LibGuides: SWR-365: Week 1 Resources

Week 1 Required Resources

Textbook

Your course textbook, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, can be accessed via the Getting Started module in your course.

Schriver, J. M. (2020). Human behavior and the social environment: Shifting paradigms in essential knowledge for social work practice (7th ed). Allyn & Bacon.

Read Chapter 1: Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) and Paradigms.
This chapter covers how to apply human behavior and the social environment to social work practice and our own lives.

Articles

Absent in Theory, Invisible in Practice: Queering HBSE for a More Inclusive Social Work Profession
Bragg, J., Havig, K., & Muñoz, R. (2018). Absent in theory, invisible in practice: Queering HBSE for a more inclusive social work profession. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 28(1), 44–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2017.1383959
Queer theory is a strength-based framework for understanding sexual and gender identities that fall outside of the current social norms, and offers a highly relevant and useful pathway for the education of social work practitioners.
Contextualized Social Work Education in Canada: Understanding Educators’ Perspectives
Morgenshtern, M., & Schmid, J. (2022). Contextualized social work education in Canada: Understanding educators’ perspectives. Social Work Education, 41(5), 890–906. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2021.1900807
Guided by critical race theory, cultural humility, and intergroup contact theory, the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Matrix provides a useful framework for understanding how to assist white students in this lifelong journey towards a social work career rooted in anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and anti-colonial practice.
Including Adverse Childhood Experiences Content in the HBSE Course for BSW Students
Panisch, L. S., Randolph, K. A., & Boel-Studt, S. (2019). Including adverse childhood experiences content in the HBSE course for BSW students. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 24(1), 153-166.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) negatively affect biopsychosocial development and functioning across the lifespan. Social workers in generalist practice are likely to serve individuals with a history of childhood adversity.
What is Decolonization?
What is decolonization?. Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative. (n.d.-a). https://www.cbglcollab.org/what-is-decolonization-why-is-it-important
The introductory page of this toolkit emphasizes the concept of interdependence, highlighting our responsibility to recognize our interconnectedness within relationships, communities, and systems, especially in the context of the ongoing global colonial project that impacts Indigenous communities worldwide.
Native Land Digital
Native Land Digital. (2023). NativeLand.ca. Native Land Digital. https://native-land.ca/
This website helps map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages.
Kaltura User Guide
Kaltura User Guide. (n.d.). https://resources.nu.edu/ld.php?content_id=54729445
Kaltura is a tool that students can use to house, create, and share videos in NCUOne.You may be asked to create a video/record a presentation as part of your assignment.