“Social workers help people deal with problems ranging from personal relationships to lack of resources to blatant discrimination” (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2009, p. 29). Using the scenario involving Soledad and her family I will conduct a theoretical application to her culturally sensitive situation. I will complete this application by conducting a self reflection including my awareness of the situation as well as the sensitive issues, and my values and beliefs that may challenged by this case. I will also discuss the systems and ecological theories and how they are illustrated in the case. This will be followed by my empowerment approach and client engagement.…
Manuelito’s ethnicity, migration, socioeconomic status, acculturation and structure of his family influenced his development. Micro-systems are the direct and close environments in which adolescents interact with their parents, siblings, other family members, classmates and teachers (Ogden & Hagen, 2014). Manuelito’s social setting such as his family, school and peers influenced and shaped his developmental outcome. The decision to immigrate to the United States brought acculturative stress to both Manuelito and his family. The family decided to move to the United States for a better opportunity. However, Manuelito’s family faced difficulty in securing a job that providing adequate income to maintain their household, this created financial problems and family dissonance.…
Latina/o immigrant youth is projected to make up one third of more than 100 million U.S. children by 2050 (Census Bureau, 2014). It also appears that many Latina/o immigrant youth are expected to face unique challenges that will affect their well-being and mental health (Potochnick & Perreira, 2010). To express that with the expected increase of Latina/o population, society need to gain a better comprehension about this population, provide better service that will guide the future Latina/o youth generation and above all nurture them with the essential life skills to thrive in America. Throughout the years, implementations of social intervention programs have worked to reduce Latina/o children stressors such as coping approaches to…
In Ada Diaz’s article Hispanic in America: starting points, she explains how Hispanics in America are not here to repel against the American society, and have nothing but respect towards this country. Hispanics in America; starting points was published in may13, 1991 issue of Christianity in crisis. Diaz explains the struggles of Hispanics throughout America and, shows how the struggle does exist. She writes from the perspective of a Hispanic woman herself. The purpose of the article is simply to elaborate how Hispanics blend into the American society. The situation in this article is Diaz’s desire to show the Hispanic struggles going on through America. The target audiences of this article are obviously Hispanics in America. Mainly and most impor-tantly Diaz does claim that Hispanics were here first…
I am interning at Barrio Logan College institute (BLCI). BLCI is a non-profit organization whose mission to help children from the community who are predominantly Latinos, to become the first in their families to attend college. They serve students starting in 3rd grade through graduating high school seniors. BLCI provides academic assistance such as tutoring, college preparatory classes and one-one-one counseling. Additionally, BLCI also believes that helping the parents of their students is important; therefore in 2011 the parent program was instated with the goal of encouraging parents to become more involved in their children’s education. As an alumnus of BLCI, I decided that my internship would be a great opportunity for me to help parents…
As with many nationalities Hispanic applies to a variety of people and as such we as social workers have to be mindful of our perceptions and any biases. In social workers pursuit to provide services it is vital that they have an understanding of their clients’ culture. The Hispanic population is a collection of a multitude of people from several ethnic backgrounds and as they grow the demand for competent/ diverse social workers increases. Social workers are tasked with building a trusting relationship with their clients and while this is not an easy task, it is especially important when working with this population. Hispanic clients are more likely to feel a provider is judging them unfairly. Those feelings can bring about barriers and roadblocks…
In a nation that boasts such a diverse and colorful population , it is surprising how quick it’s mono racial inhabitants and government are to discriminate and build walls between themselves and their mixed race counterparts. In light of the mixed race Latino, they are one of the major unaccepted groups known to Man. Basically they carry around the image of being partly involved with the Hispanic stigmatized minority group which therefore later insinuates struggles down the road with personal identification development. In such a long run of years various governments and powerful , elite heads of large corporations have aimed their concerns at keeping the…
Social Workers value the maximum feasible self – determination, empowerment, and enhancing strengths to increase the client’s voice in decision making. ‘The Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EAPS) affirm the commitment of social programs to the core values of the profession: service, social justice, dignity, and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, competence, human rights, and scientific inquiry’ (NASW, 2008 A; CSWE, 2008; as per Hepworth, Glenda and Kim, 2010). Social Workers demonstrate respect for and acceptance of the unique characteristics of ‘diverse populations that are characterized by great diversity, including the intersection of dimensions such as age, class, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, identity and expression, immigration status, political ideology, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental ability, age, and national origin’ (CSWE, 2008; as per Hepworth, Glenda, and Kim,…
The first article reinforced my opinion the most. Fitz and Wolgin address all the right ways this reform will help America rather than hurt it. The second article’s author has its own idea on reform that might work but I believe is too harsh. It punishes illegal immigrants for cheating their way into America. Illegal immigrants come here illegally because it’s very hard to come to America. They’re only looking for hope and a new life. Punishing them by making them wait fifteen years for any compensation is mean. It also doesn’t make sense to make legal immigrants wait five years to receive benefits. They didn’t come here illegally so why make them wait? The second article criticizes the senate and decides to make a new reform that is unfair. The first article sticks up for the senate and their passing of the bill. Fitz and Wolgin even prove all the fallacies created by their opponents wrong. They do effectively with facts. I also agree personally with the reform bill. The first article favors the bill while the second article calls the senate insufficient and makes a new bill that is cruel to immigrants.…
Hispanics and Latino Americans are citizens with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or Spain. The term Hispanic was first adopted by the United States government during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. To be identified as “Hispanic” means that your ethnic background and heritage can be traced back to the original Spanish empire’s lineage. Spanish is a commonly spoken language in many states in America including California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.…
Before arriving to college I must declare that I thought being Hispanic or Latino did…
In the following paper, “A Cultural-Ecological Model of Migration and Development: Focusing on Latino Immigrant Youth” (Perreira, and Smith, 2007), “Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Newcomer Immigrant Youth and Families” (Gaytan, M.S.W, E.M, Carhill, M.A, Suarez-Orozco, 2007), and “Immigrant Youth in U.S. Schools: Opportunities for Prevention” (Birman, Weinstein, M.A., Chan, and Beehler, 2007), will be compared and contrasted. Two common themes amongst the three articles will then be identified and then discussed in relation to how they relate to powerlessness and despair. Finally, a current community resource will be identified which is available for immigrant youth today that can help address the common themes that are identified within the three articles.…
From the late 1800's to the early 1900's in the United States, immigrants poured in from all different countries but faced problems along the way. Immigrants came to America for more jobs, better living conditions, and more money. However, they faced problems including nativists, discrimination, and tenements. A majority of immigrants had high expectations but realized what the reality of living an American lifestyle was. Overall, immigration was something people turned to when facing push factors in their home country.…
A powerful amount of children in America are exposed to traumatic life events. Immigrant children in particular, faces tremendous struggle because of the exposure of risks and negative outcomes that can happen. The biggest factor involves the separation of family which mentally, plays a big role in their mind set. The impact of the Psychological part that takes place is critical because of the possibility of changing their life style. I personally believe that deporting immigrants should be stopped, because it will put a barricade to cease the children’s fear of loss.…
Since illegal immigration is such a distraction to Americans, I feel that they should be deported. They should not be allowed to live in a country, permanently, with no form of identification. Suppose the crime rate, unemployment or the population increase, tremendously? The government must control the movement of the immigrants coming to America so that Americans can have more prospects. They’re only living in our society and loving their life as a free individual.…