This week, your Discussion focuses on a case study featuring issues related to child welfare. You choose a perspective from which to view and discuss the case. This allows you to bring in contemporary and current viewpoints, as well as engage with the many considerations, pressures, or issues related to any policy. Review the case … Read more
Now, pick up from where you left off last week. Last week, you identified rapid assessment instruments that could be utilized for screening/assessing a client that has the behavioral health issue that is related to your focus topic. You will now create a biopsychosocial (spiritual) assessment template that could be used for this special … Read more
Journal: A Global Perspective Asking clients how they view themselves—in terms of ethnicity, race, national origin, and other dimensions of diversity—is a culturally humble and appropriate act. So, too, is learning more about a given population through research. Evidence-based social work, as you recall, involves surveying the literature for the best available information on a … Read more
Discussion: A Case of a New Immigrant Imagine that you are an immigrant arriving in a new country. Perhaps you are escaping persecution, famine, or war, or simply pursuing a better life. Perhaps you are detained at the border. You do not have any support networks in this new country, or if you do, they … Read more
Instructions Yalom’s The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy offers a theoretical understanding of the way a group develops and functions. One of the criticisms of Yalom’s work is that it does not offer a “handbook” of how to conduct groups, but rather a theoretical understanding of group dynamics and group process. During … Read more
This learning tool requires the student to critique an interview with a client by identifying and analyzing thoughts and emotional reactions/responses to the encounter with the client. Social work values and standards are applied as a guideline for this analysis. The Walsh (2002) reading will inform this assignment. Guidelines Students will complete Process Recordings … Read more
In practice, social workers engage with many programs drawn from federal polices to serve their clients. Those policies then have state or local variations that affect program delivery Refer to the Policy Research Starter in the Learning Resources. These resources provide a start for finding information on the policies for this Quick Guide. However, you … Read more
They are to be 1 page in length maximum They are to be centered on a topic of interest related to Social Work, and there should be some connection of the topic to crisis intervention
Instructions Identify a behavioral health issue that is related to the topic you are focusing on throughout your MSW program. Then, identify at least three standardized rapid assessment instruments that you believe would effectively supplement a biopsychosocial assessment. Prepare a proposal for these instruments and be sure to address the following: Identify your focus topic … Read more
Even when you do not declare your values publicly, your lifestyles, verbal, and nonverbal communications usually indicate the values you hold. Assume you have been asked to present at the next regional Social Work conference about these issues. You have decided to discuss the challenges of working with a diverse client base and managing … Read more