Emerged in response to the problem-focused approaches that dominated social work practice.
What is the strengths based approach.
100
Focus on liberating people from oppression and taking collective action to change oppressive cultural and social structures.
What is liberation theories.
100
all the roles and relationships that a person has in his or her immediate environment.
What is microsystem
100
Focuses on privileging the voices of women of color whose voices were initially excluded from feminism.
What is Black Feminism.
100
Uses systems and ecological theory to inform its perspective.
What is PIE
200
Offers a uniform system for describing, classifying, and coding, presenting problems.
What is Person in Environment Perspective
200
These theories are concerned with the broad socioeconomic and political dimensions and their propensity to create unequal society.
What is radical and structural approaches
200
all the external social settings where things happen that affect the individual, such as school boards or businesses.
What is exosystem
200
Focuses on patriarchy, a social system characterized by men's power and privilege, as the root of all oppression
What is radical feminism.
200
Builds on strength, resiliency and resources.
What is empowerment theories
300
These theorists argue that one of the purposes of social work is to link people with resource systems and promote the effective working of these systems.
What is General Systems Theory
300
These theories focus on discrimination and oppression within people experience of social relations, each theory has its own emphasis.
What is Anti-Discriminatory, Anti-Oppressive, and Antiracist Theories
300
attitudes and ideologies of the culture
What is macrosystem
300
Focuses on the intersections of class and gender oppression. Under the economic system of capitalism, women are seen as "reserve" labor. They're used for jobs men don't want or when the labor market needs them because there aren't enough men.
What is socialist and marxist feminism
300
These types of theories influence how social workers do their jobs
What is practice theories
400
In general systems theory, this system includes the social work, social service agency, and formal/informal resources they command.
What is the change agent system.
400
This theory suggests that social workers should focus on developing nurturing communities, promote and enable inclusive partnerships, promote community and environmental health, reduce human and ecological stress.
What is eco-critical theories
400
patterns of change over the life course; time
What is chronosystem
400
Focuses on how we use language and social norms to establish how women should act and behave. Challenges that there is only one way to be a woman.
What is postmodern feminism.
400
Progressive theories are vital to this approach
What is the anti-oppressive approach
500
Expands the focus of social work practice by emphasizing the interaction between people and their environment.
What is ecosystems theory.
500
These theories suggest that the effects of powerlessness can be felt on an individual level, relationship level, and societal level (socio-political).
What is empowerment theories.
500
General systems theory is primarily concerned with explaining change, whereas ecosystems theory is primarily concerned with ...
What is explaining human interaction
500
Suggests that marginalized people better know social structure than those who are privileged.
What is standpoint feminism.
500
Social work practice using this type of theory emphasizes the participants must work to improve the quality of life and justice in communities.