for physical safety, food, and clothing. You have a new client who has just joined your addictions treatment group. You are called to the phone to speak with an individual who identifies himself as your client's probation officer. What should you do? - ✔✔-Confidentiality is at the core of the therapeutic process for recovering individuals. When functioning as an examiner for the court, a social worker: - ✔✔-It is important to remember that the clinician may be found in contempt of court by a judge for failing to report relevant information. A group of children are able to play hopscotch together in the same manner and with the same level of skill development; this is due to: - ✔✔-Maturation refers to the sequential characteristics of biological growth and development. You are the social worker at a university. One of your clients is the son of the dean. During a session, your client expresses a great deal of anger at his mother, the dean, and says he wants to show his independence by getting a nose ring and piercing his tongue, which he knows his mother will disapprove of. A week later the dean comes to speak to you. She wants to know why you told her son to get his nose and tongue pierced. Ethically, your obligation is to: - ✔✔-Refrain from talking to her about the situation Which of the following distinguishes substance dependence from substance abuse? - ✔✔-A preoccupation with getting and using the drug of choice is one of the significant indicators of probable dependence. Tolerance, withdrawal and loss of control are also significant indicators of substance dependence. A 30-year-old client is being discharged from physical therapy and rehabilitation following a very serious car accident in which the client lost his dominant arm. He will no longer be able to work at his prior profession (auto mechanic) because of safety issues, but believes he can manage at home with the help of extended family and the work done in therapy. What is your NEXT step? - ✔✔-Educate on disability resources and facilitate linking with retraining and vocational rehabilitation services What is the purpose of Aronson's Jigsaw Classroom technique? - ✔✔-Reduce intergroup conflict by facilitating rewarding, intergroup cooperation What is the MOST likely cognitive stage of development for a baby? - ✔✔-Piaget identified the following four stages in cognitive development: (1) Sensorimotor stage (Infancy) A 44-year-old man presents with symptoms consistent with alcohol dependence. Multiple options are available for treatment along a continuum. You believe an inpatient program is best for him to detoxify initially, and then desire to transfer him to a residential program for the best chance at long-term sobriety and recovery. He refuses inpatient and residential options, preferring instead to participate in a day treatment program, allowing him to stay better connected to his family and employment. What is the BEST course of action? - ✔✔-Implement the least restrictive treatment option You work at a community counseling center. Celeste, a 21-year-old woman comes to see you. She can't sleep and is considering dropping out of college. Her sister died in a tragic car accident a month ago. She bursts in to tears as soon as you sit down to talk with her. What do you do NEXT? - ✔✔-Hand Celeste a tissue and ask her what she is feeling right now. Parents come to you with their 19 month-old daughter who presents with the following characteristics: (1) a loss of motor skills previously learned, (2) a decrease in sociability with siblings, (3) declining physical coordination, (4) problems with expressive needs and (5) lethargy. In conjunction, her medical file states that the client's head growth seems slowed/decelerated for her age. These symptoms began manifesting at approximately 12 months of age. With this information what diagnosis would be MOST appropriate? - ✔✔-299.80 Rett's Disorder: You are working in the juvenile justice system. You are asked to evaluate a teenage boy who has molested a 3-year-old. This act is repulsive to you, and you personally believe that pedophiles cannot be rehabilitated. How do you approach the situation? - ✔✔-You seek supervision to deal with your feelings so that you can approach this client in a way that will show that you have positive regard for him despite his alleged crime When you believe that your country, culture or group is the best and that everybody else should assimilate to your beliefs, values and actions, this is called: - ✔✔-Ethnocentrism The dropout rate - ✔✔-You are researching which 'theoretical orientation' reduces dropout rate in group therapy. Which of the following is the dependent variable of this study? In the process of studying the Japanese language, Chelsea discovers that the more time she spends practicing, the better she gets. What are the independent and the dependent variables in this situation? - ✔✔-Time spent studying is the independent variable a [Show More]

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