Social Work

Items

• interconnectedness

  Mutual influence among individuals, families, communities, and systems.
• internal locus of control

  Belief that personal actions determine life outcomes.
• internalised oppression

  Marginalized groups adopting dominant negative stereotypes about themselves.
• interpersonal relations

  Communication, empathy, trust, and conflict patterns between individuals.
• interpretation

  Social worker explaining client experiences/relations for insight.
• intersection

  Where multiple identities (race, gender, class) overlap influencing experiences.
• intersectionality

  Framework analyzing how overlapping identities create unique privilege/oppression.
• intervention

  Planned actions addressing client needs/challenges based on assessment.
• interview

  Structured dialogue gathering/assessing client information.
• intra-personal

  Internal psychological/emotional processes within individual.
• involuntary client

  Client mandated/required to receive services against preference.
• just cause

  Legitimate ethical/legal reason justifying action/decision.
• kinship

  Blood/affinity relationships forming family networks.
• kinship care

  Child placement with relatives rather than strangers/foster system.
• lesbian

  Woman attracted emotionally/sexually/romantically to other women.
• levels of practice

  Micro (individual), mezzo (group/org), macro (policy/system).
• liberalism

  Ideology emphasizing individual rights, equality, democratic governance.
• liberation

  Freedom from oppression enabling autonomy/self-determination.
• life cycle

  Predictable stages from birth to death with developmental tasks.
• life events

  Major transitions/crises impacting functioning (positive/negative).
• life stage theory

  Framework describing age-specific developmental milestones/challenges.
• limitation

  Constraint restricting intervention effectiveness/applicability.
• linear perspective

  Sequential, step-by-step approach to assessment/intervention.
• linkage

  Connecting clients to needed resources/services/supports.
• macro level

  Large-scale practice addressing policy, organizations, communities.