What Are Some Advantages to Working with Clients in Their

question 7

Multiple Choice

What are some advantages to working with clients in their homes?

• A)The effectiveness of home-based services is enhanced because of the ability to easily involve the client's social support system and because clients can easily adapt newly formed skills to the reality of their personal environment.
• B)Direct involvement in the client's environment often leads social workers to become neighborhood and community advocates for mezzo and macro changes that will benefit their clients.
• C)Clients are less likely to miss appointments when not constricted to the worker's schedule or the need to procure transportation.
• D)Workers are at a lower safety risk when visiting clients in their homes.

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Definitions:

Dehumanizing

The process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities, often leading to the perception of those individuals as less than human.

Humanistic Psychologists

Psychologists who focus on individual potential and stress the importance of growth and self-actualization.

Behavioral Theories

Theories suggesting that behavior is learned through interactions with the environment, emphasizing the role of conditioning.

Psychodynamic Theories

A group of theories in psychology that emphasize the influence of the unconscious mind and childhood experiences on behavior.