PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST
When you say people who smoke instead of smokers, you use language that prioritizes the person over the illness, disability, or condition. We call this what kind if language?
What is PERSON-FIRST LANGUAGE?
A person is not an addict. They are a person with a _________.
What is a PERSON WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER?
In person-first language, someone is not mentally ill they have a ________.
What is a MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION?
Instead of labeling someone an inmate you should call them a ___________________.
What is a PERSON WHO IS IN JAIL OR PRISON?
Some view COs as hacks others view COs as heroes. This is an example of differing ________________ of corrections officers in which a belief or opinion of the same group is not consistent and is based on how things seem.
What are PERCEPTIONS?
Person-first language is widely thought of as being very important to us to maintain an environment of what?
Dignity
Respect
Hope
All of the above
What is ALL OF THE ABOVE?
Which addiction labels are acceptable to use?
junkie and addict
tweakers and crackheads
drunks or alcoholics
“abusers”
None of the above
What is NONE OF THE ABOVE?
A person does not commit suicide, they ____________.
What is DIE BY SUICIDE?
True or False:
Calling a person convicted of a crime a “criminal felon,” or “offender” defines them only by a past act and does not account for their full humanity or leave space for growth.
What is TRUE?
When you say guard instead of officer, you are using an inaccurate ________which perpetuates incorrect perceptions and negative stereotypes that officers are not professional law enforcement officers but babysitters and turnkeys.
What is a LABEL?
True or False:
Putting the person first when describing someone with a disability or disease can positively influence the images and impressions, we form about them.
What is TRUE?
Stigmatizing words can be a barrier to recovery treatment.
Therefore, don’t say “Drug User” because it can be interpreted as _____________, and thoughts such as this discourage one from seeking treatment.
I’m a criminal
I’m a space cadet
I can’t wait to go to jail, where the food is spectacular
What is I’M A CRIMINAL?
You may be tempted to call someone in one of the dorms you supervise Bipolar, when in fact they _______is the correct language.
What is HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
When using first-person language Parolees are ____________.
What is PEOPLE ON PAROLE?
In the past, females were hesitant to attempt to be corrections officers because they believed that corrections officers “have to be big and muscly to do the job”.
This____________ is no longer as prevalent as more women opt for a career as a correctional officer.
What is a STEREOTYPE?
Communicating with first-person language requires what?
An advanced educational degree
A beer
Empathy
What is EMPATHY?
A person is in recovery should not be referred to as a _______.
What is a FORMER ADDICT?
It is especially important when discussing mental health conditions that you see the person, not the _________.
What is CONDITION?
First-person language is applied to a person accused of a crime.....
Using the word __________ is just a means to distance the judge or jury from seeing the accused as a person and makes it easier to pass judgment on them.
What is a DEFENDANT?
A __________is a discrimination against an identifiable group of people, a place, or a nation.
_________ about people with substance use disorders might include inaccurate or unfounded thoughts like they are dangerous, incapable of managing treatment, or at fault for their condition.
What is a STIGMA?
True or false:
Language can change how we think and how we view the world.
What is TRUE?
Your laundry is dirty, your drug toxicology screen is ______.
What is POSITIVE?
Which labels should be avoided when discussing mental health?
Psycho
Crazy
Lunatic
All of the above
What is ALL OF THE ABOVE?
Choosing person-first language is a step toward asserting the dignity of those entangled in these dehumanizing systems.
There is no question in this statement
In 2020, two lesbian correctional officers sued the Michigan Corrections Department for not intervening when they were targeted by coworkers due to their sexual orientation. This is an example of _____________.
What is DISCRIMINATION?