English
for social work students 3
Class 8
November 09, 2011

BÙI THỊ THANH TUYỀN, MSW.

Lecturer, University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Department of Social Work

Agenda
Quiz
Pronunciation
Social Work with children and Families
Role play
Proposal writing
Movie
Quiz 2
Duration: 20 minutes

Bedtime ritual
Capacity
Poor health
Poor school performance
Social and behavioral problems
Pronunciation & Writing Sentences

Mandatory reporters
Child-maltreatment
Sexuality awareness
Resilience
Autonomy
Pronunciation & Writing Sentences

Egocentrism
Peer pressure
School dropout
Homeless youth
Runaways

Pronunciation & Writing Sentences
Movie
This could be you: The many faces of social work
What do social workers make?
Answer these questions

Who are these people?
Kirsten:
Kalina:
Damarr:
Jen:
Paul:
Anu:
Answer these questions
Where is she working?
Whom does she work with?
For what problems?
What do 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.
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.
What do 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.
What do social workers make?
What are we gonna do 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.
Questions?
Thank you!