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The skill of representing includes those actions social workers take on behalf of clients in pursuit of agreed-upon goals.
 
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The skills of educating and linking are entirely unrelated and different from each other.
 
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It is not appropriate for social workers to act as teachers as they are not trained to be teachers.
 
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Reframing is a skill used to redirect energy and maintain attention to the issue being resolved by a social worker.
 
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Evaluation of progress is crucial during the work and evaluation phase.
 
  Evaluation of progress is crucial during the work and evaluation phase.

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In the context of social work, which of the following is an example of the skill of representing?
 
 

A. Focusing on a clients experience
  B. Sharing a different perspective with a client than what he or she previously believed
  C. Seeking feedback from a client
  D. Contacting a homeless shelter to facilitate a clients admission

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_____ is a form of reframing through which you change the meaning suggested by clients expressions.
 
 

A. Personalizing meaning
  B. Particularizing responsibility
  C. Structuring focus
  D. Situationalizing meaning

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Clara, a mother who had to abort her pregnancy because of health issues, is depressed and attempts to kill herself. She blames herself for killing her unborn child. She seeks the help of a social worker. The social worker urges her to consider various factors that might have eventually killed her and her child if she had decided to continue with her pregnancy. This scenario best exemplifies an instance of _____.
 
 

A. personalizing meaning
  B. situationalizing meaning
  C. responding with immediacy
  D. pointing out endings

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In the context of social work skills, _____ is a form of reframing through which you encourage clients to shift the attribution of responsibility away from other people, organizations, or external forces and toward themselves
 
 

A. personalizing meaning
  B. situationalizing meaning
  C. structuring focus
  D. scheduling priorities

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The term _____ refers to the words a professional social worker says and the actions he or she takes in introducing clients to a new way of looking at some aspect of themselves, the issue, or the situation.
 
 

A. representing
  B. reframing
  C. communicating
  D. educating

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