Bias Response Cps Exercise Statements

Trainers Guide Reference #8

CPS Activity: Identifying our Biases

I think it is okay for parents to use corporal punishment to discipline their children

STRONGLY AGREE, AGREE, DISAGREE, STRONGLY DISAGREE

I think a two parent family is better equipped to raise a child than a single parent

I think Gay people shouldn't be allowed to adopt children

I think African Americans have the same opportunities as all other ethnic groups

I think people over the age of 75 should be allowed to adopt young children

I think it is wrong for men to control women in a marital relationship

I think that Caucasian people have a sense of entitlement

ESNBP: Effectively Assessing Behaviors to Meet the Unmet Needs of Children and Families

University of California Los Angeles -Center on Child Welfare

November 2010 Trainers Guide Reference #8

I think it is okay to use drugs recreationally on occasion

I think people of Asian descent are the preferred minority

I think undocumented individuals should be deported

I think a CSW should be required to have an MSW

I think trans-racial adoptees will have identity issues

I think children should be raised with a religious foundation

I think people who sexually molest children can change their behavior

November 2010 Trainers Guide Reference #8

I think parents with developmental delays place their children at higher risk

I think people on welfare don't try hard enough to get off

I think people are obese because they don't want to stop eating

I think that people who are gang affiliated are intimidating

I wouldn't place a child with an HIV+ foster parent

I think I work best with families who are similar to me

November 2010