Exam Preview for 1900: Spiritual Assessment in Social Work July 17,

Spiritual Assessment in Social Work

Please note: exam questions are subject to change.

1. A spiritually-sensitive social worker: always asks about religious affiliation is one who listens for any allusions to a spiritual or religious frame is unconscious of their own questions about spirituality considers herself/himself a spiritual person
2. Asking about values: does not help the social worker work with a client holistically is useful in determining priorities where a client holds conflicting ones does not form part of a culturally competent approach can cause many difficulties in building a therapeutic relationship
3. Including questions about spirituality and/or religion in assessment: may blur any concerns a client has about the areas and impair the therapeutic alliance is rarely necessary will impair the therapeutic alliance will assist in understanding client’s world view
4. What standards does the inclusion of assessment on spirituality and/or religion meet? NASW standards on cultural diversity International Federation of Social Workers The Joint Commission (health care organization directive) All of the above
5. Spirituality: is often related to connections has a single meaning in all forms of professional practice reaches beyond the self to describe mundane everyday life is easier to define than religion
6. Meaning is: consistent through the life course consistent across all religious faiths consistently important to human beings whether they are religious or not consistent within religious faiths
7. Which of the following is a key goal of spiritual assessment? to assess spiritual strengths and struggles to assess health beliefs to identify if you and your client share the same beliefs to encourage a client to include spiritual goals in their treatment plan
8. Spiritual assessment: is always done qualitatively may take many forms is always done quantitatively is always required in social work practice
9. Spiritual emergence may lead to feeling ___________________. happy joy overwhelmed ignored
10. Spirituality and religion in the DSM-5-TR are mentioned as a V-code and in the _______________________________. appendix Culturalgram section Cultural Formation section Assessment section