Social Work Macro Practice Case Study

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Gordon K. Hiland
Professor Claudette LaMelle
HWC 516-S02 Advanced Social Work Macro Practice I
Final Exam: Identify a Social Problem Faced By My Clients
09 December 2014

No child starts off life wanting to develop insecure attachments, develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or be abused or neglected. Most of us want to be successful, well-adjusted and self-actualized individuals. Most of our parents dream the dream of having the perfect little Johnny or Janie. Parents often dream of a child who is intelligent, high-achieving, and creative. The fact of the matter is not all of us are as fortunate as others are in the families to which we are born. Part of the success of failure experience by many of my clients has to do …show more content…

Other parents find themselves fighting the evils of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs), mental health, and other issues and may neglect their children. It doesn’t take an expert in social welfare to know that if a child grows up in a healthy family, he has better life chances than the child who grew up in a troubled one. Child abuse, neglect, and trauma are the bases of many of the ills that face our less well functioning adults. For children who grew up, like my clients do, in foster care, the outcomes are even worse. Growing up in a foster care is a predictive factor in that person future potential for homelessness, SUDs, and themselves being the parent of a child who grows up in foster …show more content…

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