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The Art of Courageous Conversation: Macro Level Advocacy in Today's Political Climate

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1.  Social workers can promote social justice through which of the following activities?
  1. direct practice
  2. community organizing
  3. policy development and implementation
  4. all of the above
2.  Social justice advocacy is a(an) _____________ of the social work profession.
  1. suggested activity
  2. core value
  3. ethical mandate
  4. practice specialization
3.  Courageous Conversations are:
  1. purposeful, respectful, and empathic
  2. respectful, cautious, and calculated
  3. passionate, competitive, and purposeful
  4. comfortable, respectful, and purposeful
4.  Courageous Conversations are NOT:
  1. purposeful, empathic, measured
  2. investigatory, accusatory, passionate
  3. combative, competitive, disrespectful
  4. All of the above
5.  "Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of a person" is an example of:
  1. a societal assumption of the profession.
  2. an ethical mandate of the profession.
  3. a misconception of the social work profession.
  4. None of the above
6.  When speaking of empathy specifically, social workers are called to:
  1. seek to empathize with all of their clients.
  2. seek to empathize with all they come into contact with.
  3. seek to empathize with the most marginalized members of society.
  4. None of the above
7.  To many people, the loss of privilege ___________________.
  1. can cause paranoia
  2. can be liberating
  3. can feel like oppression
  4. is not noticed
8.  An essential skill social workers possess that can be helpful in courageous conversations is avoiding argumentation. This skill is borrowed from the specialization area of:
  1. cognitive behavioral therapy
  2. motivational interviewing
  3. dialectic behavioral therapy
  4. none of the above
9.  Social justice advocacy is a mandate for:
  1. social workers working in macro level community organizing settings
  2. social workers working with those in poverty
  3. direct level practitioners
  4. all social workers
10.  Courageous conversations involve which of the following?
  1. policy analysis
  2. individual conversations
  3. macro level community organizing
  4. all of the above

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