Social Work for the Twenty-first Century: Challenges and by John T. Pardeck, Francis K. O. Yuen

By John T. Pardeck, Francis K. O. Yuen

This paintings is a serious research of many of the points of social paintings schooling and perform. It argues that social paintings continues to be a occupation looking for a company identification and a transparent and respectful photograph. The incorporation of technology and clinical procedure into social paintings schooling and perform seems to be the major for the occupation to keep growing and achieve its rightful position within the expert and educational groups. finally, this ebook is meant to generate effective dialogues to boost the occupation and its academic procedures.

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Social Work for the Twenty-first Century: Challenges and Opportunities

This paintings is a serious research of a few of the features of social paintings schooling and perform. It argues that social paintings continues to be a career trying to find an organization id and a transparent and respectful snapshot. The incorporation of technology and medical procedure into social paintings schooling and perform seems to be the main for the career to keep growing and achieve its rightful position within the specialist and educational groups.

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It focuses on working with clients to develop new behaviors that can lead them to the solution of their problems. At the therapy session, a therapist will use sequences that include a miracle question, a scaling question, and compliments or homework. Franklin and Jordan (1999) report Kral’s (1995) 5 Ds of Solution Focused Therapy‘‘develop an image of a realistic solution . . discover how and in what ways . . determine small, measurable steps (goals) . . describe those thoughts, actions, feeling that can help obtain the goals .

Corcoran (2003) believes that evidence-based practice ‘‘involves a process of locating research findings through electronic searches in a particular problem area to decide the intervention that has the best available support’’ (p. 4). Corcoran further asserts that to aid the decision on whether one approach is better than another for a particular problem area, the use of scientific experimental designs to evaluate practice effectiveness is highly encouraged. Evidence-based practice can be incorporated into existing practice models for various types of problems.

However, not all clients have the cognitive or intellectual capacity to engage in this form of therapy (Ellis, 1975). Ellis views human beings as largely irrational beings that need to be taught rational approaches for dealing with problems. Humans think crookedly about their desires and preferences and this results in anger, anxiety, depression, and self-pity. Unfortunately, irrational thinking leads to self-hate, which may lead to self-destructive behavior and eventually to hatred of others. Ellis (1975) believes some irrational thoughts are biological in origin but most result from the socialization process.

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