1. Synopsis or Summary of Book
2. Discuss the issue or issues of diversity (age, class, color, culture, disability,
ethnicity, family structure, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, or
sexual orientation) that are significant in Book. A MINIMUM OF THREE
PEER REVIEWED SCHOLARLY SOURCES MUST BE INCLUDED.
3. Discuss the main character(s) systems according to Ecological Systems
Perspective. What other theoretical perspectives assist your understanding of
character(s)? A MINIMUM OF THREE PEER REVIEWED SCHOLARLY
SOURCES MUST BE INCLUDED.
4. How would you assist the character(s) a Generalist Social Worker? How would
you impact the system?
5. Provide an Ecomap
or a Genogram
Book List:
For the assignment, students may choose from the seven books or book sections (if from the Solomon book) listed below, or
they may choose their own and gain approval from the instructor. Students will be required to meet with their instructor to
gain
approval and discuss how their chosen book might be linked to their own professional social work practice interests.
Boo, K. (2014). Behind the beautiful forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity. NY: Random House.
Fadiman, A. (2012). The spirit catches you and you fall down: A Hmong child, her doctors, and the clash of two cultures.(2nd
Ed.). NY: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux.
Gwande, A. (2014). Being mortal: Medicine and what matters in the end. NY: Metropolitain Books.
Kotlowitz, A. (1992). There are no children here: The story of two boys growing up in the other America. NY: Random House.
LeBlanc, A.N. (2003). Random Family: Love, drugs, trouble, and coming of age in the Bronx. NY: Scribner.
Skloot, R. (2010). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. NY: Random House.
Solomon. A. (2013). Far from the tree: Parents, children, and the search for identity. NY:
Scribner.
If you would like to use a book that isn’t on the list please let me know as soon as possible so I can get it approved. If you
don’t have access to one of the books online feel free to let me know and I will try to get access to it for you