13 May Human Behavior -Soc Env II-Winter 2025 9 DISCUSSION: Spiritual Development
Human Behavior -Soc Env II-Winter 2025 9 DISCUSSION
Spiritual Development
Do you identify as a spiritual or religious person? How might your spiritual identity influence your social work practice—both for those clients who have a similar worldview and those who do not?
Spirituality, which may or may not include involvement with an established religion, contributes to human diversity and influences behavior. Sensitivity to and respect for a client’s spiritual dimension reflects your appreciation of diversity and the code of ethics. As you consider the potential impact of your clients’ spirituality on their perspectives and behavior, you must also consider how your own spirituality might influence interactions with a client.
For this Discussion, you examine the potential effect of your spiritual views on social work practice and share strategies for being spiritually aware.
To Prepare:
• Review the Learning Resources on spiritual development.
• Reflect on your own spiritual or religious beliefs and how they may influence your social work practice.
BY DAY 4
Post a Discussion in which you explain how considerations about clients’ worldviews, including their spirituality or religious convictions, might affect your interactions with them. Provide at least two specific examples. In addition, explain one way your own spirituality or religious convictions might support your work with a client, and one barrier it might present. Finally, share one strategy for applying an awareness of spirituality to social work practice in general. Be sure to refer to the NASW Code of Ethics in your response.
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Support your post with examples from the course text and any other resources used to respond to this Discussion. Demonstrate that you have completed the required readings, understand the material, and are able to apply the concepts. Include a full reference of resources at the bottom of the post.
Course book
Empowerment Series: Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment 11TH 19
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Resources
Required Readings
• Zastrow, C. H., Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hessenauer, S. L. (2019). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (11th ed.). Cengage Learning.
o Chapter 3, “Spotlight on Diversity: Relate Human Diversity to Psychological Theories” (pp. 112–114)
o Chapter 7, Sections “Review Fowler’s Theory of Faith Development,” “Critical Thinking: Evaluation of Fowler’s Theory,” and “Social Work Practice and Empowerment Through Spiritual Development” (pp. 339–342)
o Chapter 15, “Highlight 15.2: “Celebration of Life Funerals” (pp. 694–696)
• Limb, G. E., Hodge, D. R., Ward, K., Ferrell, A., & Alboroto, R. (2018). Developing cultural competence with LDS clients: Utilizing spiritual genograms in social work practice.Links to an external site. Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work, 37 (2), 166–181. https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2018.1448033
• Oxhandler, H. K., Polson, E. C., & Achenbaum, W. A. (2018). The religiosity and spiritual beliefs and practices of clinical social workers: A national survey.Links to an external site. Social Work, 63 (1), 47–56. https://doi.org/10.1093/SW/SWX055
• Pomeroy, E. C., Hai, A. H., & Cole, A. H., Jr. (2021). Social work practitioners’ educational needs in developing spiritual competency in end-of-life care and grief.Links to an external site. Journal of Social Work Education, 57 (2), 264–286. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2019.1670306
• Roh, S., Burnette, C. E., & Lee, Y.-S. (2018). Prayer and faith: Spiritual coping among American Indian women cancer survivors.Links to an external site. Health and Social Work, 43 (3), 185–192. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hly015
• Document: Life Span Interview Download Life Span Interview(PDF)
Media
• Walden University, LLC. (2021). Social work case studies Links to an external site. [Interactive media]. Walden University Canvas. https://waldenu.instructure.com/
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