Archive for year: 2024

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Sometimes, during heated discussions and debates about social policy, the underlying reasons for the policy go unnoticed. Advocates and policymakers may become so committed to their perspectives and to winning the debates that they lose focus on the larger context surrounding an issue. The purpose of policy is to improve the lives and well-being of individuals and groups in our society. As you assume the role of a social work policymaker, consider the importance of keeping the needs and experiences of vulnerable populations at the forefront of your mind in your advocacy efforts. This can help to assure effective policy practice.

For this Assignment, you will analyze a state, federal, or global social welfare policy that affects an at-risk, marginalized, oppressed, underrepresented, or over looked group population. Finally, consider the impact of social policy from the perspective of the group you selected.

By Day 7

Assignment (5-7 double-spaced pages, APA format). In addition to a minimum of eight scholarly references, which may include electronic government documents and reputable websites, your paper should include:

• A description of the current policy approach for addressing the social issue you selected
• A description of the current policy goals for addressing the social issue you selected
• A description of the population the current policy approach covers
• An explanation of the funding levels for the current policy approach and whether they are sufficient to address the issue
• An explanation of how this policy may affect at-risk, marginalized, underrepresented, overlooked, or oppressed populations. Identify a specific at-risk population.
• An analysis of whether or not the policy meets the needs of the population groups most affected by the policy.
• Recommendations for alternative policies that would address the gaps identified in the policy. Please be specific in recommendations.

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PART A

This is a Collaborative Learning Community assignment

A group of seven individuals embarked on a weeklong cruise aboard a chartered luxury yacht. On the third day, a severe storm caused the yacht to run aground on a deserted island. Aside from minor scratches and bruises, all crew and passengers escaped serious injury. Unfortunately, the yacht was damaged beyond repair. Furthermore, the yacht’s only radio was damaged. It can receive messages but can no longer transmit messages. After several days, they hear over the radio that the effort to locate and rescue them had been abandoned. The group is presumed dead. The island is uninhabited. There is sufficient vegetation and fresh water to sustain them indefinitely. Despite the outside world’s assumption that they are dead, the group has resolved to find a way to return home. In the meantime, they must prepare for a life together on the island.

Use the file titled “Selecting a Leader” to complete the following:

1. Individually rank the applicants and report your ranking to the group with one to four sentences explaining how you determined your ranking.

2. As a group, come to consensus as to a ranking of the applicants using one to four sentences for each applicant. Be sure to present your reasoning based on criteria established by the group.

Select one member of the CLC to submit your paper.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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PART B

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LEADERSHIP PAPER

For this paper, you will select a multicultural leader and discuss their leadership. After selecting a leader, write a 1,250-1,500-word paper addressing the following:

1. Trait Leadership Theory identifies and prescribes individual characteristics and behaviors needed for effective leadership. Provide a brief bio and overview of the leader you chose and discuss the traits they possess that make them an effective leader.

2. Styles Leadership Theory describes a collection of specific behaviors that can be categorized into autocratic, democratic, or laissez-faire leadership styles. Select the style that most appropriately describes the leader you chose and explain why this style most accurately reflects your leader.

3. Power can stem from either one’s position or personal characteristics. Describe the types of power the leader uses to help achieve goals.

4. Multicultural leaders relate effectively to and motivate people across race, gender, age, social attitudes and lifestyles. How has the leader you’ve selected effectively motivated their audience?

You must use a minimum of five cited and referenced sources.

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Assignment: Conducting Time-Series Research

Traditional experimental research dictates that there must be one or more experimental groups (groups receiving a treatment or intervention) and a control group (which does not receive the intervention). Participants are assigned randomly to the experimental and control groups. Although experimental designs may be preferable to other designs, even in action research, they are not always feasible for practitioners for many reasons. There may be ethical issues regarding withholding an intervention from a client group; or time, financial, or logistical constraints may make it impossible to include random assignment into groups.   In such cases, the use of time-series research can provide a meaningful alternative to true experimental research. Time-series designs are quasi-experimental, meaning that they still seek to evaluate the impact of a treatment or intervention on a target group (or individual) but do not include random assignment to treatment and control groups. Researchers still have control over admittance criteria to the treatment group (e.g., mothers under the age of 21). Times series then allows researchers to take measurements of treatment effectiveness at various intervals over time. Taken together, these data points provide information about the intervention under consideration.

In this Assignment, you apply time-series research techniques to a case study.   To Prepare  Imagine that you are a human and social services professional working with a child, Kaya, who is having some behavioral problems at her elementary school. As a scholar practitioner, you approach your work with her from an empirical standpoint and want to measure the effectiveness of your recommended services. To date, you have provided information about resources to the family and coordinated services for the child and family.  As such, you pose the following research question: “What impact do the services the child is currently receiving have on reducing off-task behavior, physical aggression, and verbal aggression for the identified child?”  For the purposes of this research, the target behaviors are as follows: 1.Off-task: failure to maintain eye contact with task at hand for more than 3 consecutive seconds 2.Physical Aggression: hitting/pushing/kicking peers/teachers, throwing objects 3.Verbal Aggression: threatening, yelling  Consider the following observation report:  During the first observation period, which was conducted on Monday (in math class) between 11:20 and 11:30, 10-minute, 10-second, partial interval recording was used to assess the frequency of off-task behaviors, physical aggression, and verbal aggression. Kaya was observed to be off-task during 12% of the intervals observed, engaged in physical aggression 0% of the intervals observed, and engaged in verbal aggression 2% of the intervals observed.  During the second observation (during recess), which was conducted on Wednesday from 9:00 to 9:30, Kaya was observed to be off-task during 15% of the intervals observed, engaged in physical aggression 20% of the intervals observed, and engaged in verbal aggression 3% of the intervals observed.  Kaya was also observed on Friday from 10:30 to 10:40 during a group activity. Kaya was observed to be off-task during 20% of the intervals observed, was observed to engage in physical aggression 7% of the intervals observed, and was observed to engage in verbal aggression 10% of the intervals observed.   Off-task   Physical Aggression   Verbal Aggression    12%   0%   2%    15%   20%   3%    20%   7%   10%

The Assignment (1–2 pages)  Based on the data, you determine that you must design a behavioral intervention for Kaya and determine if it is successful. As you begin the process of investigating your research question: •Briefly describe a time-series design that you would use to investigate the impact of your intervention, and explain how you would collect and record the additional data. Be specific.  •Select a method for graphically representing the provided data. Use the method to create a graph. (You can use Microsoft Excel or Word).  •Analyze the data and provide a narrative description of your analysis

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/efc/classes/biol710/timeseries/timeseries1.htm

Babbie, E. (2016). The basics of social research (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage.

•Chapter 4, “Research Design” (pp. 89–124)

https://cengagebrain.vitalsource.com/books/9781305856318/pageid/118

•Chapter 8, “Experiments” (pp. 232–253)

https://cengagebrain.vitalsource.com/books/9781305856318/pageid/261

•Chapter 12, “Evaluation Research” (pp. 361–389)

https://cengagebrain.vitalsource.com/books/9781305856318/pageid/390

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Discussion: Cognitive Behavioral Orientation: Case Conceptualization

For this Discussion, you will write a case conceptualization as though you were a cognitive behavioral counselor. Continue to refer to and incorporate previous Instructor feedback as you examine these cases.

As you review this week’s Learning Resources and media files, note techniques and interventions, and consider the role of a cognitive behavioral counselor in planning treatment. Further, reflect on cognitive behavioral therapy with respect to developing your own theoretical orientation. In what ways do you find that cognitive behavioral therapy may resonate with your own point of view?

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the Post to Discussion Question link, and then select Create Thread to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts—and cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Submit!

To Prepare:

• Review this week’s Learning Resources.
• Review the Psychoanalytic Case Conceptualization Example found in this week’s Learning Resources and use this document to prepare your initial Discussion post.
• Select one of the four case studies presented in this week’s Learning Resources and answer the following points as if you were using a cognitive behavioral, rational emotive behavioral, or reality therapy approach. Use your Learning Resources and the notes you took from the videos to support your conceptualization and integrate examples to support your post. Include the following:
  • Presenting Problem
  • Treatment Goals
  • Identification and explanation of at least two techniques and interventions from your chosen theory (i.e., cognitive behavioral or reality therapy)
  • Expected Outcome

By Day 3

Post your cognitive behavioral, rational emotive behavioral or reality therapy conceptualization.

Be sure to support your main post with specific references to the Learning Resources using proper APA format and citations. Your response posts may be more conversational and less formal.

Read your colleagues’ postings.

By Day 5

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