Category: Social Sciences : Social Work (MSW)

1.The concept of vicarious learning (i.e., modeling) has important implications for society. Discuss their view of the impact of children watching media depictions of violence on later behavior
2.Consider the personal characteristics of an ideal counselor. Use the wheel from http://go.gudev.net/interactives/professional-identity-framework/index.html and 14 characteristics of the counselor of tomorrow(page 452). Please make your own wheel to identify and explore yourself as a therapist. Please, write a page describing your wheel. No APA just you

For this chapter assignment, you will conduct a short observational study of social behavior in a public place.
You may select an outdoor mall, school cafeteria, or some other setting with a large number of people that is open to the public and where you can hang around without appearing too conspicuous.  Go to the setting only to conduct this assignment—not because you have business or social plans there.
Plan to spend about 10 minutes conducting your study.  Allow at least that much time soon afterward to write up your notes (and, of course, more time than that to write the paper).  Prepare a tentative plan for observing, emphasizing phenomena that are of most interest to you and that you believe will be most helpful in understanding social behavior at this location.  Consider observing the frequency and type of interactions between people, and so on.  You should observe nonverbal and body language, exits and entrances, spatial arrangements of people, and so on.  Also review mentally from your previous experiences in this type of setting to help you decide how to focus your formal observational experience.
While you are observing, take brief notes as unobtrusively as possible.  Depending on the setting, you might want to go outside or to another area to unobtrusively jot down a few notes.
Write up your notes in as much detail as possible (try to record all that you observed) soon after leaving the setting (but do not try to record everything “while it is happening,” because you’ll miss too much!)  Record what you observed as accurately as possible.  Be sure to include in your notes a description of the place that you observed and of the types of people in the setting. Try to focus on the situation, the types of people in it, and how they interact, not on particular individuals or socially irrelevant activities (such as the color of clothes worn).  You may try to infer characteristics such as social class and mood from what you observe about people, but be sure and cite the evidence for your inferences.
You may wish to count the number of activities, persons of different types, and so on.  If anyone asks you what you are doing, you should mention that you are observing people’s behavior for a class assignment.
Report briefly on how your “study” developed:  how you entered the setting, what you first noticed in the setting, how you felt in the setting, what you did during the observational period, and what impact you seemed to have on the setting.  Present your findings, identifying the different types of behavior and types of interactions and/or groups you observed.  Note the frequency of occurrence of these behaviors, how their occurrence varied, and who engaged in which behaviors.  Try to identify the similarities and differences between people and groups engaged in different behaviors.
Analyze your observations.  What have you learned about social behavior in this setting?  Are differences in social status or other characteristics important in influencing behavior in this type of setting?  In your conclusions, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your study and explain how generalizable you believe your findings are.  What general conclusions about social relations or human behavior can you draw from your study.

Identify and summarize a theory (or conceptual framework) that helps explain the issue or problem you have chosen for the other Wes Moore. In your summary, be sure to include the following;
Define the theory and identify who articulated it.
Explain what the theory means and what it help us understand.
Apply the theory to the other Wes Moore. How does it explain his problem or issue?
Using APA, cite where you got your information from.
Choose and summarize three peer-reviewed journal articles that help shed more light on the problem or issue that you chose. Make sure that you include the following;
Summarize what the authors found out about the issue or problem.
Explain how the authors findings is similar or different to the other Wes Moore’s experience with the problem or issue.
Compare and contrast the relevant findings from the three articles.

Family Assessment Paper Guidelines:
Students will conduct a family assessment on their family-of-origin using a generalist lens. The family assessment provides information about family dynamics, family structure and communication patterns, how they experience problems, past problem-solving behaviors, life-stage development, and relationships. The assessment should integrate and synthesize data about the family, utilizing a generalist lens.
In addition to gaining new insights about your family-of-origin, this assignment will help you to develop writing/documentation skills, family assessment skills, and critical thinking skills.
(Note: In this assignment, I would like you to reflect on your own family-of-origin—the reason being that you likely know a lot about your own upbringing. For this paper, you do not actually need to sit down and have a formal assessment meeting. Rather, it is assumed you should know enough about your family to be able to complete the assessment. For the presenting problem, you might think of something your family struggled with and might have liked to improve upon. If there are pieces of the assessment you are unsure of, however, you are welcome to talk to your family members to glean additional information.)

Each family is unique and has their own challenges, which can deeply impact us. While I think reflecting on your own family-of-origin is ideal for this assignment (and will be helpful in your development as a reflexive social worker), you are certainly not obligated to share personal information. You may pick and choose what you’d like to share and can be creative in providing fictitious data where needed. If, for whatever reason, you do not feel comfortable sharing anything about your family-of-origin, you may alternatively choose to focus on another family you know a great deal about (e.g., a friend’s family), just so you have enough information to adequately complete the assignment.)

Paper Components/Format
Social worker name
Date of assessment
Names and ages of family members

Background
Brief description of the family
Race/ethnicity
Marital status
Occupation/school grade of family members
Anything that would assist me in understanding thefamily (e.g., blended family, gay/lesbian)

Family Assessment

Presenting Problem: What is the presenting problem/need? How are family members connected to the problem?

Family Structure: Report on family norms, family roles, balance of power, intergenerational aspects of the family, nonverbal/verbal communication, family mood, interaction patterns, and alliances. What avenues of communication are they using?

Life Cycle Adjustments: In which stage of the life cycle is this family? Discuss.

Family Probes: Report on the layout of the home, description of a typical day, rules and regulations, discipline, cultural considerations, spiritual beliefs, and areas of disagreements.

Desired Family Changes: What changes does each family member want to see? How do family members’ goals for change overlap and diverge?

Previous Family Crisis: How have previous family crises and disagreements been resolved?

Additional Issues of Concern: Are there other problems or issues you think might emerge as you delve deeper into this case? What are they, and how might they affect the situation? Explain.

Incomplete Data: What information are you lacking about the situation and its context that you feel you need to know to gain an in-depth understanding? Explain.

Strengths, Limitations, Barriers: Identify the strengths, limitation, and barriers present in this family. Based on the strengths, where would you start to work with this family?

Motivation/Resistance: What issues of motivation and resistance (address both) do you think you are likely to encounter? How do you think you might handle them?

Family Formulation: Provide a synthesis of all this data from a generalist perspective.

Recommendations: What services do you recommend for this family? What are your general recommendations?

Genogram/Ecomap
Prepare a genogram and ecomap (preferably created in PowerPoint and copied into Word; hand in a hard copy if you are doing by hand)

Family Service Plan
Design a service plan for this family. The following should be addressed: (a) formulate three SMART goals in working with this family (i.e., Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 3); (b) formulate two-three objectives for each goal (six-nine total); (c) what actions (at least one task for each objective) should be taken by the worker, the clients, and/or others to operationalize your objectives (e.g., “worker will . . .” or “client will . . .”)? Who will do what and when?

Evaluation
How are you going to set up your evaluation to track accomplishments or progress in goals and objectives? What method of evaluation will you use? Explain.

Reflection
What did you learn from this assignment? How has this assignment contributed to your professional development?

This paper should be 6-9 pages, double-spaced, in assessment format (using the above headings as a guide). Remember to maintain a generalist, strengths-based perspective.
Example Student Paper: Here is an example from a previous semester. Please note that this example is not perfect and has room for improvement. Use it, along with the above guidelines, to complete this project.

Family Assessment Paper Guidelines:
Students will conduct a family assessment on their family-of-origin using a generalist lens. The family assessment provides information about family dynamics, family structure and communication patterns, how they experience problems, past problem-solving behaviors, life-stage development, and relationships. The assessment should integrate and synthesize data about the family, utilizing a generalist lens.
In addition to gaining new insights about your family-of-origin, this assignment will help you to develop writing/documentation skills, family assessment skills, and critical thinking skills.
(Note: In this assignment, I would like you to reflect on your own family-of-origin—the reason being that you likely know a lot about your own upbringing. For this paper, you do not actually need to sit down and have a formal assessment meeting. Rather, it is assumed you should know enough about your family to be able to complete the assessment. For the presenting problem, you might think of something your family struggled with and might have liked to improve upon. If there are pieces of the assessment you are unsure of, however, you are welcome to talk to your family members to glean additional information.)

Each family is unique and has their own challenges, which can deeply impact us. While I think reflecting on your own family-of-origin is ideal for this assignment (and will be helpful in your development as a reflexive social worker), you are certainly not obligated to share personal information. You may pick and choose what you’d like to share and can be creative in providing fictitious data where needed. If, for whatever reason, you do not feel comfortable sharing anything about your family-of-origin, you may alternatively choose to focus on another family you know a great deal about (e.g., a friend’s family), just so you have enough information to adequately complete the assignment.)

Paper Components/Format
Social worker name
Date of assessment
Names and ages of family members

Background
Brief description of the family
Race/ethnicity
Marital status
Occupation/school grade of family members
Anything that would assist me in understanding thefamily (e.g., blended family, gay/lesbian)

Family Assessment

Presenting Problem: What is the presenting problem/need? How are family members connected to the problem?

Family Structure: Report on family norms, family roles, balance of power, intergenerational aspects of the family, nonverbal/verbal communication, family mood, interaction patterns, and alliances. What avenues of communication are they using?

Life Cycle Adjustments: In which stage of the life cycle is this family? Discuss.

Family Probes: Report on the layout of the home, description of a typical day, rules and regulations, discipline, cultural considerations, spiritual beliefs, and areas of disagreements.

Desired Family Changes: What changes does each family member want to see? How do family members’ goals for change overlap and diverge?

Previous Family Crisis: How have previous family crises and disagreements been resolved?

Additional Issues of Concern: Are there other problems or issues you think might emerge as you delve deeper into this case? What are they, and how might they affect the situation? Explain.

Incomplete Data: What information are you lacking about the situation and its context that you feel you need to know to gain an in-depth understanding? Explain.

Strengths, Limitations, Barriers: Identify the strengths, limitation, and barriers present in this family. Based on the strengths, where would you start to work with this family?

Motivation/Resistance: What issues of motivation and resistance (address both) do you think you are likely to encounter? How do you think you might handle them?

Family Formulation: Provide a synthesis of all this data from a generalist perspective.

Recommendations: What services do you recommend for this family? What are your general recommendations?

Genogram/Ecomap
Prepare a genogram and ecomap (preferably created in PowerPoint and copied into Word; hand in a hard copy if you are doing by hand)

Family Service Plan
Design a service plan for this family. The following should be addressed: (a) formulate three SMART goals in working with this family (i.e., Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 3); (b) formulate two-three objectives for each goal (six-nine total); (c) what actions (at least one task for each objective) should be taken by the worker, the clients, and/or others to operationalize your objectives (e.g., “worker will . . .” or “client will . . .”)? Who will do what and when?

Evaluation
How are you going to set up your evaluation to track accomplishments or progress in goals and objectives? What method of evaluation will you use? Explain.

Reflection
What did you learn from this assignment? How has this assignment contributed to your professional development?

This paper should be 6-9 pages, double-spaced, in assessment format (using the above headings as a guide). Remember to maintain a generalist, strengths-based perspective.
Example Student Paper: Here is an example from a previous semester. Please note that this example is not perfect and has room for improvement. Use it, along with the above guidelines, to complete this project.

Attend a community-based group of your choice. You can find a group by contacting a local community center, hospital, social service agency or conducting a search online. Ideally, you will observe a group conducted by a social worker. If you cannot find one, an Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous is a good option.
You must identify yourself as a social work student. Not doing so violates the NASW Code of Ethics as you may be seen to be representing yourself as a consumer and not a student. You must document that you have done so in your paper.
Please complete a paper (not to exceed 3 pages) using the following headings. Please cite at least two academic sources in your paper.
Introduction
Explain how you located the group and were allowed to observe
Group Type and Composition
Identify the type of group (support, treatment, task group)
Describe the composition of attendees
What did you notice about the group members with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, gender, sexual orientation, and ability?
Observations
What did you observe about this group?
Was there a leader or facilitator? What were his/her behaviors?
How did the attendees seem to respond/interact?
Describe the culture of the group
Did you notice any rituals or traditions?
What was it like to attend this group?
What kinds of thoughts, feelings, and associations did you have when walking into the room and throughout the meeting?
Lessons Learned
Describe what you gained from this experience
How will you integrate this experience into your practice knowledge base?
•I have provided files with answers to the questions also  a little background on my observations on the group I observed.
•here the link to the agency I attended

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Attend a community-based group of your choice. You can find a group by contacting a local community center, hospital, social service agency or conducting a search online. Ideally, you will observe a group conducted by a social worker. If you cannot find one, an Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous is a good option.
You must identify yourself as a social work student. Not doing so violates the NASW Code of Ethics as you may be seen to be representing yourself as a consumer and not a student. You must document that you have done so in your paper.
Please complete a paper (not to exceed 3 pages) using the following headings. Please cite at least two academic sources in your paper.
Introduction
Explain how you located the group and were allowed to observe
Group Type and Composition
Identify the type of group (support, treatment, task group)
Describe the composition of attendees
What did you notice about the group members with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, gender, sexual orientation, and ability?
Observations
What did you observe about this group?
Was there a leader or facilitator? What were his/her behaviors?
How did the attendees seem to respond/interact?
Describe the culture of the group
Did you notice any rituals or traditions?
What was it like to attend this group?
What kinds of thoughts, feelings, and associations did you have when walking into the room and throughout the meeting?
Lessons Learned
Describe what you gained from this experience
How will you integrate this experience into your practice knowledge base?
•I have provided files with answers to the questions also  a little background on my observations on the group I observed.
•here the link to the agency I attended

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• please follow all the details for this paper , grammar,  any questions feel free to contact me asap!  All files will be attach

Attend a community-based group of your choice. You can find a group by contacting a local community center, hospital, social service agency or conducting a search online. Ideally, you will observe a group conducted by a social worker. If you cannot find one, an Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous is a good option.
You must identify yourself as a social work student. Not doing so violates the NASW Code of Ethics as you may be seen to be representing yourself as a consumer and not a student. You must document that you have done so in your paper.
Please complete a paper (not to exceed 3 pages) using the following headings. Please cite at least two academic sources in your paper.
Introduction
Explain how you located the group and were allowed to observe
Group Type and Composition
Identify the type of group (support, treatment, task group)
Describe the composition of attendees
What did you notice about the group members with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, gender, sexual orientation, and ability?
Observations
What did you observe about this group?
Was there a leader or facilitator? What were his/her behaviors?
How did the attendees seem to respond/interact?
Describe the culture of the group
Did you notice any rituals or traditions?
What was it like to attend this group?
What kinds of thoughts, feelings, and associations did you have when walking into the room and throughout the meeting?
Lessons Learned
Describe what you gained from this experience
How will you integrate this experience into your practice knowledge base?
•I have provided files with answers to the questions also  a little background on my observations on the group I observed.
•here the link to the agency I attended

Home

• please follow all the details for this paper , grammar,  any questions feel free to contact me asap!  All files will be attach

Attend a community-based group of your choice. You can find a group by contacting a local community center, hospital, social service agency or conducting a search online. Ideally, you will observe a group conducted by a social worker. If you cannot find one, an Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous is a good option.
You must identify yourself as a social work student. Not doing so violates the NASW Code of Ethics as you may be seen to be representing yourself as a consumer and not a student. You must document that you have done so in your paper.
Please complete a paper (not to exceed 3 pages) using the following headings. Please cite at least two academic sources in your paper.
Introduction
Explain how you located the group and were allowed to observe
Group Type and Composition
Identify the type of group (support, treatment, task group)
Describe the composition of attendees
What did you notice about the group members with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, gender, sexual orientation, and ability?
Observations
What did you observe about this group?
Was there a leader or facilitator? What were his/her behaviors?
How did the attendees seem to respond/interact?
Describe the culture of the group
Did you notice any rituals or traditions?
What was it like to attend this group?
What kinds of thoughts, feelings, and associations did you have when walking into the room and throughout the meeting?
Lessons Learned
Describe what you gained from this experience
How will you integrate this experience into your practice knowledge base?
•I have provided files with answers to the questions also  a little background on my observations on the group I observed.
•here the link to the agency I attended

Home

• please follow all the details for this paper , grammar,  any questions feel free to contact me asap!  All files will be attach

Attend a community-based group of your choice. You can find a group by contacting a local community center, hospital, social service agency or conducting a search online. Ideally, you will observe a group conducted by a social worker. If you cannot find one, an Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous is a good option.
You must identify yourself as a social work student. Not doing so violates the NASW Code of Ethics as you may be seen to be representing yourself as a consumer and not a student. You must document that you have done so in your paper.
Please complete a paper (not to exceed 3 pages) using the following headings. Please cite at least two academic sources in your paper.
Introduction
Explain how you located the group and were allowed to observe
Group Type and Composition
Identify the type of group (support, treatment, task group)
Describe the composition of attendees
What did you notice about the group members with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, gender, sexual orientation, and ability?
Observations
What did you observe about this group?
Was there a leader or facilitator? What were his/her behaviors?
How did the attendees seem to respond/interact?
Describe the culture of the group
Did you notice any rituals or traditions?
What was it like to attend this group?
What kinds of thoughts, feelings, and associations did you have when walking into the room and throughout the meeting?
Lessons Learned
Describe what you gained from this experience
How will you integrate this experience into your practice knowledge base?
•I have provided files with answers to the questions also  a little background on my observations on the group I observed.
•here the link to the agency I attended

Home

• please follow all the details for this paper , grammar,  any questions feel free to contact me asap!  All files will be attach