LSA - Licensed Social Worker Associate Models of Social Work Practice Questions and Answers

Question 1

A social worker is meeting with a high school student who is feeling overwhelmed by college applications.
Instead of dwelling on the student's anxiety, the social worker asks, "Suppose you woke up tomorrow and the problem was solved.
What would be the first small sign that things are better?" This line of questioning is characteristic of which practice model?

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

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Psychodynamic Therapy

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Task-Centered Practice

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Question 2

Which of the following is a fundamental principle of the Strengths-Based Perspective in social work?

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Every individual, group, and community has strengths.

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The social worker is the expert on the client's life.

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Problems and pathology are the primary focus of the work.

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Interventions should be directed by a pre-determined treatment plan.

Question 3

A client wants to improve their relationship with their teenage son. The social worker and client agree on the specific goal of 'having one positive conversation per day.' They then break this down into smaller steps and set a timeline of two weeks to implement these steps. This approach is MOST indicative of which practice model?

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Task-Centered Practice

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Narrative Therapy

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Crisis Intervention

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Psychosocial Model

Question 4

A social worker using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) would most likely focus on which of the following with a client experiencing social anxiety?

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Identifying and challenging the client's automatic negative thoughts about social situations.

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Exploring the client's early childhood relationships and their impact on current fears.

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Helping the client re-author their life story to one of social confidence.

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Conducting a genogram to understand family patterns of anxiety.

Question 5

A client repeatedly describes themself as 'a failure' because they lost their job. The social worker helps the client examine times in their life when they have been resilient and successful, reframing the job loss as a single chapter in a much larger life story of perseverance. This technique of separating the person from their problem is central to which model?

Accepted Answer

Narrative Therapy

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

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Strengths-Based Perspective

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Task-Centered Practice

Question 6

The Psychosocial Model of social work, heavily influenced by the work of Florence Hollis, primarily emphasizes the importance of understanding the client in the context of their:

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Interactions between their internal psychological state and external social environment.

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Unconscious drives and defense mechanisms.

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Future goals and exceptions to their problems.

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Immediate, solvable problems and assigned tasks.