Emma Goldman

The essay is based on the Chalberg text, Emma Goldman: American Individualist. The essay should be 4-5 pages in length, double spaced and typed. Your essay will not be accepted if it contains more than five (5) spelling errors. Your thesis is completely up to you but if you want to know what your essay should look like (structure, citations etc) you should follow a basic academic essay structure (introduction, thesis, body paragraphs, conclusion + parenthetical references to the text, e.g., (Chalberg, 47), (Nash, 45), etc.)

DB 8 Outside Professional Context

In rural communities social workers may encounter their clients outside of the professional context such church, shopping, or as a consumer of some service. To what extent does a social worker go to assure the integrity of the professional relationship and avoid engaging in a dual/multiple relationship? Can dual relationships be positive? Please explain. What resources are available for social workers who are dealing with ethical issues in small communities? How can social workers reduce professional isolation in rural communities?

Reconstruction

Reconstruction appeared to be a program to aid in the assimilation of the freed blacks into the American social and economic system. The Radical Republicans in Congress had a different goal. Write an essay describing the plans of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson and how they differed from the plans of Congress. Put special emphasis on the impact of the 14th Amendment and what it attempted to reverse. Do you feel that historians are justified in calling this period the darkest period of American History? Would you have done anything different?

Self Reflection

Write a paper reflecting on what you learned in this class and how you anticipate integrating this learning into your perspectives and practice as a social worker. Focus on a particular problem or population in rural communities where services are impacted. What course content had the most impact on your learning and why? What would you like to know more about? Incorporate at least three required readings or those from the list of required readings into the reflection paper.

Resources to use:
Course Text: Daley, M.R. (2015). Rural social work in the 21st century. Chapter 8.
Journal Article Assignments (Required):

Daley, M. R., & Hickman, S. (2011). Dual relations and beyond: Understanding and addressing ethical challenges for rural social work. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 8(1).
Websites and Video Resources:

Watch: Therapist Burnout in Rural Communities (Time 3:26 mins) Transrpt
Watch: Managing Therapeutic Boundaries in Rural Areas (Time 3:16 mins) Transrpt
Literature Review Journal Articles:

Blue, E.T., Kutzler, A.M., Marcon-Fuller, S. (2014). Ethical guidelines for social work supervisors in rural settings. Contemporary Rural Social Work, 6.
Brocious, H., Eisenberg, J., York, J., Shepard, H., Clayton, S., & Van Sickle, B. (2013). The Strengths of Rural Social Workers: Perspectives on Managing Dual Relationships in Small Alaskan Communities. Journal of Family Social Work, 16(1), 4-19.
Daley, M. R., & Doughty, M. O. (2006). Ethics complaints in social work practice: A rural-urban comparison. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 3(1). (more readable version of the text sans table)
Galambos, C. (2005). Ethics forum: Rural social work practice: Maintaining confidentiality in the face of dual relationships. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 2(2).
Healy, T. C. (2003). Ethical practice issues in rural perspective. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 41(3-4), 265-285. doi:10.1300/J083v41n03_05

pluralism project

To complete your first essay, take some time to review Harvards Pluralism Project at http://pluralism.org. Read their mission statement, information on founder Diana Eck, project summaries, and/or any other things (twitter, facebook, youtube videos, news outlets, scholarly articles about it, etc.) necessary for you to understand the aim and method of their investigation. Briefly summarize your findings in the first paragraph of your paper. Do not make this the bulk or your essay. It should be no more than 150 words or so. In the rest of your paper, argue whether or not you think the Pluralism Project is a useful strategy for the academic study of World Religions. Make your argument clear and use the readings/discussions we have presented in class in order to corroborate your position.