Module 1: The Ecologic Model
HUS 3321: Case Management and Problem-Solving for Human Services
Module 1: The Ecologic Model
Textbook: Summers, N. (2015). Fundamentals of case management practice – skills for the human services, (5th ed.). Cengage: Belmont California. ISBN: 9781305525375
– Read Chapter 1: Case Management: Definition and Responsibilities
– Read Chapter 2: Ethics and Other Professional Responsibilities for Human Service Workers
– Read Chapter 3: Applying the Ecological Model: A Theoretical Foundation for Human Services
View the following videos:
Video 1. What is CASE MANAGEMENT? Models in case management? Challenges in case management | Social Work (8:04) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kulc3-Xajxg
Video 2. An Introduction to the Ecological Model in Public Health (9:45)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhUxOZRn_4E
Module 1: The Ecologic Model
Do Your Surroundings Impact Your Behavior: The Ecological Model
One goal for this week is to explore various aspects of case management utilized as guidelines for working with clients. In the first discussion, we talked about the various aspects of the role of a case manager and the components of case management. In this discussion, we will be exploring the environment in which people function. Understanding the influence of environmental factors is important in being able to successfully implement case management interventions and strategies. For example, if your client wants to exercise more but lives in an unsafe neighborhood, you will need to help the person problem-solve safe opportunities to exercise. Chapter 3 of the text discusses this environment through an ecological model.
Based on the readings and the second video, and other sources of information where applicable:
1. Choose something you would like to change about yourself.
(I choose: Being able to set better boundaries)
2. Using the ecological model, describe how you would seek to make that change.
o Clearly discuss the different micro, meso, and macro-level factors and people that may help or hinder that progress.
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