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Question # 00802087 Posted By: Dennis80 Updated on: 04/13/2021 01:36 PM Due on: 04/30/2021
Subject General Questions Topic Social sciences Tutorials:
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Week 2 SOCW 6060

  

Theories as Lenses for Social Workers and General Systems Theory 

   

Resources 

  

Readings 

  • Turner, F. J. (Ed.). (2017). Social work treatment: Interlocking theoretical approaches (6th ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
    o Chapter 14: General Systems Theory (pp. 240–247)
     
  • Turner, K., & Lehning, A. J. (2007). Psychological theories of poverty. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment16(1/2), 57–72. doi:10.1300/J137v16n01-05
     
  • Turner, F. J. (2011). Theory and social work treatment. In Social work treatment: Interlocking theoretical approaches (5th ed., pp. 3–13). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
    Social Work Treatment: Interlocking Theoretical Approaches, 5th Edition by Turner, F. Copyright 2011 by Oxford University Press - Books (US & UK). Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press - Books (US & UK) via the Copyright Clearance Center.
     
  • Comparing Individual-Related and Structural/Cultural-Related Theories (Word document)
     
  • Worksheet: Dissecting a Theory and Its Application to a Case Study (Word document)
     
  • Theory Into Practice: Four Social Work Case Studies Media
     
  • Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2014). Counseling and psychotherapy theories in context and practice [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.psychotherapy.net.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/stream/w aldenu/video?vid=277
    This week, watch the “Family Systems Therapy” segment by clicking the applicable link under the “Chapters” tab.
     

   

Discussion 

  

Individual vs. Structural-Cultural Theories  

 

   

  

Theories as Lenses for Social Workers and General Systems Theory 

     

  • Describe how a social worker would conceptualize a presenting problem of poverty from the two theories you selected.
     
  • Explain how this conceptualization differs from an individual- related versus a structural/cultural-related theoretical lens.
     
  • Compare how the two theoretical lenses differ in terms of how the social worker would approach the client and the problem and how the social worker would intervene.
     

 

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