If you were the social worker at Joshua’s refugee settlement program when he first arrived in the United States, what knowledge about the case would you like to have? What information would you find most important?
Review the case study given at the beginning of Chapter 1. In light of the person, environment, and time dimensions (See Exhibits 1.1 and 1.2) discussed, respond to each of the questions contained in the Critical Thinking Questions 1.4 on page 22, and use in-text cited content from the chapter to explain the thoughts and conclusions that have been presented in this paper.
“If you were the social worker at Joshua’s refugee settlement program when he first arrived in the United States, what knowledge about the case would you like to have? What information would you find most important? Support your rationale by way of in-text cited content. What emotional reactions did you have to reading Joshua’s story? What did you find yourself thinking about his story? Where do you see Joshua fitting in systems of privilege? Support your rationale by way of in-text cited content. Where do you see yourself fitting? How might any of this impact your ability to be helpful to Joshua and his family?” (Hutchison, E., 2019, p. 22)
This paper is to be written in essay paragraph form and submitted at the submission site under Assignments only in a Microsoft Word document, double-spaced in size 12 type. In-text cited content is to be in APA format: if paraphrasing content, then followed by (author’s last name, year of publication). If minimal quoted content is used, then it should be followed by (author’s last name, year of publication, page number). A bibliographical reference should be written at the end of the paper. Students need a cover page with name and title. This paper is to be no longer than 4 pages not counting the cover page and bibliographical references.
Required Textbook:
Dimensions of Human Behavior: Person and Environment (6th edition) by Elizabeth D. Hutchison, 2019, Los Angeles: Sage Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-5443-3929-0