assignment, macro practice, LGBT, race, ethnicity,
This assignment for infusion in macro practice courses at the generalist level provides an option for students to focus on older adults within the context of other historically disadvantaged populations. With its strength-based empowerment approach, it encourages students to view older adults as active agents of community change and identify strategies to overcome barriers to their community action. The Advanced Gero Social Work Practice Guide (Curriculum Resource Examples) indicates this assignment can be used to measure student attainment of the advanced gero practice behavior 2.1.5—Advance human rights and social and economic justice.