Week 1 Assignment
1. __________ of each client is how they express their ethnic traits.
☐ Personal culture
☐ Organization
☐ Format
☐ None of these apply
2. In order to understand the basis of a helping relationship with clients, it is important to first investigate why clients are seeking ______ their problems.
☐ help to address
☐ to force judgement on
☐ to forget
☐ none of these apply
3. According to your text, _____ is required to build functional relationships.
☐ disagreement
☐ good communication
☐ profit
☐ none of these apply
4. It’s important to empower clients so they will be able to help ______.
☐ themselves to solve their problems
☐ only people they want to help
☐ everyone all the time
☐ none of these apply
Chapter 2: Review the Problem-Management & Opportunity-Development Process
Answer the questions below by using chapter 2 of your textbook.
5. In the problem-management process, it’s important for HHS workers to help clients manage ______ situations to address issues in their lives.
☐ educational
☐ problematic
☐ spiritual
☐ none of these apply
6. It’s important to investigate what a client’s problems or issues are to help client’s prepare for and deal with _____.
☐ childcare
☐ educational opportunities
☐ change that needs to occur in their lives
☐ none of these apply
7. Planning and ________ are important to help client’s address their problems and issues.
☐ goal setting
☐ resistance
☐ inflexibility
☐ none of these apply
Chapter 3: Commit Yourself to the Helping Relationship and the Values That Drive It
Answer the questions below by using chapter 3 of your textbook.
8. All of us establish _______ of one kind or another throughout our lives as it’s important to the human bonding process.
☐ relationships
☐ wealth
☐ education
☐ none of these apply
9. When forming relationships with clients, it’s important to understand their ______.
☐ stubbornness
☐ values
☐ tolerance
☐ none of these apply
10. While working with clients, it’s important to avoid behaviors that show _____ to a client.
☐ disrespect
☐ attraction
☐ regret
☐ none of these apply
Stages of Change
It is important to understand the Stages of Change while creating behaviors to overcome problems and make positive changes in your life and in the lives of clients in the HHS field. Watch the following video: https://youtu.be/Twlow2pXsv0 (press “control” key and “click” at the same time to open the link and view the video) and review this article: https://www.builtlean.com/2010/06/01/5-stages-of-change-model-which-stage-are-you-in/ (press “control” key and “click” at the same time to open the link and view the article).
Stages
Description
Pre-Contemplation
People do not want to change habits or behaviors and does not recognize the problem. They do not want to take action to change behavior in the near future. Might believe they can’t make a change, or deny that what they are doing is not a problem. This stage is also called the “denial” stage.
Contemplation
During this stage, people weigh the costs (i.e. effort, time, finances) and benefits of changing behaviors. People decide if changing behaviors will be beneficial or worth it.
Planning/Preparation
The stage where people intend to take action in the immediate future, usually measured as the next month. Usually, they have already taken some significant action in the past year. These individuals have a plan of action. They see the ‘cons’ of continuing as outweighing the ‘pros’ and they are less ambivalent about taking the next step.
Action
Action is the stage in which people have made specific changes in their behavior or lifestyles within the past six months.
Maintenance
This is the stage of successful, sustained lifestyle or behavior modification. In this stage, people work to prevent relapse back to old behaviors.
11. Identify a time when you dealt with a problem you did not want to change. Explain the problem you had that needed a change.
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Now describe what you did in each stage of change to adjust your behavior and solve your problem.
Stages
Description
b. Pre-Contemplation
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c. Contemplation
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d. Preparation/Determination
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e. Action
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f. Maintenance
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Eight Dimensions of Wellness
Wellness pertains to maintaining good physical and mental health. As you work with clients in crisis who need to change behaviors, it’s beneficial to also support clients through the 8 Dimensions of Wellness. The 8 Dimensions of Wellness include: Emotional, Environmental, Financial, Intellectual, Occupational, Physical, Social and Physical. If you struggle in one dimension, it can impact you negatively in other dimensions. Before can help others improve their life by maintaining balance in the 8 Dimensions of Wellness, it’s important that you self-reflect on the 8 Dimensions of Wellness yourself. Review the article in the following link https://cpr.bu.edu/living-well/eight-dimensions-of-wellness/ along with the diagram below.
https://www.samhsa.gov/wellness-initiative/eight-dimensions-wellness
12. Identify at least two dimensions of wellness you would like to improve and explain why you selected those dimensions:
Dimension of Wellness
Explanation for improvement
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Reflection
Reflect on what you have learned this week to help you respond to the question below. You may choose to respond in writing or by recording a video!
According to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Social and Human Assistants work with a variety of clients. There are specific skills and values that these types of worker must have to be successful. The following link that summarizes each type of client these types of workers might assist: What Human Service Assistants Do (press “control” and “click” at the same time to open the link and view the article).
13. Review the article and list three (3) skills or values that a Human/Social Service Assistant would need to be successful. For each chosen skill or value, describe why you believe you already possess the skill or how you will develop it for use in your HHS career.
Skill or Value
How it’s demonstrated or how it’ll be developed
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Research Journal
Reflect on what you have learned this week to help you respond to the question below. This assignment is part one of a five-part paper you will create throughout this course.
14. Consider the field of Health and Human Services. Explain what kind of role do you want to enter in the HHS field (some examples of pathways in the HHS field include: want to work with children in the child welfare system (who are taken into state custody), the elderly (planning activities for the elderly in nursing homes), in human service admin roles (eligibility screener for people applying for welfare services), in the mental health field (psychiatric or behavioral health technician, etc.)? Provide an explanation of why you feel passionate about the role. Search the internet and share what skills are needed for working in that role with clients and cite your source in the space provided. Think about what skills have you developed throughout the HHS program in order to be qualified to enter that position. If the HHS program is a stepping stone and you plan to obtain a higher degree to work in a role, explain the steps you will take to achieve that goal.
a. HHS role:
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b. Explain the skills you have or you will need to obtain (if you are going on to complete a higher degree) to enter that role:
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c. Why are you passionate about the role:
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15. Cite the example you find in APA format.
Note: use the citation generator to help you cite your resources.
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