Social Work Theory Feminist Practice
9.1 Feminist Practice:
Karen has demonstrated her depth of understanding Social Work theory and her talent for applying its practice. Karen was able to recognize the situation and view it with a socialist perspective. The initial information of two small children wandering around at night alone, pulls at our heart strings and exposes our bias. These biases make us susceptible to formulating rash knee jerk reactions of condemnation.
Karen is aware of her biases and has demonstrated the ability to control her emotions and actions. This has allowed her the view the situation beyond her own personal perspective and appreciate the vast array of the challenges that could be facing Tanya and her family. She was successful in drawing upon the viewpoint …show more content…
The medicine wheel is used as a map or figurative framework that guides us towards a common goal of mino-pimatisiwin. It is a safe and open environment where everyone will share in their common life experience with the goal of aiding the target subject in dealing with problems and difficulties. It is centered around the target subject and understanding the consequences of past decisions with the hope of displaying true remorse. Furthermore, the medicine wheel is in search of forgiveness and understanding from the community with clear actions, punishments, planning for future improvement and spiritual healing.
Although, this may seem foreign to many who view it from the outside of the Aboriginal community, many of the values and principles are shared with the common Social Work practice. These include positive affirmation of redeeming traits, skill and successes that are fundamental to the strengths based approach. The medicine wheel also shares our understanding of using the distaste of the negative labels to reinforce positive change in future behavior.
The social aspect of the healing circle and the sharing of pain strengthens the person's ties to their culture and community. The strong ties formed within the medicine wheel make it difficult for the individual to renege on the commitments made within it, as the commitments were promises to themselves …show more content…
They place high value in the extended family and generally form strong bonds as cohesive units, with the eldest male taking the traditional patriarchal role as the main provider and leader of the family. These units will often live in a single home with the younger adults caring for the elderly and the small children. It is not uncommon to find a household consisting of three or four generations of grandparents, parent’s aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, children and grandchildren all living together under one
Karen has demonstrated her depth of understanding Social Work theory and her talent for applying its practice. Karen was able to recognize the situation and view it with a socialist perspective. The initial information of two small children wandering around at night alone, pulls at our heart strings and exposes our bias. These biases make us susceptible to formulating rash knee jerk reactions of condemnation.
Karen is aware of her biases and has demonstrated the ability to control her emotions and actions. This has allowed her the view the situation beyond her own personal perspective and appreciate the vast array of the challenges that could be facing Tanya and her family. She was successful in drawing upon the viewpoint …show more content…
The medicine wheel is used as a map or figurative framework that guides us towards a common goal of mino-pimatisiwin. It is a safe and open environment where everyone will share in their common life experience with the goal of aiding the target subject in dealing with problems and difficulties. It is centered around the target subject and understanding the consequences of past decisions with the hope of displaying true remorse. Furthermore, the medicine wheel is in search of forgiveness and understanding from the community with clear actions, punishments, planning for future improvement and spiritual healing.
Although, this may seem foreign to many who view it from the outside of the Aboriginal community, many of the values and principles are shared with the common Social Work practice. These include positive affirmation of redeeming traits, skill and successes that are fundamental to the strengths based approach. The medicine wheel also shares our understanding of using the distaste of the negative labels to reinforce positive change in future behavior.
The social aspect of the healing circle and the sharing of pain strengthens the person's ties to their culture and community. The strong ties formed within the medicine wheel make it difficult for the individual to renege on the commitments made within it, as the commitments were promises to themselves …show more content…
They place high value in the extended family and generally form strong bonds as cohesive units, with the eldest male taking the traditional patriarchal role as the main provider and leader of the family. These units will often live in a single home with the younger adults caring for the elderly and the small children. It is not uncommon to find a household consisting of three or four generations of grandparents, parent’s aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, children and grandchildren all living together under one