Yet another interesting week

This past week posed yet another interesting week for me in my practicum. I ended up spending my three days in the office working with the teenagers in the day program. As I wrote about last week, I had difficulty with a particular kid talking back and no self-determination.

Monday started off the week ok. Nothing out of the ordinary. Tuesday, however, was when the frustration set in. Like I wrote last week, I feel the kids just do not care about the program, which I feel is a very sad thought. This is their second chance to get back in. I can't say that all the kids don't care. It isn't that they do not care, but that I don't think they understand the magnitude this has on who they can become. Anyway, on Tues, they kids continued to mess around. I was able to keep the kids under control for the most part, pretty much until the last fifteen to twenty minutes.

Wed. is a different story. The day started off ok with the kids working on the educational software. After about a half an hour the kids started to loose focus and became difficult to keep under control. I spoke with a couple of the kids individually, but that did not seem to work. I got to the point of frustration that I told them that if they did not want to work, that was their prerogative, but it would reflect on the amount of work they had done.

This week has gone smoother, but you have to wait until my next post to find out how it has gone :)

Practice/macro: Describe how a social worker can participate at the macro level to impact Human Rights?

A social worker can participate at the macro level to impact Human Rights in many ways. The first thought that comes to mind in working at the macro level is policy. A social worker can advocate for change in policy at a local, state, national, or even world level to affect human rights of all kind. Through advocacy, human rights can be changed and formed into equal oppertunity for all people whether it is dealing with race, religion, ethnic beliefs, socioeconomic status, or even sexuality.
The other way macro level can impact human rights is through funding. Along the lines of policy, funding at the local, state, federal, and world level can help those that need it. Whether it is relief to a third world nation or local funding to alleviate the property tax crisis many homeowners are dealing with here in Indiana, a social worker can advocate for change in how funds are used to better impact Human Rights.