Process Recording

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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.

You will submit a process recording of your field education experiences specific to this week.

(2–4 pages)

  • Provide a transcript of what happened during your field education experience(LGBTQ+ community center), including a dialogue of interaction with a client.
  • Explain your interpretation of what occurred in the dialogue, including social work practice or theories, and explain how it might relate to intervention 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.

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

Note: Adherence to confidentiality is required in 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.

Abortion

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A client facing the decision of whether or not to have an abortion is likely to consider a wide range of factors before making the final decision. This often is the case for clients regardless of whether they view themselves as generally for or against abortion (or somewhere in between), as the decision is different when considering how it applies to one’s own life.

The types of factors that can influence a client’s decisions include (but are not limited to) physical health considerations, educational background, cultural values, and predictions about short- and long-term consequences of abortion.

(2- to 3-pages):

  • Explain potential factors that might influence whether or not a client decides to have an abortion. Include short- and long-term considerations that might impact this decision.
  • Explain why certain factors might have a stronger impact on a client’s decision regarding abortion depending on the client’s background (e.g., age, gender, religion, socioeconomic status).

Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the resources for this course.

Health Policy Analysis

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Policy Research

1) Read United States National Healthcare Policies 2015: An Analysis with Implications for the Future of Medicine (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289584966_United_States_National_Healthcare_Policies_2015_An_Analysis_with_Implications_for_the_Future_of_Medicine)

2) Policy Analysis Processes

-Problem Identification

-Process Definition

-Process Analysis

-Qualitative Analysis

-Evaluation & Choice

-Implementation Strategy

-Implementation Planning

-Feedback on Policy Processes

3) Choose four policy analysis processes and apply each one to one of the following policy cases from the list below:

o Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement download (Attached)

o Policy response to the problem of suicide in Australia. (https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13012-015-0221-5.pdf)

o The political economy of austerity and healthcare: Cross-national analysis of expenditure changes in 27 European nations 1995–2011. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259245702_The_political_economy_of_austerity_and_healthcare_Cross-national_analysis_of_expenditure_changes_in_27_European_nations_1995-2011)

o Proposition 63: Should Other States Follow California’s Lead? (https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.642)

4) Provide details on the other four policy processes that were not utilized in your research. How could they be applied? Why would they be applicable?

5) Summarize the key aspects of health policy.

*Must be 10 to 15 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style.

*Must use at least seven peer-reviewed sources formatted in APA style.

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Reference Summary

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I’ve attached the Document, and the subject is Politics and Technology

Create a reference list of at least 5 scholarly sources that you will use in your presentation. References should use APA format (7th edition). For assistance with APA format, visit the UMUC library site at the following link: http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/apa_examples.cfm

Finding scholarly sources

Being an informed consumer of social research is an important skill. At UMUC, we are fortunate to have access to an extensive collection of journals, periodicals and books, but what do you do when you don’t have an academic library? Google it, of course! Google Scholar is readily available to anyone with access to the Internet. Simply open http://scholar.google.com and type in your search words.

For this part of the applied final project, you will use the UMUC library databases or Google Scholar to:

· Locate 5 scholarly or credible sources on your chosen topic

· Locate at least 1 article that addresses your topic from the perspective of a different country or culture

· Locate at least 1 article related to policy (i.e. what policies exist, are being considered, or are needed to address your issue)

What is a scholarly or credible source? For your project, you should be relying on sources that have credibility. Appropriate sources would be articles written by experts in the field, articles found in peer-reviewed journals, published documents from well-known research groups  (e.g. Pew Research), and reports published by government agencies (e.g. NIH, CDC). Inappropriate sources would include popular websites (e.g. about.com, ehow.com, Wikipedia) or media outlets (e.g. Fox, MSNBC, WSJ, NY Times, Forbes, etc.). These sources do not always accurately report their findings and are sometimes prone to bias. If a website or article fails to report the credentials of the author and does not provide citations for the information contained in the article, chances are it is not a scholarly source and therefore should not be used.

For more information, the UMUC Library has more information on how to evaluate your sources available at: http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/how_evaluate.cfm

Submit a summary of each article using the worksheet that follows. In your own words, identify the key findings of the article. Do not simply state what the article was about (e.g. “This article talks about cyberbullying.”). What specific information did you learn from your source? (e.g. “Cyberbullying has become a popular means of abuse among teenagers, affecting about half of all young people.”) The purpose of this summary is to prove that you have actually read and understood each of your sources. Your summaries should be 2-3 paragraphs in length. Do NOT simply copy and paste the abstract or any other part of your source! This is plagiarism and is a violation of university policy that can result in being reported to the Dean’s office.

The purpose of this assignment is to 1) ensure that you are using appropriate, scholarly sources, and 2) to make sure you are on track for your final presentation to the class.

Complete and save the worksheet as a document or .pdf and submit as an attachment

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Socw 6301 Categories of Sampling

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Probability and nonprobability are the two general categories of sampling. Probability sampling uses random selection, whereas nonprobability sampling does not. For example, if you wanted to study the effects of divorce on the psychological development of adolescents, you could gather a population of a certain number of adolescents whose parents were divorced. Then, out of that population, you could randomly select 25 of those people. If you wanted to use nonprobability sampling, you would choose specific people who had met predetermined criteria. For this Discussion, consider how samples would be chosen for both probability and nonprobability sampling structures.

By Day 3

Post your explanation of the following:

  • Using your research problem and the refined question you developed in Week 4, develop two sampling structures: probability and nonprobability.
  • Explain who would be included in each sample and how each sample would be selected.
  • Be specific about the sampling structures you chose, evaluating both strengths and limitations of each.
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Socw 6301 Generalizability

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Generalizability is the extent to which research findings from your sample population can be applicable to a larger population. There are many best practices for ensuring generalizability. Two of those are making sure the sample is as much like the population as possible and making sure that the sample size is large enough to mitigate the chance of differences within the population. For this Discussion, read the case study titled “Social Work Research: Program Evaluation” and consider how the particular study results can be generalizable.

By Day 5

Post your explanation of who the sample is. Also explain steps researchers took to ensure generalizability. Be sure to discuss how the study results could possibly be generalizable. Please use the resources to support your answer.

 

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014).Social work case studies: Foundation year. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].

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Socw 6060 NASW Code of Ethics

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Every profession has a code of ethics that guides professional behavior. In social work, the NASW Code of Ethics guides the behavior and decision-making practices of social workers. It is important that the theories social workers select in working with clients align, or are consistent, with the values and ethical principles identified in the NASW Code of Ethics.

In this Discussion, you align ethics and theory in relation to practice.

To prepare: Review the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics listed in the Learning Resources.

By Day 3

Post:

  • Select feminist theory or empowerment theory. Summarize the underlying principles and values of the theory in 3 to 4 brief sentences.
  • Analyze the extent to which the underlying principles and values of the theory are consistent with the NASW Code of Ethics in 3 to 4 brief sentences.
  • Briefly describe a client from your fieldwork experience and their presenting problem in 2 to 3 sentences using the theory you selected.
  • Identify one ethical standard from the NASW Code of Ethics that would apply to the client you described.
  • Explain how the theory is consistent with the work you did with the client and the ethical standard.

Socw 6060 Dissecting a Theory and Its Application to a Case Study

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This week your theoretical orientation is feminist theory. You will use the same case study that you chose in Week 2. Use the “Dissecting a Theory and Its Application to a Case Study” worksheet to help you dissect the theory. You do not need to submit this handout. It is a tool for you to use to dissect the theory and then you can employ the information in the table to complete your assignment.

  • In 1 to 2 sentences, identify and describe the problem to be worked on in your chosen case study.
  • In 1 to 2 sentences, explain how feminist theory you are utilizing defines and explains the cause of the problem.
  • In 1 to 2 sentences, use feminist theory to describe the role of the social worker to facilitate change in the case study.
  • In the assessment phase, identify 2 assessment questions you will ask to explore what the client’s goals are and how they will get there.
    • Remember, feminist theory should be driving the assessment.
  • Describe two interventions to address the problem and explain how the clients will implement the interventions.
    • Remember, feminist theory should be driving the interventions.
  • In 2 to 3 sentences, discuss how you would evaluate if one of the interventions you identified is effective with the client.
  • Explain how, specifically, you will set the tone throughout your work with the client to reduce the hierarchical relationship and make it more collaborative.
  • Evaluate one strength and one limitation of feminist theory in working with the client.
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Assignment: Safety and Agency Responsibility

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Assignment: Safety and Agency Responsibility

When you walk into a human services organization, do you think about your safety? What about when you prepare to make a home visit or attend a meeting in the community? As a social worker, you may find yourself in situations in which your personal safety is at risk. Although you, as an administrator, cannot prepare for every situation, you should be proactive and put a plan into place to address issues related to workplace violence in the event that it occurs.

For this Assignment, focus on the Zelnick et al. article on workplace violence and consider what plan you might want to have in place if you were an administrator having to address a similar workplace violence situation.

Assignment (2–3 pages in APA format):

Draft a plan for a human services organization explaining how to address traumatic emergency situations. Include both how to respond to the emergency and how to address any long-term effects. Finally, based on this week�s resources and your personal experiences, explain your greatest concern about the safety of mental health professionals working in a human services organization.

By Day 7

Submit your Assignment.

GUIDED VIEWING Worksheet 2

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Visit the Gemaldegalerie, in Berlin, on Google’s Arts & Culture platform. Explore the different works of art on display.

Many paintings begin with sketches. The placement of figures and props is planned out this way as well as working on scale and balance. From the collection, select two paintings that you think exhibit great drawing ability and respond to the series of questions provided to explore them in depth.

1. Describe the two works by providing the following information for each.

a. Who is the artist?

Work 1:

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b. What is the title of the work?

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c. When was the work created?

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d. What medium was used (e.g., oil, acrylic)?

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e. How large is the work? Provide dimensions.

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f. Is the work realistic? Abstract?

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g. What is happening in the painting?

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2. Compare and contrast the two works of art by exploring how drawing could have affected their creation.

a. How would each painting have differed without preliminary sketches?

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b. How would the feeling of the work differ had the final product been a drawing instead of a painting?

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c. Identify items and figures that are emphasized in each work. How was this accomplished? Do you think drawing out the composition strategically first made that emphasis more successful?

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d. Describe the scale and proportion employed in each work.

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3. In more recent times, drawing has become more respected as fine art in its own right, most notably on a large scale. The art of drawing has also greatly expanded, exploring new techniques and materials. How do you think that relates to changes in culture and in the uses and opinions of art in general over time?

4. Recall your initial reasons for selecting the two works.

a. What were your first impressions?

b. Do you think looking at the painting as a result of its preliminary sketches is productive? Why or why not?

c. How have your impressions changed after you looked at the two works closely?

Link of  Gemaldegalerie,- https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/gemaldegalerie-staatliche-museen-zu-berlin