RE: SOCW6361 – Discussion – Developing Political Strategies (WK9)

In this week’s resources, you explore the stories of Susana and the Bradley and Levy families. They are all in situations that need social work intervention and advocacy. What political strategies would you use to enact policies developed to assist these individuals?

In this Discussion, you develop political strategies to address one aspect of the situation(s) and problem(s) facing Susana, and members of the Bradley and Levy families. (Be detailed in response, Use 3 APA references and use sub-headings)

To Prepare: Read and review Chapter 11 in your text. Read “Social Work Policy: Children and Adolescents,” “Social Policy and Advocacy: Violence Prevention” and “Working with Families: The Levy Family”in this week’s resources for this week. View the Bradley Episode 7 in the media for this week.

• Post an explanation of the political strategies you would use to address one aspect of the situations/problems facing Susana and members of the Bradley and Levy families.
• Explain why you selected that strategy.

Be sure to support your post with specific references to this week’s resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references.

References

Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate: From policy practice to social justice (8th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series.

• Chapter 11, “Developing Political Strategy and Putting It into Action in the Policy-Enacting Task” (pp. 372-419)

Laureate Education. (Producer). (2013). Bradley (Episode 7 of 42) [Video file]. In Sessions. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu