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APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM
WRITING SAMPLE
Each applicant to the doctoral program is requested to provide a sample of written material. In order to meet this requirement, we are requesting that you write a 3-4 page (double spaced) paper in response to the question posed below and to submit it with your application materials.
In addition to the writing sample, you may supply other written products to be considered which may be one of the following:
1. A paper presented or proposed for a conference, workshop, or training presentation.
2. A paper proposed, submitted, or accepted for publication in a journal or other acceptable periodical.
WRITING SAMPLE QUESTION
The trend of the social work profession in the past thirty years has been to concentrate on clinical helping - individual counseling, family therapy, and group work rather than macro level helping. In this respect it is argued that social workers tend to serve people who have already been damaged by the effects of social problems, rather than working toward the eradication of the causes and conditions of social decay itself. In this sense, social work is reactive rather than proactive. Do you believe this assessment is correct? Why or why not? If you believe it is true, comment on the implications of this trend for the practice of social work today. If you do not believe it is true, comment on the role of clinical helping in relation to social problems and social conditions.
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