Discuss how the state of Florida government and the Florida Division of Emergency Management prepared and responded to Hurricane Matthew.
Journal Consider and identify a hazard that presents a major risk to your own community. What are the responsibilities that you would expect from your governor to prepare and respond to a disaster? Are you confident in your state’s response abilities? You may refer to pages 13–14 of the National Response Framework from this unit’s […]
Identify a list of 10 peer reviewed social work journals from the library that you might find helpful relative to your social work practice interests.
Reflect on the importance of using articles from peer-reviewed journals compared to information from the Internet. Ask yourself who evaluates the accuracy of information that you might obtain websites like Wikipedia and what form of accountability there is to ensuring that information is up-to-date, reliable, and valid. Review the Final Assignment: Article Review and Critique in Week […]
Discuss how you can improve your health and longevity in light of your findings in this questionnaire, your understanding of epigenetics, and your knowledge of your family history. This should be your final page.
The Reaction Paper Assignment You will be writing a 1,000 word Reaction Paper in this course using the instructions and links found below. You will be completing the following 6 tasks and gathering the following information for your paper: Read the transcript of the epigenetics video from PBS (the video is no longer available for streaming). Begin […]
Prepare a literature review of scholarly articles related to your topic in public health leadership. This review should contain a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed or scholarly resources.
Project: Scholar-Practitioner Project: Literature Review and Problem Statement This week, you begin development of your Scholar-Practitioner Project—Public Health Leadership Theory. In order to achieve success in this program and as a future leader in public health, developing your skills for effectively assessing current literature and evaluating problems is critical. One of the goals of the […]
Describe the methodology you would use to collect data using your measurement tool (your method for acquiring this research data).
Discussion: Methods of Measuring The center point of research studies is the body of data collected to answer the research question. These data must be measured, which is the act of taking an abstract concept (e.g., depression, anger, etc.), sorting them out and quantifying them in some cohesive way in order to construct meaning—but how […]
analyze potential lessons learned from attrition. Finally, explain how you might design a study to gather data about the effectiveness of these parenting classes.
This week’s video introduces you to the Hernandez family. Juan and Elena Hernandez are mandated to attend parenting classes. As part of the parenting classes, they are required to participate in both a pretest (taken before classes begin) and a posttest (taken after classes end). Pretests and posttests can yield very useful information. They can […]
Describe one specific strategy you might use or one example conversation you might have with him (in the form of a short dialogue) to help him change his sexual behavior.
Discussion: Helping Clients Make Informed Decisions According to the ACA Code of Ethics, the “primary responsibility of counselors is to respect the dignity and to promote the welfare of clients” (Standard A.1.a). Helping professionals also should be “aware of their own values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors and avoid imposing values that are inconsistent with counseling […]
What is “groupthink”? Why does the disaster of the space shuttle Columbia in 2003 serve as a good example of the possible results of groupthink?
Read Chapter 5 Read through the following questions and answer one of them in your journal. Your answer should be complete, and must be written in standard, grammatically correct English. 1. List and discuss the five principal characteristics of a bureaucracy. How do bureaucracies create both positive and negative impacts on the members of society? […]
Analyze the case using a systems approach, taking into consideration both family and community systems.
In this course, you will be asked to select one case study and to use it throughout the entire course. By doing this, you will have the opportunity to see how theories guide your view of a client and the client’s presenting problem. Although the case may be the same, each time you use a different theory, your […]
Identify two factors that you believe are necessary for successful implementation of the evidence-based practice and explain why.
When treating clients, social workers must ensure that the evidence-based practice is appropriate for the client and the problem. Then, the social worker must get the client and other stakeholders to support the selected evidence-based practice. To earn that support, the social worker should present the client and stakeholders with a plan for implementation and […]
Apply critical thinking to engage in analysis of quantitative and qualitative research methods and research findings; and Use and translate research evidence to inform and improve practice, policy, and service delivery.
According to the Council on Social Work Education, Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice: Social workers understand quantitative and qualitative research methods and their respective roles in advancing a science of social work and in evaluating their practice. Social workers know the principles of logic, scientific inquiry, and culturally informed and […]
Describe at least one kind of argument you observed in this clip. Who made the best argument? Explain your answer.
Discussion: ARS Criteria Take a recent issue from a national newspaper and look at the letters to the editor. Choose one letter whose argument you will analyze for this discussion. Either attach a copy of the article or include a link to it with your post. For your analysis, first identify what kind of argument […]