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Decolonizing strategies for addressing social work legacies with indigenous populations

David Androff, MSW, PhD Arizona State University . Decolonizing strategies for addressing social work legacies with indigenous populations. Implications for the U.S. from Canada , Australia and South Africa. Overview. Colonization and social work legacies

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Decolonizing strategies for addressing social work legacies with indigenous populations

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  1. David Androff, MSW, PhD Arizona State University Decolonizing strategies for addressing social work legacies with indigenous populations Implications for the U.S. from Canada, Australia and South Africa

  2. Overview • Colonization and social work legacies • Historical trauma and contemporary problems • Decolonizing strategies • South Africa • Australia • Canada

  3. Colonization and social work responsibility • Colonization of indigenous populations • Policies of assimilation and oppression • Forced schooling • Indian Residential Schools • Stolen generation • Apartheid social work

  4. Historical trauma • Inter-generational, collective trauma • Disparities and disproportionality • Higher incidence of problems • Over-representation in systems • Life expectancy, poverty, health, suicide, mental health, substance abuse, family violence • Child welfare and criminal justice

  5. Decolonizing strategies • Acknowledgment of harm • Reaffirming indigenous identity and culture • Empowerment • Healing • Reconciliation • Reparation and material support

  6. South Africa • The social work response to apartheid in the democratic transition • Acknowledgement and apology • Submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission • Transformation of social work practice • Inclusiveness • Developmental social work

  7. Australia • Government apology for the Stolen Generation • Acceptance of responsibility • National Sorry Day • Australian Association of Social Workers • Acknowledgment and commitment to advocating for indigenous rights • Reconciliation movement • Indigenous language and culture preservation

  8. Canada • 2006 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement • Apologies by government, churches and social workers • Reparations • Healing and commemoration • Truth and Reconciliation Commission • For survivors to testify and to educate the public

  9. United States • Shared history with other former European colonies • Assimilation and boarding schools • Historical trauma • Social work responsibility • Prospects for decolonizing strategies?

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