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A couple comes to see a social worker because they feel that they have suffered discrimination. They are Blind and would like to adopt a child, but have been told by an adoption agency that it is not possible because of their visual impairments. They are distraught, but do not think that they will be able to fight the agency bias. In order to BEST assist this couple, the social worker should:

A social worker is co-leading a group for individuals that are suffering from substance use disorders. Before the start of the group, the social worker is approached by one of the members. A male participating in the group who is gay complains openly that no one else in the group is gay. He is upset about this and feels like he cannot relate. What SHOULD the social worker do? 

Which insurance program is federal and state funded, but state run?

Which of the following statements is MOST accurate in describing the assessment process?

An undocumented client receives successful treatment for trauma responses from a non-minority social worker and is functioning much better.  However, the client advises the social worker that he has other underlying problems the worker cannot assist him with because the social worker is not a person of color.  How should the worker respond?

Which of the following is an example of social stratification?

The concept of gender roles is BEST defined as:

When conducting an organizational assessment, social workers will perform which of the following steps in the task that assesses internal organization capacity:

A client in crisis comes to a social worker for critically needed services.  The social worker decides to use a single-subject design to determine service efficacy.  Which of the following is most appropriate?

___________ is applying stereotypes to all, or nearly all members of a group according to preconceived notions of what they believe the group to be like and how they think the group will behave.