Category: Social Issues

Discuss the value of identifying if the problem is in the area of skills, motivation, or signals.What are some of the ways that cognitions can make it difficult for people to carry out their skills?

Chapter 5

Select a total of 2 questions to which you will provide a response incorporating this week’s required materials.

Discuss the value of identifying if the problem is in the area of skills, motivation, or signals.

What are some of the ways that cognitions can make it difficult for people to carry out their skills?

How can we help people make changes that will continue past the therapy session?

Discuss how people can be given the needed encouragement to keep trying.

Discuss why it is important to identify needed changes in clear and positive terms.

Describe how this week’s required materials impacts your thinking about The Fosters family. For example, you might discuss how adversity contributed to the resiliency of one of the characters; or, you might discuss ways in which a therapeutic model would be helpful or perhaps contraindicated for this family.

How have the events and social movements achieved the goals of Restorative Justice? What are the successes or failures of the movement in gaining access, equity, rights, and participation for the members of the disadvantaged population?

One page minimum for each question. Provide examples when possible.

Which theories of social justice are most representative of the philosophy of the movement?

What was the origin of the justice issue and which stage of development has the social movement reached?

What social institutions are being affected by the advocates and activism of a movement’s participants?

How have the events and social movements achieved the goals of Restorative Justice?

What are the successes or failures of the movement in gaining access, equity, rights, and participation for the members of the disadvantaged population?

 

Explain the institutional level changes made toward social justice and/or institutional level changes required for social justice to occur.

Construct an essay in three sections that identifies and explains institutions level changes toward social justice related to the issue, event, or problem as follows:

In one paragraph, introduce the social institutions that have made or require changes regarding the issue, problem, or event.
Include a brief explanation of what a social institution is in your introduction. Cite correctly.

In two to three paragraphs, explain the institutional level changes made toward social justice and/or institutional level changes required for social justice to occur.

Correctly cite all sources verifying changes made and use course material to support your claims of changes required.

In one paragraph, conclude your essay.
Proofread and edit your essay for clarity and standard English grammar.

Discuss how article findings are generalizable to your client population and What you will do differently (if this is the case) to better serve your clients.

Research Paper

Briefly describe what your agency does to help its clients and your role is in that helping process.

Choose and describe a problem / issue that keeps coming up at your agency and needs a better intervention. This may be violence, truancy, high dropout rate, low grades, ADHD in school students, depression, addiction, family reunification, early / unplanned pregnancy, etc.

At the end of the introduction section, list your research question. An example of research question may be, “What are evidence-based interventions for young adults with schizophrenia?” “What are best practices to help homeless mothers?” “What is the effectiveness of the 12-step program for substance users?,” or “How to prevent truancy in middle school?”

Section II. Summarize 2 articles (2 pages each)

Find 2 articles from peer-reviewed journals published within 7 years that tested an intervention to resolve your client’s issue at Rutgers Libraries https://rutgers.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01RUT_INST:01RUT&lang=en (Links to an external site.)

In your summary of each article, be sure to answer the following questions:

Population (age, gender, ethnicity, economic status, urban / rural population) and study size;

What intervention was studied, when, and for how long.

What research design was used (qualitative, quantitative, longitudinal / short term, randomized / control groups, ABA, case study, meta-analysis, etc.).
Describe method of study (questionnaire, interview, 10 weeks of therapy, focus groups, etc.).

Describe research findings listed in the article (include statistics);
Limitations of the study.

Discuss how article findings are generalizable to your client population and
What you will do differently (if this is the case) to better serve your clients.

 How does the role of culture impact your population? You are a social worker in a program that provides services to the population that is the topic of this paper. Really think about this question, be specific in your details what is the role of the social worker? How will they do the work?

The paper must include all of the following:

Define and discuss the type of violence you chose (Adults- IPV
or children-FV)

Identify symptoms the victim may experience related to the
type of violence you chose

Identify patterns of behavior of perpetrators towards the
population you chose

How does the role of culture impact your population?
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Identify and discuss 1 Law that addresses: (focus on the
population of your paper)
1. The victim
2. The Perpetrator

Identify and discuss 1 program that is national or located in
your geographic area that addresses: (focus on the population
that is the focus of your paper)
1. The victim
2. Perpetrator

You are a social worker in a program that provides services to
the population that is the topic of this paper. Really think about
this question, be specific in your details what is the role of the
social worker? How will they do the work?

Develop a program related to enhancing your agency’s
emergency services that will address services during
the CoVid 19 pandemic that will address the agency’s
ability to identify and serve those who are not visible
and have lost access to shelters, schools, services due
to the impact of the virus.

What have you learned from this course that you will use in
social work practice?