FUNCTIONAL THEORY FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE by SHANKAR A. YELAJA A number of theorists post-Freud began to see that‚ "the goal-directed whole of any organism transcends the sum of its parts‚ that each being is unique despite common patterns‚ that the observer affects the observed despite rigorous striving for scientific objectivity and impersonality‚ and that will and freedom do exist and play a significant role in the unfolding of a human being..." (p. 50) These concepts are essential building
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The essay will consist of two case studies on the reflective practice of counsellors’ belief system. Wong-Wylie (2007) defines reflective practice as an individual that reflect on their personal experiences of others. The first case study focuses on a married couple that have asked for counselling they are disputing the husbands’ fidelity. The first section will examine the married couple and the two belief systems of the counsellor. The next section will research the second case study and two
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Reflective practice is used to monitor‚ evaluate and continuously revise all areas of the setting. Problems can be resolved‚ practice improved and developmental needs identified. Activities‚ routines and policies may need to be altered when new children and their families join the setting because of their different interests‚ beliefs‚ needs and expectations. By critically questioning practices‚ weak and strong areas are identified. In areas where weaknesses are spotted‚ ways to improve can be
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Supervision is a vital component to the social work profession and practice. Please tell us how developing a good supervisory relationship is beneficial to the clients you serve and how you are incorporating your supervision into practice in your field work. Developing a good supervisory relationship is very beneficial to the client that I served because in order to provide good quality of services it is important to learn new skills‚ techniques and that will improved interventions that could
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What is reflective practice? In short‚ it’s a practice that helps you become an active learner. Many of us‚ including myself‚ may be considered or interpreted as passive learners. Passive learning goes a bit like this: we read textbooks‚ we follow everything our instructor or teacher tells us (sometimes we tune out)‚ we write exams and then…we forget what we learned. It’s common and though not everybody goes through this‚ historically‚ it happens more often than not. However‚ with active learning
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Module Title: Practice Learning Experience 1 Module Code: NURS08034 Cohort: September 2011 Assignment Title: Reflective Account Assignment Date: 12/07/2013 Word Count: 1‚656 Introduction This essay will demonstrate the aim of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP‚ 2008) in relation to early intervention in a deteriorating patient‚ through reflective practice. Using Gibb’s (1988) reflective model the writer will analyse and
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Reflective practice In this report‚ I am going write about the different parts of the football session I delivered to the sport coaching students‚ my thoughts and feelings‚ evaluating the session so giving positives and negatives‚ analysing the session which will be the plans and goals of the session and also giving a scientific evidence and then finally a conclusion the session as a whole. The essential factors of the session were the way I lead the session‚ the coaching points I used how I demonstrated
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Reflective Practice Reflection: Reflecting on the experience of a person who is incontinent. Time and date: May 5th 2012 Pat is a patient where I am doing my work experience in a nursing home. I introduced myself as one of his carers sat down beside him I made sure he was comfortable I introduced myself and asked was it ok to sit down beside him maintaining good eye contact and speaking in a low friendly tone of voice. Thinking and feeling: I felt that I was able to talk to Pat and I made
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Theoretical knowledge Our community intervention followed the guidelines of two models of community work to facilitate a more organized and informed approach for making our intervention at the Bless the Children Home orphanage practicable. The Community Education model and the Community Development model we found applicable to our community intervention. In addition to these two models we also employed our education of cultural awareness to help us to be more useful to the children in the orphanage
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Pre-Scenario Discussion: One of Andragogy’s five assumptions of adult learning is that adult learners have accumulated a great deal of experience‚ which is a rich resource for learning. (Kaufman‚ D. M.‚ 2003) Reflective Practice tells us that learners can reflect both “in action” and “on action” meaning that they can gain insight both during a new encounter from their previous experiences and also by analysing an event after it has occurred. (Wang‚ E.E.‚ 2011) With this in mind‚ we as educators should
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