Visual Tools for Input and Reflection in Social Work

Social workers need visual tools to collect information about their client’s life situation, so that they can reflect it together and choose tailored interventions. easyNWK and easyBiograph are two visual tools for the client’s social network and life history. We recently redesigned both tools in a participatory design project with social work faculty and professionals. In this short paper we discuss these tools from perspective of input visualization systems.