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Wk 637 Assignment 1

Satisfactory Essays

Orlando Espinoza SOWK 637 Assignment #1 Parable: Short story relating to the article, prevention and substance abuse. Terms: Primary intervention – lowering or stopping the rate of a problem. Secondary intervention – reduces the occurrence or the number of people experiencing a problem. Tertiary intervention – limits the damage caused by a problem. Proactive prevention – preventable approach to prevent problems. Reactive prevention – preventable approach to prevent further and additional problems. Summary: Prevention Social workers have a history and tend on treating problems with their clients, but due to budget cuts and changes in policy, social workers are focusing their attention on preventing the problem. Bush (2000) stated that

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