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(1)English for social work students Class November 09, 2011 BÙI THỊ THANH TUYỀN, MSW Lecturer, University of Social Sciences and Humanities Department of Social Work (2) Agenda • • • • • • Quiz Pronunciation Social Work with children and Families Role play Proposal writing Movie (3) Quiz Duration: 20 minutes (4) Pronunciation & Writing Sentences • • • • • Bedtime ritual Capacity Poor health Poor school performance Social and behavioral problems (5) Pronunciation & Writing Sentences • • • • • Mandatory reporters Child-maltreatment Sexuality awareness Resilience Autonomy (6) Pronunciation & Writing Sentences • • • • • Egocentrism Peer pressure School dropout Homeless youth Runaways (7) Movie • This could be you: The many faces of social work • What social workers make? (8) Answer these questions Who are these people? • Kirsten: • Kalina: • Damarr: • Jen: • Paul: • Anu: (9) Answer these questions • Where is she working? • Whom does she work with? • For what problems? (10) What social workers make? • They make an infertile couple celebrate a lifetime of Mother’s Days and Father’s Days by helping them adopt a crack baby no one else wanted • They make a child fall asleep every night – without the fear of his father’s fists • They make a homeless veteran feel at home in the world • They make a teenager decide to stop cutting herself • They make a beaten wife find the courage to leave her abuser for good • They make a boy with Down Syndrome feel like the smartest kid on the bus • They make a 10-year-old boy believe he is loved and wanted, regardless of how long he lasts in the next foster home (11) What social workers make? • They make a teen father count to 10 and leave the room so he won’t shake his newborn son • They make a man with schizophrenia see past his demons • They make an ex-convict put down the bottle and hold down a job • They make a couple communicate so well they decide not to get divorced • They make a dying cancer patient make peace with her past, with her brief future and her God (12) What social workers make? • They make the old man whose wife has Alzheimer’s cherish the good times when she still remembered him • They make forgotten people feel cherished, ugly, people feel beautiful, confused people feel understood, broken people feel whole • They make more than most people will ever make • They make a difference (13) What are we gonna with this guy? • Advocate for police social workers in your community to help to educate police officers around mental health issues and to support individual’s during times of crisis by connecting them with appropriate resources • Contact your local legislature or community members to create this change if police social workers are not present in your community Social workers make a difference and so can you (14) Questions? • Thank you! (15)