By Alison D. Peak and Bethany Wenger
This article is a part of the January/February 2025, Volume 37, Number 1, Audiology Today issue.
What Is a Social Worker?
Social workers generally hold a master’s degree in social work. They are trained to see individuals in a “person-in-environment” context. This perspective means that supporting a patient, or “client,” requires engaging with all of the systems that touch that patient’s life, including family dynamics, socioeconomic status, community well-being, and environmental factors affecting the well-being of individuals (Bronfenbrenner and Morris, 1998; FIGURE 1).
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