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Intimate distance Zone |
Closest range of personal space, from the point of being able to touch up to about 6-18 inches |
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Personal distance zone |
12 inches to 2 1/2 Feet ; 2 1/2 to 4 Feet |
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Empathy |
Acceptance of the client that allows the helper to see the situation or understand the feelings from the client's perspective |
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Social Distance Zone |
4 to 12 Feet of distance, business, structure interacting with people according to their role in transaction, touch is not possible and or not really appropriate or acceptable |
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The public distance zone |
12-25 Feet, when people are unequal status or when dealing with an important public speaker or at a formal speaking arrangement |
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Flexibility |
Multifaceted traits that allow the human services professional to shifts their perspectives of helping, clients, problems and interventions |
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Frontline Helper |
A human services professional that focuses on direct services to the client |
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Generalist |
A human services professional with diverse skills and functions that are applicable in a number of settings with a variety of client groups |
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Territories/ Territoriality |
Feeling of ownership or commitment to a space or territory or a willingness to defend an area or space |
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HS-BCP Human Service board certified practitioner |
Certification that indicates that the human services professional meets 11 core human service content areas. |
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Primary Territories |
owned or used completely by one person or group, may or may not be used for extended periods of time, provide users with a sense of privacy of security and stability |
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Human Service Professional |
An educated and trained individual who provides services to individuals, groups / families and communities in need |
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Secondary Territory |
A space that we share with others, may only use it for a short period of time less critical to our comfort than a primary territory but we still may feel attachment to it. ex. basketball court, neighborhood park, local senior center |
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Individuality |
The qualities or characteristics that make each person unique and distinctive from all other people |
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Public Territories |
The places where people come and go all the time, ex. city street train station bus station |
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Territories |
Play an organizing role in daily activities, knowing where you are going next and not having to carry everything with you because it is in your territory gives us organization to our lives. |
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Nonprofessional helpers |
Individuals that engage in helping with little training and agency responsibility |
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Physicians |
Medical doctors who provide examinations, diagnose illnesses, treat injured or diseased people and advise patients on maintaining good health |
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Psychiatrist |
Psysician charged with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illness |
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Psychologists |
Helping professionals who have advanced degrees in the study of human behavior and who provide counseling, preform assessments and conduct research in that field |
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Self Awareness |
The process of learning about ones self |
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Self-determination |
The act of deciding for one's self a course of action or resolution to a problem |
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Self Help Groups |
numbers of like minded individuals facing similar challenges that meet together to support eachother |
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Social Workers |
Individuals who have training in social welfare, human behavior and the social environment that work with individuals, groups and families |
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Tolerance |
The ability to be paitient and fair with each client |
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Values |
Statements of beliefs about what guides behavior and provides direction to people's lives |
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Volunteers |
Individuals who provide a service to others without any expectation of pay or financial benefit |
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Active Listening |
The behavior of helpers as they attend to the words and behaviors of their clients |
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Attending Behavior |
Verbal and nonverbal components that describe listening, eye contact, vocal qualities, verbal tracking and body language |
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Crisis Interventions |
The skills and abilities that helpers use to provide immediate help for a person in trouble |
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Effective Communication |
The result when the receiver interprets a message the way the way the sender intended |
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Group |
A number of individuals who interact with eachother sharing values, a social structure and cohesiveness |
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Helping Relationship |
The medium through which help occurs |
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Motivational Interviewing |
Provides methodology to encourage behavior change |