Blog Post # 3 - History of Macro Practice

MACRO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE:




Ann Hartman

When the professor asked us to write an overview of the history of Macro social work practice, I got really excited because I would be able to research and learn so many new things. The history of macro social work and the famous social workers that are part of this history make me want to keep going above the Bachelor's degree level. We should all tell our selves, "If they did it, Why can't we!"

When visiting some of the websites, reading about a woman, named Ann Hartman was really interesting. Ann Hartman introduced the concept of utilizing genograms and ecomaps to understand our clients' life and to be able to assess and plan an intervention for those clients. I have always thought that knowing the cause of a problem it its solution. If we find out why or who caused the issue, we can go back to the cause and eliminate the problem. It is also important to know the extended, as well as the immediate family.

Also, as we all learned in previous social worker classes, the Great Depression was a period where many people needed to obtain many resources. Social work was viewed as a vocation, not a profession. Low salaries, even less than high school teachers.



Both reforms, Suffrage and Prohibition were addressed by professionals such as Jane Addams, and Lillian Walds. These two reforms were viewed as ways of changing society.



Mother and Children during Great Depression


The following video shows us how great of a woman, and social worker, Jane Addams was. She was and will be such an important part of the Social Work history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VOw6v-S5O4

Sources:

Information obtained from:

http://www.boisestate.edu/socwork/dhuff/history/chapts/4-1.htm

http://www.boisestate.edu/socwork/dhuff/history/chapts/5-1.htm

http://www.historyofsocialwork.org/eng/details.php?cps=22&canon_id=156

http://www.socialpolicy.ca/cush/m2/m2-t14.stm

http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/48/50/