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SWP331 after exam review Flashcards

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What is a theory? (Healy)

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Theories for practice are
frameworks developed by
social workers that offer
specific guidance
and often imply specific
methods of intervention

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What is a discourse? (Healy)

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Discourses are
the sets of language practices that shape our thoughts, actions
and even our identities.

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Are theories and discourses socially constructed? What does that even mean?

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Yes!
Society plays a role in planning, doing, and making = humans make theories and discourses for their own benefit or to benefit a particular group.

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What is the difference between theories and discourses?

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Discourses are broader, theories are specific to a certain discipline.

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According to Healy what are the two dominant discourses in Social Work?

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Neoliberalism & Bio-Medical discourse.

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What are the values of Neoliberalism discourse?

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Neoliberalism: money, efficiency, bottom line, less government, private sector, capitalism. Eg. debt collectors, private practice (expensive therapy, brand yourself, market yourself).

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What are the values of Bio-Medical discourse?

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Bio-Medical: Practice, medicine, money, treatment over healing, diagnoses, evidence. Eg. mental health recovery programs, evidence-based practice, policies/accommodations (documentation to be believed ex. sick)

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What is dog-strangling vine? What is it a metaphor of?

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Mentioned during week 11 narrative therapy.
- How colonial feels, took over the land, etc.
- Removing the problem story so that other stories can grow
- Representation of colonialism and ongoing colonialism.

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What are the 3 big philosophies?

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  • Structuralism (power)
  • Post-conventionalism (questions)
  • Modernism (answers)
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Modernism

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Refers to a belief in reason, logic, science, technology, capitalism, consumerism.

Focuses on: truth, finding a precise answer.

sometimes known as: biomedicine & neoliberalism

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Post-conventionalism

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  • Set of theories that argue neutrality is impossible
  • There are multiple meanings, truths and ways of knowing/doing &‘normal’ must always be questioned.

linked to: postmodernism, post-structuralism, trans and queer studies, gender studies, mad and fat studies.

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Structuralism

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An approach concerned with exposing how social structures oppress and how to redistribute power.

Linked to: Socialism, Feminism(s), AOP, CRT, Anti-Black Racism.

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Which practice theories did we cover in class? (11 of them)

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  • Systems theories (i.e. eco-map)
  • Problem-solving approaches (i.e. task-centred)
  • Strengths-based approaches
  • Feminist theories
  • Critical AOP theories
  • Anti-colonial approaches
  • Anti-Racism, Anti-Black Racism & CRT Approaches
  • Queer and Trans Approaches
  • Post-conventional approaches
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Why do we use theory in social work and who says that we should? (Healy)

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  • Theory development is up to all of us, we are all theory-makers.
  • Use multiple theories in your work and change-making.
  • Help us critically examine ‘common sense’
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Which philosophy (think big 3) is connected to which practice theory (the ones we covered in class)?

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Modernism → systems theory, strengths-based, task-centred,

Structuralism → Socialism, some feminisms, AOP, CRT, Anti-Black Racism, Anti-colonial, Anti-Sanism

Post-Conventionalism → Queer & trans approaches, Post-conventional approaches, some feminisms, narrative therapy

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How many waves of feminism

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1st wave: white supremacy, racism, 2nd wave: black feminism: Angela Davis, Audre Lorde
3rd: intersections.

THREE WAVES

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Which approaches focus on the environment?

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  • Anti-colonialism
  • Eco-systems theory
  • Eco-social work
  • In all systems approaches; about us in an environment (hint Jenn said)
  • Life model approach
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Mirco, Mezzo, and Marco are?

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Part of eco mapping; which is a practice within eco-systems.

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Assumptions of strengths-based practice?

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  • All people have strengths and assets
  • People are usually resilient.
  • Users can decide what is best for them.
  • Don’t focus on what’s wrong, but what’s right, what the strengths are.
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Strengths-based practice examples?

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Language (some people do not want to be called strong)

21
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Feminism

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Aims to destroy the dichotomy between men and women, want equality.

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Why would feminists say the personal is political?

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Emphasizes that women’s personal issues are all political issues that need political intervention to generate change.

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What approaches use Intersectionality?

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  • AOP
  • Feminism
  • CRT,
  • Queer and trans approaches
  • (Jenn said import to know for the exam)
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Intersectionality

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Look at how intersecting factors of one’s identity can create different barriers to oppression, always looking at pinpointing levels of oppression and privilege.

*Created by Pauli Murray (OG), and Kimberley Crenshaw.

25
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Core assumptions of AOP?

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  • Social workers must recognize multiple forms of oppression that they intersect and that all are harmful.
  • Oppression is tied to complex and unequal power relations and divisions in society.
  • Social workers must critically reflect.
  • Social work is always political and must include a broad range of interventions.
  • There is no time limit on the work, no enforced optimism or focus on fixing.
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How is AOP connected to critical social work? (Healy)

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Critical social work is an umbrella term that lists other practices (traditions); structural, radical, anti-oppressive, anti-racist and feminist forms of social work.

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If you worked in a modernist agency could you still do AOP?

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  • You could still do AOP in a modernist agency (child welfare, hospital SW, schools) because of stealth social work!
  • You could do, critical self-reflection, work in partnership, empowerment (Encourage service users to share feelings of anger, and helplessness)..
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What is white supremacy?

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White supremacy refers to the policies and practices in settler societies, the higher ranking of white people as national subjects (the norm), and the devaluation of racial “others” as threats to the security and success of the nation.

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What is white supremacy responsible for?

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Responsible for; colonialism, capitalism, racism.

30
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What is white flight?

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White flight takes place when a large number of white people leave a racially mixed neighbourhood for a more racially white neighbourhood.

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What does white flight look like in SW?

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  • In social work, this looks like steering away from Black activism, working for a mainstream agency, or being too ‘scared’ or ‘nervous’ or ‘upset’ to engage in difficult conversations.
  • Instead, we need to use an anti-racism approach.
32
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What are other forms of supremacy?

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  • White supremacy
  • Male supremacy
  • Human supremacy
  • Cis supremacy
  • Multiple forms, all connected (not going to need to list them)
33
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How do we do Anti Racism work?

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  • Identifying and interrupting microaggressions.
  • Problematizing white supremacy
  • Tracing and interrupting white space –> White normed environments (white space eg; hockey, tennis, CapeCod, Muskoka, lacrosse).
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What is sanism?

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-Sanism is an oppression.

-Systemic discrimination against or oppression of individuals perceived to have a mental disorder or cognitive impairment.

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What are the key components of Critical Race Theory? Examples?

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  • Trouble the idea that racism is ordinary.
  • Critique liberalism.
  • Understand that whiteness is ‘property’ – a form of capital awarded when POC conforms to white norms.
  • Know Interest convergence > white supremacy wanting to hide (eg. names on buildings the SHE building named after Eaton family).
  • Recognize the voice of colour.
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Anti-black sanism:

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  • Intersection regarding sanism and race (being black)
  • Sanist experiences of racialized people who identify as Black, African, or of African descent.
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Anti-Black Sanism key ideas/ what to look for:

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  • Drapetomania (weaponization of diagnosis)
  • White rationality
  • Superhumanization (Being ‘hard’ & developing psychic armour)
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What is a colonial coma?

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Colonial agencies (education, media, literature, policy, legislation) control communication, sustaining a ‘colonial coma’—a state of ignorance about colonial oppression.

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Wholistic approach:

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  • Connected to colonial work; implements indigenous approach > sees whole person (physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual) as interconnected to land and in relationship to others (family, communities, nations).
  • Made by indigenous people FOR indigenous people.
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Anti-colonial approach and social work:

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  • Emphasizes addressing power imbalances and dismantling colonial structures and systems that perpetuate inequality and oppression. (wholistic doesn’t emphasize this)
  • Self-reflection; recognizing who you are where you come from and your connection to the land
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What are the most post-conventional approaches?

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  • Narrative therapy
  • Queer and trans approaches
  • Some feminism - post-colonial feminism, decolonial Latinx feminism (could argue)
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SWs using a Narrative therapy approach ask what kinds of questions?

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  • Hypothetical, (what if?)
  • What is the problem story?
  • Can we give it a name and/or a place outside of you?
  • What are some other and more positive stories about you?
  • Who believes this other/better story? (build evidence).
  • How can you protect this new story?

*Dont ask: about diagnoses

43
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What is APA? Why do we cite?

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  • American Psychological Association
  • We cite because citational justice, give credit where credit is due.
44
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What is the correct use of APA for a book chapter? (in text & reference citations)

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In-text citation;

(Author’s last name, Date of chapter, Page number)

In reference list;

Author’s last name, initial (date). Title of book (only capitalize the first letter of the first word of the book title. Publisher.

45
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What is the classroom an example of? An exam?

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Classroom: Modernism

Exam: white supremacy, modernism, neoliberalism

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