08 Sep Identify one strength and one limitation your colleague may encounter when employing an individual-related theory and a structural/cultural-related theory to formulating interventions for s

Describe how a social worker would conceptualize a presenting problem related to structural issues or barriers that contribute to a client’s marginalization using the two theories you selected.

Upon reviewing the assigned readings related to theoretical approaches in regard to Psychological Theories of Poverty, I choose theories that demonstrate both the individual-related, and structural/cultural-related theories that address conceptualized representation of forseen structural issues and or barriers that further contribute to society’s experienced marginalization. The initial theory that represents individual related perspective, would be the ecological theory which in a sociological lens connects social entities with their environments. The two mentioned methods that are fundamental to the ecological theory are “adaptation and selection”. Adaptation can be referred as the process by which an entity modifies, in order to survive optimally within its given environment; selection is the process that highlights the less adapted to a set environments condition (Aldric, 1979). The ecological theory essentially can be known to emphasize one’s attention to the behavior of the social environment, and the nature of resiliency observed by behavior demonstrated (Turner & Lehning, 2007). The second theory, I elected to reference that I believe further referenced the marginalization contributed to issues and barriers is the naturalizing perspective theory in conjunction with the cultural-relativistic perspective, which validates that intrinsic biological factors that may lead to poverty in addition to suggesting that poorer communities experience different culture exposures from the rest of society. The culture of poverty theory focuses on the role social environments create in a culture of poverty, individuals classified in this category are more likely to experience family tensions, lack of refined emotions, along additional persistent familial, economical, and medical concerns (Turner & Lehning, 2007). This theory further explores the lack or poor political, economical, and social freedom that individuals are deprived of. Moreover, both theories allow social workers to further expand on issues that further debilitate communities that are more necessitated than others, among identifying the lack of resources, and or neglect of the targeted population. In which case, Social Workers can take it upon themselves to further facilitate further insight on resources the respected communities and or clients would benefit from yet utilizing cultural humility and competency.

Explain how this conceptualization differs from an individual-related versus a structural/cultural-related theoretical lens.

The conceptualized differences related to individual related, and cultural/structural related theories can be the complexities associated to the related theories. Social dysfunctionality specifically between the discomfort associated with culture and race is an evident variable that allows social workers to perceive this complexity in a social work lens (Glazer, 2000). An individualized lens assesses factors that influence an individual in conjunction to their environment, education, underlying medical conditions i.e., mental illnesses, as a cause of their poverty (Turner & Lehning, 2007). Moreover, individual related versus structural and or cultural theoretical concepts are the differences between the environment being the causation of poverty, and underlying health/mental illnesses being the rooted cause of poverty.

Compare how the two theoretical lenses differ in terms of how the social worker would approach the client and the problem and how the social worker would intervene.

The approach I would elect to employ when managing the situation of poverty which is predominately the issue, and or barrier predominately known amongst the theoretical lenses we are assessing; would be skill sets such as empathy, understanding, cultural humility, competency both culturally, and knowledge wise, along with empowering. In taking an empathetic approach, I am able to further develop my rapport, and connection with my targeted client and or population. When utilizing an individualized theory such as the ecological theory to treat a client, as a practitioner I would evaluate the types of psychosocial interventions, along with medication management that aid in promoting self-efficacy in psychiatric and overall medical wellness for a client, and or targeted group. In comparison to my selected structured-related theory such as that of the culture of poverty theory, the approach I would apply as the social worker would be that of utilizing structured assessment tools such as Sociograms, Ecomaps, Culturagrams, among the many tools that aid in creating systematic methods to further promote problem-solving or processing for client issues. In addition to this, this structured tool provides practitioners with structure, and a framework to observe and assess/record environmental conditions.

References:

Aldrich, Howard. 1979. Organizations and Environments. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Glazer, N. (2000). Disaggregating Culture. In L.E. Harrison and S.P. Huntington (Eds.). Culture Matters. (pp. 219-230).

Turner, K., & Lehning, A. J. (2007). Psychological theories of poverty. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 16(1–2), 57–72. https://doi.org/10.1300/J137v16n01_05

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