Social Work Seminar‚ SOW 493 Macro Concept and Practice Paper Due: April 24‚ 2007 Macro practice: “Social work practice aimed at bringing about improvements and changes in the general society. Such activities include some types of political action‚ community organization‚ public education‚ campaigning‚ and the administration of broad-based social services agencies or public welfare departments.” (The Social Work Dictionary) Some of the varieties of roles in macro practice include the
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Chapter 7 Six characteristics of strong families - Being committed - Showing appreciation - Communication - Spending time - Sharing values and beliefs - Coping with stress Erikson – 3 stages (I) Early Childhood = Initiative (3rd stage) - Children display eagerness to understand new activities - Guilt is emotional response to realization of possible failure Middle Childhood = Industry (6-12 years old) (4th stage) - Children attempt to gain recognition of their efforts in completing
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? “There’s nothing the young can teach older people” Use specific details and examples to support your answer. According to common belief‚ we‚ especially the younger‚ usually learn many things from previous generations. Some even believe that the young cannot teach in turn the elderly. To my way of thinking‚ I do not agree with this idea in many aspects. On one hand‚ I admit that the elderly has played an important part in teaching young
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Disability Every day people walk down streets passing millions of people and most likely barely notice anything about them. Some may look exactly like us but others may look the same and have issues we can not see. Some people have disabilities‚ a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements‚ senses‚ or activities. Most never find out that they have a disability until it’s too late to really do anything. They have
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Developmental Disabilities can affect many aspects of a person’s life. One aspect that is often overlooked is how having a developmental disability affects a person’s sexuality. According to the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act; A Developmental Disability is defined as‚ a severe chronic disability that originated at birth‚ is expected to continue indefinitely‚ and substantially restricts the individual’s functioning in several major life activities (About Developmental
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looking at the individual as a whole and putting them at the centre of everything. Therefore person centred planning is an essential aspect of this. This should be holistic and focused on the individual’s needs‚ lives‚ history and preferences. By focusing on all aspects of an individual including aspiration will ensure their wellbeing and self¬-esteem is maintained. Person centred care aims to promote the independence and autonomy of an individual rather than focussing on their disability. Instead of
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would you describe Sally’s Disability to other professionals in your school? When approaching this topic with professionals in my school‚ I would provide them first and foremost with information of what cerebral palsy means. I would educate everyone using PowerPoints‚ YouTube videos‚ and online resources to help them understand the disability. I feel that before you can describe a particular student‚ you have to be able to have the background knowledge about the disability. Now‚ having knowledge about
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This pack comprises BSHS 312 Week 2 Individual Assignment Self-Management Behavioral Contract General Questions - General General Questions Select a goal: something that you would like to change about yourself. Perhaps you would like to stop smoking‚ or to control drinking‚ improve study habits‚ manage time better or change eating or exercise habits. It is critical that your goal be measurable‚ attainable‚ positive‚ and significant to you. Describe the goal as target behaviors. What
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEMS AND ITS SCOPE Introduction Our society today is focusing on a very problem regarding early motherhood. The primary cause of early motherhood is premarital sex. Sexual intercourse nowadays is very common and an open topic between lovers‚ friends‚ parents and their children especially in the third world countries such as the US and UK‚ and also in school. Parents are the ones who would advise their children not to engage in premarital sex as much as possible but if ever
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Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS) The role and responsibilities for Tutors in further education and skills sector to maintain currency in their own subject through knowledge and understanding from research and sharing information is extremely important. Tutors who have the relevant underpinning knowledge when teaching a specialist subject will allow the learner to gain the required results with regards to any aims and objectives and manage Health and Safety issues to create
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