This article presents a case study for the ＂community＂ approach to social work. It is the case of an elderly client whose social adaptation level had multiple problems associated with weakened networks at a higher r...This article presents a case study for the ＂community＂ approach to social work. It is the case of an elderly client whose social adaptation level had multiple problems associated with weakened networks at a higher rate area of seniors in Japan. Specifically, the ＂community＂ approach adopted here was the Refined Short-term Reconstructing Meaningful Life-worlds （RSRM）, which defines ＂community＂ as a circular system of speech acts and meaning construction. This social constructionist approach is shown to improve the client＇s adaptation level in the ＂community＂ where a differentiation force is activated using circular questions. This force allows the client to make beneficial life-worlds. The RSRM also has a concrete intervention procedure. First, the client, who was in her eighties with depression, delusional disorder, slight dementia, and urination neurosis, was encouraged to tell her problematic story. To differentiate speech acts in her ＂community＂, circular questions, positive reframing and solution-focused skills were used. Then she was encouraged to practice her newly acquired speech acts in her ＂community＂. She regained the ability to communicate with other persons with confidence, and she could extend the ＂community＂ networks to practice her newly acquired communication skills. Through her practices in her extended ＂community＂, her multivariate problems were resolved.展开更多
The near future of coastal life is threated by the claim of global warming alarmist that sea levels will rise by one to seven metres by 2100,destroying many coastal cities and habitats.This paper shows that sea levels...The near future of coastal life is threated by the claim of global warming alarmist that sea levels will rise by one to seven metres by 2100,destroying many coastal cities and habitats.This paper shows that sea levels will more likely rise no more than just a few centimetres during this century as the Earth defrosts from the Little Ice Age 500 years ago with a mild warming.展开更多
文摘This article presents a case study for the ＂community＂ approach to social work. It is the case of an elderly client whose social adaptation level had multiple problems associated with weakened networks at a higher rate area of seniors in Japan. Specifically, the ＂community＂ approach adopted here was the Refined Short-term Reconstructing Meaningful Life-worlds （RSRM）, which defines ＂community＂ as a circular system of speech acts and meaning construction. This social constructionist approach is shown to improve the client＇s adaptation level in the ＂community＂ where a differentiation force is activated using circular questions. This force allows the client to make beneficial life-worlds. The RSRM also has a concrete intervention procedure. First, the client, who was in her eighties with depression, delusional disorder, slight dementia, and urination neurosis, was encouraged to tell her problematic story. To differentiate speech acts in her ＂community＂, circular questions, positive reframing and solution-focused skills were used. Then she was encouraged to practice her newly acquired speech acts in her ＂community＂. She regained the ability to communicate with other persons with confidence, and she could extend the ＂community＂ networks to practice her newly acquired communication skills. Through her practices in her extended ＂community＂, her multivariate problems were resolved.
文摘The near future of coastal life is threated by the claim of global warming alarmist that sea levels will rise by one to seven metres by 2100,destroying many coastal cities and habitats.This paper shows that sea levels will more likely rise no more than just a few centimetres during this century as the Earth defrosts from the Little Ice Age 500 years ago with a mild warming.
