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Machaela Barkman, MSW, LGSW

Intervention — Residential Treatment Centers for Youth: Research Proposal

Statement of Problem

Jun 22

Intervention — Residential Treatment Centers for Youth: Research Proposal

Jun 22

A Brooklyn Family Tale: Social Worker’s Assessment

Family Strengths

Jun 20

Jun 20

Philosophy of Helping: A Self-Reflection

It seems that I have always had an innate desire to help others. If I were to attempt to pinpoint what influenced and shaped this desire, I…

Jun 17

Philosophy of Helping: A Self-Reflection

Jun 17

Prisons are the New Asylums

The mental health care system in America is broken, as is evidenced by Frontline’s documentary The New Asylums. In 2005 when the film…

Jun 25, 2023

Prisons are the New Asylums

Jun 25, 2023

The Great Fear: Can America Support Increasing Longevity?

America is not prepared to support its unprecedently large population of aging adults, as is evidenced in the film “Coming of Age in Aging…

Jun 24, 2023

The Great Fear: Can America Support Increasing Longevity?

Jun 24, 2023

Child Poverty in the United States: A Policy Critique

In 2012, a team from PBS began to look at poverty from the unique lens of children’s eyes. The first episode of “Poor Kids” showed the…

Jun 23, 2023

Child Poverty in the United States: A Policy Critique

Jun 23, 2023

Talking with Children about Violence: Brief Example of Community Intervention Outline

Background: A teen who works in the local afterschool program has started noticing that many of the children attending the program seem to…

Jun 21, 2023

Talking with Children about Violence: Brief Example of Community Intervention Outline

Jun 21, 2023

The Skill of Nonjudgement: Application and Reflection

Throughout this assignment, I will apply the social work practice of using a nonjudgmental stance in several situations. First, as a…

Jun 18, 2023

The Skill of Nonjudgement: Application and Reflection

Jun 18, 2023

A Social Worker’s First Meeting with a Client: Preparing in Steps

Example: Steps of Preparation for Meeting a New Client at a theoretical community-based mental health agency called Horizons.

Jun 17, 2023

A Social Worker’s First Meeting with a Client: Preparing in Steps

Jun 17, 2023

The Barbershop Community: Keeping Black Men Healthy

Joseph Ravenell’s (2016) TED talk on “How Barbershops Can Keep Men Healthy” explains the sense of community that barbershops offer to Black…

Jun 10, 2023

Jun 10, 2023

Machaela Barkman, MSW, LGSW

Machaela Barkman, MSW, LGSW

Residential Therapist for youth with adverse childhood experiences and complex trauma, focused on positive psychology and the human condition.

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