Category: Social work

Group Services
Implementation Plan:
This assignment will provide an
opportunity to use the foundation for learning overviewed in Modules 1-4. Choose a group service that a
social worker will provide based on the RTI /PBIS three tier approach
with a focus on choice
of either Tiers
2 or 3. Chose an intervention that meets students’ needs to be successful in
school. Describe your focus, such as prevention or intervention.
Use the Group Interventions in Schools text as a guide for this
implementation assignment. Provide
details of your plan, with attention to how you will work with other school
personnel to support your group
intervention. Include an introduction to your implementation plan describing the purpose of this plan and your
expectations of how this will meet both students’ and the school’s needs to support success for all
involved. Once you have completed the implementation guide, provide a concluding summary
that highlights your contribution as a school
social worker. Describe the evidence that will
indicate the success of this implementation plan.
Required Length: 5-page minimum. Please cite
sources supporting your work using APA format. Competencies
assessed: 1 & 6

## Unraveling the Past: The Significance of Archaeology
Archaeology, the study of past human societies through material remains, is more than just digging up bones and artifacts. It is a nuanced and complex discipline that utilizes scientific methods to illuminate the history and cultures of our ancestors, offering invaluable insights into our present and future. Its significance lies not only in its contribution to historical understanding, but also in its ability to enhance our understanding of human nature, social dynamics, and the intricate relationship between humans and their environment.
Firstly, archaeology provides essential evidence for reconstructing the past. By analyzing the material culture – tools, pottery, buildings, and even the discarded remains of meals – archaeologists piece together narratives of ancient societies. Through meticulous excavation and analysis, they can trace technological advancements, trade routes, religious practices, and even the rise and fall of civilizations. The discovery of ancient cities like Pompeii, preserved by volcanic ash, offers a rare glimpse into everyday life centuries ago, allowing us to see the world through the eyes of our ancestors.
Beyond historical reconstruction, archaeology offers crucial insights into human behavior and cultural evolution. By examining ancient societies with diverse social structures, political organizations, and religious beliefs, we can understand the complexities of human interaction and the development of social norms. The study of ancient civilizations like the Egyptians, the Maya, and the Indus Valley Civilization, reveals the diversity of human creativity and ingenuity across time and space, challenging our assumptions about human potential.
Furthermore, archaeology plays a crucial role in shaping our understanding of the impact of humans on the environment. By studying the relationship between past societies and their surroundings, we can gain invaluable knowledge about sustainable practices, resource management, and the potential consequences of environmental degradation. The analysis of ancient agricultural landscapes, for example, highlights the long-term consequences of land use and can inform current efforts towards sustainable agriculture.
Beyond academic pursuits, archaeology has a profound impact on our cultural identity. The discovery of ancient artifacts and monuments fosters a sense of connection to our past and allows us to appreciate the richness of human history. Archaeological sites, museums, and historical preservation efforts serve as living reminders of the past, encouraging cultural tourism and promoting understanding across diverse communities.
In conclusion, archaeology is not just about dusty relics and forgotten tombs. It is a powerful tool for understanding the human story, providing invaluable insights into our past, present, and future. From reconstructing historical narratives to unraveling the mysteries of human behavior and cultural evolution, archaeology offers a unique perspective on the human experience, enriching our knowledge, deepening our understanding, and inspiring us to build a better future.

The purpose of this assignment is to equip you with the essential skills and knowledge required to assess and conceptualize complex family dynamics affected by substance use and process addiction. For this assignment, review the “Jennings Family Case Study” and complete the “Benchmark – Understanding Family Substance Use and Addiction” template. Submit the completed template to your instructor via the assignment dropbox.

This essay is a family assessment paper. The assessment is based on the prespective of a college students (female) who grew up in as the oldest daugther of an immigrant, religious, and strict household. Feel free to make up and details if needed to complete the assigment.  I will provide a document that contains detailed instuctions for the paper and other necessary material. The page length is not stirct but has to be between 7-8 pages, and needs to include at least three resources. I have also provided the assessment tools used for this paper.

Topic: Older Adult
In this assignment, evaluate cultural research and cultural relevant practices that take culture into consideration. Examine three research articles of your choice featuring the cultural group you have selected. Next, evaluate the method of research conducted for its level of cultural competence. To ensure that this is a scholarly research paper, explore research-based articles and books found by searching through the Capella library databases pertaining to issues of culture in research and culturally relevant practice. Feel free to use the ADEI term in your search as well.
To help you understand some of the unique challenges of culturally relevant research, review the readings concerning culturally relevant research approaches. Then search for scholarly sources in the Capella library and locate at least three articles that add to your knowledge of the cultural group you have chosen to explore for these assignments. Review these articles in a 3–5 page paper in current APA format.
Your assignment should incorporate at least three research studies that have addressed the cultural group you are exploring. Include the following:
Analyze the elements of culturally relevant research in social work.
In the studies you chose to analyze, explain the approaches taken that are specifically relevant to your chosen group.
Include analysis and a description of what comprises culturally relevant practice.
Evaluate the key differences between traditional and culturally relevant research and its impact on your chosen group.
Describe the elements of cultural practice and culturally relevant research that can be used to promote social justice for the group you are studying.
Identify how to engage in collaborative practice to advocate for appropriate services.
Discuss how working with this group from an ADEI lens may be helpful.

Annotated bibliographies are useful steps toward completing literature reviews. This assignment helps you to begin reading and reviewing the literature for your research proposal. Creating an annotated bibliography helps you sort your literature. Annotating your research articles saves you time because it allows you to outline all the important information about a research article so that you do not have to read the same article multiple times. This will be important as you progress toward completing your literature review.
The following are some links and useful tools to help you complete your annotated bibliography. Please review the first link first because it describes the difference between critical and descriptive annotated bibliographies. You want to be sure to do critical annotations for your assignment.
For this assignment, you will:
Write a paragraph that introduces your area of interest (See below)–this can be formulated from your proposal pitch problem statement that you have already done in a previous post.
Individually, annotate four research articles related to your topic of interest. You can use the bullet point example in the attached instructions below or in a chart format, as shown below, as well.
Write a paragraph summarizing the differences/similarities, gaps, and next steps identified across the four articles.
This assignment is designed to help you get into the literature for your topic and problem area.
MY TOPIC: Promoting Resilience in At-Risk Students: Explore factors that contribute to resilience in at-risk elementary school students and the role of social workers in fostering resilience through supportive interventions and school-based programs.
FURTHER DIRECTIONS:
Annotated Bibliography Directions-1.docxDownload Annotated Bibliography Directions-1.docx
Bibliography Template-3.docx Download Bibliography Template-3.docx 
Suggested Template:
RESOURCES
https://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_tutorial.cfmLinks to an external site. (Critical vs. Descriptive Annotated Bibliography)
https://lib.calpoly.edu/help-and-support/write-an-annotated-bibliography/Links to an external site.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_example.html

The diagnosis should appear on one line in the following order.
Note: Do not include the plus sign in your diagnosis. Instead, write the indicated items next to each other.
Code + Name + Specifier (appears on its own first line)
Z code (appears on its own line next with its name written next to the code)
Then, in 1–2 pages, respond to the following:
Explain how you support the diagnosis by specifically identifying the criteria from the case study.
Describe in detail how the client’s symptoms match up with the specific diagnostic criteria for the disorder (or all the disorders) that you finally selected for the client. You do not need to repeat the diagnostic code in the explanation.
Identify the differential diagnosis you considered.
Explain why you excluded this diagnosis/diagnoses. 
Explain the specific factors of culture that are or may be relevant to the case and the diagnosis, which may include the cultural concepts of distress.
Explain why you chose the Z codes you have for this client.
Remember: When using Z codes, stay focused on the psychosocial and environmental impact on the client within the last 12 months.
Resources to use 
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5-TR) (5th ed., text rev.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
“Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders” (pp. 349–370)
Note: Review this entire classification.
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). DSM-5-TR online assessment measures. Links to an external site.https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/educational-resources/assessment-measures 

Part I
You are going to discuss affirmative action in terms of a current event. Find a current event that deals with affirmative action and discuss it here. Be sure to bring one of this week’s readings to bear on the discussion. 
Part II
You are going to discuss one of the case studies in connection with a theorist (Aristotle, Kant, Mill, Rawls, or Nozick). (Choose only from these philosophers. Do not discuss Kant and Capital Punishment as this was already considered.)  Before embarking on this exercise, review the relevant discussions and previous case studies you’ve written. Explain how the theorist you chose would evaluate one of the following cases we analyzed: Welfare, Healthcare, Capital Punishment, or Affirmative Action?

Assignment Overview
Applying a particular theoretical approach to a case is always part of a larger context. Who are the clients you are serving? What are the characteristics of the environment in which you work? Given that, what theoretical framework will work best? Do you need flexibility, or a laser-sharp focus? In this assignment, you will have an opportunity to answer those questions. Do careful research and support your conclusions with relevant evidence.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following CSWE EPAS competencies and behaviors:
CSWE EPAS Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice.
C4.GP.B: Identify ethical, culturally informed, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive strategies that address inherent biases for use in quantitative and qualitative research methods to advance the purposes of social work.
Related assignment criterion:
Explain the key components of ecological systems theory to apply to the assessment, intervention, and evaluation of a chosen case study.
CSWE EPAS Competency 6: Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.​
C6.GP.A: Apply knowledge of human behavior and person-in-environment, as well as interprofessional conceptual frameworks, to engage with clients and constituencies.
Related assignment criteria:
Describe the benefits of an ecological systems perspective within the context of personal social work practice.
CSWE EPAS Competency 7: Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.​
C7.GP.A: Apply theories of human behavior and person-in-environment, as well as other culturally responsive and interprofessional conceptual frameworks, when assessing clients and constituencies.
Related assignment criteria:
Assess a chosen character from the person-in-environment perspective.
CSWE EPAS Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
​C8.GP.B: Incorporate culturally responsive methods to negotiate, mediate, and advocate with and on behalf of clients and constituencies.
​Related assignment criteria:
Describe an intervention based on ecological systems theory that is applicable and relevant to a chosen character.
CSWE EPAS Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
​C9.GP.A: Select and use culturally responsive methods for evaluation of outcomes.
​Related assignment criteria:
Evaluate a chosen intervention.
Assignment Description
In the Week 3 assignment, you identified and analyzed a specific developmental theory to apply to a case study from a chosen film. In this assignment, you will build on the work you have done by analyzing ecological systems theory and deciding on an actual application from a person-in-environment perspective. As with last time, it is vital to support the application of your chosen theory with scholarly research in the Capella library. See the Social Work Masters Library Research GuideLinks to an external site. for help finding sources.
Assignment Instructions
Make sure that you are introducing your chosen character and provide an explanation of their presenting problem from your chosen case study.
The bullet points below correspond to grading criteria in the scoring guide. You may also want to read the scoring guide to better understand the performance levels that relate to each grading criterion. For this assignment, complete the following:
Explain the key components of ecological systems theory to apply to the assessment, intervention, and evaluation of your chosen case study.
Which aspects ecological systems theory are the most applicable and relevant to your chosen case study?
How can ecological systems theory be integrated into assessment, intervention, and evaluation for your chosen character from the case study?
Make sure you cite appropriate and relevant scholarly and professional resources to support your explanation.
Assess the chosen character from the person-in-environment perspective.
For a person-in-environment perspective, you might want to ask yourself the following questions.
What systems provide the client support?
What systems may be hindering the client?
Systems to consider include family, friends, work, social services, politics, religion, goods and services, and educational systems.
Include your chosen character’s intersectionality in your assessment.
Describe an intervention based on ecological systems theory that is applicable and relevant to the chosen character. 
Discuss two short-term and two long-term goals for the client by applying systems theory to contextualize the appropriateness of your chosen intervention.
Consider how to make the intervention appropriate for diverse clients.
Make sure you cite appropriate and relevant scholarly and professional resources to support your intervention. 
Evaluate the chosen intervention.
Evaluate the strengths and limitations of the intervention from an ecological systems perspective.
Describe the benefits of an ecological systems perspective within the context of personal social work practice.
Note how this perspective can guide social work practice when engaging with diverse individuals and families.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.
Additional Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting. Visit the Writing CenterLinks to an external site. for help with APA.
Cited resources: A minimum of three scholarly sources. Most literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
Length of paper: A minimum of four typed, double-spaced pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

I have completed the introduction. I will include it with my attachments. do not use last two paragraphs(leave them out) you can begin from there, this will also give you small idea of how I write: In part 4 (Methods) my proposal for collection procedures will be using Social Media( Facebook) and creating a QR Code to give to people to take the survey. It also must include how I plan to do the independent and dependent variable(s). Also must include what type of scale I plan to use on my research. Must include that research is all anonymous & confidential. Sources must be scholarly and Peer reviewed. Part 5- mention a couple limitations, mention how my study will help in social work (what is my reason for studying this) which is because I am from a rural area myself and see concerning issues in my surrounding areas & communities. Please reach out with any questions