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This 13 page paper discusses social systems theory in general and foster care specifically and in detail; and touches on reasons why foster care children do poorly in school. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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care specifically. Social Systems Theory A "theory" is a set of interrelated ideas that are consistent with each other and when taken together, help to explain how a concept or
system works (Theories and perspectives for social work, 1980). There are a large number of theories on any subject, including social work, where theories of growth and development are used
to explain the "cognitive, psychological, social and biological development of people over time" (Theories and perspectives for social work, 1980). In contrast to these development theories, social systems theory is
used to "explain interactions between many different sizes and types of units at a given point in time" (Theories and perspectives for social work, 1980). Another source tells us
that "[S]ocial network theory is concerned with the properties of social support networks and how social network members are sources of support and resources nurturing and sustaining supportive relationships and
exchanges among network members" (Dunst, 2000, p. 95). These principles can be seen at work in an article discussing ways of reintegrating older adults into the community; in fact, the
word "integration" is very important for social work at all levels (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). The theory incorporates concepts "from sociology, engineering, and economics, and includes information regarding the systems
physical and social limits, functional components, and feedback mechanisms" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). With regard to the community system, its boundary is "the real or imaginary line that defines
its geographic or social limits" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). Interactions with the outside world occur at this boundary (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003); for our purposes lets suppose that the "community"
under discussion is a foster care family. The outside world is also known as the "suprasystem" and its components include such things as the economy, geography and politics, "and values
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