ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Teaching Demo PPT 2

ECOLOGICALPERSPECTIVE

WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND ?

THEORYMODEL

PERSPECTIVE

THEORYMODELPERSPECTIVEGeneral statement; evidence

through the scientific method

Blueprint for actions; Guidelines

Way of perceiving

ECOLOGYStudy of the relationship between organisms and their biological and physical

environment (Sheafor, 2006)

It is refer to an organism and it’s interdependencies within natural environment (Haeckel, 1898).

PERSPECTIVEECOLOGICALIt is an approach to Social Work Practice that addresses the complex transactions between people and their environment (Greene, 2005).It is the extension of Social Work Profession’s in service modalities directed toward enhancing both client and client’s environmental condition (Greene, 2005).

It views the person as interacting with the environment paying special focus on the interplay between person and environment (Social Work Board Review Notes).

#HUGOT101HiSTORYCarol B. Germain1970’sTwo issues: 1) Resistance in direct services to the historical commitment of SW to needed social change, 2) The spread of generalist practice. (Germain & Glitterman, 1980)

FOCUSEPERSON-in-ENVIRONMENT

FOCUSThe GROWTH and DEVELOPMENT

of the PERSONIMPROVEMENT or

AMELIORATION of the ENVIRONMENT

HIEARCHY OF SYSTEMS

BASiC ASSUMPTiONS

• The capacity to interact with the environment and to relate to other is innate.

• Genetic and other biological factors are expressed in a variety of ways as a result of transactions with the environment

• Person-environment forms a unitary system in which humans and environment mutually influence each other (for reciprocal relationship)

• Goodness-of-fit is reciprocal person-environment process achieved through transactions between an adaptive individual and his/her nurturing environment.

• People are goal-directed and purposeful. Human strive for competence. The individual’s subject meaning of the environment is key to development (Greene, 2002)

OTHER CONCEPTS

GOODNESS-OF-FITADAPTATION

HABITAT AND NICHE

LIFE STRESSORSCOPING MEASURES

#SHARE-SHAREAPPLICATION

TO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

To help the social worker maintain a focus on the interplay between the person and his/her environment (Horejsi & Sheafor, 2007)

PURPOSEAPPLICATIONASSESSMENT AND

PLANININGUnderstanding client system and enhance transaction; PERSON-in-ENVIRONMENT

ECOLOGICALVS

ECOSYSTEM

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REFERENCESHuman Behavior Theory and social Work (Roberta Greene, 2005)Oxford Bibliography WebsiteTechniques and Guidelines for Social Work Practice 7th Edition (Horejsi & Sheafor, 2007)Benuins Website