The Development of Macro Practice and the Profession

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300 words

Readings

  • Use your Social Work Macro Practice text to read Chapter 2, “Historical and Contemporary Influences on Macro Practice,” pages 29–58.

Netting, Kettner, McMurtry, and Thomas (2017) identify four changes  in historical social conditions that contributed to the development of  social work.

For this discussion, identify the four changes, discuss how they  were historically relevant to social work, and state which period you  believe had the greatest influence on the development of the social work  profession.

Reference

Netting, F. E., Kettner, P. M., McMurtry, S. L., & Thomas, M. L. (2017). Social work macro practice (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.