TWO DIFFERENT PAPERS
PAPER ONE:
\ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES) SCREENING
In recent years, increased attention has been given to screening children and adolescents for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). ACEs include growing up in homes involving violence, abuse, neglect, mental health or substance abuse issues, parental separation, or incarceration. Researchers have found that ACEs negatively impact mental and physical health in adulthood and can limit life opportunities (CDC, 2020). Through screening, social workers can identify these experiences in a child’s life and then consider methods to prevent or mitigate the negative effects. Some screening tools have even been expanded to include related life events that contribute to toxic stress, in order to get a broader picture of a child’s experiences.
For this Assignment, you act as a social worker screening Juan Hernandez Jr. for ACEs and related life events. You then consider what you learned from the screening and how you would work with the family.
Reference:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, April 3). Adverse childhood experiences (ACES). https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
TO PREPARE:
- Review the Learning Resources on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
- Review the Hernandez family case in the “Social Work Case Studies” interactive media.
- Download the Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events Screener and use it to complete this Assignment.
BY DAY 7
Complete the Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events Screener for Juan Jr.
Then, in a 1- to 2-page paper, analyze what you learned from the assessment and how you might use it in practice. In your paper, address the following:
- What plans would you make for working with this family based on the identified ACEs?
- How would you administer the ACEs assessment in this case or other cases involving young children?
Please use the Learning Resources or other scholarly resources to support your analysis.
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES) SCREENING
In recent years, increased attention has been given to screening children and adolescents for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). ACEs include growing up in homes involving violence, abuse, neglect, mental health or substance abuse issues, parental separation, or incarceration. Researchers have found that ACEs negatively impact mental and physical health in adulthood and can limit life opportunities (CDC, 2020). Through screening, social workers can identify these experiences in a child’s life and then consider methods to prevent or mitigate the negative effects. Some screening tools have even been expanded to include related life events that contribute to toxic stress, in order to get a broader picture of a child’s experiences.
For this Assignment, you act as a social worker screening Juan Hernandez Jr. for ACEs and related life events. You then consider what you learned from the screening and how you would work with the family.
Reference:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, April 3). Adverse childhood experiences (ACES). https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html
RESOURCES
TO PREPARE:
- Review the Learning Resources on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
- Review the Hernandez family case in the “Social Work Case Studies” interactive media.
- Download the Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events Screener and use it to complete this Assignment.
BY DAY 7
Complete the Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events Screener for Juan Jr.
Then, in a 1- to 2-page paper, analyze what you learned from the assessment and how you might use it in practice. In your paper, address the following:
- What plans would you make for working with this family based on the identified ACEs?
- How would you administer the ACEs assessment in this case or other cases involving young children?
Please use the Learning Resources or other scholarly resources to support your analysis.
PAPER TWO
FAMILY ASSESSMENT
In this week’s Discussion, you focused on how a specific barrier or set of barriers might affect a family system. Now, you turn to a more holistic view of a family system. Consider your experience both within your own family of origin and when interacting with other families. What is different between these examples of families?
In the field of social work, it is imperative that you know how to assess families. When trying to identify what is happening within a family, a social worker must learn about the family’s structure, identify their strengths, review their communication style, and understand the family’s dynamics. Families are influenced by the unique individuals within the family, as well as by the larger cultural context in which the family exists. Families vary in how they define who is a member of the family unit, what role each family should play, and what the family dynamics are based on an individual member’s contributions to the family system. Often, the social worker’s role is to help identify trouble spots and help the family re-adjust to healthy system dynamics.
In this week’s Assignment, you provide an assessment of a family and provide an analysis of the family using a social work perspective with consideration to strengths, cultural values, and social work theory.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
TO PREPARE
- Consider a family system in a holistic manner. You can use the same family system as in the Discussion. However, in the Discussion you focused on a specific set of challenges. In this Assignment, think about all other aspects of the family system.
BY DAY 7
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you further analyze a family system. Support your analysis by using the Kirst-Ashman and Hull text to do the following:
- Describe the structure of a family.
- Identify the strengths in the family.
- Explain where in the life cycle this family is located and how that may influence family dynamics.
- Describe the specific roles of two family members, and explain if the various roles work well together for the benefit of this family.
- Explain how understanding the family’s challenges will help a social worker working with this family.
- Analyze this family using systems theory or the ecological perspective.
Support your paper with examples from the Kirst-Ashman and Hull text, in addition to other resources used to complete this Assignment. You are expected to demonstrate your understanding and ability to apply concepts from the course by paraphrasing resources and providing specific examples of how a concept is evident in the family system you identified for this paper.
