We can work on Macro-Level Systems Perspective

What services currently exist in the community to address the identified need?Has a community needs assessment or agency needs assessment been conducted to identify needs? If not, what is the evidence that need exists?Students should make a case for why this is a concern and discuss the human rights, environmental justice, or social justice, or […]

We can work on Interviewing Skills

Imagine that a client sits in front of you at the start of an intake session. What kinds of questions will you ask? How will you retrieve the necessary information while also building rapport? Clients come into the helping process with varied attitudes and personality traits. Additionally, clients come from various socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, religions, […]

We can work on Practice Theory

Theory is a basis for assessments and interventions with clients and is used to guide intervention in social work practice. Practice theory is the body of knowledge that has been empirically tested and shown to be effective. Mastery of multiple practice theories, such as the systems theory, provides the social worker with a set of […]

We can work on Understanding crisis and crisis intervention theory

Understanding crisis and crisis intervention theory is vital to skill acquisition for responders and increases their ability to provide effective responses to survivors. There are three levels of crisis intervention theories. The first and most basic level focuses on correcting temporary affective, behavioral, and cognitive distortions caused by critical incidents. The second, or expanded level, […]

We can work on Invisible Disabilities Case Analysis

Consider how others react toward a person with a visible disability. Do they stare? Do they move away? Do they invade the person’s space and ask inappropriate questions? Now consider someone with hidden, or invisible, disabilities, those that are not immediately apparent. In the public’s consciousness, disabilities are largely defined as something physical. Rather than […]

We can work on Religious oppression

For citizens in some countries, religious oppression is common and long-standing. Although freedom of religion is protected in the United States, religious intolerance and discrimination remain. Consider Islamophobia and the backlash against those of the Muslim faith following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Social workers must be alert for the complex ways that religious oppression and […]