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Strength-based practice is a social work practice theory that emphasizes people's self-determination and strengths. It is a philosophy and a way of viewing clients (originally psychological patients, but in an extended sense also employees, colleagues or other persons) as resourceful and resilient in the face of adversity. [ 1 ]
Social group work and group psychotherapy have primarily developed along parallel paths. Where the roots of contemporary group psychotherapy are often traced to the group education classes of tuberculosis patients conducted by Joseph Pratt in 1906, the exact birth of social group work can not be easily identified (Kaiser, 1958; Schleidlinger, 2000; Wilson, 1976).
SWOT analysis provides direction to the next stages of the change process. [19] It has been used by community organizers and community members to further social justice in the context of social work practice, [19] and can be applied directly to communities served by a specific nonprofit or community organization. [20]
Eco-maps are used in individual and family counseling within the social work and nursing profession. They are often a way of portraying Systems Theory in a simplistic way that both the social worker and the client can look at during the session. These ecological maps, or ecomaps, were developed by Hartman in 1975 as a means of depicting the ...
the anticipation of process and effect evaluation. Intervention mapping is characterized by three perspectives: an ecological approach, participation of all stakeholders, and the use of theories and evidence. Although intervention mapping is presented as a series of steps, the authors see the planning process as iterative rather than linear. [1]
Community Skills: lists the community work in which a person has participated to determine future work they may be interested in. Enterprising Interests and Experience: lists past experience in business and determines interest in starting a business. Personal Information: lists minimum information for follow-up.
Narrative therapy was developed during the 1970s and 1980s, largely by Australian social worker Michael White and David Epston of New Zealand, [9] [10] and it was influenced by different philosophers, psychologists, and sociologists such as Michel Foucault, [9] [11] Jerome Bruner, [12] Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky [13] etc.
The role of relationships and networks is very important when advocates seek change in a social justice issue. [1] The power mapping process entails the use of a visual tool to conceptualize the sphere of a person or group's influence. The power map tool helps to visualize whom you need to influence, who can influence your target and what can ...