SOCW 6210 Week 11: Discussion: Systems Perspective and Social Change Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman (2016) stated, "Clients are affected by and in constant dynamic interactions with other systems, including families, groups, organizations, and communities" (p. 35-36). As a social worker, when you address the needs of an individual client, you also take into account the systems with which the client interacts. Obtaining information about these systems helps you better assess your client's situation. These systems may provide support to the client, or they may contribute to the client's presenting problem. For this Discussion, review "Working With People With Disabilities: The Case of Lester."Consider the systems with which Lester Johnson, the client, interacts. Think about ways you might apply a systems perspective to his case. Also, consider the significance of the systems perspective for social work in general. Assignment: Post a Discussion in which you: · explain how multiple systems interact to impact individuals. · Explain how you, as a social worker, might apply a systems perspective to your work with Lester Johnson. · Finally, explain how you might apply a systems perspective to social work practice. · Proper English with no run-on sentences is an absolute requirement! The paper must contain at least 2 references and citations. Use the following resources for the references and citations. At a minimum, be sure to reference Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman and Plummer. Zastrow, C. H., & Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2016). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. Chapter 1, "Introduction to Human Behavior and the Social Environment" (pp. 11-54) Larsson, S., & Sjöblom, Y. (2010). Perspectives on narrative methods in social work research. International Journal of Social Welfare, 19(3), 272–280. Plummer, S. -B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. M. (Eds.). (2014). Social work case studies: Foundation year. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader]. Working with People With Disabilities: The Case of Lester" (pp. 31–33) Pack, M. (2011). Discovering an integrated framework for practice: a qualitative investigation of theories used by social workers working as sexual abuse therapists. Journal of Social Work Practice, 25(1), 79–93. Roscoe, K., Carson, A. M., & Madoc-Jones, L. (2011). Narrative social work: Conversations between theory and practice. Journal of Social Work Practice, 25(1), 47–61. Savaya, R., & Gardner, F. (2012). Critical reflection to identify gaps between espoused theory and theory-in-use. Social Work, 57(2), 145–154. Working with Clients with Disabilities: The Case of Lester Lester is a 59-year-old, African American widower with two adult children. He lives in a medium-sized Midwestern city. Four months ago, he was a driver in a multiple vehicle crash while visiting his daughter in another city and was injured in the accident, although he was not a.

1. SOCW 6210 Week 11: Discussion: Systems Perspective and
Social Change
Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman (2016) stated, "Clients are affected
by and in constant dynamic interactions with other systems,
including families, groups, organizations, and communities" (p.
35-36). As a social worker, when you address the needs of an
individual client, you also take into account the systems with
which the client interacts. Obtaining information about these
systems helps you better assess your client's situation. These
systems may provide support to the client, or they may
contribute to the client's presenting problem.
For this Discussion, review "Working With People With
Disabilities: The Case of Lester."Consider the systems with
which Lester Johnson, the client, interacts. Think about ways
you might apply a systems perspective to his case. Also,
consider the significance of the systems perspective for social
work in general.
Assignment:
Post a Discussion in which you:
· explain how multiple systems interact to impact individuals.
· Explain how you, as a social worker, might apply a systems
perspective to your work with Lester Johnson.
· Finally, explain how you might apply a systems perspective to
social work practice.
· Proper English with no run-on sentences is an absolute
requirement!
The paper must contain at least 2 references and citations. Use
the following resources for the references and citations. At a
minimum, be sure to reference Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman and
Plummer.
Zastrow, C. H., & Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2016). Understanding
human behavior and the social environment (10th ed.). Boston,
MA: Cengage Learning. Chapter 1, "Introduction to Human
Behavior and the Social Environment" (pp. 11-54)

2. Larsson, S., & Sjöblom, Y. (2010). Perspectives on narrative
methods in social work research. International Journal of Social
Welfare, 19(3), 272–280.
Plummer, S. -B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. M. (Eds.). (2014).
Social work case studies: Foundation year. Baltimore, MD:
Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-
reader]. Working with People With Disabilities: The Case of
Lester" (pp. 31–33)
Pack, M. (2011). Discovering an integrated framework for
practice: a qualitative investigation of theories used by social
workers working as sexual abuse therapists. Journal of Social
Work Practice, 25(1), 79–93.
Roscoe, K., Carson, A. M., & Madoc-Jones, L. (2011).
Narrative social work: Conversations between theory and
practice. Journal of Social Work Practice, 25(1), 47–61.
Savaya, R., & Gardner, F. (2012). Critical reflection to identify
gaps between espoused theory and theory-in-use. Social Work,
57(2), 145–154.
Working with Clients with Disabilities: The Case of Lester
Lester is a 59-year-old, African American widower with two
adult children. He lives in a medium-sized Midwestern city.
Four months ago, he was a driver in a multiple vehicle crash
while visiting his daughter in another city and was injured in
the accident, although he was not at fault. Prior to the accident
he was an electrician and lived on his own in a single-family
home. He was an active member in his church and a worship
leader. He has a supportive brother and sister-in-law who also
live nearby. Both of his children have left the family home, and
his son is married and lives in a nearby large metropolitan area.
When he was admitted to the hospital, Lester’s CT showed some
intracerebral hemorrhaging, and the follow-up scans showed a
decrease in bleeding but some midline shift. He seemed to have
only limited cognition of his hospitalization. When his children
came to visit, he smiled and verbalized in short words but could
not communicate in sentences; he winced and moaned to

3. indicate when he was in pain. He had problems with balance and
could not stand independently nor walk without assistance. Past
medical history includes type 2 diabetes; elevated blood
pressure; a long history of smoking, with some emphysema; and
a 30-day in-house treatment for binge alcoholism 6 years ago
following his wife’s long illness with breast cancer and her
subsequent death.
One month ago he was discharged from the hospital to a
rehabilitation facility, and at his last medical review it was
estimated he will need an additional 2 months’ minimum
treatment and follow-up therapies in the facility.
As the social worker at the rehab center, I conducted a
psychosocial assessment after his admission to rehabilitation.
At the time of the assessment, Lester was impulsive and was
screened for self-harm, which was deemed low risk. He did not
have insight into the extent of his injury or changes resulting
from the accident but was frustrated and cried when he could
not manipulate his hands. Lester’s children jointly hold power
of attorney (POA), but had not expressed any interest to date in
his status or care. His brother is his shared decision making
(SDM) proxy, but his sister-in-law seemed to be the most
actively involved in planning for his follow-up care. His son
and daughter called but had not visited, but his sister-in-law had
visited him almost daily; praying with him at the bedside; and
managing his household financials, mail, and house security
during this period. His brother kept asking when Lester would
be back to “normal” and able to manage on his own and was
eager to take him out of the rehabilitation center.
Lester seemed depressed, showed some flat affect, did not
exhibit competency or show interest in decision making, and
needed ongoing help from his POA and SDM. His medical
prognosis for full recovery remains limited, with his Glasgow
Coma Scale at less than 9, which means his injury is
categorized as catastrophic.
Lester currently has limited mobility and is continent, but he is
not yet able to self-feed and cannot self-care for cleanliness; he

4. currently needs assistance washing, shaving, cleaning his teeth,
and dressing. He continues with daily occupational therapy
(OT) and physical therapy (PT) sessions.
He will also need legal assistance to apply for his professional
association pension and benefits and possible long-term
disability. He will also need help identifying services for OT
and PT after discharge.
He will need assistance from family members as the
determination is made whether he can return to his residence
with support or seek housing in a long-term care facility. He
will need long-term community care on discharge to help with
basic chores of dressing and feeding and self-care if he is not in
a residential care setting.
A family conference is indicated to review Lester’s current
status and short-term goals and to make plans for discharge.
ITSD 429
WEEK 2 IP ASSIGNMENT
Assignment Guidelines
· Create the Data Access tier and Data tier projects:
1. Create a class library project for the Data tier.
2. Add a new class library project the project created in Step 1
for the data access tier.
3. Add a typed DataSet using a new data source that connects to
the Northwind sample database.
4. Select the database objects (customers, orders, order details,
products, categories, and suppliers) tables.
5. Make sure the TableAdapters are stored in the Data Access
tier and the DataSet class is added to the Data tier.
· Make sure that separate tiers are created for each layer by
verifying that separate class libraries were created and the
necessary references to the project were added.
WEEK 3 IP ASSIGNMENT
Assignment Guidelines
· Add the following to the Phase 2 individual project:

5. · Add a new Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
service library project to the Phase 2 individual project to
communicate with the Data Access tier.
· Add the necessary queries and methods to the table adapters
that will return, add, edit, and delete the data from the tables
specified in Phase 2.
· Add references in the Data Service to the Data tier and Data
Access tier projects.
· Add methods to the Data Service class created in Step 1 that
will call into the Data Access tier.
· Make sure that separate tiers are created for each layer by
verifying that separate class libraries were created and the
necessary references to the project were added.
UNIT 4 IP ASSIGNMENT