It is the only thing responsible for the human experience. Therefore Rutledge states that as social workers work with clients to aid in the modification of their outlook, emotional state, and behavior, it remains to be reasoned that social workers should be concerned with the structure of the brain and how it works. Rutledge also suggests that social workers need to know how the brain grows, how it works, and what might be causing it to malfunction, because just like any other part of the body, such as the heart or lungs, the brain can become diseased. So social workers need a model for brain-based social work (Rutledge, Nicholas, MSW, LCSW,