S W 327- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 18 pages long!)
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Evaluate the strengths and limitations of a multidimensional approach. Multidimensional: having several identifiable dimensions that are embedded with each other. Dimension: a feature that can be focused on separately but that cannot be understood without also considering other features. We can focus on one dimension of human story to help us think about it more clearly. But no one dimension can be understood without considering other dimensions as well. The person-in-environment perspective in social work highlights the importance of understanding an individual and individual behavior in light of the environmental contexts in which a person lives and acts. Consider something about yourself specific to each dimension. Environment: social movements, communities, formal organizations, small groups, families, dyads, social structure and social institutions, culture, physical environment. Our history: (cid:862) o(cid:272)ial diag(cid:374)osis(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)9(cid:1005)(cid:1011)(cid:895) (cid:271)y mary ri(cid:272)h(cid:373)o(cid:374)d the first social work practice book it is focused on both the individual and social dimensions of human behavior. Settlement house movement heavy emphasis on environmental factors.
