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Grief in Family Systems: Interventions

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1.  ______________ occurs when something is left behind – by choice or by circumstance.
  1. Grief
  2. Mourning
  3. Loss
  4. None of the above
2.  _____________ is one of the strongest predictors of grief. The closer the degrees of ____________ to the deceased, the more intensified the grief.
  1. Age; Relationship
  2. Kinship; Kinship
  3. Type of loss; Kinship
  4. None of the above
3.  An individual with an “intuitive” grieving style will process their loss through _______________.
  1. Emotions
  2. Discussion and connection with others
  3. Creative expression of feelings
  4. All of the above
4.  Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs reminds social workers to first assess the ____________ needs of families who have experienced a loss.
  1. Emotional
  2. Physiological and safety
  3. Esteem
  4. Friendship
5.  The foundation of quality grief interventions must start with which of the following?
  1. Active listening & empathetic communication
  2. Psychoeducation
  3. Support groups
  4. Closed-ended questions
6.  The _______________________ model highlights the oscillation between a loss-orientation and restoration-orientation.
  1. Task
  2. Maslow Hierarchy
  3. Dual Process
  4. Narrative
7.  The Family Systems Model (Bowen) saw the ________________ ritual as fundamental to the process of connecting, “playing a part” in the family system and engaging emotions.
  1. Funeral
  2. Ecomap
  3. Church
  4. None of the above
8.  A variety of tools can be used to “tell the story” when using a narrative intervention, including:
  1. Music
  2. Journaling
  3. Memory Scrapbook
  4. All of the above
9.  Letter writing is an example of a ___________________ intervention.
  1. Systems
  2. Family Focused
  3. Narrative
  4. Structural
10.  The concept of cultural humility reminds social workers to:
  1. View ourselves as learners, not experts
  2. Respect difference
  3. Research – formal and informal
  4. All of the above

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