As a Part of Evaluating the Social Worker's Practice, It

question 17

Multiple Choice

As a part of evaluating the social worker's practice, it is important for the social worker to do which of the following?

• A) Avoid personal reflection methods such as journaling to consider the impact of the social worker's training biases on the family's outcome
• B) Determine that a positive outcome means that the family had a positive experience
• C) Check in with each family member to make sure they felt heard, understood, and invested in by the social worker
• D) Keep any shortcomings private to prevent personal growth

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Definitions:

Facilitated Diffusion

A process of passive transport, mediated by carrier proteins, allowing molecules to cross the cellular membrane along the concentration gradient without energy expenditure.

Osmotic Pressure

The pressure required to prevent the flow of solvent into a solution through a semipermeable membrane, driven by differences in solute concentration.

Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

A cellular process by which cells absorb metabolites, hormones, proteins – and in some cases viruses – by the inward budding of plasma membrane vesicles containing proteins with receptor sites specific to the molecules being absorbed.

Hypotonic

Describes a solution with a lower concentration of solutes compared to another solution, leading to the movement of water into the cell.