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The rate of homelessness began to increse between 1970 and 1980 due to:

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Decrease in affordable housing

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Despite considerable research existing to support the opposite, a 1995 survey revealed that there was an increase in mainstream society's tendency to blame _ for their poverty.

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The poor

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The 1970s and 1980 saw a dramatic increase in the homelessness of:

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Female single-parent head-of-households with children

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Many homeless single mothers report having had:

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Unstable childood filled with physical and sexual abuse

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The majority of homeless single mothers are:

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25 years if age, native born U.S. Citizens with two to three children

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HUD's section 8 housing voucher program is designed for:

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The general public

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Early efforts to provide treatment for substance abuse began in the United States in the mid-1800, prompted by:

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Public concern over yhe problems resulting from increased levels of public drunkenness

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Which of the following factors not considered contributor to the repeal ofprohibitation, which once again legalized the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the United States:

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The first medical studied that revealed and benefits of moderate consuption of alcohol

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The behavioral/environmental model described the possible progression of substance use through five stages.

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Abstinence, experimentation, social/recreational use, habituation, abuse, addiction

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The accidemic model focuses on:

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Understanding addiction from the stand point of the changes that occurr in the body over yome as individuals use drugs

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Motivational Interviewing is directive, client- centered counseling style for elicit behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve.

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Ambivalence

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Throughout history, people have used psychoative substances to change how they feel. Most societies sanction some use of psychoactive substances such as:

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Marijuana and peyote

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The term "alcoholism" was first introduced by:

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Magnus Huss

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By the end of the colonial period there was a shift in societal attitudes about the use of alcohol in the United States. Instead of been seen as a blessing from God, it was increasingly seen as:

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A curse

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When Substance users build rolerance and experience withdrawl if they stop using the drug, this is called

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Withdrawl

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When a substance user's body has become accustomed to the drugs and thus needs to use more in an attempt either to regain the pleasurable effects of the drug or merely to feel normal. This is known as:

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Dependence

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School Social Work has its roots in the

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Settlement House Movement

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Most of the children who were the original focus of the early school social workers were:

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From non-English speaking immigrants

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The Disabilities Education Act required that Public School's provide:

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"Free and appropriate" public education to all school age children between the ages of 3 and 21 regardless of their disability

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The field of school guidance counseling was influenced by:

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The advent of intellihence and aptitude testing

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Urban schools face what is referred to as:

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The achievement gap

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Most states require that school social workers have an MSW with a specialization in:

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School social working

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Counseling on public school campuses is primarily conducted by three types of professionals.

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School counselors, school psychologist, and school social workers

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Macro practice involved addressing and confronting social issues that can act as a bartier to optimal functioning by working

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On an organizational level by creating structural change through social action

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Of the 120 million children forced into full time labor, the majority reside in:

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Asia

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Refugees who are housed in homes for long periods of time are referred to as

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Long-term diaspora groups

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The first steps in comminity organizing is to

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Create a comsensus on what the community needs

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Michael is a human service professional who works with Daniel who recently came from Afghanistan and is experience symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Michael is doing:

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Micro practice

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Sarah is human service professional who works with groups providing education on HIV/AIDS. Sarah is doing is doing:

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Mezzo practice

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Community development dates back go the _ when Jane Addams and her colleagues worked with politicians, various community organizations, to create a better community for all members.

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Settelment House Movement

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The International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) is an independent organization founded in:

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1928 in Paris

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As of 2011, there were approximately _ individuals who were victims of human trafficking worldwide, the majority of whom were young females, the majority of whom were trafficked for sexual purposes.

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12.3 million

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Fredrick is a human service professional working in Kenya. He works with grassroots organizations to eliminate the traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilitation (FGM). Fredrick is doing

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Mezzo Practice

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In the 1920s, theories of intelegence and cognitive development became popular, influencing the work of:

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School counselors

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School counseling programs generally focus on three basic areas:

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Academic counseling, career development and personal social development

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The National Institute of Mental Health states that approximately _ and _ percent of adilescents suffer from some form or depression.

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3 and 8

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Human Service professionals who work in practice settings dealing with domestic violence, sexual assalt, gang activity, and criminal justice agencies such as police departments, probation, state and county prosecutor office, and within correctional facilities are considered:

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Forensic human service providers

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Domestic Violence includes:

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Violence between heterosexual intimate partners and violence between same sex partners and siblings

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Approximately _ percent if sexual assault victims knew their assailant.

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70%

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Myths about rapists include assertions that:

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Only truly evil or insane men commit rape and men just cannot control their sexual desire

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Domestic violence does not just affect the abused spouse. The children living in the home are victims as well even if the violent is not aimed directly at them. Boys who witness domestic violence are:

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Twice as likely to commit violence agains their partners as adults

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The centers for disease control and prevention ( CDC) estimates that:

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One in three women report having been victim of some form of domestic violence

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The circle of violence begins at:

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Honeymoon stage

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When victims have the tendency to see themselves more resposiblr for being abused, they have

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Locus of internal control

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The _ theory suggests that victims of domestic violence enter into a cost-benefits analysis when attempting to make a decision about whether to stay or leave the abusive relationship.

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Social-exchange theory

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Which of the following is not one of the maddates of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994?

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Providing lawyers for abused battered women

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Early in human history, mental illness was believed yo be caused by alcoholism and poverty.

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False

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One unanticipated consequences of deinstitutiomalization was the shafting of thousands of mentally ill patients from insitutions to the streets.

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True

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Men aee particularly overrepresented in the prison populations with approximately 31% of men in state prison suffering from some form of serious form of mental illness.

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True

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Historically, only about 20% of homeless individuals have been on any form of public assistance, even though the majority of these individuals would have wualified for some form of assistance.

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True

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All human beings have basic needs, such as the need for food, health, shelter and safety. The following are reasons why people may beed to utilize human services.

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Mental illness, racism, and trauma

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In Maslow's Hierachy of Needs, a person would first need to meet their _ needs before meeting their _ needs.

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Lower level/ higer lever

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The Council of Standard in Human Services Education was established in 1971 for what?

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Guiding and dorecting himan service education training programs

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Jerry is a student at Ivy Tech Community College. He was involved in an earthquake last summer while visiting his aunt in California. When Jerry was removed from the rubbles of the shopping mall where he was when the quake struck, his least needs were:

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Self-actualization needs

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The thoery that categorized an individual's environment into four expanding spears, all with imcreasing levels of imtimate interaction with the individual is:

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Ecological systems theory

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The Feudal System was:

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England's primary manner of caring for the poor prior to the middle ages.

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The English Poor Laws of 1601 established threedriving principles as the foundation for social legislation, which of the following was not one of the principels?

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Poor relief should be handled at the federal level.

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Modjeska Simkins, Ida Wells, and Jane Hunter are examples of:

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African American social workers wno developed social programs for the black communities since most social welfare programs often excluded African Americans.

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Civil Works Administration (CWA), The Federal Relief Emergency Act (FERA), Civilian Conservation Core (CCC), and the Social Security Act if 2935 are examples of:

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Programs created by President Roosevelt in responce to the Great Depression

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Which of these is not true?

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It is important that any professional code of ethics be considered finalized after approval by management

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This woman was responsible for yhe establishment of the Settlement House Movement after she returned from England.

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Jane Addams

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A human service professional working in child and family services starting may be involved in these activities EXCEPT

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Childhood disease treatment

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The orphan train movement was established to

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Utilize in-home placement of children instead of being in streets or orphan asylum

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These marriage protections not offered to the LGBT population in same sex partnerships

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Divorce protection and automatic inheritance AND hospital visits and medical decision-making power

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This man established charity organization societies

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Humphreys gurteen

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The Republican Party released a doc called the new contract with America during congressional campaign in the 90s. This doc

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Reform welfare laws

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To maintain integrity and trust within their profession

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Ethical standards

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Violations of legally enforce ethical standards can result in

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Professional sanction (license suspension), criminal penalties, incarceration

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Individuals who are primarily motivated by hdtheir emotions are often emotionally

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Unstable

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During the many waves of early immigration individuals families and minor children as young as 10 or 11 years old often paid for their passage to the United States through a process called

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Indentured service

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Which of the following is not true of the child welfare system of the United States

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Child welfare workers have the power to remove children from homes with minimal evidence of abuse

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Prior to the Civil War the common beliefs about children was that they needed:

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To be treated with harsh discipline or they would fall victim to laziness or vice

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