Global SW Midterm

Mid-Term Assignment Global Social Work and Practice With Immigrants and Refugees

Introduction to Global Social Work and Practice with Immigrants and Refugees: Midterm Assignment

Directions: Please answer the questions below. This is a take home, open book, open notes assignment. Good luck! Questions 1- 5 are worth 10 points each. Question 6 is worth 50 points

1) Define the following terms:

a. Immigrants:

b. Refugees:

c. Asylum Seekers:

d. Forced Migration:

e. Transnational Family:

Instructors note: You may get these definitions from the IOM website, another UN Website or one of the textbooks. Just quote and cite your source in APA style.

2) Which of these (above) categories of persons participate in the programs at your agency? Are many participants falling into more than one category? Which? And Why?

a. Information questions

i. What are the services your agency provides for the population it serves?

My agency received unaccompanied minors that crossed the border without its parents. The agency will be in charge of reunifying the minors with family members that resides in U.S territory

ii. Is the agency leadership the same or different from the population that is being served?

One of the main requisites to serve this population is to speak Spanish. The agency leadership staff in its majority speak Spanish. 90% of the leadership are bilingual in Spanish and their ethnic is Hispanic

b. Standpoint Questions- Situate yourself in regard to the agency’s leadership and program participants:

i. Describe your standpoint with regard to the agency populations as we discussed it in class, and how it contributes to what you are able to notice about the people your agency serves.

ii. How is it the same and how is it different from that of the agency leadership? – Explain

3) Which global factors influenced the decision of program participants in your agency (or their parents or ancestors) to come to New York City? (If the population is very diverse, give one or two examples.).

· Poverty

· Crime

· Threats

· Better education opportunities

· Reunification with parents already in U.S

· Homelessness

4) Name and describe five of the international human rights instruments discussed in this class, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

a. Whom do they protect?

b. How do they protect those people?

c. How do they apply to program participants at your agency?

i. Are there ways in which they are not relevant to them? How and why?

Give your opinion briefly.

5) We discussed the use of participatory research methods in learning from and about diverse populations. We discussed some methods that are used in research, assessment, program design and evaluation on macro, mezzo and micro levels. Referring to Chambers (2007) define and describe Participatory Rapid Assessment (PRA) and Participatory Learning in Action (PLA) Remember to give the proper citation. Use the PPT from class 4 to help you if necessary, but then move forward and use one of the readings as a reference.

6) Choose 1 of the following: a, b, or c:

a. If you do clinical work at your agency, use either the Culturagram (Congress & Kung, 2012) or a life map to learn about the culture of an individual or family with whom you are working.

i. Report the results.

ii. How is this method a helpful supplement to making an assessment of the family

iii. Are their problems in the use of this method with the families that you work with? What are they?

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