Category: Social work

1. Analyze Current/Existing Legislation (that has been enacted) A. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of your selected policy using data and peer reviewed literature. • Include a discussion of who gains and who loses from the policy. • Explain whether the policy marginalizes any population it intends to serve. • Discuss what information is made available to the public to track policy outcomes related to this law. • Describe whether the policy has had any unintended consequences. • Discuss any literature on the effectiveness of programs) or regulations related to the policy. B. From the above analysis, identify the most critical gap in the current policy. Provide data on the impact of the policy gap, including the particular population(s) affected 2. Analyze Current Legislative Bills/ Proposals A. Identify and briefly describe an advoc organization working to fix this policy gap. Describe any bills or policy approaches they are currently supporting. 
on the impact of the policy gap, including the particular population(s) affected 2. Analyze Current Legislative Bills/ Proposals A. Identify and briefly describe an advocacy organization working to fix this policy gap. Describe any bills or policy approaches they are currently supporting. B. Explain any other significant bill that has been proposed to fill the policy gap, including the current stage of the bill. C. If no new bill has been proposed, please explain why you think this issue is not currently being addressed. D. Explain how the proposed bills will reduce inequity, address marginalization, increase effectiveness, or address an unintended consequence. 3. Make Your Legislative Recommendation A. Based on your analysis of current proposals, explain what type of legislative change (i.e. new bill, amendment, repeal) is needed to fill the identified policy gap. Submission status

Define evidence-based practice in your own words.
Explain how you can improve your practice and achieve your professional goals by reading articles about practice or attending trainings and continuing education.
Explain how you can improve practice by evaluating the outcomes of practice.
Provide an example by identifying whether you met or did not meet the goal from Week 2. Explain how you will use this information as you plan your skill development for moving forward in the program.

please use citation and In text citation at lease 75 words there’s two different discussion post to complete

Part I:
Discuss three biological and/or physiological changes that occur during adolescence.  How does the sociocultural environment interact with these changes to affect the development of individual identity and later risk-taking behavior? 
Part II:
Discuss how risk taking behaviors have changed over the last 25 years in early, middle, and late stages of adolescence and the implications for this. 

1.      Review the Program and Development and Research section of the ASWB
outline. (attached)
Read “Being Smart About Writing SMART
Objectives” 
https://www-sciencedirect-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0149718916302580
How do
SMART goals align with program development and outcomes?
2.      Discuss the link between the literature review and research implications
for practice and policy. How are these two ideas connected?

Final Paper: Students will write a 6 page paper on the topic of
their choice taken from the final weeks of the course: Historical Trauma, Racial Microaggressions, Immigration, Community
Practitioners, Community Practice or Advocacy.
*Attention will be paid to
the implications for the human services professional.
Please address the following
points:
·        
Introduce the theories and main
concepts associated with your topic
·        
Describe interventions and
techniques utilized by professionals working in the field
·        
Explore any legal or ethical
issues associated with your topic 
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Include
citations at the end of your paper (at least three journal articles)

Here are the instructions and a suggested outline. You will be doing human trafficking in sub Saharan Africa. Design an intervention at the individual level and one at the community level. Then discuss how you will monitor or evaluate outcomes.
Choose one of the two psychosocial problems – human trafficking or childhood depression – and conduct a literature review. You may select a different problem but need to ensure there is adequate literature and obtain approval from your instructor. Focus on one country or region (e.g., sub-Saharan Africa, Alaskan natives) so that your recommendations are culture-specific. Describe the prevalence and causes of the problem in general and, if available, in your country or region of choice. Describe also the costs of the problem to the individuals and to the society in which it occurs, and which of these costs you hope to address through your program.
Design an intervention program that is culturally appropriate, strengths-based, and empowering for the community. Include at least two of the following ecological levels: individual, family/group, community, and organization. For the family/group level, you may choose to use a naturally occurring group, such as a classroom or medical ward, or create your own. Or you may take the family of the identified patient as your group. For the community level, apply concepts of community development to create a sustained response to the problem. For the organizational level, identify the policies, resources, and stakeholder collaboration needed to support and implement your program.
Complete your assignment by discussing how you will monitor and evaluate outcomes for all program goals.
Outline
Introduction (Use level one headers [Bolded and Centered] for each section)
Brief 1-2 paragraphs clearly identify the target population and social issue.
Use contemporary statistics (within the last 3 years) to demonstrate the severity of the issue and its consequences for the target population.
Conclude the section with a purpose statement that clearly outlines what will be presented and discussed in the paper sections. The purpose statement should align with the dimensions of the rubric. For example:
Example
“This paper purpose of this paper is to address the issue of human trafficking among Native American women. It will start with a literature review to provide context, followed by a discussion of two levels of intervention (micro, macro and/or mezzo) and an analysis of the requirements of stakeholders, agencies, and providers involved in the interventions. Finally, the paper will conclude by examining the quantitative and qualitative methods used to monitor and evaluate these interventions.”
Literature Review
This section of the paper fully articulates fully these three areas: (a) the prevalence of the problem in the region chosen, (b) the individual and societal costs of the problem, and (c) the determinants of the problem. Argues with abundant evidence for the need for intervention of the type you have designed.
Intervention Level 1 (Students Please select one sphere of the ecological model)
This section of the paper describes with consistent detail the goals, methods, and steps or stages of the intervention at the chosen ecological level, as well as what training and supervision are needed. Provides abundant empirical support for choices of intervention.
Intervention Level 2 (Students Please select a different sphere of the ecological model)
This section of the paper describes with consistent detail the goals, methods, and steps or stages of the intervention at the chosen ecological level, as well as what training and supervision are needed. Provides abundant empirical support for choices of intervention.
Organizational Needs
This section analyzes with consistent detail the organizational policies, resources, and stakeholder cooperation necessary to implement and sustain the program delivering the interventions. Please name the policies, programs and stakeholder organizations, by citing links to websites.
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Program Monitoring and Evaluation
This section of the paper details appropriate, culturally unbiased measures that are used to monitor and evaluate program outcomes, including quantitative and qualitative assessment of the Level 1 and Level 2 interventions.
Conclusion
Write a conclusion section to summarize and highlight all the relevant points listed throughout the submission.

Complete case study (www.routledgesw.com/interactive-cases/rainn/engage/scenarios)
*Use two Online Scholarly Journals to support your answers. 
*Make sure references match content and text.  
What are some biological issues a social worker should address with Sarah?
What are some psychological issues a social worker should address with Sarah?
How do Alan’s psychological and physiological concerns overlap?
Identify at least two social issues that affect Sarah and two that affect Alan. While both Sarah and Alan experienced sexual assault, how are their social issues similar or different?
How could you use the strengths perspective to begin your work with someone who, like Sarah and Alan, has experienced sexual assault?

What are your initial thoughts about the use of capital punishment in 2020 (there is no right or wrong answer)? Why do you think so many people still believe the myths regarding the death penalty, mainly the cost effective-ness and deterrent effect? And what does the research say. Are we saving money? Are we reducing violent crime and homicide rates by having the death penalty?
What was your takeaway from the TED talk by civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson? After watching his TED talk, doing the readings and going through the lecture on issues with race, what safeguards could be put into place to address racial and class inequalities and disparities with regard to the death penalty?
Briefly discuss the significant problems surrounding the way capital punishment is administered in Texas. Are we really only sentencing the worst of the worst? What are some proposed changes to making it more fair and rational? Feel free to bring in outside sources and use the lectures notes and class readings.

Therapeutic Memoir Video Role Play:
• This assignment utilizes knowledge from Memoir book reading, Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Plan and requires recording with Zoom or compatible technology.
• Student will use information from the Memoir book and work with at least one other student who read the same book to complete this assignment.
• Each student in the pair/group will role play with their chosen peer.
• Each student will play the role of the therapist utilizing the Memoir client identified in Module 4 diagnostic assessment.
• Each student will record the role play in which they are playing the part of the therapist using Zoom or comparable technology.
• Each student in the pair/group will engage in a 10-15-minute role-play, with their selected peer, demonstrating use of a clinical intervention specific to treating trauma. Must be recorded with Zoom or compatible technology.
• Role play will be evaluated using the Rubric for Therapeutic Memoir Video Role play with peer(s) AND with use of criteria listed here:
▪ Ability to explain the intervention to the client;
▪ Ability to demonstrate effective use of the intervention;
▪ Clinical skills demonstrated;
▪ Level of comfort, sincerity, and empathy demonstrated;
▪ Ability to demonstrate use of supportive statements and non-judgmental interaction; and
▪ Ability to use a strengths-based approach.