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| Range of information from various disciplines obtained through theories, research, and personal experience |
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Set of ideas that attempt to explain certain events or phenomena
Aids people in prediction behavior and events
Explanation of behaviors & have rationale for approaches w/clients |
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| Theory(ies) used and developed by a practitioner |
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Concepts from different theoretical frameworks overlap
Theories can explain aspects of problems in different realms and often across different stages of life and diverse populations
Be careful, however, not to over generalize or expand the bounds of a theory |
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| Empirically Based Knowledge |
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Information that is considered the most updated, valid, and reliable in regard to specific issues
Used to help guide practice and selection of interventions |
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| Knowledge acquired through practice experience |
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| – Information gained through research and theoretical tenets |
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| Practice utilizing the interventions and knowledge deemed most valid and effective through scientific studies |
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| incorporates a strengths, empowerment and social justice perspective. |
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| The strengths perspective offers service providers a work practice which focuses on strengths, abilities and potential rather than problems, deficits and pathologies |
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| empowerment "indicates the intent to, and the process of, assisting individuals, groups, families and communities to discover and expend the resources and tools within and around them." Empowerment is thus a helping process to assist people to use their strengths to overcome their challenges |
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| the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities. Social workers aim to open the doors of access and opportunity for everyone, particularly those in greatest need. |
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| Provides a way to understand human behavior in relation to a person’s interactions with his or her social systems, such as family, religious groups, co-workers, classmates, or community |
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| The biopsychosocial approach |
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•Understanding human behavior through assessing an individual’s interrelated biological, psychological, and social functioning.
•An individual’s behavior may be influenced by:
• Biological components
• Overall health
• Weight/race/age
• Physical Abilities
• Medication and Substance Use
2. Psychological components
-Mental health
-Self-esteem/intellectual
-Personality
Cognitive, spiritual, and emotional stages of development.
Social components
Job security and stability/opportunities
Relationships/community/neighborhood
Participation in social activities |
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| • Expected behaviors and tasks of individuals within a system. Roles may include being a care provider, leader, listener, or teacher. Socially expected roles vary, and are affected by class, age, gender, education, and other factors. |
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Patterns of behavior that define a system’s or subsystem’s roles, rules, and identity. (separate the personal space of the system from the environment and defines the individual within the system & protect the system
• Rigid-limited opportunity/ interaction for external environment to enter these systems
• Loose-the environment has a great impact on the family & every family member has a role |
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Microsystem-encironmental settings
Mesostsyem interactions between environmental settings
Exosystem- social settings where decisions are made that affect a person
Macrosystem- large cultural factors (laws, economy |
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| Energy, ideas, information, and resources received by a system from other systems. (What the system receives/resources) |
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| The result, or changes, that occur as a result of input. |
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| Input provided to a system informing about the strengths or weaknesses of that system’s ability to perform specific tasks (Neg. Feedback from school and the economy) |
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`– A state of balance and internal stability that systems work to acquire and maintain.
• Tendency of the system, to work toward stability and equilibrium/balance |
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| Similar conditions or starting points lead to different results (kids in the same household but have different results) |
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| Different events, conditions, or starting points lead to the same result rude (intruder being expelled from the class) |
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| Biology, politics, psychology, sociology, economics, and understand how these areas interact and influence the well-being of the individuals, families, and communities |
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| Areas in which social workers need knowledge |
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