[humanser] some may find this of interest

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Shannon,

Of course, and this may be the experience of many of us blind folks, 
can he do the J.O.B? This deaf person might be used to being the only 
minority  within a given group. just as us blind folk usually don't 
expect situations to fulfill our needs and god forbid are wants!
Happy Friday! At 11:05 AM 5/17/2013, Vicky Winslow wrote:
>I always trip myself up over these questions. I know the word 
>"first" is the most important part of the question.  But, to 
>Shannon's point, what may have been done already? Still, these 
>questions are pretty formulaic. The trick is knowing what the 
>testers think, not over-thinking the answer and not complicating the 
>question by thinking about what would happen in a real situation, 
>which often doesn't fit conveniently into a multiple choice answer.
>I can play "what if" till I really confuse myself, but I'm still 
>sticking with B.
>
>
>Vicky Winslow, LMSW
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Merry Schoch" <merrys at verizon.net>
>To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 10:55 AM
>Subject: [humanser] some may find this of interest
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>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>>As I was studying for my licensure exam I ran across the following question
>>I thought I'd share with the list.  I thought it might be a great discussion
>>item if anyone is interested.  I'll provide the answer later.
>>
>>
>>
>>A social worker helps a severely hearing impaired client secure a job
>>interview for a position as a computer technician at a local company.  The
>>client has experience as a computer technician, but has been unemployed for
>>about a year.   During the job interview, the company's manager tells the
>>client that he is concerned about hiring him because no one at the company
>>knows American Sign language.  The client reports this to the social worker.
>>The social worker should first:
>>
>>
>>
>>a.        Help the client find a position at a company where someone knows
>>American Sign Language
>>
>>b.      Verify that the client can perform the essential function of the job
>>he interviewed for
>>
>>c.       Contact an attorney on behalf of the client
>>
>>d.       Call the manager and inform him of the client's rights
>>
>>
>>
>>I am thinking of doing a few independent study groups for Social Workers
>>preparing to take the exam at our national convention.  Let me know if
>>anyone is interested.  I will be doing these in my room with materials I
>>have gathered from Thursday to end of convention.  If any Licensed
>>professional would like to join us you are more than welcomed to come and
>>provide your valuable input!
>>
>>
>>
>>Wishing you all a Fabulous Friday!
>>
>>
>>
>>Merry C. Schoch, MSW ISW#6961
>>
>>Clinical Social Worker/Counselor
>>
>>(813) 523-6573
>>
>>Merryschoch at verizon.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
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