When did social workers become timid?
I’ve been working with the mentally atypical and disabled for quite nearly two decades. In this time, I’ve developed a feeling. A sense of discomfort, discon...
special needs
The Toll of Emotional Labor
I’ve been doing “emotion work” most of my adult life; a lot of it in assisting the (very) differently abled. Now, with my transition out from direct emotion ...
Comments on the proposed changes for working with the cognitively impaired in Denmark
This post has been percolating for nearly half a year — about as long as the blog has been dormant. But now I rear my head from the depths of exam prep and… ...
Social work and power dynamics
The nature of power in social work
Social constructivism and (working with) the cognitively impaired
I was first introduced to the concept of social constructivism while studying to be a social educator. From what I recall of that lecture, most of it blew ri...