Deck 13: Treatment: Physical Abuse and Neglect

Question 1

Feelings, attitudes, thoughts and behaviors which are brought about by the helper's own past life experiences is known as:

A) countertransference
B) correlation coefficient
C) cognitive recognition
D) clinical manifestations
E) none of the above

Answer 1

countertransference

Question 2

Confidentiality is important but the worker can not keep the information confidential if

A) the client has threatened or attempted suicide
B) the client threatens to kill another
C) the client is abusing drugs or alcohol
D) the client abuses or neglects a child
E) a, b and d only

Answer 2

a, b and d only

Question 3

Families may resent the intervention of social services because:

A) individuals who have had difficult or deprived childhoods themselves have difficulty trusting
B) they feel that their ways of handling their personal lives are normal
C) they were dealt with in the same manner by their parents
D) some parents mistrust services and treatment methods
E) all of the above

Answer 3

all of the above

Question 4

Treatment may not be effective because:

A) changing may not be difficult for the individual but he/she just doesn't feel like it
B) the person has been asked to change in a way that has not fully engaged his/her cooperation
C) the person wants to change too badly
D) a and b only
E) all of the above

Question 5

The NSPCC, in their study of the treatment of physically abusive families, identified phases that this treatment took. The second phase is

A) crisis
B) dependency
C) hostility
D) independency
E) fatigue

Question 6

HOMEBUILDERS is a form of

A) respite service for abusive parents
B) program to help families in poverty to build houses
C) intensive family-centered service
D) agency that deals only with neglectful families
E) program mandated to serve Hispanic families only

Question 7

Authors Polansky, DeSaix, and Sharlin (1972) characterize a majority of chronically neglectful mothers as "playing games" to resist treatment. Two such "games"
Are:

A) "look-at-how-hard-I'm-trying" and "yes, but"
B) "I-don't-have-enough-money" and "no- one-likes-me"
C) "I-don't-have-the-time" and "no-one-cares-anyway"
D) "I can't get ahead, so why bother" and "everybody hates me"

Question 8

Parental aides may be

A) paid nurses
B) foster grandparents
C) other clients
D) highly trained homemakers
E) all of the above

Question 9

Physically abused children often demonstrate, to some degree, identifiable symptoms such as:

A) a heightened ability to play
B) no interest in their surroundings
C) flat or depressed affect
D) a trusting attitude toward the worker
E) all of the above

Question 10

Abused children often have little idea of how to handle their own impulses which may be expressed by

A) temper tantrums
B) destructive behavior
C) unpredictable displays of emotion
D) behavior younger than their age
E) all of the above

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a treatment goal for physically abusive parents?

A) minimizing or reducing environmental stresses
B) understanding their symbiotic relationships and behaving more independently
C) engineering and appreciating their own successes
D) recognizing how wrong they have been
E) recognizing and reducing their isolation

Question 12

Play therapy is beneficial in improving parent-child relationships because:

A) the parent can watch the child having fun while observing the play behind a two-way mirror
B) allows the therapist to comment on specific maladaptive behaviors and let the parents know that he/she has contributed to them
C) the parent can be helped to understand the child's behavior and deal with it more effectively
D) both a and b
E) all of the above

Question 13

Equilibrium Maintenance refers to

A) upsetting the family balance to induce change
B) supporting the family so that they might regain appropriate child rearing standards
C) removing the children
D) using play therapy with a child to help him/her learn to be child again
E) helping a mentally ill parent get back on her feet through the use of medication

Question 14

Disequilibrium refers to

A) breaking old patterns in order to enhance the family's level of functioning
B) supporting the family so that they might regain appropriate child rearing standards
C) providing homemaker services for a family
D) assuring the family that you will never remove the children
E) all of the above

Question 15

What must a worker consider when preparing to treat abusive or neglectful families? What type of resistance might you see in a family? What would be the most difficult type of resistance for you to handle? How would you do this?

Question 16

Outline the treatment of a physically abusive family. What are the goals? What are some ways that one could achieve them?

Question 17

How does one treat neglectful families? What is particularly challenging for the worker who is treating these families?