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Sibling Position
All things being equal, where you are positioned in your family constellation represents the propensity of your behavior. How is your position affecting your conduct?
A fortunate addition to the original concepts of Bowen family systems theory, sibling position can be quite informative in understanding human behavior in general and one’s own behavior in particular. How does your best thinking affect your propensity to live out the characteristics of your sibling position? Read the rest of this entry »
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Improving the Lives of Children, Parents, and Grandparents
Family social workers provide a variety of social services for families and children. As a family social worker, you might work in a private or government social service agency or a school system. Family social workers can choose to work in a number of different fields.
• Some family social workers arrange adoptions or find foster homes for children. Others work with single parents or families.
• Family social workers known as child welfare workers help families where abuse takes place. They also work in the school system with pregnant, misbehaving, or truant children, advising teachers and administrators about the most effective way to help a particular child. Read the rest of this entry »
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Homelessness
In 2005, an estimated 744,313 men, women, and children were homeless in the United States (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2007). The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 defines people as homeless when they lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence or when their primary residence is a temporary place for people about to be institutionalized, any place not meant for regular sleeping accommodation by humans, or a supervised temporary shelter. There is no one typical homeless individual. Those who lack stable housing live in a variety of settings, both urban and rural, are a range of ages, face an array of health issues, arrived at this position for a variety of reasons, and require an assortment of social work services. Read the rest of this entry »
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