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CWSE

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Council on Social Work Education
-CSWE programs teach: the knowledge, values, ethics, and a variety of intervention techniques or skills to work with individuals, families, small groups, communities, and organizations in order to solve problems and create change.

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diversity perspective

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theoretical framework that emphasizes the incredible diversity of social workers and their clients. Social workers must understand cultural differences. this means understanding themselves and their biases, and a great deal about the population they are workign with.

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ecological systems framework

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goes beyond looking at the systems that make up a client's sphere to focus on the intersection of client systems and the larger environmental context. The ecological model rests on the life model which views people and their environments as reacting to and changing in response to each other.
-focus is on the interface, which happens between people and their environment

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empowerment

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helping clients gain power over thier lives.
-sense of competence, control, and entitelment-that allows one to pursue concrete activitied aimed at becoming powerful

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general systems theory

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-a system is a group of separate but interrelated units, or elements, that form an identifiable whole
-each part of the system interacts with other parts in some way,
-various parts are dependent on each other to create the larger whole

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micro practice

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helping individuals fit better into their environment

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macro practice

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changing the environment so that it works better for individuals

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NASW

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National Association of Social Workers:
-professional organization formed to support and advocate for social work professionals

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person-in-environment

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promotes the recognition that the social problem can lie within both the individual AND the environment. dual views- they are not exclusive from each other.