When He or She Does Not Speak the Local Language

question 36

True/False

When he or she does not speak the local language, a manager should rely on gestures and symbols since their consistency of meaning provides a form of universal communication throughout the world.

Realize the impact of social policies and standards (such as EPAS) on the practice and education of social work.

Understand the procedural aspects of social work practice including case management and policy analysis.

Value the role of group work in social work practice and its contribution to addressing emotional, interactional, or behavioral difficulties.

Understand the differences between a medical model approach and the ecological approach in social work.

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Definitions:

Crystal Ball

A metaphorical term often used to describe the act of predicting future events with certainty.

Project Management

The practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria.

Analytical Approach

A method of problem solving that involves breaking down a system into its smallest parts and understanding how those parts relate to one another.

Bootstrap Tool

A statistical method or software tool used for estimating the sampling distribution of an estimator by resampling with replacement from the original data.