Week 6 Overview: Working With Differing Perspectives

In the previous two weeks, we explored some of the sources of differing perspectives, both in terms of our own theoretical orientations and in working with clients. Healy (2014) argues that social work is "diverse and contextual" (p. 232) and that as social workers, we are charged with operationalizing and thus furthering the knowledge base. One of the ways in which that happens is by sharing our diverse perspectives with one another for the benefit of our clients. In this week, we will continue this discussion by applying differing perspectives in practice situations.