Write a 1,000-1,250-word reflection essay on how to effectively utilize research in order to guide decision-making processes in the counseling profession. Include the following in your essay:
As a counselor, you will be making decisions on how to select evidence-based treatments. In your essay, demonstrate the decision-making process that you will use to choose one evidence-based treatment over another. Write a 1,000-1,250-word reflection essay on how to effectively utilize research in order to guide decision-making processes in the counseling profession. Include the […]
How is using social media to market a movie similar to the word-of-mouth technique? How is it different? Which do you think is more effective, and why?
Overview Watch this documentary “Generation Like”. (It is 54 minutes and you can turn on the closed captions). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/generation-like/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Instructions For this assignment, please respond to the following discussion questions after viewing the documentary. Your assignment should be 3 – 5 pages double-spaced. Please discuss your general reactions to […]
· Explain your interpretation of what occurred in the dialogue, including social work practice theories, and explain how it might relate to diversity or cultural competence covered this week.
A process recording is a written tool used by field education experience students, field instructors, and faculty to examine the dynamics of social work interactions in time. Process recordings can help in developing and refining interviewing and intervention skills. By conceptualizing and organizing ongoing activities with social work clients, you are able to clarify the […]
Post a brief summary of the policy proposal and its purpose that you created based on Jose’s situation and the trade-offs you used to develop your proposal.
In your reading for this week, you meet Jose and Iris, two individuals who are in situations that require assistance and guidance from a professional social worker and policy advocate. In this Discussion, create a policy proposal that will impact the situations faced by either Jose or Iris. Describe the trade-offs you used to […]
Explain the potential benefits of the program evaluation that you proposed (both process and outcome). Identify 2–3 concerns that stakeholders might have about your proposed evaluation and how you would address those concerns.
Dudley (2009) points out that social work practice is usually embedded in programs. While you looked at practice evaluation using single-subject design in Week 3, this week, you shift focus to program evaluation. Program evaluation serves many purposes, including accountability to funders and to the public. Often, funding sources such as government agencies or private […]
Identify all of the public relations problems in this scenario. Who are all the “publics” you need to consider? How will you communicate with them?
Overview: This Critical Process exercise is a case study for nonprofit public relations; it involves the process of persuading citizens to make a minor personal investment of time and energy for the good of the community. As the new environmental coordinator for the make-believe city of Murphystown (pop. 100,000), your duty is to get the […]
Explain how asking these two questions would help the client in coming up with the solution.
Social workers who utilize the solution-focused model are mindful of how their conversations with their clients, families, groups, or even community members facilitate their thinking about solutions. The client is always the “expert,” and therefore social workers ask questions to explore how the client perceives the problem and situation. Social workers may use solution-focused questions […]
Post your explanation of which group research design and data collection method from those outlined in the Resources you selected as appropriate for the “Social Work Research: “Planning a Program Evaluation” case study and why.
Discussion 1: Use of Group Designs in Program Evaluation Group programs are common in social work. Just as with other types of programs, social workers must understand the options available to them and know how to select the appropriate research design. For this Discussion, you evaluate group research design methods that can be used for […]
Identify an important public health issue in your community that is controversial and under attack. After selecting the public health problem, address the following issues.
There are several controversies that have plagued the public health system: mental illness, vaccinations, abortion and contraception, sexuality, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and firearm injuries, just to name a few. Debates on morality and individuality have constantly afflicted public health interventions, especially when establishing laws for the community to improve health. Society has redefined […]
What implications would the curandero/a’s treatment have on the person’s treatment in general?
The curandero/a, a traditional healer, is a person who has met the health care needs of many people prior to the concept of a medical doctor (i.e., conventional or biomedical doctor). The concept of the curandero/a originated in the present-day south and southwestern United States and has origins in the traditional health practices of Mexico, […]
Concentrate on identifying which universal moral duties are at stake; also assess how the principle of respect for persons applies to the cases.
During this module you are required to read the following in Ethical Choices, 2nd edition: Introduction, pp. 150-151 Kant’s Good Will, pp. 155-156 Kant’s Principle of Ends, pp. 157-159 Kant’s Principle of Universal Law, pp. 160-161, up to “Principle of universal law: act only in accordance with a maxim that you can at the same time […]
identify the parties and the moral issue(s) at stake, keeping an eye out for similarities that it shares with the other cases. Concentrate on identifying the moral virtues that are at stake.
During this module you are required to read the following in Ethical Choices, 2nd edition: (PLEASE SEE ATTACHED) The Heart of Virtue Ethics, pp. 224-226 Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, pp. 226-229 Critiquing Principle-Based Ethics, pp. 230-232 (PLEASE REFERENCE KANT Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, AND ARISTOTLE VIRTUES REQUIRED READINGS IN THIS ANSWER) Part I […]