SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ableism
9 Nov 2015
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Social work - sept 28 - lecture 2: the narratives of society- understanding social. Theory: organized way of thinking about something, or explaining something, or how you will approach something- organized thinking, practice, policy. Modern social work theory: has shifted- assessment and intervention take place at many different levels. Strength based social work recognition of individual strengths and supporting the client to recognize his or her own assets collaboration between the social worker and the client strengths become the building blocks for future strengths. Social systems theory its limiting to look just at the individual, and we must look at the things around them (family, church community, school, doctor, social agencies, employment) how people in your environment contribute and shape responses. Structural approach: person, primary structures (racism, ableism, heterosexualism, sexism, etc), secondary. Structures (personality, family, community, bureaucracy) barriers: whats getting in the way for this individual: have to look at primary first, because they influence the secondary.
