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Take Test: EXAM 1 Part 1 Short Answer

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DUE 9/13 by 11:59PM
You can access this multiple times up until the due date. This is the Short Answer portion of Exam 1, Ch. 1 and 2. I do take off points for spelling and grammatical errors. I expect each response to be 1-2 paragraphs, answered in complete sentences. I expect 1 paragraph to equal at least 5-6 sentences.
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Answer in thorough, complete sentences. Apply the knowledge from Ch 1 and 2 to the following questions.
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Question 1
Tell me the job you would like to have in the future (within the HMS). Describe whether this job uses the Rehabilitative, Social Care, or Social Control Function. Make sure that I can tell you understand the function.

Question 2
Refer to the case study of Almeada in your book.
Explain how the human service delivery system could provide Almeada with EACH of the following:
social care,
social control, and
rehabilitation.
QUESTION 3

List at least two reasons that you chose the helping profession as your field of study.
Now, think ahead…when you are a professional in this field, how will those motivations that you listed impact you professionally.
List one potential benefit and one potential problem for EACH motivation.
QUESTION 4

What has increased the “problems in living” in our modern world? Give two examples and defend your answers.

QUESTION 5

Use the case below to answer the questions.
Human service professionals are often called upon to address the most challenging problems faced—not just by individuals, but by society as a whole. The Washington Post ran a series of articles on the Social Security Disability program, which provides “checks” to people with disabilities. One of the families they profiled at length included four generations on disability. The family lives in an isolated area of rural Missouri where unemployment is chronically high. No one in the family has a substantial education or job skills, and those who are employed work in very low-paying jobs and rarely stay employed for long. The matriarch’s father, a laborer, went on disability after injuring his arm. The matriarch herself went on disability next for both physical and psychiatric issues. Her daughter, who has a mild type of Down syndrome, became pregnant and dropped out of school at 15. She also went on disability due to intellectual, psychiatric, and physical disabilities. The daughter now has four children, including twin sons, age 10, who have been diagnosed with ADHD. Although they were receiving disability checks, the government recently terminated the checks and, although the family has repeatedly appealed the decision and is searching for a doctor who will provide them with the “right” diagnosis for the boys, they have so far been unsuccessful. As a result, the family, which includes the matriarch, her daughter, and her daughter’s four children, are living on about $2000 a month plus SNAP (what used to be called food stamps) benefits.
What sorts of problems in living is this family facing? How did the problems arise?
What strengths does this family have? How can you conceptualize their problems in a way that will enable them to use their strengths?
What was your initial reaction to the description of this family? Did you feel sorry for them? Feel compassion or empathy? Wonder why they didn’t do something to help themselves? Suspect that they are probably abusing the disability program? How might your attitudes be reflected in the community as a whole? How might those community attitudes, in turn, influence the kinds of interventions and strategies that are available to you as a helper?