JANE
ADDAMS COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK
UNIVERSITY
OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
Fall, 2008
Mark Mattaini, DSW
Room 4541
http://home.earthlink.net/~mattaini
mattaini@earthlink.net
Social Work 519: Practice III
Community Health and Urban
Development
Prerequisites: Social Work 431
Credits: 3
DESCRIPTION:
Social Work 519 and 520
constitute an integrated, advanced practice sequence to prepare students for
work in Community Health and Urban Development. This concentration prepares
students to contribute to building urban communities that are physically,
socially, economically and environmentally healthy. The emphasis of the
concentration is on community building in solidarity with the poor; the
oppressed; racial and ethnic minorities; women; gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender persons; persons with disabilities; older adults; and other at-risk
urban populations within a biopsychosocial and ecological framework. Health
disparities, lack of opportunity, and lack of access to the basic requirements
of life are among the critical issues requiring attention in at-risk urban
communities. The concentration
recognizes the systemic connections among people, families, and larger
collectives in building community capacity. The Community Health and Urban
Development Concentration therefore prepares students for integrated practice
with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities in urban
settings in ways that can contribute to community health and strengths within a
process of shared power. Given the importance of diversity in healthy
ecological systems, the concentration emphasizes practice that honors and
supports such diversity by focusing on cultural assets. The primary emphasis of
the concentration is on asset-building and capacity-building approaches to
community building that emphasize participatory, interdisciplinary, and
justice-oriented practice consistent with the promotion of universal human
rights and the mission of Jane Addams College of Social Work.
Social
Work 519 is the first practice course within this integrated sequence. The
focus in this course is on building healthy communities from the grassroots,
beginning with health-enhancing work with individuals and families that
emphasizes supporting clients’ personal power and gifts, promoting health,
strengthening social support networks, and collaboration of clients and workers
in effective advocacy, particularly within care and service systems and
community-based organizations. The course then moves to advanced work with
groups, the principal system level emphasized in the course. Social Work YYY,
the subsequent course, integrates the knowledge and skills from this course
with those of practice with larger community and organizational systems.
Farmer,
P. (2003). Pathologies of Power. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Swenson,
C. C., Henggeler, S. W., Taylor, I. S., & Addison, O. W. (2005). Multisystemic
therapy and neighborhood partnerships. New York: Guilford.
Pranis,
K. (2003). Peacemaking Circles: From Crime to Community. St. Paul, MN: Living Justice
Press.
APA Publication
Manual.
There are
also multiple readings available either in online journals or on Electronic
Reserve (ERes) at the library. ERes password is CHUD08. Be sure to plan
ahead for online readings, as sometimes either publisher or library systems may
be down. Most
if not all are also available on the library shelves. ÒRecommendedÓ readings
may be online, otherwise you will need to obtain them from the shelves or in
some case perhaps interlibrary loan.
KNOWLEDGE
OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will
achieve an understanding of the conceptual underpinnings of asset-building and
capacity-building approaches for community building as these frameworks guide
practice with all system levels, within an overall biopsychosocial and
ecological framework.
2. Students will achieve an
understanding of how asset-building and capacity-building approaches to
community building advance personal and collective health, empowerment, social
justice, and human rights.
3. Students will achieve an
understanding of the interconnections among community assets in urban settings.
Those assets include cultural assets, human and social capital, civic culture,
community-based organizations, economic assets, environmental assets, natural
resources, and linkages to larger systems including political and economic
systems.
4. Students will achieve an
understanding of both the subjective and objective realities of health,
illness, grief and loss, and how these experiences shape and are shaped by the
larger systems including neighborhood and community.
5. Students will integrate basic
information about major illnesses, risk and protective factors for illness,
health risks and disparities, and principles of health promotion for
individuals, families and communities, as well as to identify appropriate
sources for accessing more specialized knowledge when needed.
6. Students will achieve an
advanced understanding of approaches for work with individuals that emphasize
mobilization of personal strengths and supports, strengths-based care
management, strengthening and contributing to networks of social support, case
advocacy and health promotion in urban communities.
7. Students will achieve an
advanced understanding of approaches for work with families that emphasize
mobilization of personal and family strengths and assets, engaging and
mobilizing community systems and supports, and contributing to networks of
mutual aid in urban communities.
8. Students will achieve an
advanced understanding of approaches for work with groups in urban settings.
The approaches emphasized are those that promote and mobilize personal, family,
neighborhood, and community health, with primary attention to empowerment-oriented
work including self-help and mutual aid groups; issue-focused advocacy and task
groups; community health promotion groups; training; and locality-based group
work oriented toward strengthening social bonds and social capital.
9. Students will achieve an
advanced understanding of particular strengths and needs that persons of
diverse cultures, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, abilities
and ages bring to community building.
10. Students will achieve an
understanding of the ethical and personal challenges associated with practice
with individuals, families, and groups within a community-building framework.
11. Students will achieve an
advanced understanding of the importance and challenges of taking an
evidence-based perspective on practice with individuals, families, and groups
within a community-building framework.
SKILLS
OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will demonstrate the
ability to apply approaches for practice with individuals that emphasize
mobilization of personal strengths and supports, strengths-based care
management, strengthening and contributing to networks of social support, case
advocacy and health promotion within an urban community-building framework.
2. Students will demonstrate the
ability to apply approaches for practice with families that emphasize
mobilization of personal and family strengths and assets, engaging and
mobilizing community systems and supports, and contributing to networks of
mutual aid within an urban community-building framework.
3. Students will demonstrate the
ability to apply approaches for practice with groups within an urban
community-building framework. The approaches emphasized are those that promote
and mobilize personal, family, neighborhood, and community health, including
self-help and mutual aid groups; issue-focused advocacy and task groups;
community health promotion and education programming using groups; and
locality-based group work oriented toward strengthening social bonding and
social capital.
4. Students will
demonstrate the ability to apply the skills associated with initiating and
maintaining a dynamic of shared power in collaborative community practice
across system levels.
5. Students will demonstrate the
ability to apply approaches for engaging cultural resources for practice in
urban communities, including the use of ethnoconscious and ethnically-specific
approaches.
6. Students will demonstrate the
ability to differentially apply interventive strategies with an awareness of
the impact of race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, gender, age, and
ability in their practice within an urban community-building framework.
7. Students will demonstrate the
ability to apply an evidence-based perspective on practice with individuals,
families and groups within an urban community-building framework, and to
evaluate that practice.
COURSE
ASSIGNMENTS:
All
students will be held accountable for adhering to academic and non-academic
standards of conduct as described in the JACSW Student Handbook, available on
the College website. Additional copies can be obtained from the Office of
Student Affairs.
1.
Class participation
(20% of the course grade). The course is heavily experiential, and therefore
participation is required. Participation is defined as on-time attendance for
complete class sessions, attentive non-verbal behavior; offering comments
relevant to course discussions, and active participation in in-class laboratory
exercises. Your participation in each session will be graded 3.5 on a 4 point
scale, unless there is an exceptional reason for a higher or lower grade. Class
sessions you do not attend will be graded 0. It is not possible to "make
up" missed class sessions, but it is possible to do up to 2 make-up
assignments if absence is for an approved, documented reason, and substitute
grades for those assignments for participation in a class session.
2.
Interteaching
(35% of course grade). A portion of each class session after the first will be
spent in interteaching, a process in which student dyads will work together to
explore specific questions applying the required readings for that week to
practice situations. Written records will be submitted. To participate in
interteaching, students must have previously read the material; time in
interteaching sessions should not be spent skimming the required readings, but
rather on exploring the implications of the material together. Everyone is absolutely expected to
complete all assigned readings, and to come to every class session prepared.
3. Group Project (20% of course grade; including peer
evaluations). Groups of about 6 students will research, present, and
demonstrate one form of capacity-building group work related to the course
content, as assigned and scheduled by the instructor. Groups will have exactly
60 minutes to present the approach in the manner of professional trainers,
provide guidance for class members to learn more (references, handouts,
contacts, etc.), and demonstrate the approach in an in-class simulation. Will
require both online and library research, including exploring the group work
literature in books and journals; you may also find examining training
literature useful. Further guidance will be provided in class.
4.
Project Paper
(25% of course grade). Due at the second to the last class session. Assignment
is an original 12-20 page, APA style paper, discussing work in the field in
terms of the course knowledge objectives. Sophisticated use of the literature
is expected (typically 10-15 outside references, most from books and journals
rather than non-peer-reviewed internet materials). A 2-page abstract of the
work to be done (including reference list) is due at the 10th class
session, and counts as 5% of the grade.
Note that grades are not
curved; cooperation among students is encouraged, and competition will not
benefit anyone in this system. Please keep in mind that the purpose of
professional school is not to work for grades, but to prepare for practice that
will contribute to collective well-being; grades are used to encourage learning
activities and are not a reflection of your value as a human being!
Note that grades are not
curved; cooperation among students is encouraged, and competition will not
benefit anyone in this system. Please keep in mind that the purpose of
professional school is not to work for grades, but to prepare for practice that
will contribute to collective well-being; grades are used to encourage active
engagement in learning activities and are not a reflection of your value as a
human being.
Students
requiring accommodations for disability must follow established University
procedures, as follows:
I. Go to
the UIC Office of Disability Services to obtain confidential verification of
the disability and a statement of accommodations recommended by that office.
2. Show
the UIC Office of Disability Services accommodation letter to the instructor of
the class for which the student requests accommodation. In the case of field
instruction classes, the letter should be shown to the College field liaison or
the Director of Field.
3.
Accommodation letters are to be shown to the instructor at the beginning of the
course or before the start of the course.
Students needing
accommodations for religious reasons should contact the instructor at the
beginning of the semester to identify appropriate class work to make up any
missed sessions or other work.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Complete academic integrity is expected (please see
Student Handbook for details). Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, leaving others to
do what should be joint work, or other forms of dishonesty regarding work done
are serious ethical concerns, and must be handled as such.
WRITING
CENTER: Excellent
writing skills are required for professional practice. Students requiring
assistance in this area may self-refer to the UIC Writing Center, or may be
referred by the instructor.
CELLULAR
TELEPHONES AND PAGERS: Cellular phones and pagers may not be used during class time. Please
consult with your instructor regarding genuinely emergency situations.
COURSE SESSIONS:
Session 1 (8/26).
Conceptual underpinnings of asset-building and capacity-building approaches for
community building and health in urban communities.
á
The
biopsychosocial and ecological frameworks
á
Personal
and community assets (social capital and civic culture; cultural, physical,
natural, environmental, and human capital; spiritual and religious resources)
Readings for Sessions 1 & 2:
Required:
Ford Foundation (2004), Asset
Building for Social Change. (online at: http://www.fordfound.org/pdfs/impact/assets_pathways) [URLs
sometimes change; please do the work necessary to access items that may not be
immediately available at listed URLs.]
Institute of Medicine (2003).
Summary. In Unequal treatment: Confronting racial and ethnic disparities in
health care. (online at: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10260&page=1)
Also available on ERes under title ÒSummary: Unequal TreatmentÓ
Minkler, M. (2005). Introduction
to community organizing and community building. In Minkler, Community
organizing and community building for health. (ERes)
Farmer, P. (2003). Health,
healing, and social justice. In Pathologies of Power, pp. 139-159. Berkeley:
University of California Press.
Session 2 (9/2). The
place of asset-building and capacity-building approaches to community building
in advancing personal and collective health, empowerment, social justice, and
human rights.
Readings for Sessions 1 & 2: (continued from previous)
Required:
Ford Foundation (2004), Asset
Building for Social Change. (online at: http://www.fordfound.org/pdfs/impact/assets_pathways) [URLs
sometimes change; please do the work necessary to access items that may not be
immediately available at listed URLs.]
Institute of Medicine (2003).
Summary. In Unequal treatment: Confronting racial and ethnic disparities in
health care. (online at: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10260&page=1)
Also available on ERes under title ÒSummary: Unequal TreatmentÓ
Minkler, M. (2005). Introduction
to community organizing and community building. In Minkler, Community
organizing and community building for health. (ERes)
Farmer, P. (2003). Health,
healing, and social justice. In Pathologies of Power, pp. 139-159. Berkeley:
University of California Press.
Session 3 (9/9). Human
rights, oppression and health disparities in practice with urban communities;
Ethical and personal challenges in practice with individuals, families, and
groups in health and community development.
Readings for Session 3:
Required:
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (1948).
New York: United Nations. (online at: http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html)
International Covenant on
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966). New York: United Nations. (online at:
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm)
Farmer, P. (2003).
On suffering and structural violence (pp. 29-50), & Rethinking health and human rights (pp.
213-246). In Pathologies of power.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
Ford Foundation
(2004). Close to home: Case studies of human rights work in the United
States. Available online at:
http://www.fordfound.org/pdfs/impact/close_to_home.pdf
Recommended:
Furman, R., Downey, E. P., &
Jackson, R. L. (2004). Exploring the ethics of treatments for depression: the
ethics of care perspective. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 74, 525-538.
Csikai, E. (2004). Social workers'
participation in the resolution of ethical dilemmas in hospice care. Health
and Social Work, 29,
67-76. (online)
Hess, P. M., & Hess, H. J. (1998). Values and
ethics in social work practice with gay and lesbian persons. In G. P. Mallon
(Ed.), Foundations of social work practice with lesbian and gay persons (pp. 31-46). New York: Haworth Press. (ERes)
Session 4 (9/16).
Subjective and objective realities of health and illness in the context of
family and urban communities.
á
Major
illnesses, adjustment to major illnesses, and redefinition of self
á
Cultural
understandings of health, illness and help-seeking behavior; Family roles and
family health issues
á
Grief
and loss.
Readings for Session 5:
Required:
Lyons, A. C., & Chamberlain,
K. (2006). Chapter 2: Thinking about health and the body. In Health
psychology: A critical introduction (pp. 40-69). New York: Cambridge. (ERes)
Aranda, M. P. (2008).
Relationship between Religious Involvement and Psychological Well-Being: A
Social Justice Perspective. Health & Social Work, 33(1), 9-21. (online)
Murguia, A. (2003). Use and
implications of ethnomedical health care approaches among Central American
immigrants. Health and Social Work, 28, 43-53. (online)
DeCoster, V. A., &
Dabelko, H. L. (2008). Forty-four Techniques for Empowering Older Adults Living
with Diabetes. Health & Social Work, 33(1), 77-80. (online)
Session 5 (9/23).
Evidence-based practice and practice evaluation in integrated community
practice and community-building.
á
The
evidence-based practice process
á
Evaluation
of practice in community development and health
Readings for Session 5:
Required:
Rosen, A. (2003). Evidence-based
social work practice: challenges and promise. Social Work Research, 27, 197-208. (online)
Embry, D. D. (2004). Community-based
prevention using simple, low-cost, evidence-based kernels and behavior
vaccines. Journal of Community Psychology, 32, 575-591. (online)
Miller, R. L. (2003). Adapting an
evidence-based intervention: tales of the Hustler Project. AIDS Education
and Prevention
(Supplement A), 15, 127-138. (online)
Patterson, D. A., & Basham, R.
E. (2003). Visualizing
change: spreadsheets and graphical representation across domains in human
service practice. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 21(4), 1-16.
Recommended:
Pollio, D. E. (2002). The
evidence-based group worker. Social Work with Groups, 25(4), 57-70. (ERes)
Green, G. L., McAllister, C. L.,
& Tarte, J. M. (2004). The strengths-based practices inventory: A tool for
measuring strengths-based service delivery in early childhood and family
support programs. Families in Society, 85, 326-334.
Secret, M., Jordan, A., &
Ford, J. (1999). Empowerment evaluation as a social work strategy. Health
and Social Work, 24,
120-127.
Ferguson, H. (2003). Outline of a
critical best practice perspective on social work and social care. The
British Journal of Social Work, 33, 1005-1024.
Session 6 (9/30). Risk and
Protective Factors related to health for individuals, families and communities;
Disability and aging in community context.
Readings for Session 6:
Required:
Greene, R. R., & Cohen, H. L.
(2005). Social work with older adults and their families: Changing practice
paradigms. Families in Society, 86(3), 367-374. (online)
Sharkey, P. (2007). Survival and
death in New Orleans: An empirical looks at the human impact of Katrina. Journal
of Black Studies, 37(4),
482-501.
Grote, N. K, Bledsoe, S. E.,
Larkin, J., Lemay, E. P., & Brown, C. (2007). Stress
exposure and depression in disadvantaged women: the protective effects of optimism
and perceived control. Social Work Research, 31(1), 19-33.
Antle, B. J. (2004). Factors
associated with self-worth in young people with physical disabilities. Health
and Social Work, 29,
167-175. (online)
Recommended:
Bergman, M. M., & Scott, J. (2001).
Young adolescents' wellbeing and health-risk behaviours: gender and
socio-economic differences. Journal of Adolescence, 24, 183-197. (online)
Takamura, J. C. (2001). Towards a
new era in aging and social work. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 36(3/4), 1-11.
Whitley, D. M., Kelley, S. J.,
& Sipe, T. A. (2001). Grandmothers raising grandchildren: are they at
increased risk of health problems? Health and Social Work, 26, 105-114.
Linsk, N. L. (1997). Experience of
older gay and bisexual men living with HIV/AIDS. Journal of Gay, Lesbian,
and Bisexual Identity, 2(3/4), 285-308.
Ron, P. (2004). Depression,
hopelessness, and suicidal ideation among the elderly: a comparison between men
and women living in nursing homes and in the community. Journal of
Gerontological Social Work, 43(2/3), 97-116.
Session 7 (10/7).
Individuals, families and communities (Circles); Meetings with project groups.
Reading for Session 7:
Required:
Pranis, pages TBA
Appendix G (Balanced and
Restorative Justice Strategies), Chicago Public Schools Policy Manual,
available at: policy.cps.k12.il.us/documents/705.5.pdf
Session 8 (10/14). Work
with individuals and families in urban communities.
The
person-environment practice model with at-risk individuals and families
Mobilization
of personal and family strengths and supports
Strengths-based
care management
Advocacy
for health promotion
Readings for Session 8:
Required:
Swenson, MST & Neighborhood
Partnerships, pp.
1-59.
Linsk, N. L., & Mason, S. (2004). Stresses on
grandparents and other relatives caring for children affected by HIV/AIDS. Health
and Social Work, 29, 127-136. (online)
Hendrix, L. R. (2003).
Intercultural collaboration: an approach to long term care for urban American
Indians. Care Management Journals, 4(1), 46-52. (ERes)
Radina, M. E., & Barber, C. E.
(2004) Utilization of formal support services among Hispanic Americans caring
for aging parents. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 43 (2/3), 5-23. (ERes)
Conway-Giustra, F., Crowley, A.,
& Gorin, S. (2002). Crisis in caregiving: A call to action. Health and
Social Work, 27,
307-311. (online)
Recommended:
Brun, C., & Rapp, R. C.
(2001). Strengths-based case management: individuals' perspectives on strengths
and the case manager relationship. Social Work, 46, 278-288.
Hackstaff, L.,
Davis, C., & Katz, L. (2004). The case for integrating behavior change,
client-centered practice and other evidence-based models into geriatric care
management. Social Work in Health Care, 38, 1-19.
Session 9 (10/21). Work
with individuals and families in urban communities.
á
Mobilization
of personal and family strengths and assets
á
Engaging
and mobilizing community systems and supports
á
Contributing
to networks of mutual aid in urban communities
Readings for Session 9:
Required:
Swenson et al. MST &
Neighborhood Partnerships, pp. 61-160.
Kemp, S. P. (2001). Environment
through a gendered lens: from person-in-environment to women-in-environment. AFFILIA:
Journal of Women and Social Work, 16(1), 7-30. (online)
Speziale, B., & Gopalakrishna,
V. (2004). Social support and functioning of nuclear families headed by lesbian
couples. AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work, 19, 174-184. (online)
Recommended:
Bowen, G. L., Martin, J. A.,
Mancini, J. A., & Nelson, J. P. (2000). Community capacity: antecedents and
consequences. Journal of Community Practice, 8(2), 1-21.
Mosley, A. M. (1998). Community partnerships in
neighborhood-based health care: a response to diminishing resources. Health
and Social Work, 23,
231-235.
Session 10 (10/28). Collaborative
and interdisciplinary practice in health systems; culturally competent service
delivery.
Readings for Session 10:
Required:
Bronstein, L. R. (2003). A model
for interdisciplinary collaboration. Social Work, 48, 297-306. (online)
Reese, D., & Sontag, M.
(2001). Successful interprofessional collaboration on the hospice team. Health
and Social Work, 26,
167-176. (online)
Kim, F. Y. (2002). The role of
cognitive control in mediating the effect of stressful circumstances among
Korean immigrants. Health and Social Work, 27, 36-47. (online)
Bertera, E. M. (2003).
Psychosocial factors and ethnic disparities in diabetes diagnosis and treatment
among older adults. Health and Social Work, 28, 33-43. (online)
Acevedo, V. (2008).
Cultural Competence in a Group Intervention Designed for Latino Patients Living
with HIV/AIDS. Health & Social Work, 33(2), 111-120.
Session 11 (11/4).
Practice with groups: Self-help, mutual aid and activity groups in urban
communities. (Activity group presentation)
Readings for Session 11:
Required:
Goodman, H., &
Munoz, M. (2004). Developing Social Group Work Skills for Contemporary Agency
Practice. Social Work with Groups, 27(1),
17-33. (ERes)
Wright, W. (2002). But I Want to
Do a Real Group: A Personal Journey from Snubbing to Loving to Theorizing to
Demanding Activity-Based Group Work. Social Work with Groups, 25(1/2), 107-112. (ERes)
Wituk, S.A., Tiemeyer, S., Commer,
A., Warren M., & Meissen, G. (2003). Starting self-help groups: empowering
roles for social workers. Social Work with Groups, 26(1), 83-92. (ERes)
Cohen, G. D., Perlstein, S.,
Chapline, J., Kelly, J., Firth, K. M., & Simmens, S. (2006). The impact of
professionally conducted cultural programs on the physical health, mental
health, and social functioning of older adults. The Gerontologist, 46, 726-734. (online)
Session 12 (11/11). Practice with groups: Diversity,
cultural resources, and ethnically-specific approaches in group work in urban
communities. (Ethnically-specific group presentation)
á
Strengths
and assets of diverse cultures, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual
orientations, abilities and ages for community building.
á
Culturally
specific and ethnoconscious group services.
Readings for Session 12:
Required:
Burdge, B. J. (2007). Bending
gender, ending gender: Theoretical foundations for social work practice with
the transgender community. Social Work, 52, 243-250. (online)
Franklin, R., &
B; Pack-Brown, S. (2001). TEAM BROTHERS: An Africentric approach to group work
with African American male adolescents. Journal for Specialists in Group
Work, 26, 237-245. (ERes)
Gutierrez, L. M., & Ortega, R.
(1991). Developing methods to empower Latinos: the importance of groups. Social
Work with Groups, 14(2),
23-43. (ERes)
Jones, L. V., & Hodges, V. G.
(2001). Enhancing Psychosocial Competence Among Black Women: A
Psycho-Educational Group Model Approach. Social Work with Groups, 24(3/4), 33-52. (ERes)
Session 13 (11/18).
Practice with groups: Health Promotion groups in urban communities. (Health
promotion group presentation)
Readings for Session 13:
Required:
Swenson et al., MST &
Neighborhood Partnerships, pp. 161-199.
Hurdle, D. E. (2001). Social
support: a critical factor in women's health and health promotion. Health
and Social Work, 26,
72-79. (online)
McVinney, L. D., & Hamid, A.
(2002). Substance Using Men with HIV Concerns: An Integrated Group Approach
from a Harm Reduction Perspective. Social Work with Groups, 25(3), 3-24. (ERes)
Lou, V. W. Q., & Zhang, Y.
(2006). Evaluating the effectiveness of a participatory empowerment group for
Chinese type 2 diabetes patients. Research on Social Work Practice, 16, 491-499. (online)
Session 14 (11/25). Practice with groups: Empowerment and
advocacy groups in urban communities. (Empowerment/advocacy group presentation)
Readings for Session 14:
Required:
Parker, L. (2003). A social
justice model for clinical social work practice. Affilia, 18, 272-288. (online)
Alvarez, A. R., & Cabbil, L.
M. (2001). The MELD Program: Promoting Personal Change and Social Justice
Through a Year-Long Multicultural Group Experience. Social Work with Groups,
24(1), 3-20. (ERes)
Wood, G. G., & Roche, S. E.
(2001). Representing Selves, Reconstructing Lives: Feminist Group Work with
Women Survivors of Male Violence. Social Work with Groups, 23(4), 5-23. (ERes)
Cohen, M. B., & Mullender, A.
(1999). The Personal in the Political: Exploring the Group Work Continuum from
Individual to Social Change Goals. Social Work with Groups, 22(1), 13-31. (ERes)
Session 15 (12/2).
Practice with groups: Enhancing social and community connections, circles and
conferencing in urban communities. Integration of course material and linking
to community practice.
á
Review
and integration exercises related to course themes and critical readings
á
Transition to practice 4
Readings for Session 15:
Required:
Pranis (2003). Pages TBA
Pranis, K. (1998). Conferencing
and the community.
http://iirp.org/library/nacc/nacc_pra.html
Recommended:
Ulrich, Gretchen. (1999). Widening
the Circle: Adapting Traditional Indian Dispute Resolution to Implement
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice in Modern
Commuities. Hamline Journal of
Public Law and Policy, 20, 419-52. (online)