My thoughts about Sexual Abuse

Recently in Social Work 200, we have been watching videos of a young girl who was sexually abused as a child. I listened to her story and feel that this kind of stuff is happening to frequently today. Most sexual abuse goes unoticed due to the amount of fear children have of telling an adult what is going on. I feel there should be more advocates to stand up against sexual abuse among children so that they will become more empowered to stand up against sexual predators. Schools influence children second to their families and should do more to help children confess to whats going on. I think its a good idea for schools to spend a little bit more time talking to children emphasizing what is good touch and what is bad touch, so that they can become more familiar and aware of their situations. I strongly admire young lady who has the courage to speak up about what has happened to her. As a Social Worker in the future, I realize that I will unfortunately come across many kids who have been sexually abused. My goal is too help free these kids of their pain and help recreate their life so that they can experience a loving childhood they deserve. I feel like my future profession will be rewarding and excited at the opportunity to make a difference in society.

So far in Social Work 200/201

I am learning alot about what social work is and how much different profession all work together. Social work is part of social welfare. There are many other professions such as psychiatry, psychology and political science that addressed social welfare. All these different forces combien to help solve a specific issue in society. Im also learning more about the past such as the Elizabethan Poor Law that said that only children or people who are disabled or bling are eligable for government assistance. Most of these factors still apply today such as applying for medicare and medicaid. Im learning more about what the government does to help those in need and the values of liberals and conservatives. I never really understood the difference betweeen the two and how the government dispences is money to help until I learned in class. I learned that conservatives would rather give money to business's to help boost economy where as liberals feel its best to give money to the people itself to be able to buy goods from business's. There are downsides to both liberals and conservatives views on the economy. If you give money to the people they may not spend the money to boost economy and if conservatives give money to the business's they may not make do as promised and use their money in other ways that will not be benefical to society. There needs to be some type of middle person to help ensure that whoever gets money or asssistance from the governemnt is spending the money in the correct way. I never realy thought about issues like this until I learned this information in class. :)

What exactly do I want to do with Social Work?

After switching my major many times from Biology, Pyschology, and now finally Social Work. There are many things to do with a BSW in Social Work. I am unsure which track I am really intrested in pursuing. I really like the Mental Health track but also the family and children track. I really hope that by the end of SCWK 200, I will have come to a concensus on what I wish to study in graduate school. I think that I may lean towards the Mental Health track only because they make a little more money and I have an aunt who is a liscened medical social worker. I can relate to this a little more than the familes and children track. Who knows what I will choose, after all I've already changed majors three times already.