As an undergrad social work student at University of Texas-Arlington we are taught how to become a generalist social worker. Becoming a generalist social worker will provide us with a broad range of skills to work with micro‚ mezzo and macro groups from all different ethnicities‚ ages‚ and religions. Professors here at UTA teach us many different models and theories that we can use as tools to work with our clients or groups successfully. A newer social work perspective that I would like to discuss
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The Family Structural Theory provides a method in which a nurse is able to identify how family members interact with one another to establish a baseline. These interactions create patterns of behavior that the nurse is able to focus on when assessing how‚ why‚ and under what circumstances family members behave in their assumed roles‚ how they are organized as a family‚ what their established boundaries are‚ and how they are able to adapt when faced with change‚ illness‚ or crisis. If these family
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Structural family therapy (SFT) is rooted in family systems theory‚ but it is unique in its focus on family structure and its preference for remaining grounded in the here and now (Vetere‚ 2001‚ p. 133). For structural family therapists‚ family wholeness is the most important goal and individual symptoms are viewed as the result of dysfunctional family transactions (Lappin & Minuchin‚ 2011). When the family structure is reorganized‚ the family can interact functionally and harmoniously (M. Reed‚
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Introduction In his essay‚ Postmodern Virtualities‚ Mark Poster argues that modernity placed much value on rational‚ idealized and centred persons (he cites the ‘reasonable man of the law’ and the ‘educated citizen of democracy’ as examples). This however has evolved and with postmodernism comes a culture that nurtures individuality and forms of identity very different to those of modernist thought. ( Postmodern Virtualities‚ 1995. Online source) As communication technologies enhance and develop
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QUESTION BY USING THE STRUCTURAL- FUNCTIONALIST THEORY‚ DISCUSS PROBLEMS FACING OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES IN ZAMBIA In any political system are structures that have different functions to ensure an effective and smooth running of things in that particular political system. This is why this essay will discuss the problems faced by opposition political parties in Zambia using the structural functionalist theory. First it will explain what structural functionalism is‚ then it will define structures
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boundaries limit the development of interpersonal skills achievable in these subsystems (Nichols & Schwartz‚ 2004). Consequently‚ the family should be considered as a system whose function depends on the members of this structure. Minuchin’s Family structural theory was created with subsystems that changed all the time as they were adapting to external (job‚ school‚ and relocation) and internal (divorce‚ illness‚ and birth) influences. Thus‚ the dysfunctional family is one whose external and internal boundaries
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Salvador Minuchin’s structural family theory is a systems theory upholding that therapy must address the person as a part of the family‚ versus just looking at the individual. We better understand Minuchin’s theory when it is framed within the principles of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s general systems theory‚ the premise on which all other systems theories are based. He says‚ like Minuchin‚ it is more therapeutically beneficial to look at the relationships between people rather than focusing on the individual’s
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The structural functionalism and social conflict theory‚ are ideas that come under the micro -level paradigms that entails a large-scale of patterns and structure. The fundamental function theory is when society has many individual parts of the community‚ consolidated with each part that makes a society. However‚ crime is its‚ unique part of the community and crime in small amounts is a norm for the society. Therefore‚ when deviant acts of a criminal nature‚ this will reinforce the values of the
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facing by using structural-functionalist and their contributions to liberal democracy. The academic piece shall begin by defining the key terms; those being‚ structural-functionalist‚ political parties and liberal democracy. This will be followed by a comprehensive discussion of political parties‚ focused on‚ with examples‚ the Zambian scene. Lastly‚ a brief conclusion based on the discussion will be outlined. “Functionalism holds that society is a complex system whose various parts work together to
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5/3/13 Social Work Theories Social Work Theories A social work theory provides an objective analysis of problems experienced by a society and the theoretical basis for various practices that are aimed towards dealing with them. These theories differ in their approach to solving social problems. Read to get a perspective of modern theoretical models‚ that represent different paradigms of social change. Social work is all about dealing with the various problems that besiege a society‚ inhibiting
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