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A Case Example In Social Work

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• Relaying on Case Examples
Example in everyday life:
Ernestine proof that the bean diet really worked is how she lost 20 pounds in two weeks. The bean diet isn’t really nutritious considering how she lost so much weigh in a short amount of time. Yes, it does endanger a person’s health if practiced long since the person isn’t getting all of her nutrition and is limiting the amount that she eats.
Example in social work practice:
Guilt therapy is when the counselor makes you feel bad about your addiction or problem. Harvey stop drinking because of all the factors that encouraged him to stop drinking and also the guilt that was brought on to him, but his wife leaving him could have also contributed in his end of drinking. Harvey will probably …show more content…

A reason that might have affected this women’s condition would be how she took so many other medicines which many have made her condition worse. The woman probably took so much of Natex, that she probably over dose on it which may have caused her death.
Example in social work practice:
The theoretical underpinnings of the flyswatter approach to behavior management would be to force the child to behave using physical punishment. The potential negative consequences using this technique can lead to childhood aggression and also emotional abuse. The child may get bruises from getting hit on the nose with a flyswatter.
• Being Vague
Example in everyday life:
“Life in Salt Lake City” can mean it’s good since the person who made this statement is satisfied living there. “Better” can refer to housing conditions, social life, employment opportunities, quality of restaurants, climate, and good hiking since the person would rather live there than anywhere else.
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Even if I met one who is a crook, it doesn’t mean that all politicians are the same. A politician stealing my money is probably what has lead me to believe that all politicians are crooks which then I assume that every politician is like that. Every politician differs in regarding their stands on issues since there are many opinions to a certain issue so people can elect which politician has the same views as them.
Example in social work practice:
I am biased in claiming that my organization’s is the best one since I don’t give other organizations a chance to see if their any good so I automatically assume. I have no proof that mine is better than the others other than enjoying my work place. I don’t know how other agencies don’t have similar strengths since I have only seen the strengths of the social service agency I work for.
• Believing That It’s Written Down It Must Be Right
Example in everyday life:
The only concrete evidence that flying saucers have been here would be photographs that people have taken. People who claim to have been abducted by aliens say how they witnessed themselves getting abducted and also seeing something that wasn’t human. I believe that the pictures on the newspaper can be either a hoax or real saucers just depending if the person actually wants to believe it or

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