I've been in my second class for a little more than a week now. Its called Human Behavior and the Social Environment. We have been discovering theories and which ones we are more than likely to use in our own practice. People use theory in everything they do. When someone is homeless, we use our made up theory of how they got to be homeless. Maybe they were a drug addict or an alcoholic or maybe they had a horrible childhood. That is using theory; when we try to understand reasons behind events.
We have a 20 minute presentation on ecological theory this Thursday. My group partner and I have done all our research, now its just a matter of putting it all together into PowerPoint and creating a handout to give peers. I'll let you know how it goes. Wish us the best!
We've also been talking about social neuroscience. Ok, so I majored in psychology in undergrad because I wanted to learn more about the mind and how people think and operate based on those thoughts, but when we got into the "hard" science of psychology it freaked me out. This is a little different though. Social neuroscience is the new way social worker's will learn how trauma affects the brain and become better enabled to assess and counsel clients. Sounds like more money to me! I mean, we've been doing the work for years anyway without the recognition. Finally, clinical social workers are being considered as equal as psychologists and psychiatrists, as far as the work is concerned. Now, the issue of pay is another conversation!
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