Assignment 2: Process Recordings

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Assignment 2: Process Recordings

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 purpose of interviews and interventions, identify personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, and improve self-awareness. The process recording is also a useful tool in exploring the interpersonal dynamics and values operating between you and the client system through an analysis of filtering the process used in recording a session.

For this Assignment, you will submit a process recording of your field education experiences specific to this week.

Note: You are submitting a written transcript, not an audio or video recording.

The Assignment (2–4 pages):

  • Provide a transcript of what happened during your field education experience, including a dialogue of interaction with a client.
  • 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.
  • Describe your reactions and/or any issues related to your interaction with a client during your field education experience.
  • Explain how you applied social work practice skills when performing the activities during your process recording.
By Day 7

Submit your Assignment

Note: You should also share your process recordings with your field instructor during your individual supervision.

Note: Adherence to confidentiality is required during your process recordings. Do not include real names of clients, supervisors, or social workers with whom you may come into contact during your social work field education experience. Omit any personal identifiers when detailing the interaction with your social work clients.

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Journal: Gender and Gender Roles

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Journal: Gender and Gender Roles

What does it mean to be a woman? What does it mean to be a man? As you might imagine, answers to these questions are complex, varied, and highly subjective. Gender stereotypes simplify the answers into prescribed categories of masculine and feminine. For example, there are traditional expectations that men be strong, with the role of protecting and providing for the family, whereas women should be delicate and emotional, with the role of nurturing the family.

The introduction to prescribed gender appearances and behaviors begins once a child is born, with the choice of a name and the presence of gendered clothing and toys. In the media, gender stereotypes play out in scenes where a woman is praised not for her strength or intellect but for her beauty and her body, or where a man swoops in to save a helpless woman in danger. The reality, of course, is that there is no one experience or one way to be.

For this Journal, you consider how messages you have received regarding gender and gender roles have influenced you and may influence you as a social worker.

To Prepare
  • Critically reflect on your socialization into your culture and the messages you received in early life about gender and gender roles.
By Day 7

Submit a 1- to 2-page written journal or 4- to 5-minute video or audio journal in which you reflect on the messages you have received from your family or cultural group, the media, and others regarding gender and gender roles. Be sure to:

  • Analyze how these messages have influenced your experience with gender and how they may influence you as a practitioner.
  • Explain how you would address issues related to sexism and diverse beliefs about gender and gender roles in your social work practice.
  • Explain the importance of separating personal and professional values. Provide an example to illustrate this importance.

If you integrate the Learning Resources, make sure to provide APA citations and a reference list.

Aspects of identity

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Up to this point in the course, you have been looking at each dimension of diversity on its own. However, these dimensions do not exist in isolation. Rather, they sit alongside and on top of one another, intersecting and shaping a person’s unique identity and contributing to their experience of oppression.

Imagine a painting and the multiple colors that, with each brushstroke, layer on top of one another to create the artwork. Perhaps these colors blend to form new tones or textures that stand out from the rest. In much the same way, various layers of identity combine to create the complex environment in which you and your clients live and interact. Consider the historical intersection between class, race, and sex: Women and people of color have long been denied the means to obtain assets and grow wealth.

As a social worker, you must examine carefully these intersections so you can respond accordingly. For this Assignment, you apply your skills to a case where multiple aspects of identity are impacting experience.

To Prepare

  • Review the What Is Intersectionality? video in the Learning Resources. Reflect on intersectionality and what it might look like for clients you meet in practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXJ4Dbdm1ks
  • Access the Social Work Case Studies media in the Learning Resources and explore Crystal’s case.

By Day 7

Submit a 2- to 3 in which you address the following:

  • Identify the dimensions of identity present in the case.
  • Explain how these dimensions overlap and intersect to compound experiences of oppression.
  • Explain how you would approach the case as a social worker. How would you intervene or empower the client?
  • Would you explore social class as a contributor to the client’s experience—why or why not? Does class matter?

Use the Learning Resources to support your case analysis. Make sure to provide APA citations and a reference list.

https://www.apa.org/pi/ses/resources/publications/education

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Nigeria: Health Care System

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Nartey, S. (2013, June 24). Dying patients in search of basic healthcare in Ghana. (Links to an external site.) [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOk9kWTVU6c

Nigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom on October 1, 1960. It is comprised of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Nigeria is home to approximately 380 different ethnic groups with 42 percent of the population residing in urban areas. Like the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria experienced a period of civil unrest immediately following its independence.

Health Care System
The public health care system in Nigeria is loosely based on the British system. Shortly after its independence, the Nigerian government began to expand health services and the way in which it is organized: village level, district level, and local government. The National Health Policy and Strategy to Achieve Health for All Nigerians (1988) guaranteed primary health services to all Nigerians. The following goals were established:

  • Increase health education
  • Promote proper nutrition
  • Family planning
  • Improve maternal and child health services
  • Increase immunization
  • Implement prevention programs and control of endemic/epidemic diseases
  • Accessible treatment for common diseases and injuries

The Nigerian government has not been able to implement the majority of goals outlined in the National Health Policy of 1988 due to lack of financial resources. The government administers the public health care system and trains medical personnel to serve in tertiary and health clinics operating on the state level. Local governments are responsible for the operation of health facilities within their region.

St. Monica’s Health Clinic
St. Monica’s Health Clinic is located in Yakoko, Northern Nigeria. The clinical leader of St. Monica discusses the objectives of the clinic and the importance of the clinic within the community. Note the emphasis on maternal child health in the video (Links to an external site.). What are the implications of the clinic potentially losing its funding?

Epidemiology
The leading causes of mortality in Nigeria are infectious, parasitic, and diarrheal diseases. Although diseases such as malaria, measles, and diarrhea continue to account for the majority of deaths, other infectious diseases, like cerebrospinal meningitis, yellow fever, and Lassa fever, have steadily increased (Federal Ministry of Health, 2000). Non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer have become more prevalent within the last decade. HIV/AIDS remains the leading cause of death in Nigeria.

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Ghana: Health Care System

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In March 1957 the Republic of Ghana was the first African country to achieve its independence from the United Kingdom. The first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, commissioned health care facilities to care for indigenous people of Ghana. The health system was fully funded by state revenue; however, the lack of accessible health facilities in rural areas led to poor health outcomes (increase in communicable and non-communicable diseases, high infant and child mortality rates, etc.). The health system eventually experienced a budget crisis and, consequently, moved towards a cash system in which the patient pays for care and medication.

Health Care System
There are four main categories of health delivery systems in Ghana: public, private for-profit, private not-for-profit, and traditional systems. There has been a mandate since 1995 to integrate traditional and mainstream medicine. The health care system in Ghana is divided into three administrative levels: national, regional, and district levels. Additionally, there are several funding sources for the health system in place, however, it is grossly inadequate for achieving the goal of providing access to even basic health care for citizens throughout the country.

Watch the video, Dying patients in Search of Basic Healthcare in Ghana (Links to an external site.)that  reveals the constraints and challenges in delivering health care in Ghana.

Briefly summarize the key things you learned about the constraints and challenges. How do you think Ghana can tackle these constraints and challenges? Compare how Ghana’s healthcare system compares to that of the United States and explain any similarities/differences.

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50-100 Word Macroeconomics Discussion Response

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Hello Class,

Its week 6 already!  The basic objective for monetary policy per our lesson states that monetary policy is to help promote goals of economic growth, full employment, and price stability by influencing interest rates, the supply of money and credit. (APUS 2022)

Comment on the cause-effect chain through which monetary policy is made effective.

The cause- effect chain used during recession and inflation are measures that the government manipulate money supply to either increase or decrease consumption and investment. As the money supply increases this pulls the economy from the recession to a better status. The opposite is true for the inflation chain as well. As bonds are sold and interest rates increases this deter people from borrowing and hence decrease the money supply in the economy. As the supply of money is reduced in circulation this helps stabilize prices during inflation period.

What are the major strengths of monetary policy?

Control the flow of money supply by increase the supply during recession and decrease during inflation. This allows for lending and investment by reducing interest rates, decreasing reserve ratio to increase excess reserves during recession. This helps the government to regulate, promote economic growth and stabilize prices and economy during recession and inflation.

Belinda.

Counseling as a professional identity

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Read “A Vision for the Future of Counseling: The 20/20 Principles for Unifying and Strengthening the Profession” from the Journal of Counseling & Development. This article explains how multiple counseling organizations collaborated to shape a collective counseling identity for counselors everywhere.

Note: To learn more about ACA 20/20 Vision, read the links listed on the 20/20: A Vision for the Future of Counseling page.

https://www.counseling.org/about-us/about-aca/20-20-a-vision-for-the-future-of-counseling

700- to 1,050 explaining counselor identity and counseling careers.

Include the following key elements

  • Counselor Identity
  • Explain the concept of counseling as a professional identity. What does it mean to have a professional identity as a counselor? Why is a professional counseling identity important?
  • How does adhering to a counseling code of ethics support your professional counseling identity?
  • Counseling Careers
  • Reflect on the scope of practice you researched in the Wk 1 assignment, and describe three of the duties of a professional counselor.
  • Describe at least two career paths you want to pursue after graduation.
  • Describe two professional settings you would consider after graduation, and explain why they are of interest to you.
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Intervention Treatment Plan

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Assignment 2: Intervention Treatment Plan

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 ethical approaches to building knowledge. Social workers understand that evidence that informs practice derives from multi-disciplinary sources and multiple ways of knowing. They also understand the processes for translating research findings into effective practice.

Walden’s MSW program expects students in their specialization year to be able to:

  • Critically evaluate evidence based and “best practice” treatment interventions.
  • Compose clinical intervention plans that are grounded research-based knowledge

This assignment is intended to help students demonstrate the behavioral components of this competency in their field education.

To Prepare: Review the agency’s intervention/treatment plan used to engage clients. After reviewing the agency’s intervention/treatment plan, consult the literature and conduct extensive research, with the goal of finding best practices that supports or adds to the agency’s current intervention/treatment plan. The purpose of this assignment is to find research that supports or adds to the agency’s current intervention/treatment approach.

By Day 7

Submit a 1-2 pages in which you:

  1. Briefly describe the agency’s intervention/treatment plan
  2. Briefly discuss best practices about interventions identified in the literature
  3. Briefly discuss how the agency can incorporate those best practices into the current intervention/treatment plan
  4. Provide a brief summary of the similarities and differences between the intervention/treatment plan used at the agency and the suggested practices in the literature

Note: If no formal process is used in the agency, discuss the agency’s current process and compare it to the suggestions in the literature. You are expected to present and discuss this assignment with your agency Field Instructor. Your field instructor will be evaluating your ability to demonstrate this competency in the field evaluation. In addition, you will submit this assignment for classroom credit. The Field Liaison will grade the assignment “PASS/FAIL,” see rubric for passing criteria.

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1500 Word Macroeconomics Esay

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Instructions

Assignment 1: Demand-side Policies and the Great Recession of 2008

Macroeconomic analysis deals with the crucial issue of government involvement in the operation of “free market economy.” The Keynesian model suggests that it is the responsibility of the government to help to stabilize the economy. Stabilization policies (demand-side and supply-side policies) are undertaken by the federal government to counteract business cycle fluctuations and prevent high rates of unemployment and inflation. Demand side policies are government attempts to alter aggregate demand (AD) through using fiscal (cutting taxes and increasing government spending) or monetary policy (reducing interest rates). To shift the AD to the right, the government has to increase the government spending (the G-component of AD) causing consumer expenditures (the C-component of AD) to increase. Alternatively, the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates reducing the cost of borrowing thereby encouraging consumer spending and investment borrowing. Both policies will lead to an increase in AD.

Develop an esay discussing the fiscal and the monetary policies adopted and implemented by the federal during the Great Recession and their impacts on the U.S. economy. Complete this esay in a Microsoft Word document, and in APA format. Note your submission will automatically be submitted through “TurnItIn” for plagiarism review. Please note that a minimum of 1500 words for your esay is required.

Your papr should be structured as follows

1. Cover page with a running head

2. Introduction: What is the economic meaning of a recession?

A brief discussion of fiscal policies

A brief discussion of monetary policies

3. Conclusions: Discuss the extent to which the use of demand side policies (fiscal policy and monetary policy) during the Great Recession of 2008 has been successful in restoring economic growth and reducing unemployment

4. References

Include in your esay analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of deficit spending and the effects of federal government borrowing on the economy i.e., the “crowding out” effect.

Draft A Potential Quantitative Research Proposal

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Determine a potential study you might want to conduct in which you would need to collect numerical data. This can be related to the studies you identified in Week 1 or a completely new topic. The benefits of using the topics you examined in Week 1 and Week 2 are that you have a database of references to work from now. But if you have decided or prefer to work with a different topic, that is fine.  Draft a quantitative research design plan to address the following:

  • State the research problem. Support it with five scholarly resources.
  • Explain how you could use quantitative methodology to address your research problem. Specifically, identify and discuss a design that is associated with quantitative methodology that you would consider to answer your research questions.
  • State the purpose of the research effort. Make sure the purpose is aligned with the problem.
  • List one or more quantitative research questions that would be appropriate for a quantitative study. Make sure your research questions are aligned with your research problem and your purpose statement.
  • State a hypothesis.
  • Discuss and justify your sample and population.
  • Explain how you would recruit participants.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

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