Generic Social Work Flashcards
Who are the major theorists in social work?
Harriet Bartlett, Eda Goldstein, William E. Gordon, Gordon Hamilton, Helen Perlman, Mary Woods
Harriet Bartlett
helped people identify and resolve or reduce problems arising out of disequilibrium between individuals, groups, and the environment; strengthen maximum potential of individuals
Eda Goldstein
helped people find the means and opportunity by which they can work out, find alternatives for, and deal with internal, interpersonal, and environmental conditions
William E. Gordon
match coping capacities of the individual and qualities of the environment to enhance individual potential and relieve environmental problems
Gordon Hamilton
release resources in the immediate environment and capacities of the individual that allow for a fuller life
Helen Perlman
help individuals effectively cope with social functioning problems
Mary Woods and Florence Hollis
help people with intrapsychic, interpersonal, and environmental problems that cause personal suffering
What are common elements among Social Work Theorists?
goals, focus, problems, social functioning, values
Goals
help people resolve problems, improve social functioning, achieve desired change, and fulfill self-defined aspirations
Focus
centrality of the person-in-situation
Problems
stress internal psychological processes, external social and environmental conditions, and the interplay between them
Social Functioning
focus on social functioning and roles and expectations, emphasizing the right of individuals to define their roles and to meet their requirements in unique, self-determined ways
Values
worth of individual, right of individuals to have access to services and opportunity to fulfill potential without regard to race, class, gender, sexual orientation; self determination, confidentiality
