I Socw 6000 week 6 Discussions posted by students 1. Dorella Fountain RE: Discussion 1 - Week 6 Collapse Top of Form Total views: 40 (Your views: 2) An outsider might not know that I’m a lesbian and that I am married to a woman. Social Workers additional knowledge of the culture of a member of the LGBTQ community would be very beneficial for not only the Social Worker but more importantly the client. King et al. (2007) argues that (as cited in Alessi, 2013, p. 224)” therapists and counselors still require specialized knowledge to understand how to support a range of sexual identities such as bisexuality; how sexuality is understood by families and how they respond; the difficulties encountered by sexual minority youth; therapist expertise and sensitivity regarding LGBTQ issues; and the effect of therapists’ sexual orientation on the treatment process.” LGBTQ community members endure unique difficulties as those of other cultures so it is very important for Social Worker and others in the helping profession to be culturally aware. While is it almost impossible to know every single detail regarding a specific culture, having the aware of the differences between cultures is important. Some potential consequences due to a lack of cultural awareness would be possible loss of clients trust and cooperation, doing more harm than good to clients, possible loss of job and even license. Social Workers who are not culturally aware could unintentionally make a discriminatory or prejudice statement resulting in the client/Social Worker relationship being harmed. Reference Alessi, E., J. (2013). Acknowledging the impact of social forces on sexual minority clients: Introduction to the special issue on clinical practice with LGBTQ populations. Clin Soc Work J, 41, 223-227. DOI 10.1007/s10615-013-0458-x 2. Demetria Smith Demetria Smith RE: Discussion 1 - Week 6 Collapse Top of Form Total views: 26 (Your views: 1) A social worker would need to know about what your race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. I am an African American female. I was raised up in church. I am a Christian. I believe in the power of prayer. The foods that I grew up eating are collard greens, peas, pig tails, pig feet, corn bread, chicken, neckbones, and pork chop. I was talk to respect everyone no matter what their age are. My mother did not work. She received food stamps, TANF, and Medicaid to help provide for her family. My mother also received child support. My grandmother and uncle raised me because my mother was always going somewhere. Some consequences of a lack of cultural awareness on the social worker’s part are if you do not know about different religions, you might say something wrong without knowing it. A social worker may offend a client without knowing it by talking to them using a certain tone of voice. You must to set aside culture differences. You cannot be judgmental. You must to be empathetic. REFERENCES Laureate Education (P.

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Socw 6000 week 6
Discussions posted by students
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Dorella Fountain
RE: Discussion 1 - Week 6
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An outsider might not know that I’m a lesbian and that I am
married to a woman. Social Workers additional knowledge of
the culture of a member of the LGBTQ community would be
very beneficial for not only the Social Worker but more
importantly the client. King et al. (2007) argues that (as cited in
Alessi, 2013, p. 224)” therapists and counselors still require
specialized knowledge to understand how to support a range of
sexual identities such as bisexuality; how sexuality is
understood by families and how they respond; the difficulties
encountered by sexual minority youth; therapist expertise and
sensitivity regarding LGBTQ issues; and the effect of
therapists’ sexual orientation on the treatment process.” LGBTQ
community members endure unique difficulties as those of other
cultures so it is very important for Social Worker and others in
the helping profession to be culturally aware.
While is it almost impossible to know every single detail
regarding a specific culture, having the aware of the differences
between cultures is important. Some potential consequences due
to a lack of cultural awareness would be possible loss of clients
trust and cooperation, doing more harm than good to clients,
possible loss of job and even license. Social Workers who are
not culturally aware could unintentionally make a

2. discriminatory or prejudice statement resulting in the
client/Social Worker relationship being harmed.
Reference
Alessi, E., J. (2013). Acknowledging the impact of social forces
on sexual minority clients: Introduction to the special issue on
clinical practice with LGBTQ populations. Clin Soc Work J, 41,
223-227. DOI 10.1007/s10615-013-0458-x
2. Demetria Smith
Demetria Smith
RE: Discussion 1 - Week 6
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A social worker would need to know about what your race,
religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic
status. I am an African American female. I was raised up in
church. I am a Christian. I believe in the power of prayer. The
foods that I grew up eating are collard greens, peas, pig tails,
pig feet, corn bread, chicken, neckbones, and pork chop. I was
talk to respect everyone no matter what their age are. My
mother did not work. She received food stamps, TANF, and
Medicaid to help provide for her family. My mother also
received child support. My grandmother and uncle raised me
because my mother was always going somewhere. Some
consequences of a lack of cultural awareness on the social
worker’s part are if you do not know about different religions,
you might say something wrong without knowing it. A social
worker may offend a client without knowing it by talking to
them using a certain tone of voice. You must to set aside culture
differences. You cannot be judgmental. You must to be
empathetic.
REFERENCES
Laureate Education (Producer). (2011). Cultural Competence

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Posted work bystucents on discussion 2 week 6
Respond by Day 6 to at least two colleagues’ posts by
suggesting an additional strategy for accessing information
about a client’s culture.
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Julie Braley
RE: Discussion 2 - Week 6
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Working with Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Trauma: The Case
of Brenna
I have some familiarity with African American culture
based on interactions with them on a regular basis, as well as
having served with them in the military. I have definitely
learned more, formally, since beginning this degree. One thing,
I, as a social worker, would want to ask Brenna is how religion
affects her, if it does at all. “Religion plays an important role in
the family lives of most African Americans” (Kirst-Ashman &
Hull, 2015, p. 460). It is important to ask Brenna if she has
support within her church and if she wishes to raise her child in
the church. The church may give her strength. As Brenna has
had a falling out with her mother, it is important to ask her if
she has remaining family that can provide her with support.
Brenna may have others “related by blood, marriage, or
friendship” that can assist her (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2015, p.
460). Her extended family may be able to provide guidance and

4. a helping hand when needed.
Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2015). Understanding
generalist practice (7th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning
3. Shawnta Shelton
RE: Discussion 2 - Week 6
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I chose the case of Brenna. In being a social worker and looking
into the familiarity of Brenna’s culture I feel that I would be
able to understand her due to being an African American
female. Looking further into her case I can understand the
pattern of her growing up in an urban area in a single parent
home. Often times African American females can be looked
down on especially single parent homes due to not having the
full support or role model of a male. In Brenna’s case she is
raised in a single parent home in an urban area and her mother
has another man in the home whom is not Brenna’s biological
father. As a social worker I would have to be non judgmental of
the situation.
Additional information I would want to gather to assist Brenna
would be some family information as in her father’s side. I feel
that having more background information may also assist the
social worker in being able to assist Brenna. This information
would be beneficial because Brenna may have some traits or
even health issues that may come from her fathers side of the
family. Also Brenna’s religious practice would be beneficial.
The religion that she practices can also be used in the type of
assistance she receives along with decisions she chooses to
make later on while dealing with being homeless and bringing a
child into the world.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2011). Cultural Competence

5. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu.
Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014).
Working with survivors of sexual abuse
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Socw 6001 week 6 posted discussions by students
Respond by Day 6 to at least two colleagues by suggesting an
intervention skill from a different level of practice for
overcoming the barrier your colleague described.
Return to this Discussion to read the responses to your initial
post. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have
gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.
1 Anne Solari
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In the school I teach at we have many families of diverse
backgrounds, includes same-sex parents. When I was thinking
through this questions two young men came to mind, both raised
in families where there is an older female sibling and they are
the younger male member of the household. Both family
dynamics are different, but the similarities couldn't be
overlooked. However the outcome for both seems very different.
The one young man is in 7th grade and having two moms has

6. never been an issue for him. He doesn't bring it up often, but is
comfortable with the conversation, even with others around. The
other boy is in 8th grade and his response is quite different. He
doesn't like to talk about it if others are around, but will talk
with me one-on-one. I often hear conversations where he makes
sure the other party knows he is not gay.
The skill I see at play here is empowerment. The 7th grader has
always been empowered with the knowledge and tools to handle
the world around him with regard to him two moms. In the case
of the 8th grader his moms don't often attend functions together
and don't seem as "out" to me. Confidence with who you are is a
skill the 7th grader seems to have as well (Kirst-Ashman,
2012).
Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2012). Understanding
generalist practice (6th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage
Learning. Chapter 10, “Working with Families” (pp. 361-394)
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Christina Burns
RE: Discussion - Week 6
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According to Kirst-Ashman and Hull, "families remain a
significant force in people's lives" (2012, p. 332). Social
workers need the skills to be able to work with families in order
to make a positive change. Even when working with an
individual client, their family is still often an imperative factor
in their success. Every individual plays a critical role in the
family function as a system. If one individual is presented with
an issue, it will most likely effect the family as a whole. One
example is when a family member becomes ill or develops a
disability. A social worker who is assigned to a case such as
this must look at all perspectives; micro, mezzo, and macro.

7. Imagine a 17 year old girl who is involved in a car accident.
She is newly paralyzed from the waist down. She is forced to
live at a rehabilitation center for months to learn how to deal
with the reality of her disability. She has a divorced mother and
father, and no siblings. She has no close relatives that can help
and is relying solely on her parents' support. Her mother has
recently lost her job due to the significant amount of time she
has taken off to take care of her daughter. The teenager and her
mother plan to move in with her father when she is released
from the rehabilitation center.
The social worker in this situation would of course have to use
micro skills with each individual family member to help them
deal with the emotions they are experiencing. There would
definitely though have to be work done as a family unit as well.
The social worker would have to go through the planned change
process with the family as a group to ensure that they are
adapting to this life change in the most positive way possible.
They may have to identify which of the five avenues of
communication work best for their family dynamic. They also
may have to work through conflict and set up healthy
boundaries (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2012). The social worker can
facilitate these processes. When looking at this situation at a
macro level, the social worker must allocate the correct
resources to help the family. He or she could help the mother
receive public assistance such as unemployment as well as the
teenager apply for some form of disability. The social worker
could also help the family figure out how to make their home
handicap accessible as well as allocate counseling services for
the family.
Social workers jobs are to ensure that all aspects of their clients
lives are being repaired when their is an issue or problem. The
family system and its functions are a vital part of a client's
success and they need to be addressed.
Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2012). Understanding
generalist practice (6th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning

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