Exam Preview for 79: Clinical Social Work with Adoptive Parents: Is

Clinical Social Work with Adoptive Parents: Issues and Guidelines

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1. What assumption should a clinical social worker make when meeting an adoptive parent seeking the clinical social worker’s help? It is safe to assume that adoption is the central issue in the family It is best to assume that the presenting problem must be the focus of clinical intervention Adoptive parents face the same issues as parents who have given birth to their children The one thing one knows for sure is that this parent says she/he/they adopted a child.
2. Which of the following is a reason adoptees are disproportionately represented among clinical populations? Epigenesis Adoptive parents are desensitized to asking for help Adoptees are not disproportionately represented A and B
3. Which of the following is a normal, predictable issue common among adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents? Loss and grief Rejection, shame, guilt, unworthiness Bewilderment, confusion All of the above
4. The clinician should help the adoptive parents: Expect that in the digital age it is unrealistic to expect that the adoptee and birth family members will not access one another via social media Always keep the birth parents’ role in the child’s life as minimal as possible Plan ways to prevent the child from learning painful truths about the birth family Find out which type of open adoption works best for all families
5. Before the child enters the adoptive family, the prospective adoptive and birth parents are wise to make a plan which spells out: Who will have what kind of contact with whom, when, and where How the parents will renegotiate their contact agreement with each other as people and situations change How both parties will ensure that no further contact takes place until the child is 18 A and B
6. What is an inaccurate, incomplete way to view adoption? As an adoption triad As an extended family formed by adoption As a circle of adoption None of the above
7. What does an adoption competent clinician recognize? The need for human connection is virtually universal All human beings have a right to access the truth about their origins Even difficult truths can be shared with a child in age appropriate nonjudgmental language All of the above
8. What perspective(s) characterize(s) adoption competent clinical practice with adoptive parents? Attachment theory Trauma informed practice Strengths perspective All of the above
9. Which of the following shows a trauma-informed approach: Seeing the client's problematic behaviors as efforts at coping Ensuring the client's emotional safety in the clinical relationship Thinking in terms of "what happened to the client" instead of thinking in terms of "what's wrong with the client" All of the above
10. Which of the following is an accurate statement in general: A one hour workshop on how to work with adoptive parents is sufficient training An adoption competent clinician has extensive post-graduate training in how to help families cope with the complex issues embedded in the adoption journey Being an adoptee, adoptive parent, or member of an adoptive family sufficiently prepares a clinician to work with adoptive parents Most MSW programs offer advanced clinical content in how to work with adoptive parents