Items

• empowerment

  Process enabling clients to gain control, resources, self-efficacy.
• enabler

  Person perpetuating dysfunctional behavior (often in addiction contexts).
• engagement phase

  Initial connecting stage: building relationships, trust with clients/community.
• enlightenment

  Raising awareness/consciousness about problems, values, objectives.
• entropy

  System disorder/disorganization leading to decline without intervention.
• epistemology

  Study of knowledge: how social workers know what they claim to know.
• equality

  Equal access/opportunities regardless of differences.
• equifinality

  Multiple paths leading to same outcome in systems.
• equilibrium

  Balanced state/adaptation between person and environment.
• equity

  Fair distribution of resources addressing different needs.
• ethical dilemma

  Situation requiring choice between competing ethical principles.
• ethics

  Moral principles guiding professional social work conduct.
• ethnocentrism

  Judging other cultures by one's own cultural standards.
• evaluation

  Systematic assessment of intervention effectiveness/outcomes.
• evidence-based practice

  Integrating research evidence with clinical expertise/client values.
• experimental group

  Group receiving intervention in research (compared to control).
• expert knowledge

  Specialized professional wisdom beyond general information.
• expertise

  Demonstrated high-level skills/knowledge in social work practice.
• explore

  Investigate client situations systematically for understanding.
• extended family

  Relatives beyond nuclear family providing support network.
• external locus of control

  Belief external factors determine life outcomes.
• facilitation

  Guiding group process without directing content.
• facilitator

  Neutral guide enabling group discussion/decision-making.
• factor analysis

  Statistical method identifying underlying variables in data.
• family of origin

  Birth family influencing adult patterns/relationships.