Test 1 Flashcards
What is CP concerned with?
Relationships, individuals, communities, social justice, community, interventions, promotion of self-help and social action
Explain 3 keys ideas in CP
Ecological model - ecological perspective broadens the focus beyond individuals to include their context or environment by requiring us to think about how organizations, neighborhoods, and communities can either contribute to a person evidencing risky/destructive behaviors, or enhance prosocial and constructive competencies
fraiming: CP demands you to attend problems to how they are framed. It requires you to move beyond the individual’s psychological makeup to focus on social contexts where the person is in.
Respect for cultural diversity.
The aims of CP is to… (3)
1- create social systems
2- foster growth and prevent social and mental health problems
3-apply appropriate interventions when needed
Pick a social issue that you are interested in and describe how you would work from a CP standpoint.
Loneliness experienced in long-term care residents institutions. (CHSLD).
I would focus on health rather than illness. My goal is to enhance their condition by taking account the person-in-environment. My first step would be to try to understand how is the factors around them impacting their mental health and well-being. I will try to look for solutions in the community itself by engaging in active conversations on the matter since proactivity is part of CP. Avoiding blaming them for their misery should be avoided of course.
What are some imminent risk of homelessness
Precarious unemployment
sudden unemployment
Eviction
Domestic violence or division of household (case of Seraphin)