Socw 6301 Research: Measurement Tools

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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 can you measure something that is not easily quantifiable?

Choosing an appropriate measurement tool requires consideration of a number of different issues including reliability, validity, appropriateness for use with a specific group or culture, availability, and potential cost. Sometimes, social workers will attempt to create their own set of questions to tap into or measure a concept. This may appear to be an easy thing to do; however, writing questions to measure a phenomenon is more challenging than it would seem. For example, how do we know it measures what we want it to measure?  In the first discussion this week, you will have the opportunity to create your own questions to measure a phenomenon of your interest. In the second discussion, you will compare the measure you created with an existing instrument that measures the same phenomenon.

To prepare: Choose one phenomenon or issue that a client may be dealing with (for example, depression, anxiety, or family conflict). Consider how you would evaluate the client’s progress in this area. Create questions with response options that would capture this phenomenon or client issue.

By Day 3

  • Identify the phenomenon you would measure and explain how you conceptualize this phenomenon.
  • Provide at least 3 questions you would use to measure this phenomenon and explain how these questions operationalize the phenomenon.
  • Define reliability in 2-3 sentences and give one example of how you would establish reliability for the questions you created.
  • Define validity in 2-3 sentences and give one example of how you would establish validity for the questions you created.
  • Create a measurement plan to assess the phenomenon.
    • Describe the methodology you would use to collect data using your measurement tool (your method for acquiring this research data).
    • Explain the advantages and disadvantages of your choices.

SOCW Assignment 2: Application: Process Recordings

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SOCW wk 8 Assignment 2: Application: Process Recordings

A process recording is a written tool field education experience students, field instructors, and faculty use 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.

I have provided the process recording templet and the intro to Mrs. K I also provided the list of skills This must also include social work theory MUST INCLUDE THEORIES My field experience is at sound options https://www.soundoptions.com/ This is a masters of social work class

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 or theories, and explain how it might relate to evaluation 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.

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Diversity 7

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about 1500 to 1800 words

  1. In the 1997 case of University and Community College System of Nevada v Farmer, Farmer was initially awarded $40K in damages for violation of the Equal Pay Act. The university won an appeal in front of the State of Nevada’s Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case, leaving the lower court’s verdict in place. Defend or critique the finding of the Nevada Supreme Court using a deontological or teleological approach.
  2. The WatchMark-Comnitel Corporation has undergone significant changes since their case of outsourcing. They were renamed Vallent Corporation, and later were acquired by IBM. This shows the competitive nature of the software industry. Based on this knowledge, examine the outsourcing actions taken by Watchmark-Comnitel from the deontological and teleological perspectives.
  3. Present an argument that it is easier for employers to comply with diversity legislation in Canada than it is in the United States.
  4. Select a source of media as outlined in Exercises in Media Diversity. Comment on the questions listed in the textbook for the media option you selected.
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Evidence Based Practice

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Evidence based practice is essential to effective social work practice. You are required to (a) identify a current practice problem relevant in your current agency (LGBTQ+ Community Center) (i.e., working with resistant clients, engaging clients when they don’t talk much, having negative perceptions about your client, counter transference, etc.), (b) after identifying your practice problem, conduct an extensive literature search as it relates to your practice problem that provides you with a complete understanding of the practice problem.

Based on your findings in the literature, what did you discover that will help you address your practice problem? How might your research guide your work in your field agency?  After reviewing the literature/research and comparing it to the practice problem, the student is expected to do the following:

By Day 7

Submit a 1-2 pages that:

  1. Briefly discusses the literature
  2. Briefly identifies the practice problem (The agency has been closed the past year due to COVID-19 AND clients are having a hard time opening up to counselors over the phone & zoom because they prefer in person sessions)
  3. Briefly explains how the literature will be used to address the practice problem while engaging in the agency.

Community Or Coalition Meeting Analysis

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First, take a moment to think about what is going on in your own community. Is there a new housing ordinance that the city government will be voting on soon?  Is there a proposal going before the school board that would impact families? Have you seen any notices about protests, marches, or meetings in your area? Identify a current issue or movement (e.g., Women’s March, Black Lives Matter, immigration rights) about which you would like to learn more.  This topic should be something in which you are not currently involved and therefore can observe without becoming personally invested.

Second, you will need to attend and observe a local coalition meeting, a community meeting, a city council meeting, school board meeting, information session for that movement, etc. Be sure to take thorough notes, so that you can answer the following questions.

  • Who appears to be in charge? How are leaders selected? If there are no leaders, describe the structure of the movement or organization.
  • Which stakeholders are represented? Whose interests are most prominently represented? Who appears to be left out?
  • Think about the six core values in the Social Work Code of Ethics. To what extent does this movement encompass these values?
  • Does the movement/coalition address an issue identified within the Grand Challenges for Social Work? If so, which one(s)?
  • In what ways do you believe the movement could be made more equitable?
  • If you had been hired as a consultant to help restructure, what goals would you consider to help create change? Are these goals based on best practices?

After you have attended the meeting, record a 7-8 minute presentation using Zoom or Panapto and share the link or upload it here. Create power point slides that address the key points you would like to share with your peers about what you observed.

Examination of Health Care Laws

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  1. Examination of Health Care Laws
    Introduction
    The health law field currently has undergone and will continue to undergo, enormous change. Among the multitude of challenges are legal implications that come with electronic health records (EHRs), payments based on patient outcomes, mergers, fraud, insurance disbursements, and antitrust laws—just to name few. In addition, disruptive medical innovations, such as biotechnology and treatment research, have created new concerns over ethics and privacy.
    To perform proficiently as a health care administrator, the current environment requires that you have an understanding of key health care laws such as the following:

    • Stark Law.
    • HIPAA for Professionals.
    • HITECH Act Enforcement Interim Final Rule.
    • Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA).
    • A Roadmap for New Physicians: Fraud & Abuse Laws; Anti-Kickback Statute.
    • The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008.
    • Instructions
      In this assignment, imagine you work as an administrator in a hospital or health care organization. You are being considered for a promotion and are being asked to prepare a report for senior leadership that demonstrates your knowledge and interpretation of one of the above-mentioned health care laws.
      To complete this report, select a court case where one of these health care laws was violated. Write an analysis of the law and the selected case following the SESC formula: State, Explain, Support, and Conclude. Be sure to also address how organizational leadership in the selected court case could move forward to ensure that the health care law isn’t violated again in the future.
      Your report should be at least five pages long and should include a title page and references for a total of 7–8 pages.
      Strayer Writing Standards
      This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.
      Grading Criteria
      The grading criteria for this report is as follows. It must include the elements listed below, so be sure to address each point. You may also want to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion in the scoring guide to see how your work will be assessed:
    1. Analyze a court case where a health care law violation occurred.
    2. Analyze the health care law that was violated in the selected case.
    3. Evaluate the implications of the selected law on the health care system.
    4. Recommend how the hospital should protect against another violation.
    5. Support your thesis statement following the SESC formula (State, Explain, Support, and Conclude).
    6. Use at least three peer-reviewed articles less than five years old.
    7. Provide appropriate in-text citations and reference section.
    8. Meet clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements.

Social Inequality In My Community Video

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PLEASE READ FULL INSTRUCTIONS. NO PLAGIARISM! NO QUOTES, MUST PARAPHRASE. I WILL CHECK FOR RECYCLED WORK AND PLAGIARISM, SO WILL THE TEACHERS. THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE 07/22/21 AT 9PM PST. IF YOU CANT MEET THIS DEADLINE, DONT AGREE TO DO MY ASSIGNMENT. PRICE ISNT NEGOTIABLE. PLEASE READ GRADING RUBRIC. TEACHERS USE THE GRADING RUBRIC TO DETERMINE GRADE. IF DIRECTIONS ARENT BEING FOLLOWED, I WILL DISPUTE RIGHT AWAY. LETS AVOID THAT.

PLEASE USE ALAMEDA COUNTY OR SAN FRANCISCO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT

 

Imagine that you have recently been hired to work at your local health clinic. Part of your role is to act as a social justice liaison and identify potential areas of improvement in your community.

From a social justice perspective, create a 5-minute video illustrating one example of social inequality in your local community. Address the areas below in a video medium of your choosing (narrated slide presentation, direct video, animation, etc.).

  • What the social inequality of focus is.
  • The reason why you focused on this social inequality.
    • Incidence and prevalence information, if known.
    • Impact on the person and community.
    • Social influences on the social inequality.
    • Biological influences on the social inequality.
  • What public health programs, if any, currently exist for this issue in your area.
  • Possible social justice avenues for prevention and intervention locally.

Please review the Canvas Video Submission Instructions (Links to an external site.) in order to get started. This guide will familiarize you with the Canvas video tool and review how to record your video to the classroom.

As an alternative, you may use an external platform such as Screencast-O-Matic (Links to an external site.) or PowerPoint. Please review the Screencast-O-Matic Quick-Start Guide (Links to an external site.) instructions if you prefer this option. This guide will familiarize you with the tool and highlight how to upload your video to the classroom. If you choose to use another video recording tool for your submission, please follow the guide instructions to upload an MP4 video file into your classroom using the same steps.

Important note: Please make certain you upload a video to the classroom board. A submission of a link to a video does not fulfill the submission requirements as your classmates may not be able to successfully access your video for a response. For advice and information on the dos and don’ts of webcam presentations, please review the Web Recording Do’s and Don’ts (Links to an external site.) resource.

Videos will be judged based on creativity, as well as on your ability to educate and inform viewers about the disparity identified.

  • Create your video in the classroom video tool.
  • In the Discussion Forum, upload your video to the classroom.

Psychopharmacology

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Alex, a male African American adolescent aged 14, has come to therapy because he is experiencing the symptoms of a sleep-wake disorder. His sleep-wake disorder is disrupting his school work, causing absenteeism from school, and is negatively impacting his social engagements due to an increase in irritability and irrational thinking.

  • Provide four potential questions you might ask about Alex’s current sleep hygiene.
  • Explain the role of counseling alongside sedative hypnotics.
  • Explain the long-term consequences of a sleep-wake disorder.
  • Include an empathetic reflection to Alex

Activities In Progress To Reduce Health Disparities Report

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PLEASE READ FULL INSTRUCTIONS. NO PLAGIARISM! NO QUOTES, MUST PARAPHRASE. I WILL CHECK FOR RECYCLED WORK AND PLAGIARISM, SO WILL THE TEACHERS. THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE 07/26/21 AT 9PM PST. IF YOU CANT MEET THIS DEADLINE, DONT AGREE TO DO MY ASSIGNMENT. PRICE ISNT NEGOTIABLE. PLEASE READ GRADING RUBRIC. TEACHERS USE THE GRADING RUBRIC TO DETERMINE GRADE. IF DIRECTIONS ARENT BEING FOLLOWED, I WILL DISPUTE RIGHT AWAY. LETS AVOID THAT.

The purpose of this project is to identify and critique activities in progress (research, intervention programs, policies, etc.) for the elimination of inequalities that directly impact health such as racism, sexism, poverty, social exclusion, substandard housing, in California.

Please use the MEDICAL and answer these questions in a  format.

 

The next section  focuses on your interpretation and research of the agency and/or program:

  • What are the strengths of the agency and/or program?
  • What are the limitations of the agency and/or program?
  • Do you think the activity they discussed will reduce the inequality?
  • What might be needed to improve effectiveness by year 2025?
  • What would you recommend to the professional for improving effectiveness on elimination of social inequality?

Include some background on the way that the inequality affects health outcomes, including any relevant medical, social, etiologic, and epidemiologic information; a detailed description of the agency, its activities, goals, and operational structure; and the professionals’ thinking on its relevance to other health outcomes.

Journal Entry: Leadership Styles and Approaches

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Take a minute and think about the supervisors you have had in the workplace. What were characteristics of effective supervisors? As you reflect on these experiences, consider how supervision affected your ability to complete the tasks associated with your job. Also, think about how leadership styles can influence the relationship between social workers and their supervisors.

For this Assignment, review the Petrakis case study in this week’s video and note how supervisory and leadership skills are portrayed.

Assignment (4–5 paragraphs)

Complete the following Journal entry:

  • Identify attributes of leadership styles and approaches that facilitate quality supervision.
  • Evaluate the supervisory and leadership skills demonstrated in the Petrakis case study by identifying which supervisory and leadership skills the supervisor demonstrated.
  • Explain whether the supervisor in the video demonstrated quality supervision, and why. Provide specific examples to support your evaluation.
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