social work and emergency
SOCIAL WORK AND EMERGENCY RELIEF
Assessment for Unit # 1
Respond to the questions on the word document provided – look under Modules for links.
Be sure to correct grammar and spelling
errors.
You may type your responses on this document, save your work and upload it to Canvas
for grading
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SOCIAL WORK AND EMERGENCY RELIEF
Assessment for Unit # 1
·
Respond to the questions on the word document provided
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Check your work against the rubric provided. Be sure to correct grammar and spelling
errors.
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You may type your responses on this document, save your work and upload it to Canvas
for grading
.
Video One:
In chapter 1, page 5 of your text, the author challenges the reader to “touch reality†by
vicariously experiencing a disaster. He suggests that you watch the community meeting
scene (about 4 minutes) in
Dante’s Peak
in which the eruption of a volcano is just
starting.
Go to the following website and respond to the questions below.
1.
As the person in the meeting, how are you feeling? What thoughts are going through
your mind?
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2. As a parent, son, daughter, grandchild, spouse, pet owner, (whatever is true for you)
responsible for another, how are you feeling? What thoughts are going through your
mind?
3. Imagine yourself as the child. Specify the age. How are you feeling? What do you
want? What are you doing? You may also use the child sitting alone near the end of the
clip (3:2) to respond.
From the text:
4. How does the Family Centered Perspective differ from the three other approaches
(profession centered, family focused, and family involved)? Include in your response the
author’s rationale for his preferred model. (see text).
Describe how you would approach the family* in the film using the Family Centered
Approach following their escape from the mountain. Describe only your approach. Do
not describe resources or services.
* The family refers to the main characters, consisting of the single mother, two children and
grandmother. Imagine that they escape in good health but homeless, with nothing to return to.
VideoTwo
View the following video at
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5. Does this incident qualify as a disaster according to the eight characteristics on pages 10 and
11 of your text? Respond to each of the eight characteristics with a brief description.
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6. Is the teacher who is interviewed a survivor or victim? Explain using definitions from text.
Videos 3,4,5
View the following videos. State whether each disaster is natural, technological, or
complex. How do the reactions, emotions, attitudes or viewpoints of the survivors/victims in
each scenario (video) differ?
What do you think accounts for these differences?
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7.
Hurricane Andrew( 7 minutes)
8.
Genocide in Rwanda (15 minutes)
9.
Japan Fukushima Aftermath
Scenarios 5 and 6 on Canvas
Read case scenario # 5 and respond to the following:
10. Are mother and daughter suffering from PTSD? Support your response by comparing
behaviors described in the text and on the power point.
(Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Read case scenario # 6 and respond to the following: (Links to an external site.)
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11. Although little information is presented about the boys’ characteristic or history, what
might account for the different reactions they display? (hint:see child risk and protective
factors in text and on slides and feel free to add from your own knowledge or
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