Human Services: Test Questions, Week 3

Summary

Human services involve helping clients with various needs. Students get to practice multiple choice questions on the subject.

The whole person

The whole person concept covers different perspectives. Students choose which one is not included.

Case management

Case managers gather information and evaluate clients' needs. They link clients to other services and resources.

Client problems

Problems can be unpredictable and result in short-term or long-term issues. Students identify what these problems are called.

Approaches to human services

A multicultural approach recognises that all people have the capacity for thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Students identify this approach.

Key terms

case management

A way professionals link clients to other services.

situational problems

Difficulties that occur without predictability or fault of the individual.

multicultural approach

Recognises that all people, regardless of race or ethnicity, have the capacity for thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

client strengths

Positive characteristics or skills that a client possesses.

icebreakers

Strategies or techniques that help a client become more comfortable with the setting and the helper.

resolution focused brief therapy

A strategy for providing time-limited treatment due to demands from managed care and funding issues.

Questions this document helps with

• What perspectives are included in the whole person concept?
• How do case managers link clients to other services?
• What are the two types of crisis?
• What is the multicultural approach to human services?

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