by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Social work (not sociology)
1. What are Peggy’s symptoms?
2. What is your preliminary diagnosis for Peggy?
3. Differential diagnosis: What diagnoses would you rule out, and why?
4. Discuss the cultural and psychosocial factors that might impact Peggy and her diagnosis.
5. Online Assessment Measures: A. Go to the American Psychiatric Association website:
https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/educationalresources/assessment-measures
B. Go to the bottom of the page and click on: Disorder-Specific Severity Measures.
C. Select one of the assessment measures for adults based on your preliminary
diagnosis of this case.
D. Score the measure for the client.
E. Summarize your findings.
6. Research one type of treatment for anxiety disorders on the internet. Then summarize
it and explain why it would be an appropriate intervention for Peggy. For examples,
what problem would it address? What goals would you focus on?
by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Social work (not sociology)
Advocacy takes many forms. One way is to communicate formally with an elected official, a government agency, or a private entity on behalf of service users to advocate for a specific change. In this Assignment, you will draft a 1-page formal letter to advocate, based on one of the following options:
Option A:
An individual service user has been denied a specific benefit or service and you need to address a specific person or entity to advocate on their behalf to receive that benefit or service.
Option B:
A population of service-users is being adversely impacted by a specific policy (or lack of policy) and you need to address a specific person or entity to advocate on behalf of this specific population.
If you choose Option A, the individual service user can be fictitious. If you are basing the letter on a real individual, the individual should be anonymous for the purposes of the Assignment, and any of the details shared in the letter should not give away private details or identifying information.
The specific person or entity you address in your letter could range from a property manager, employer, health insurance provider, judge, councilperson, or mayor, to a state representative, state commission, congressperson, senator, or governor, just to name a few examples.
You will also upload your advocacy letter to your Professional Portfolio to fulfill the requirements for this Assignment.
To Prepare
Review the Learning Resources and Course Announcements.
Use the Learning Resource “Sample Letter to Legislators” as a template for your advocacy letter.
Consider what desired outcomes or solutions you want as a result of your letter.
By Day 7
In your letter be sure to:
Follow the template from the Learning Resources.
Remember your audience.
Detail the issue at hand.
Stay focused using clear, vivid, and concise language as well as real-life examples to illustrate your point.
Take a positive stance.
Provide 1-2 possible desired outcomes/solutions to the person/entity you are addressing.
by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Social work (not sociology)
Submit a 1-2-page paper (not including a title page or reference page) that addresses the following areas. Use the bolded section of the instructions as a heading in your paper.
Refine the Problem Statement. Refine your problem statement, based on what you learned from your peers, your Instructor, and/or the Learning Resources this week and in previous weeks.
Develop a Team Strategy. Normally, after you have identified a project team, you would meet with the team and collaborate on the items listed below. In this case, since you are only planning the community needs assessment, you will address these items yourself rather than with a team.
Describe the top five strategies that you would prioritize to address the problem and prevent its recurrence. Explain your reasoning for prioritizing the strategies, including how the time and resources it would take to implement each influenced your decision making. Be sure to incorporate any feedback you received from your peers and/or your Instructor during the Week 4 Discussion, if applicable.
If you were to conduct this assessment, what is your estimation of the amount of time it would take to carry it out and why?
Describe the proposed decision-making protocol (e.g., majority vote, priority- based decision making) that you would use to reach a consensus among team members if you carried out the community needs assessment. Explain why you selected this protocol.
by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Social work (not sociology)
Write an 8-page research paper on one of the following topics. You must use the APA style of writing which is the American Psychological Style of Writing. (The 8 pages are in addition to your title page, reference page, and abstract.) Be sure to cite your sources throughout your paper as well as having a reference page.
Topics Include:
1. Progressives and their movement in the early 1900s. Compare them to the progressives of today.
2. Write on any three of the early classical sociologists. Their historical beginnings, their philosophies, and their impact on social ideologies within the United States or how their ideologies might apply to social welfare. Any three means you write on three theorists.
3. Write a research paper on systems theory or functionalism and your views of it.
4. Write a research paper on conflict theory and your views of it.
5. A paper on how the economy affects the welfare system.
6. A historical analysis of Mary Richmond and her influence on social welfare.
by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Social work (not sociology)
Social Work Field Practice Descriptions
Ideally Field Work, Practicum, or Placement descriptions should come from your academic institution’s syllabus or other official document. Please ensure that you list the social service agency(s) from your field placement experiences, including an overview of the type of setting, hours of practicum per semester (as applicable) and a general description of your on-site experiences, including the methods of supervision and evaluation by the agency and by the university.
If Field Work, Practicum, or Placement descriptions are not available from the academic institution attended, CASW will accept an overview of the type of setting, hours of practicum per semester (as applicable) and a general description of your on-site experiences, including the methods of supervision and evaluation by the agency and by the university from the applicant directly.
by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Social work (not sociology)
Please evaluate/discuss Feminist Practice and furthermore these three theories listed below :
1- Psychodynamic practice
2- Crisis and task-centered practice
3- Cognitive-behavioral practice
The dimensions of your considerations should be:
a) “Social Work Theory”: Characterise the major elements and the overall orientation of the theory. Are there connections
to other theory groups mentioned in Payne`s textbook?
b) “Social Work Debate/Politics”: Summarise the main arguments for and against the theory raised in the scientific Social Work Community and in the Social Work Profession/Practice.
c) “Social Work Values”: Discuss and reflect the ethical orientation of the theory and challenges in the Social Work field.
Please consider the Global Definition of Social Work (IFSW/IASSW)
Summary/conclusion: Continue to work on these dimensions and compare in each dimension strengths and weaknesses
of all 4 theories.
Close your writings with a statement about the theory you prefer and write down your arguments.
Write a portfolio with at least 12, but not more than 14 pages of text.
The first page of the digital-portfolio: your name, matriculation number and the second page should have the table of
contents.
The format for digital-portfolio: written in Times New Roman, 12 pt; line spacing 1,5; page margins: left, right, bottom and
top 2,5 cm
LIterature is attached
