...This model looks at ways of removing barriers that may stop individuals from living the life they wish to live. When these barriers are removed, it is them possible for individuals with disabilities to be independent and equal in society allowing them to choose and control what happens in their life. The attitudes and stereotypes shown by others in society towards those with a disability are seen to disable people from having equal opportunities to be party of society. Society today often having little expectation and little hope for those with a disability, presuming the can't do something because of their disability, which is what may be the cause of those with a disability not leading a fulfilling life (Disabled World,...
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...distinctly “European” type of reform process. It is a process that continues to adhere to deep-seated commitments to equity and solidarity, to the belief that social protection enhances efficiency, and to institutional preferences for negotiated rather than imposed change. The self-transformation of the European social model has never been guided by some grand master plan, from which policy then ensued. The European reform model is replete with contingencies, policy failures, co-ordination and implementation problems and, obviously, shifts in the balance of political and economic power. The ‘trial and error’ nature of European social reform means that attempts to solve problems in one particular policy area may, through a dynamic of spill-over effects, create problems in neighbouring policy areas. New problems trigger yet another search for new solutions, both horizontally (across policy areas) and vertically (between different layers of governance). Since the mid-1970s, macroeconomic instability stimulated a learning process through which the hard currency EMU was established. The imperatives of monetary integration put pressure on systems of industrial relations, leading to new adaptations in wage bargaining. New bargaining procedures, in turn, encouraged a search for more active labour market policies, as well as ‘activating’ social security provisions. And with the rise of services and female employment occurred a reorientation of policy. Last but not least, steps are being taken...
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...Social worker duties involve dealing with individual and social problems as well as situation that are, by definition, problematic and complex. A lot of situations in which social workers interfere become ethically complicated. These complications increase when we consider the general societal context and that of agency, and social workers’ professional and personal values. Though social workers’ professional values may be partly compatible with societal values, nonetheless there are some differences in emphasis, priorities and or understanding (Osmo and Landau, 2006). As a social worker making decisions about what to do in cases that feature ethical problems as well as dilemmas integrates our ethical judgements or evaluation of what is right...
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...Interdisciplinary Practice Paper Population I am in my advanced year of internship at River Community residential treatment facility in Azusa Canyon. River Community is part of the Social Model Recovery Systems. River community is a coed facility, that houses up to 38 residents. Social Model Recovery Systems is a non-profit 501(c) 3 that provides direct treatment services (at 12 locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties) for those whose lives have become unmanageable due to alcohol and other drug use and/or whose mental health issues are interfering with leading productive lives. River Community itself is a unique residential treatment program providing recovery services to individuals with concurrent mental health and chemical dependency problems. The current director of River Community is a LCSW and ACSW. Social Model Recovery Systems ascribes to the principles and practices of social rehabilitation. The social rehabilitation approach is one in which addiction is viewed as being centered in the reciprocal relationship between...
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...I have three reflections after I listened to the presentation of Biestek’s model of social work principles by my classmates. First of all, I understood that Biestek set out seven principles for social work practice and casework was based on respect of people, but I thought it had a conflict with legislation and ethics code. For example, the social worker received a 15-year-old client told him that there are currently participating in the gang, and he expected to have a conflict with another gang that it related the extension of control during the day after tomorrow. The client requested a social worker must keep secret. And the social worker had promised that the conference will be kept confidential when providing service to the client. If a social worker reports to one’s superior or police, social worker will violate one of the principles: confidentiality. Otherwise, if a social worker keeps secret, one may infringe criminal procedure ordinance and the client’s life will be in danger. Therefore, social workers often need to strike a balance between the legislation and ethics code, and use professional knowledge and analysis to resolve the problem. Secondly, Biestek's principles were appeared in 1950s, thus these seven principles may not be suitable for modern society and out of touch with the present or the future. For instance, nowadays there are several technologies, resources, welfares and policies to improve living standard, thus gradually changing human thinking, behaviors...
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...are exercising corporate powers in society in the best ways possible. Timberland has indeed involved multiple stakeholders in its business operations. It started as a donation on fifty pairs of boots from CEO Jeff Swartz and a few hours of community service. Swartz got the customers and communities involved, and the support for City Year grew to over ten million dollars. Both the CEO and the customers are considered stakeholders, thus we see multiple stakeholders were involved. 2) Has Timberland balanced its economic and social responsibilities through its various programs, such the Path to Service program and sustainability goals? Are the company’s programs examples of enlightened self-interest? Yes, Timberland has balanced their economic and social responsibilities. By remaining profitable, Timberland fulfills its economic responsibilities and through the Path to Service program and the sustainability goals project they have fulfilled their social responsibilities. Through the article we don’t see anything mentioned about Timberland’s charity projects being of self-interest until the very end of Swartz’s quote where he says “While we are absolutely accountable to our shareholders, we also recognize and accept our responsibly to share our strength—to work, in context of...
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...CA Chapter 7 Creating a Motivation Work Setting Job Design: The Social Information Processing Model Prepared for John C. Sivie BUS 551 CRN 1178 Organizational Theory and Behavior Prepared by Hanguang. Liu 3/7/2013 College of Business and Public Management Department of Business Administration Job Design: The Social Information Processing Model The social information processing model is the job design which based on the information from others or the employees’ own behaviors to affect the employees’ views and ideas of the design of their works. There is an example to protrude the social information processing model: Doherty and Cantu got law degrees from the same university and were hired by the same law firm. They work in different department and report to different partners. Their working situations and outcomes are similar. However, their reactions to the job are different. Doherty feels that he is so lucky he got this interesting and challenging work and he has the high salary makes it better; but Cantu dissatisfy this job because he must spent half of the working time doing assignments for the partners, and hates he does not have the chances to do work for the customer, his high salary is based on the long working hours. The Role of the Social Environment The social information processing model gives some reasons why Doherty’s and Cantu’s attitudes are so different. The social environment will offer information to the employees what kind of sides...
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...The social model of disability What is the social model of disability, and why is it important to us? The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised, rather than by a person’s impairment or difference. It looks at ways of removing barriers that restrict life choices for disabled people. When barriers are removed, disabled people can be independent and equal in society, with choice and control over their own lives. Disabled people developed the social model of disability because the traditional medical model did not explain their personal experience of disability or help to develop more inclusive ways of living. An impairment is defined as long-term limitation of a person’s physical, mental or sensory function. Changing attitudes to disabled people Barriers are not just physical. Attitudes found in society based on prejudice or stereotype, or disablism, also disable people from having equal opportunities to be part of society. Medical model of disability The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised. The medical model of disability says people are disabled by their impairments or differences. Under the medical model, these impairments or differences should be 'fixed' or changed by medical and other treatments, even when the impairment or difference does not cause pain or illness. The medical model looks at what is 'wrong' with the person, not what the person needs. It...
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...Health is defined based on three dimensions: physical, mental and social health; a fairly recent modification from the 18th century viewpoints (Ware,1987). Health is perceived differently according to the different models of health that help in guiding and understanding of health and health issues. In relation to the following essay, two models; biomedical model and social model will be discussed and compared in terms of their relevancy in the modern times. The second half of the essay will focus on the effectiveness of the social model in explaining the increasing prevalence of health conditions related to the obesity epidemic. During the early part of the 20th century, infectious diseases predominated as the highest cause of mortality in both developing and non-developing counties affecting 42% of the world’s population (Tulchinsky and Varavikova,2000; Boutayeb and Boutayeb,2005). This is the era that was heavily reliant on the biomedical model to diagnose illness which focused primarily on the proximal causes of disease (factors that act directly to cause a disease) and was confined to the objective measures for disease treatment (diagnosis solely based on medical facts without considering other possibilities)(Johnson,2012). Since the leading causes of death at those times were infections based i.e. pneumonia (11.8%), T.B. (11.3%) and diarrhoea (8.3%) (National Office of Vital Statistics,1947), the biomedical model’s germ theory which stated that all diseases were caused...
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...are using contraceptives and condoms. Certain races continue to have higher rates of teen pregnancies than others. It is imperative to understand what social determinants place certain adolescents most at risk of becoming pregnant. The social ecological model multiple level approach is a great health model used to explain how outside factors, beyond the individual, put adolescents more at risk. At the intrapersonal level, common pregnancy myths such as “you will not get pregnant the first time you have sex” continue to believe by teenagers. Limited knowledge on reproductive health position the individual at higher risk. At the interpersonal level...
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...Shaun O’Malley 5/9/13 Social Problems 1969 is the year in which most attribute to the beginning of the gay rights movement in America. Before 1969 there was a real disconnect between this population and the political process, but when the NYPD raided a gay bar in Greenwich Village and started arresting people, the community had finally had enough. The following three days riots ensued, finally they had enough and no longer would they remain silent. The following year the first gay pride parades are held in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles, all of these were done to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Stone Wall incident. In 1977 in San Francisco California a movement would be lead by a charismatic man, Harvey Milk, who would be elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Harvey Milk continuously fought to de-marginalize the LBGTQ community fighting and dying for his cause. Milk would be assassinated in 1979 becoming the communities first great martyr. Over the following 24 years this fight would meet with great victories and terrible disappointments. Today the battle for these rights still continues, with passionate people on both sides. Attitudes in most parts of this country are evolving, more people are in favor of gay rights and same-sex marriage, but this is not enough. This issue, which has been labeled so many things, needs to be called what it really is. This issue is a matter of civil liberties, this is a fight for the civil rights...
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...Uses, Value, Strengths, Weaknesses, Professional Commentary in literature: To increase the level of generalization many factors were constructed within aggressive sibling interaction such as the amount of time, how and why and under what predicaments the conflict arouse and different situational activities. Further research, relevant to social relationship, child development, rejection and sibling relationship should be expanded to better understand the aggressive behavior and development within children and their sibling. Haapasalo, J., & Tremblay, R. E. (1994). Physically aggressive boys from ages 6 to 12: family background, parenting behavior, and prediction of delinquency. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 62(5), 1044....
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...questions: a. The psychiatric model and social work model define normal behavior differently. Think of an example of a behavior that might be considered abnormal. Use each model to describe it. Answer: When it comes to behavior, I think that it is considered abnormal when it is out of the ordinary of what society is use to, like an impairment, undesirable, or dysfunctional behavior. The psychiatric model treats a mental disorder as abnormal and treats their clients like a regular doctor might treat asthma or the flu. The social work model does not usually classify an individual as abnormal. It is believed that environment and experiences or genetics bring on the disorder or issues that a client is having. At least this is how I perceive...
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...privilege in which one can benefit from mainstream culture, as they can easily mold to the standards of a capitalistic and ableist society. The one-dimensional culture that simplifies and diminishes the complexities of the handicapped, eerily mirrors that of the simplification and “ghettoization” of youths in working-class communities. Within, Lulu Miller and Alix Spiegel’s podcast, “Invisibilia” they provide a radical analysis on the social construction of blindness, and how society’s low expectations of the blind are translated and inculcated into physical reality. In conjunction with the theme of “low expectations” placed on a marginalized community, we similarly discussed how poor people...
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...ensuring development and survival of the child, and finally, Child participation, i.e. that children with disabilities or organizations representing them be consulted in matters and decisions affecting them. Article 23 of the Convention lays emphasis on the right of these children to special care and support to ensure they live full and independent lives. Most importantly the article guarantees the disabled children all the rights in the Convention. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) through General Comment 5 states that persons with disabilities should be guaranteed all rights under the covenant. On education, the convention provides the right to basic education as an unequivocal right and therefore should be free and compulsory. Through General Comment 13, certain standards with respect to the right of the disabled child to education are set. These include: Adaptability; that education meets emerging societal needs and those of learners of diverse social and cultural backgrounds, availability; i.e....
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