Social Work Issues-Addiction

There are a number of social work issues that could be studied using a qualitative research design. Such issues primarily affect an individual and society in general. They include but are not limited to poverty, discrimination, substance abuse, unemployment, divorce, mental illness, physical illness, and educational problems. Social work is a profession that is crafted around the need to assist people in improving their lives. Therefore, social workers help people by assisting them in coping with issues in their daily lives, solving personal and family problems, as well as dealing with their relationships (Allan, 2020). These activities warrant the need to conduct further research, in this case, qualitative research being the center of focus.

Practitioners in the social work field ought to remain well-informed with regard to research advances in their area of specialty. As such, evidence-based practice requires that a social worker engage in a practice that is informed and supported by credible evidence. Ideally, research that is conducted through qualitative inquiry provides appropriate and essential contributions to social work knowledge. For that reason, social workers and other researchers can better understand the topic or issue being addressed based on the findings from the qualitative research (Mauldin, 2020).

Notably, qualitative studies represent the best available research with regard to emerging problems or during the application of evidence in a vast populace. Through qualitative research, social workers are able to critically examine and keep current with existing and emerging information that is relevant to their field of practice. Therefore, decisions made will rely upon the evidence presented in the qualitative research. Social work practice, through qualitative research, will be based on evidence and facts acquired over time.

References

Allan, G. (2020). Qualitative research. In Handbook for research students in the social sciences (pp. 177-189). Routledge.

Mauldin, R. L. (2020). Foundations of social work research. Mavs Open Press.

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Be sure to read the Weekly Content before attempting this Discussion exercise. After completing the Weekly reading, return to the discussion here and respond to the necessary questions:

Social Work Issues-Addiction

Consider a behavior that you would like to teach someone. This could be a friend, a child, a co-worker, etc. Describe the behavior and select one of the learning theories we learned about this week (i.e., observational learning, operant conditioning, classical conditioning, etc…) as the framework for how you would teach the person that behavior. Although in real life, you may use more than one of these theories to teach behavior, for the purposes of this academic exercise, choose ONLY ONE theory.

Explain how you would ensure they have learned the behavior and why you felt that approach would work best for the particular behavior and setting. What challenges do you encounter in the learning process using your planned approach?

Answers need to cover these questions and elaborate on key terms/concepts reviewed in the lesson this week. Replies can introduce new/different perspectives and must encourage the continuation of the discussion.