[MUSIC PLAYING] FEMALE SPEAKER: Meet Ray. Ray is a full-term baby of
normal length and weight, born to working-class
Caucasian parents living in a suburban area. As an, infant he stops breathing
on several occasions, which the emergency room
doctor says may be due to the effects
of secondhand smoke. Both Ray’s mother, Mary,
and father, George, smoke in the apartment. In his early years,
Ray forms a strong bond with Mary, who is
loving and nurturing. However, she works two
part-time cashiering jobs to support the family
and is not often home. George is stern and often yells
and loses patience with Ray. At age 6, Ray regularly
hears his parents fighting when he is trying
to sleep, usually over money and the demands of parenting. Ray interprets his father’s
anger as not wanting me. When Ray enters public
school, the nurse helps Ray get an inhaler for
his breathing challenges, which have escalated to asthma. [MUSIC PLAYING]
ENGAGING WITH PARENTS
In Discussion 1, you met Jim and Sarah and explored the developmental challenges their baby Jane may face as a result of their substance use. You also described the skills you could use with them in a social worker role. Now, consider how you would engage with Jim and Sarah and share information during an initial social work session. How would you answer their questions? How would you allay fears and present resources to help them care for Jane?
Here, in Discussion 2, you apply these ideas in practice by recording a video of yourself speaking to Jim and Sarah as their social worker. You then reflect on your performance in the recording.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE:
· Review the Learning Resources on effective professional-parent relationships.
· Consider the skills that you identified in Discussion 1 and how you might employ them in a meeting with parents Jim and Sarah.
· Reflect on the roles of social workers.
BY DAY 4
Record and post a 2-minute video in which you imagine yourself in an initial meeting with Jim and Sarah. As their social worker, you must speak about potential challenges and the resources available to them as new parents of a child with disabilities.
Then, in your post, reflect on what you did well in the video, the practice skills you demonstrated, and the skills that were not demonstrated or that may need improvement. Also assess your comfort level in engaging in these types of conversations.
Note:
For guidance on posting a video into the Discussion Forum, please refer to the
Kaltura button from the
Classroom Support Center (accessed via the
Help button).
Include a transcript and/or edit closed captioning on your video to ensure that your presentation is accessible to colleagues of differing abilities.
BY DAY 6
Respond to
two colleagues by providing feedback on the extent to which their video demonstrates the role of a social worker.
REFERENCES
· Zastrow, C. H., Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hessenauer, S. L. (2019).
Understanding human behavior and the social environment (11th ed.). Cengage Learning.
· Chapter 2, “Biological Development in Infancy and Childhood” (pp. 45–94)
· Cohen, A., & Mosek, A. (2019).
“Power together”: Professionals and parents of children with disabilities creating productive partnershipsLinks to an external site.
.
Child & Family Social Work,
24(4), 565–573. https://doi.org /10.1111/cfs.12637
· O’Sullivan, A., & Monk, C. (2020).
Maternal and environmental influences on perinatal and infant developmentLinks to an external site.
.
The Future of Children: Three Trimesters to Three Years: Promoting Early Development,
30(2), 11–34.
MEDIA
· Tsiaris, A. (2010).
Conception to birth–visualizedLinks to an external site.
[Video]. TED. https://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_tsiaras_conception_to_birth_visualized
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 9 minutes.
· Walden University, LLC. (2021).
Meet Ray [Video]. Walden University Blackboard. https://waldenu.instructure.com
Time Estimate: 1 minute
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