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QUESTION 1

Community psychology is a methodology promoting prevention, solidarity and a community approach to addressing social conditions and promoting well-being. Identify a program in your community that focus on a community-based solution from an empowerment perspective. How are diversity and social justice represented? How is the community empowered for well-being from a preventive lens?

QUESTION 2

The ASWB licensure exam addresses theories of social change and community development. Identify a change in your community that you would like to see happen. Select a social change theory and describe how it can support the change you would like to create.

QUESTION 3

Using the interview questions below, identify ways that a social worker can advocate for their clients, but also promote their right to self-determination and skill growth.

-Would you give a brief overview of "Deaf Culture," including your participation and relationship to Deaf culture?

-How do you see Deaf culture as similar to, or different from, an ethnic culture?

-What are some ways that Deaf culture interacts with your ethnic culture? How did your family communicate with you when you were a child?

Vasquez: Mostly it was gesturing with my Spanish-speaking family. My parents did know fingerspelling and some Signed Exact English. It depends on people's educational background as well as whether they have a hearing family or a deaf family. My parents both tend to use "Spanglish," going back and forth with a mix of Spanish and English, but in my signin.

-What resources or activities would you suggest for a human services provider to learn more about Deaf culture and clients?

-What should human services providers and counselors know about working with a deaf person or his or her family? What kinds of concerns and needs might a deaf person bring to a human services provider?