On Saturday, my students and I borrowed a framework for considering our work with ideas, ourselves, or clients, whether clinically or at the macro level. We were discussing an article differentiating Espoused Theory from Theory-in-Use. The notion here is also core to the commonly discussed, though less commonly understood, concept of “praxis” or reflection-in-action. Espoused […]
Category: Theory Bites
Theory Bites: Theoretical, Philosophical and Literary Analysis and Inspiration for Social Workers and Youth Workers
I began this post on Yom Kippur of last year–and glad I started it then, because I have a tendency to forget these moments of insight if I don’t write them down. Thoughts on this subject have been percolating ever since. Actually, it may be more accurate to say that this essay has been percolating–the […]
This is the second in a multipart, developing series titled The Risk and Resilience of Risk and Resilience. This series is examining the ways that Risk and Resilience has become embedded and assumed in the research and practice of Social Work. I trace the historical development of Risk and Resilience to develop an appreciation of what […]
This weekend, I read several papers by Ann Masten and colleagues (see references below) on the topic of Risk and Resilience. Risk is defined as anything which endangers positive and healthy development–trauma, war, violence, abuse, and so forth. Resilience is the “ordinary magic” that helps “people overcome risk or adversity to succeed in life” (Masten, […]