Important Traditions and Laws
True or False

1. The focus of the Settlement House movement has traditionally been one helping people help themselves.

True | False

2. The Charity Organization Societies were the forerunners of today's direct practice social work.

True | False

3. The Social Security Act of 1935 was the first comprehensive, national policy for the United States to provide help to its individual citizens.

True | False

4. There are two major traditions in social work--working with people for self-help and social change and working with people to help them overcome personal or social problems.

True | False

5. Mary Richmond was one of the early founders of social work education.

True | False

6. The National Association of Social Workers was founded in 1955 and is a combination of several professional social work organizations, which joined together in one large, umbrella organization.

True | False

7. Social administration is historically one of the oldest and most important forms of social work practice.

True | False

8. Social work arose, in part, from the desire to make helping those in need a scientific process.

True | False

9. Advocacy for children's rights and services is a function of several organizations and many social workers.

True | False

10. Although there are many kinds of social work practice, all of it can readily be classified as 1.) "micro" or direct practice or 2.) "macro" or indirect practice.

True | False

11. American Indians or Native Americans are not special targets of social services programs.

True | False

12. Psychologists and teachers, rather than social workers, provide help to those with developmental disabilities such as mental retardation.

True | False

13. People who can afford private mental health service usually turn to psychiatrists or psychologists.

True | False

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