SCENARIO: USING TRAITS TO SELECT A CANDIDATE You are the director of a large social service agency that is responsible for 1,000 people. You are hiring an assistant director to handle a “new” program mandated by the state legislature in the area of day-care facilities. The agency is abolishing the old program, which had high … Read more
Getting Over It is “easy to pick up, hard to master”. The game is an arcade climbing game where you use a hammer to climb up a mountain. The game has no difficulty options or checkpoints, and it aggressively autosaves to prevent save-scumming. Most people who try to play the game will get super frustrated … Read more
Please respond to the following in a substantive post (3–4 paragraphs): · In your view what are some of the social, ethical, and political issues raised by information systems? What are the tools available to make ethical decisions? What impact do the information systems have on the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property? · … Read more
watch “A Class Divided” and answer the questions A Class Divided How did self-fulfilling prophecy play out in the classroom and prison workers? Were you surprised by the behaviors of the children and prison workers? Do you think the children and prison workers learned anything? Do you think everyone should go through this demonstration? Why … Read more
During our class introductions, I asked you to share your professional goals and which population(s)/social issues you are most passionate about. Please briefly remind the class about your goals/interests and then answer the following question: How will knowledge of policy analysis tools be beneficial for your future work and the changes you hope to … Read more
After reading about the positions of various political ideologies from around the world (e.g., Libertarianism, Conservatism, Centrism, Liberalism, Social Democracy, and Socialism), please answer the following questions: 1) Which political ideology do you most agree with, and why? 2) Despite having a common code of ethics set forth by the National Association of Social … Read more
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is one component of educating the whole child. The Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) divides SEL into five competencies: Self-awareness. Self-management. Social awareness. Relationship skills. Responsible decision-making Using the CASEL SEL FRAMEWORK [PDF]Links to an external site., discuss the five competencies of SEL, connecting them to the guidelines … Read more
Prepare a narrated PowerPoint presentation on the diversity activity in which you participated. The presentation should be 5–7 slides in length (including the title and reference slides). In the presentation, be sure to: Describe the activity and the associated population. Explain how the activity has influenced your understanding, bias, or comfort level in working with … Read more
Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the relationship between social work values and ethics with the policy process. Consider contemporary news stories about policy related to social welfare and reflect on what role social workers could play.
Review the Learning Resources on age, ageism, and practice with older adults. Access and navigate through the Adolescent Case interactive video in the Learning Resources, selecting your responses as the session progresses. Reflect on the choices you made as a social worker engaging with the adolescent and consider how those choices may have been influenced … Read more