discussion

• Review Brandon’s case in the Social Work Case Studies interactive media in the Learning Resources. 
• Reflect on the social worker’s actions and how you would approach the case.

BY DAY 7

• Identify how the social worker might have used the ecological model to understand Brandon’s situation based on a person-in-environment perspective. Explain the use of the ecological model in this case on micro, mezzo, and macro levels. 
• Describe strengths that the social worker may have missed in assessing Brandon and his mother. 
• Explain how the social worker applied social work ethics and values in the case. 
• Review the challenges that the social worker identifies and explain the impact the abuse could have had on Brandon had his strengths not been identified and addressed.