In this paper, I will be discussing the relevance of narrative therapy pertaining to its use in social work. I will discuss the background and current use of this intervention as well as the intended use of this strategy with client populations and its cultural sensitivity. Overall, this practice has numerous studies which have evaluated its use with individuals, families, and groups and have validated the effectiveness of this practice with various client populations. Narrative therapy is based
Ecosystemic Crisis Intervention and the Multicultural Imperative Rapidly Changing Events and Environments The ecological model of crisis intervention has emerged due to accelerating events in dynamically changing cultures. Some events that have made it necessary for the training of crisis interventionist to shift focus, and shift into "high gear" are listed below. Nationally, crises such as September 11th , Oklahoma City Bombing, School attacks in Littleton, Colorado; Springfield, Oregon; and
organizations are increasingly turning to organizational development practices to solve problems of inefficiency. However, they often face challenges when operating in the international context, especially when difficulties arise when companies combining international business, organization development and inter-cultural communication, fail to address the complexity and agility needed in today’s global business arena. This paper will attempt to assess the strategies organizational development (OD)
Systems Theory and Family Functioning Systems theory is a lens with which to view human behavior in relation to interactions with different systems, such as family, school, work, and community (Rogers, 2016). Assessing how families function through a systems theory lens allows social workers to examine and understand the different systems that affect the family and the individual. It is a necessary tool in identifying how a family functions in relation to the systems in which it exists as well
Diversity and Cultural Competence in Family Therapy A therapist will face problems, issues and client troubles everyday. The professional must understand how their client relates to the world around them. These feelings and ideas affect how the client sees the problem and how they respond to their situation. Their actions, in turn, have bearing on individual thoughts, needs, and emotions. The therapist must be aware of the client's history, values, and culture in order to provide effective
Interpersonal Psychotherapy Intervention Overview Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) was developed in the 1970 's by Gerald Klerman, Myrna Weissman, and Eugene Paykel. Initially, IPT was the control treatment while investigating the effectiveness of antidepressants and found the treatment comparably effective to medications and as credible as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (Robertson, Rushton, & Wurm, 2008). According to Mechanism of Change in Interpersonal therapy (Lipsitz & Markowitz,
a. Diffusion of Innovation is explanatory to the failure of sanitation intervention in Peru. Innovation refers to an idea, practice or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption. In this case, the innovation is the idea of sanitation which is perceived as new by this specific population. There are five characteristics of the innovation: Relative Advantage, Compatibility, Complexity, Trialability and Observability. Sanitation is obviously better than non-sanitation
includes intimate partner violence ,human trafficking ,sexual harassment to name a few. Social work practice have the need to understand human behavior to be equipped with knowledge of why people behave the way they do so as to effectively help them and Feminist theory happen to be one of those theories that apply to the Social Work practice in understanding people’s behavior. The feminist theory applies
Is it possible to help people to change to more healthy behaviour? Theories about changes in health behaviour tend to look at: • Cognition: the way people define and think about what they do and how they change their minds in ways that can lead to changing the ways they act; and • Context: the cultural, social, physical, emotional and psychological environments that shape people and the factors that can facilitate change. No one theory can sum up all the factors in health behaviour, but theories
support new tactics for habit change in open defecation behavior. These advances draw from the fields of psychology, cognitive science, and behavioral science and were first outlined in the 2015 World Development Report (WDR) on Mind, Society, and Behavior. WDR presents new insight into how people make decisions: thinking automatically, thinking socially, and thinking with mental models, and highlights the potential of future policy approaches that influence behavior while forgoing the assumption