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Tejas Nerkar
on Dec 17, 2024
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Su-Yun is a social worker in an urban school in Boston. She primarily works with at-risk teens whose families are below the poverty level. These teens are considered at risk for engaging in criminal behavior. Su-Yun decides to create a program at her school that gives teens a variety of ways in which they can avoid starting (or continuing) down a negative path-for example, she creates an anonymous counseling hotline and makes arrangements for a local youth club to stay open later hours on the weekends to give students a place to hang out. Su-Yun's efforts are an example of _________.
A) option planning
B) a public assistance program
C) recreational therapy
D) psychiatry
Anonymous Counseling
Anonymous counseling involves providing professional therapeutic support to individuals without requiring them to reveal their identity, often used in sensitive or stigmatized issues.
Recreational Therapy
A treatment approach that uses activities and play as therapeutic interventions to improve physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
Psychiatry
A branch of medicine focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, involving both medical and psychological interventions.
- Understand the importance of various social work environments and initiatives in fulfilling social welfare goals.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the importance of various social work environments and initiatives in fulfilling social welfare goals.