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the Bureau of Labor says that social work will grow ________ than the average professions

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faster

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How many of the top 20 professions require social work training

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3

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on any given day _______ people are helped by social workers

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10 million

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social work is a profession that provides _____,______, and _______ for addressing social problems and improving the quality of life

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direction, vision and motivation

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social work is a triad of ______, ______ and ______

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knowledge, values and skills

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social work is a _________ that has a body of knowledge, skills and research outcomes

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science

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social work is an _______ that uses creative intervention, original judgment, personality, and all aspects of self

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art

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people with a degree in socail work from a program accredited by the _____________

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council on work education

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there are _________ social workers in the US; mostly _________

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600,000/ white females

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the __________ degree is the first and most general level then _________ and then ________

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baccalaureate/ graduate/ doctoral

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how much mental services are provided by social workers?

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over 50%-- more than psychologists, psychiatrists, and nurses combined

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_____% apply for micro or mezzo _____% apply for macro

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85% micro/ mezzo 15% macro

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all 50 states have legal regulations of _____ and _____

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licensing (1994) and certification (1981)

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the term for practice regulation is______

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licensing

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the term for title protection is______

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certification

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the levels of licensing are LMSW-AP, LCSW, LBSW, and LMSW

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LBSW: licensed baccalaureate social work LMSW: Licensed master social worker LMSW-AP: Advanced practitioner LCSW: Licensed clinical practitioner

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reimbursement by insurance companies is _____

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vendorship

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the social work profession is a way of looking at things with a ________________________________

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generalist prospective with an inclusive world view

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having a generalist prospective means you bust be prepared to______________________

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work with clients of different ages, race and cultures

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helping clients achieve self sufficiency, society to relieve oppression and help social work achieve status and power are _________ concepts

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advocacy

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for example: moving someone would make their life different- showing that environment influences how they function this is____________________

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person-in-environment (PIE)

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a __________ concept deals with the whole person approach, interdependency, and person-in-environment (PIE)

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holistic

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marginalizing a person is _____________ them

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stereotyping

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_____________ are essential for growth

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relationships

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personal problems resulting from social/institutional arrangements is _________as___________

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personal as political

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According to Friedlander, social work is a profession that helps individuals, groups, and communities reach the highest possible degree of social, physical, and mental well-being. In other words, it ___________________

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enhances social functioning

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Which of the needs on Maslow's hierarchy of needs are most likely to be met by society?

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physiological

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society usually steps in with _______________________if large numbers of people cannot meet their needs?

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social welfare system

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The system that is organized to meet needs and provide for the well-being of citizens of a society, and to focus on strengthening families and individuals is

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social welfare system

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there are three ways to view social welfare ...

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residual (temporary), institutional and developmental (preventative)

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According to Abramovitz, everyone is on welfare. What are her 3 categories of welfare?

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fiscal (support for middle and upper class), corporate (support for businesses) and public (help the poor)

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While it took a long time for governments to get involved in helping people with needs, one institution provided a major social welfare role historically. That was __________

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the church

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_________ was a modle for the US who's key concepts remained over the years

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England

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The Elizabethan Poor Law was developed in_______

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1601

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The Elizabethan Poor Law was the _________________ of a federal government

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first involvement

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The levels of responsibility of the Elizabethan Poor Law are _________,________ and then________

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individual/family, public, then government

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The addition of the Elizabethan Poor Law that required that persons applying for aid have resistance in the city where they apply was the_______________

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Law of Settlement

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The addition of the Elizabethan Poor Law that provided for supplementation of wages when a natural disaster caused people to lose their earnings was the __________________

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Speenhamland Act

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The concept from the 1834 Poor Law that no welfare recipient shall receive as much in aid as the lowest paid community member is called ______________

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less eligibility

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The Elizabethan Poor Law classified the needy into which two groups that we use today?

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worthy or unworthy poor

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when the situation is presented and the lowest bidder gets the family this is called ______________

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auction in reverse

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During the 1700s and 1800s, there was a negative and punitive view of the needy, and many needs were met with ________________

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institutional services

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The program developed in 1863 to coordinate public charities that is a model for state welfare today was the _______________

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Massachusetts State Board of Charities

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The 1st US federal government involvement in social welfare that lasted for 5-7 years in the late 1800s was the ____________________

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Freedman's Bureau

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After the war, the Freedman's Bureau worked with ________________. Agents of the bureau delivered a wide range of social services to ease the assimilation of _____________________.

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newly emancipated slaves / newly emancipated slaves

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The organization developed in the 1870s to organize social welfare workers was the____________________

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National Conference on Charities & Corrections

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The program developed in the 1870s to coordinate private charities was the __________________

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charity organization society

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Josephine Shaw Lowell, a major leader of the Charity Organization Society, is pictured on the history website, promising that how much aid would go directly to the poor?

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not one cent!

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The assumption that the poor were in need of upper-class role models to help their "moral uplift" led to using volunteers to work with them at the COS. They were called ___________

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friendly visitors

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The organization developed in 1886 to provide social services in the communities, particularly with immigrants, and that focused on societal causes of poverty was the _______________________

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settlement house movement

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__________ coined the phrase "social workers"

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Simon Patten

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The period from 1890-1915 that focused on social change and social justice, societal causation of poverty and an emphasis on professionalism was called _________________

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the Progressive Era

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In 1898, the first social work education program was developed and later become the Columbia University Social of Social Work. It was called the ________________

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New York School of Philanthropy

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The physician who told social workers at the 1915 National Conference on Charities and Corrections social work was not yet a profession but they should "go out and build yourselves a profession" was ______________

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Abraham Flexner

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In 1920, the Atlanta School of Social Work was developed. It was the 1st school to ____________________

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train African American social workers

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The method of social casework was developed and described in the first social work textbook written by Mary Richmond in 1917 titled: ____________

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Social Diagnosis

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The first woman and the first social worker in the U.S. Congress (1917) was _________

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Jeannette Rankin

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Social welfare policy explosion that guides policy today are the ___________________- the key to social welfare today

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New Deal programs

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The two social workers who had a major role in writing the legislation and programs for the New Deal were __________and____________

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Harry Hopkins and Frances Perkins

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Frances Perkins was a social worker who is famous because___________________________ _________________________

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She was the first woman in the Cabinet (Secretary of Labor)

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in 1935, the ________________ was the first federal responsibility for social welfare

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Social Security Act

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A negative view on socialism/ communism was called the ____________

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Red Score

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The decades of the 40s and 50s can be described as negative towards people ____ __________________________________________

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of color, communists, and women

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The organization developed in 1952 that develops educational standards and accredits social work programs is the__________________

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Council on Social Work Education

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in 1955, the National Association of Social Workers became the _______________________

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largest SOWO organization in the world

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In 1957, Ernest Greenwood wrote "Attributes of a Profession" arguing that social work is a profession because_________________________ _________________________________

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it has a body of knowledge, a code of ethics, and a professional culture

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During the 1960s, the country began to focus on societal causes of poverty and need. Much of the reason was Michael Harrington's book titled _______________

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The Other America

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What is a key reason why the discovery of poverty got national attention?

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The people in poverty were largely older adults

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The social worker who authored the Domestic Marshall Plan that was the basis for the War on Poverty and who served as the first black president of NASW was _________________

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Whitney Young

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The social worker that was the president of the National Council of Negro Women and the only woman engaged in United Civil Rights Leadership Organization who also won a Congressional Gold Medal was_______________

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Dorothy Height

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During the 80s, the US had the most massive transfer of wealth in history from____________

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the poor to the rich (60% loss of income)

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Which historical shift most changed people's needs and thus social welfare services over the past 150 years in the US?

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Urbanization, industrialization, and technology

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Supervision is important for social work students and practitioners because_____________________________

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it provides feedback for learning

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The concept where social work faculty protect the profession by screening students for their competence for practice is called ____________

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Gatekeeping

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Social work has been around for ______ years

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114

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The urban missionary movement and other similar philanthropies relied heavily on the use of the ________ in their work.

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visitor

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The ____________ was a Civil War volunteer organization that developed services associated today with Public Health and the Red Cross.

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Sanitation Commission

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Many states experienced an institutional building boom, in part the direct result of _________ reform campaign before the Civil War.

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Dorthea Dix's

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The pioneers in the state board movement were the first charity leaders who tried to develop a more systematic and rational approach to their work and to push it away from its traditional association with ________.

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religion

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_____________was based on the teachings of Englishman Herbert Spencer who preached that relief was destructive to society and the poor because it created dependency and sapped their motivation.

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Social Darwinism

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The first American charity organization society was established in _____________

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Buffalo, New York

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The____________________ were actually central record keeping systems that kept track of almoners and prevented the indigent from receiving relief from more than one agency.

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exchanges or registries

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