Social Work Research Paper

Dr. Bruce Perry, an incredible psychiatrist, describes some of his many experiences with extremely traumatized children in his novel, “The Boy who was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook”. Throughout this book, Dr. Perry presents just a slight insight into what children all over the world experience: violence, neglect, abuse, starvation. Due to the effects of these harsh realities, many children are viewed as strange or different, but in reality, they are some of the bravest children I’ve ever heard of. Though all of these stories are incredibly remarkable, one of the children that stood out to me the

In order to work effectively and appropriately with vulnerable and marginalised groups in society such as individuals with mental illnesses, it is fundamental for a social worker to have a comprehensive knowledge base and proficient skills.

In the book, “The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog” by Bruce D. Perry, M.d., Ph.D. and Maia Szalavitz we are provided insight into the world of traumatized children and the effect in which trauma has on the development of children. Throughout this 263-page book, Dr. Perry provides different situations, methods, solutions and outcomes in relation to specific children who have been exposed to traumatic experiences from birth through adolescents. In this paper, I will provide a summary as well as a critique of the book. I will also include my personal perspective in regards to the contents of Dr. Perry and Maia Szalavitz’s book.

A typical day for a social worker consists of helping those that are in need, providing appropriate resources, and empowering their clients. Before a social worker can help their clients, they will need to do an assessment. An assessment consists of learning about the individual and their everyday lives. According to Timberlake, Zajicek-Farber, and Sabatino (2008), “The client system and the social worker conduct an assessment of problems, needs, strengths, and resources; establish priorities and goals; and reach agreement about the preintervention date-collection activities necessary to provide a baseline for evaluating change” (p. 79). It is important for the social worker to collect all this information because it will provide insight on

Ms. Apple is a 45 year old African American woman who has been a widow for about 4 years. Ms. Apple has three children, whose ages range from 5-12 years old. Ms. Apple has been struggling to keep her family afloat since the death of her husband. Ms. Apple convinced herself that she would not require the extra assistance. However, she realized in attempting to provide alone has not only become very strenuous, but also quite costly. Expenses have become overwhelming for Ms. Apple to maintain, since her husband took care of the finances and was the breadwinner for the family. Ms. Apple has minimal education as she is able to read and write at grade school level. Ms. Apple also has never been employed as she was a home maker. At this

This is applied research where a knowledge development objective is the end result (Blanche & Durrheim, 1999: 41).

As I observed the N.A. group, I compared Hepworth 's, Direct Social Work Practice, five stages of group development. The Preaffiliation stage involves observation and feeling out the environment of the group; members may be hesitant to speak or test out certain behaviors to see reactions from other members of the group or the facilitator (Hepworth, Rooney, Rooney, & Strom-Gottfried, 2017, 2013). Returning group members greeted each other with hugs, handshakes, pat on the back, while newcomers sat quietly observing others. The facilitator provided an introduction and instructions for participation. Each member was instructed to introduce the first name, state "I am an addict" and take turns reading from the

Based on the study of the course materials I personally consider that the most important historical event in the history of human services profession was “Influence of African American Social Working”. While reading this history, it truly did open my eye and to see things in some different levels. Although there were few things that I thought I had knowledge of, but I was wrong. This is a history; however, these incidents are taking place in today society and its getting worst. The reason why I think this is the most import is basically because it is teaching us the history and how far the black community have come. Although, the black community still facing tribulations. Many young men are living their lives with fear. Fear of getting killed, fear of getting stopped by a cop and fear to express their feelings, and fear of by judged, fear of being treated like animals and fear of living life. As we all know that the first amendment to the US Constitution law is freedom of speech, religion and Expression”. But is the black community these laws do not exist. In addition, many Black parents are dealing with paranoia disorder without knowing it. Black parent are afraid to send their children out in public due to those massive shooting and killing of black lives. Yet, we say this is a free country not to mentioned United States. We witness many incidents where we

According to NASW standards, advanced clinical practice competency in depression care for social workers requires that clinicians demonstrate knowledge and skill in assessing and managing symptoms, communicating with patients and families, and providing evidence-based interventions (NASW Standards for Clinical Social Work in Social Work Practice, 2005; NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Health Care Settings, 2005).

My interviewee was Billie Zody, MD. Her specific job title is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist (OB-GYN). This type of doctor specializes in women’s reproductive health. They are responsible for caring for women during their pregnancy and just after the baby is born. Zody has been a practicing OB-GYN since 2003. She originally worked in Arizona but decided to return to her home state of Indiana. She currently works at the Bloomington Hospital by IU Health, in the specialized OB-GYN branch.

This organization does not provide any information about evaluation studies or empirical research that shows their program design is effective

Experiencing severe neglect in the early years of life can be traumatizing for a child. In fact, Osofsky and Lieberman (2011) state that “children in the first five years of life are the most vulnerable to traumatic death and injury as the result of interpersonal violence, neglect, and accidents” (p. 120). This is the premise of the chapter “The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog”, from Dr. Perry’s novel of the same title. Dr. Bruce Perry is an American author and psychiatrist with extensive experience working with young individuals. In this chapter, the psychiatrist retells his encounter with a 6 year old boy who had been neglected during the first few years of his life. He narrates his first encounter with

First of all, these cases, remind me of a book I borrowed from my mother, which I highly recommend, “The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry”. My mother is working on her Ph.D. in psychology, and I enjoy reading her DSM-V, as well. The case studies by Dr. Perry, a child psychiatrist in crisis trauma were some of the most disturbing cases, he encountered in child abuse. Even though they are disturbing, they are necessary in order to comprehend how to treat children in crisis. My interest in childhood trauma stems from the desire to get teacher certification and pursue special education. The case I picked was a boy form. Santa Clara County. The child was born in 1990, and despite having extreme terror of being

Social workers deal with a wide variety of people from all walks of life. There are challenges that people in the social work field deal with that most people do not take in to consideration. Whatever job position social workers are in; they connect with a lot of difficult experiences and deal with a little bit of everything.

A helping profession is one that nurtures the growth of or addresses the problems of a person's physical, psychological, intellectual, emotional or spiritual well-being.