Participants will explore the power of social workers’ language and word choice in clinical documentation regarding disability and will consider concrete ways to convey these principles to students of social work and other helping professions. Attention will be given to the competing priorities of strengths-based professionals operating in deficit-based systems.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe what constitutes strengths-based, values-oriented language in clinical documentation.
Upon completion, participants will demonstrate an example of documenting client disability using the content learned in the session.
Upon completion, participants will be able to identify three ways they can implement the concepts, skills, and tools conveyed into social work education.
