Deck 12: Diversity, Populations-At-Risk, and Empowerment in the Macro Social Environment

Question 1

Which of the following statements about kinship care is FALSE?

A) Policies should consider greater compensation for kin caregivers over non-kin caregivers.
B) It currently is possible to determine the breakdown of kinship families receiving foster care payments, TANF grants, or government assistance.
C) Data are not sufficient to document current financing of kinship care.
D) Practitioners should advocate for support for grandparents who care for their grandchildren.

Answer 1

It currently is possible to determine the breakdown of kinship families receiving foster care payments, TANF grants, or government assistance.

Question 2

Linking clients (consumers) to needed resources is called:

A) case management.
B) brokering.
C) advocacy.
D) negotiating.

Answer 2

brokering.

Question 3

Which of the following statements regarding women is true?

A) Women who work full-time earn close to 95 percent percent of what men earn full-time.
B) In household labor, the time it takes women to do their work each week is approximately the same amount of time it takes men to perform their tasks.
C) Women earn significantly less than men do at every educational level.
D) African American women earn less than Hispanic women.

Answer 3

Women earn significantly less than men do at every educational level.

Question 4

Which of the following is a complex neurological and developmental syndrome that begins early in life and affects how a person acts, interacts, communicates, and learns? It affects the structure and function of the brain and nervous system.

A) Cerebral palsy
B) Intellectual disabilities
C) Autism spectrum disorder
D) Hearing impairment

Question 5

Which term refers to U.S. citizens whose heritage is based in Mexico?

A) Hispanic
B) Latino
C) Chicano
D) Dominican

Question 6

Which term refers to the process of working with and/or on behalf of clients to obtain services or resources for clients, to modify policies or practices that adversely affect clients, and to promote new legislation or policies that will result in the provision of needed resources or services?

A) Brokering
B) Case management
C) Advocacy
D) Negotiating

Question 7

Which of the following legislative acts established a system of sheltered workshops for the visually impaired?

A) Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and 1992 Amendment
B) Wagner-O'Day Act of 1930s
C) Pratt-Smoot Act of 1931
D) Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1930s

Question 8

Which of the following formal service systems falls between independent living and skilled nursing care?

A) Senior centers
B) Home care services
C) Adult day centers
D) Supportive housing

Question 9

An important concept during _____ was that treatment should be based on a developmental model that espoused a continuum of service.

A) the 1950s and early 1960s
B) the late 1960s
C) the 1970s and 1980s
D) the 1990s

Question 10

Which of the following statements regarding LGBTQ people is true?

A) Federal legislation prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ in employment.
B) Hate crimes against LGBTQ people have decreased since the Matthew Shepard and James E. Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
C) More than 50 percent of U.S. citizens support same-sex marriage.
D) Sexual orientation is a lifestyle choice.

Question 11

Which of the following statements regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is FALSE?

A) It forbids discrimination against people with a record of a disability.
B) It has redefined problems as belonging to the community.
C) It required workplaces and public facilities to provide reasonable accommodation and accessibility for people with disabilities.
D) It has eliminated discrimination against people with disabilities.

Question 12

Which developmental disability involves problems in muscular control and coordination resulting from damage to the brain before it matured?

A) Cerebral palsy
B) Intellectual disabilities
C) Autism spectrum disorder
D) Hearing impairment

Question 13

Which of the following services is not typically provided by an ARC?

A) A help line
B) Community-based residential care facilities
C) Congregate meals
D) Respite care

Question 14

Which of the following statements regarding the African American spiritual community in Salt Lake City, Utah is FALSE?

A) The Mormon Church helped create a Bible study program for Baptist youth as part of their conversion efforts.
B) One of the goals of the intervention was to establish a computer club.
C) The social workers developed an intervention to support the development of the children's resilience.
D) African Americans are a tiny minority in Utah.

Question 15

Which developmental disability begins in childhood and is characterized by deficits in cognitive and adaptive functioning?

A) Cerebral palsy
B) Intellectual disabilities
C) Autism spectrum disorder
D) Hearing impairment

Question 16

Which of the following formal service systems provide help for working caregivers of older adults as well as giving those caregivers a break from the highly demanding tasks of caring for an older adult in poor health?

A) Supportive care
B) Hospice
C) Adult day centers
D) Respite services

Question 17

In the 1970s to early 1980s, principles regarding people with developmental disabilities included all of the following EXCEPT:

A) normalization.
B) individual pathology.
C) individual program planning.
D) deinstitutionalization.

Question 18

Which of the following statements accurately describes the African American population in the United States?

A) African American people make up about 50 percent of the U.S. population.
B) About 25 percent of African Americans live below the poverty level.
C) The median family income for African Americans is about 90 percent of their White counterparts.
D) African American men are just as likely as White men to be incarcerated or on death row.

Question 19

Which term refers to the Latin attitude that recognizes the worth and dignity of others simply based on their humanity?

A) Respecto
B) Marianismo
C) Santeria
D) Personalism

Question 20

Which of the following legislative acts provides access to public areas and workplaces for people with physical and mental disabilities?

A) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
B) Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and 1992 Amendment
C) Wagner-O'Day Act of 1930s
D) Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1930s

Question 21

Hispanics place great importance on the familisimo.

Question 22

Of Hispanic groups, Cuban families are most likely to be below the poverty level in the United States.

Question 23

It is important to the deaf community that people use the term Deaf.

Question 24

Sexual orientation is no longer an issue in family law.

Question 25

Case management is the process of organizing, coordinating, and maintaining a network of needed services provided by any number of agencies, organizations, or facilities on behalf of a client with many needs.

Question 26

In most communities, home-delivered meals for older adults are provided by private for-profit agencies.

Question 27

The Americans with Disabilities Act has legitimized the idea that the fundamental problems facing people are less medical than social and structural.

Question 28

African American churches typically address the community's social needs as well as their religious and spiritual needs.

Question 29

When working with women, social work practitioners should consider the feminist principles of gender filters, consciousness raising, and validation.

Question 30

Since the 1990s, community treatment and public policy regarding developmental disabilities emphasize individual pathology.

Question 31

An important concept in current service provision for people with developmental disabilities is empowerment.

Question 32

The concept of least restrictive environment is related to normalization and deinstitutionalization.

Question 33

Political action organizations work on behalf of LGBTQ people by providing direct support to political candidates, educating the public to gain support, and conducting legislative advocacy.

Question 34

The developmental model originated prior to 1960.

Question 35

The intersectionality of race, age, class, and status creates multiple challenges for social workers helping African American grandparent caregivers.

Question 36

The medical model values client-determination and empowerment.

Question 37

Deinstitutionalization began in the 1960s.

Question 38

Forty percent of Hispanic families in the United States have incomes below the poverty level.

Question 39

Traditional Navajo older adults are often referred to as grandparents.

Question 40

Intervention advocacy is designed to respond to the needs of persons with disabilities and their families when serious problems arise affecting legal rights, safety and health, financial security, or access to community resources.

Question 41

Describe how Latina/Latino-business owners have been empowered in the macro community.

Question 42

Identify legislation that has empowered people with visual impairment and explain how.

Question 43

List and define four developmental disabilities.

Question 44

List and explain four of the six major areas of culturally and spiritually sensitive care involved in the treatment of Diné Grandparents at the Chinle Nursing Home.

Question 45

What values often characterize Hispanic families?

Question 46

How can communities empower people with intellectual disabilities? Cite examples and programs.

Question 47

Why are African Americans considered an at-risk population?

Question 48

In the case example cited in the text of a person who was initially denied a heart-lung transplant because she had Down syndrome, what do you think should or should not have been done? Explain your reasons.

Question 49

Describe how the Americans with Disabilities Act has helped people with disabilities. How has this Act also failed people with disabilities?

Question 50

To what extent do you feel that people with disabilities are treated differently than other populations-at-risk?

Question 51

To what extent do you think the ADA has been successful in fighting discrimination and increasing access to people with disabilities?

Question 52

Describe the treatment of people with developmental disabilities: (a) prior to the late 1960s; (b) during the 1970s and 1980s; and (c) from the 1990s until today. Identify and define primary concepts characterized in each period.

Question 53

Explain two ways in which political action organizations can work on the behalf of lesbian and gay people.

Question 54

Discuss the pros and cons of deinstitutionalization.

Question 55

Describe the issue of intersectionality in terms of African American grandparent caregivers. What is being done to empower these caregivers?