i simply hate 2101 tutorials...its freaking tiring to the mind...gets me boggled up terribly...if i get any wrinkles or pimples..it has to be that module...wrinkles..cos i keep frowning during class cos i dun understand wats going on......pimples..cos..of stress!! its not that i dun listen during lect..ok i do stone for a while..but wats covered in lecture is so different from tutorial..somemore that tutor is new..not that he cant teach...i rather he lectures actually....cos he seems very knowledgable so if lect we dun learn anything (even if i listen i noe i wun learn a thing) n tutorial there r so many things..its so...darn overwhelming!!!!!!! n i realised the textbook that the lecturer introduced..sucks like hell la..the whole module is on theories..n the tb she use does not have any structure..its just like rattling off...found another bk at co-op...she didnt even recommend it..ok she did but it was way low the list.....dun get wat i mean? read on...



Compulsory Readings:

Compton, B. R & Galaway, B. (2005) Social Work Processes. Brooks/Cole
Hepworth, Rooney, Rooney, Stromm-Gottfried & Larsen (2006) Direct Social Work Practice. Brooks/Cole
Kilpatrick, A. C & Holland, T.P. (2003) Working with Families. Allyn & Bacon
Saleebey, D. (2006) The strengths perspective in social work practice. Allyn & Bacon

Supplementary Readings:
Carter, B. & McGoldrick, M. (1999) The expanded family life cycle: individual, family and social perspectives. Allyn & Bacon
Hartman, A. & Laird, J. (1983) Family centred social work practice. The Free Press
Kanel, K. (2003) A guide to crisis intervention. Brooks/Cole
Mehta, K. & Wee, A. (2004) Social Work in Context: A Reader. Marshall Cavendish
Milner, J. & O'Byrne, P. (2002) Assessment in social work. Palgrave Macmillan
Reid, W.J. (1978) The task-centered system. Columbia University Press
Tan, N.T. & Mehta, K. (2002) Extending Frontiers: Social Issues and Social Work in Singapore. Eastern Universities Press.
Zastrow, C (2003) The Practice of Social Work. Brooks/Cole

Other reading:
De Jong, P. & Berg, I.K. (2002) Interviewing for solutions. Wadsworth
De Shazer, S. (1982) Patterns of brief family therapy. Guilford Press
Dominelli, L. (2002) Anti-oppressive social work theory and practice. Palgrave Macmillan
Dominelli, L. (2002) Feminist social work theory & practice. Palgrave
Egan, G. (2002) The skilled helper : a problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping. Brooks/Cole
Johnson & Yanca (2004) Social Work Practice : A generalist approach. Allyn & Bacon
Kirst-Ashman, K.K. & Hull, G.H. (2006) Generalist practice with organizations and communities. Wadsworth
Poulin, J. (2005) Strengths-based generalist practice. Brooks/Cole




the book im talking bout is under other readings..by johnson & yanca..that book is so much more structured lor!! n has all the theories at the back...in a structured n neat format...i hate bks that is unstructured...its not easy for me to read a bk..let alone an unstructured one..but i dunno whether to buy it....its 40 over bucks...n will i be able to read it before the exam? if not really no pt..oh ya plus the tutor introduced so many bks to us cos all of us seem damn blur during tutorial n he can sense we dunno wats going on...but.....how to read??? argh...if i predict my results for this sem...2101 n 3207 will be the 2 that will kill me....cos its taught by the same lecturer...she reuses quite a bit of info for both modules..n....aiya its just crap...maybe i shouldnt have s/ued 1502 cos it could have pulled my cap up cos im sure i'll do better for that than 2101 or 3207...hahahaahah...but too late anyway.....

sigh...social work really isnt as simple as wat i thought...every single word used has to be correct n perfect for the different context n theories used...every movement..action has to be "right"....the mind has to keep working all the time when engaging with the client....to think of qns, assessment, evaluation, understanding problem etc...but do other pple understand? no...they think social workers r volunteers...crap la i hate such pple...ok in the beginning can explain that its not...but after hearing it more n more...i get real irritated....not only social workers dun really get a gd pay....hearing these sort of comments makes it even worse? come on i wun wanna work in a job that gives me no pay...not that i mind being a volunteer..but i need to feed myself rite? sigh.......