Post Traumatic Growth

Upon hearing the stories of sometimes horrific atrocities clients or client families have experienced, you as a social worker may find yourself confronting existential questions such as Why? For example, Why do horrible events happen to good people? Why do people abuse their children? Trying to make sense of such trauma is not easy, and…

Process Recordings

A process recording is a written tool used by field education experience students, field instructors, and faculty to examine the dynamics of social work interactions in time. Process recordings can help in developing and refining interviewing and intervention skills. By conceptualizing and organizing ongoing activities with social work clients, you are able to clarify the…

Reading Questions for Garcia Sanchez, Serious Games Vocabulary: metacommentary; heteroglossia

1. What are the functions that each language is used for by the children in their interactions with parents and other adults, or by adults to the children? 2. What does Garcia Sanchez say are the functions of the two languages within the context of the children’s games of pretend? 3. What are some aspects…

life span analysis.

Throughout the Human Behavior and Social Environment  I and II courses, you have explored the biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of different phases of the human life span. You have explored life-span development theories that help to explain human behavior. You also have considered how the social environment influences individuals and their behavior. Gathering facts…

PSY 301 Week 2 Assignment Prejudice, Racism, Stereotypes and Discrimination

PSY 301 Week 2 Assignment Prejudice Stereotypes and Discrimination For this assignment, compose a paper that is three to four pages in length. In your paper, discuss the impacts of prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination in the context of social psychology. Be sure to address the following points: 1. Define and describe the following terms: prejudice,…

Promoting Quality and Safety Through Standards

In the article “Managing to Improve Quality: The Relationship Between Accreditation Standards, Safety Practices, and Patient Outcomes,” the authors discuss the growing trend by medical insurance companies to eliminate reimbursement for Never Events. As these types of mistakes should be easily preventable, hospitals have developed protocols to lessen or extinguish the occurrence of these events….