[humanser] Interpreting non-verbals and making eye contact with client's

[Anjelina]

Good morning all,I look forward to hearing about the Human Services meeting. The agenda looked very informative.
I may have asked this question before, so I apologize for any redundancy.
I am currently enrolled in an advanced standing MSW program. As I was discussing with my professor how I would complete an assignment, he asked me if I have thought about the challenges of being a totally blind social worker since our culture values eye contact and most communication is nonvertbal. I informed him there are a lot of practicing social workers who are blind.
What are your thoughts or experiences? How have you dealt with the nonverbals of communication? I look forward to sharing your wisdom with my professor and proving to skeptics I can be an effective social worker who happens to be blind.


-Anjelina
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