Social workers often are very aware of and informed about the needs of the specific populations with which they work. As a result, it is important that social workers get involved in the policy-creation process by sharing their experiences and perspectives with others, including policymakers. For this Discussion, select a population of particular interest to you. Then, select three to five policies (including two to […]

X-Team Paper Students will continue their analysis of the team they selected to complete their Team Analysis Paper by creating an X-Team. To do this analysis, students will apply the principles from X-Teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, and Succeed to the team analyzed for the Team Analysis Paper. Students will provide a summary of the previous analysis then speculate on how the […]

A health crisis can occur at any phase in an individual’s life span. General health concerns, however, tend to increase with age. As a social worker, your awareness of the biological aspects of middle adulthood will inform your work with clients in this life-span phase. In this Assignment, you address the health concerns that clients may face as they reach middle adulthood. You also address […]

Below are some questions to help guide your discussion on the oppression of individuals who are LGBTQQIPA2+. Provide answers to each question below. Identify 3 take-aways (important things to remember) from this week’s recorded lecture and explain how you will apply these reminders in social work practice. In the video, Heteronormativity – Today’s Homophobia, how does the speaker describe heteronormativity and its effects. In the video, How […]

Often, policymakers develop policies in response to a recent societal problem or event. Whereas some societal problems, such as homelessness, unemployment, and poverty, require long-term policy development and refinement, society sometimes demands immediate policy implementation in response to events or problems that proved dangerous for society at large. For example, the U.S. terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and the subsequent terrorist threats heightened airport […]

Refer to the topics covered in this week’s resources and incorporate them into your blog. By Day 3 Post a blog post that includes: An explanation of potential challenges in adhering to confidentiality in your field education experience A description of agency policies or mandates with regard to confidentiality An explanation of potential challenges in communicating with clients within your agency Required Readings Saxon, C., […]

Discussion: Applying Crisis Intervention Strategies Understanding crisis and crisis intervention theory is vital to skill acquisition for responders and increases their ability to provide effective responses to survivors. There are three levels of crisis intervention theories. The first and most basic level focuses on correcting temporary affective, behavioral, and cognitive distortions caused by critical incidents. The second, or expanded level, addresses the same components as […]

Assignment: Theories and Models of Crisis Response Note: The Assignment is due by Day 4 prior to the Discussion. To understand effective service delivery in response to critical incidents, helping professionals must first understand theories of how individuals process crisis and models for responding to survivors. For example, being aware of the Childhood Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome can help sexual trauma practitioners conceptualize the cognitive […]

Final Project Use the appropriate descriptive statistics from W2 Project or run new descriptive statistics for Recall1 using Microsoft Excel. Assuming that the sample statistics you computed are exactly equivalent to the corresponding population parameters, and using the formula X = (±z)(sd) + M (see below) identify the following: The exact score on Recall1 that would fall at the upper 5% cutoff (extremely high score?) […]