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Chapter 8 Summary

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Critical Analysis: Chapter 8 Review including NC Professional School Social Work Standards

INTRODUCTION

This critical analysis will reflect the information parallel in Chapter 8 and NC School Social Workers Professional Standards (4). The reader will be able to better understand the standards as they relate to "societal issues" in schools. Chapter 8 covers the challenges that many schools face when dealing with students of varying biopsychosocial constraints. Jarolmen, 2014 reflected upon a variety of social problems of said student populations that can disable or even paralyze individual learning. The groups of students most mentioned within this chapter are homeless children, immigrants/undocumented students, military students, incarcerated …show more content…

The reason that this numbers seems to increase is simple. The parents of these students are faced with the undying high unemployment rates in the US. The caretaker is responsible for the wellbeing of their minor children but cannot provide to due poverty and unavailable resources. The parents are also responsible for educating their children. However, they are unable to meet the demands of the local, state and federal laws due to lack of finance, health, and housing. This problem begins to snowball causing an increase in social welfare cases. These children sometimes go without being educated. The author attends that more than 50% of these children are held back. School officials should be able to counter those problems by soliciting external resources such as "therapeutic interventions", summer enrichment programs, and tutoring should be provided to the homeless student (Hicks-Coolick, Burnside,-Eaton, & Peters as cited in Jarolmen, …show more content…

The author directs bullying as aggressive behavior can take place on internet, at school, social places, even home (Jarolmen, 2014). The author cites Yerger &Gehret, 2011 as they elaborate on the causes of bullying. School social workers must implement peer groups, promote student awareness, and empower victims of bullying. As a professional school social worker, you will need to "Bully Proof Your School"; programs such as PATHS, Safe School Ambassador (SSA) will allow you to do such (Yerger & Gehret, 2011 as cited in Jarolmen, 2014). These above-mentioned programs will encourage student leadership, intervention and advocacy amongst

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