SWP 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Body Language, Frankfurt School, Paternalism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWP 201
• Professor: Karine Silverwoman

Document Summary

Focus on whole self: post modernist idea- based in uncertainty and predictableness, experience itself cannot produce better understanding, discourse preserves power relation. Process: critical event, de-construction, why we judge, blame the individual, resistance/challenge, the very process of deconstruction. Identifying silences, omission, biases etc: re-apprise and challenge, diverse ways of interpreting, relationship between client and sw, reconstruction, multiple identities, authenticity and disclosure. Linking micro & macro: role of language/perspective, recognise and embrace diversity, work with uncertainty, recognise exercise of power and authority, unfamiliar ways of thinking, conceptualise, analyze, examine & unpack assumptions, discourses, construction of power. All professionals aim to be reflective in their practice. Be ng a cr t cally reflect ve pract t oner : engage with varying perspectives or ways of understanding, meet challenges that arise from competing positions, understanding of ethical dilemmas, encourage new ways of thinking.