Category: Social Sciences

For this Assignment, you either build on the work that you completed in Weeks 6, 7, and 8 related to a support group for caregivers, or on your knowledge about a program with which you are familiar. Review the resource Workbook for Designing a Process Evaluation.

By Day 7
Submit a 4- to 5-page plan for a process evaluation. Include the following minimal information:

A description of the key program elements
A description of the strategies that the program uses to produce change
A description of the needs of the target population
An explanation of why a process evaluation is important for the program
A plan for building relationships with the staff and management
Broad questions to be answered by the process evaluation
Specific questions to be answered by the process evaluation
A plan for gathering and analyzing the information

There are major changes occurring in our social world with regard to drug use and legalization. Several states, including California, Colorado, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon, have legalized the medical and/or recreational use of marijuana. In your initial post, use one of the three major sociological theories to analyze drug use and drug legalization in the United States today. How does the sociological theory compare with your own personal view of drug usage/legalization?

Three major sociological theories include: Conflict theory, functionalist theory, interactionist theory

Students are required to write a paper based on the book The Size of Others’ Burdens. Here, students must write about the scholarly contribution of the book, with equal space allocated to considering its contribution to (1) theory and (2) methods. Students are encouraged to write about what the author describes as his goal in writing the book and how those goals are achieved in the text. The paper must be 750 to 1000 words long uploaded as a Microsoft Word file It is worth 12.5% of the total mark in the course – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Additional Tips Offered by Professor Maghbouleh – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – (1) Begin the paper with a brief statement.”This paper describes how [insert your own words here] and [insert your own words here] are significant scholarly contributions of Size of Others’ Burdens.” (2) Then jump in to describing these contributions in greater detail. (3) Theory refers to the concepts, tools, and ideas sociologists develop in order to explain a phenomenon in the social world. (4) Methods refer to “what” data sociologists collect and “how” they do so. (5) When you are describing a contribution, make sure to draw on examples from the text. You can paraphrase an anecdote from the text or use a direct quote. In either case, make sure that you put the page number that the information is found on into parentheses. For example: (148). Warning: do not just cut and paste huge chunks of the book into your paper in order to meet the word count. Use material from the book judiciously. (6) Spend a roughly equal amount of space in your paper on theory and methods. (7) The last two sentences of your paper should be something like: “In conclusion, this paper has described the significant scholarly contributions of the book to be [insert your own words here] and [insert your own words here]. Future research would do well to [insert your own words here].” (8) If you go slightly over 1000 word ceiling that is ok. If you do not meet the 750 word floor, that is a problem. (9) Standard formatting is appreciated. Microsoft Word, 12 point Times New Roman, 1″ margins on all sides. Single, 1.5 or double-spaced is fine.

Students are required to write a paper based on the book The Size of Others’ Burdens. Here, students must write about the scholarly contribution of the book, with equal space allocated to considering its contribution to (1) theory and (2) methods. Students are encouraged to write about what the author describes as his goal in writing the book and how those goals are achieved in the text. The paper must be 750 to 1000 words long uploaded as a Microsoft Word file It is worth 12.5% of the total mark in the course – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Additional Tips Offered by Professor Maghbouleh – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – (1) Begin the paper with a brief statement.”This paper describes how [insert your own words here] and [insert your own words here] are significant scholarly contributions of Size of Others’ Burdens.” (2) Then jump in to describing these contributions in greater detail. (3) Theory refers to the concepts, tools, and ideas sociologists develop in order to explain a phenomenon in the social world. (4) Methods refer to “what” data sociologists collect and “how” they do so. (5) When you are describing a contribution, make sure to draw on examples from the text. You can paraphrase an anecdote from the text or use a direct quote. In either case, make sure that you put the page number that the information is found on into parentheses. For example: (148). Warning: do not just cut and paste huge chunks of the book into your paper in order to meet the word count. Use material from the book judiciously. (6) Spend a roughly equal amount of space in your paper on theory and methods. (7) The last two sentences of your paper should be something like: “In conclusion, this paper has described the significant scholarly contributions of the book to be [insert your own words here] and [insert your own words here]. Future research would do well to [insert your own words here].” (8) If you go slightly over 1000 word ceiling that is ok. If you do not meet the 750 word floor, that is a problem. (9) Standard formatting is appreciated. Microsoft Word, 12 point Times New Roman, 1″ margins on all sides. Single, 1.5 or double-spaced is fine.

The Final Paper should include:

An analysis of the question or controversy you selected including central arguments for various sides of the controversy
An explanation of how the question or controversy relates to clinical applications as a helping professional
An explanation of how you might reconcile the question or controversy in your current or future professional role
Bibliography of resources

The Final Paper should include at least 10 references.
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Assignment 1 – Media Assignment
This assignment will help you explore the different types of media outlets and the influence that they have on adolescents. The rubric below will be used to assess your work.

Choose a topic that reflects Medias influence on adolescents. For example: body image, violence, female representation, etc.

Introduction:
Write an introduction to this topic that is clear, concise and to the point.  Be sure to include a strong thesis statement that will capture your readers interest.

Body:
Choose three separate examples of media to discuss.  For example, if you were choosing to talk about how violence in media influences adolescents, you may choose to look at a video game, a music video, and a television show.

Discuss each type of media outlet you have chosen.  You are going to identify, summarize and evaluate this media outlet.  Again, if we use violence as our topic and you choose to discuss a video game (example: Grand Theft Auto), you will need to talk about how violence is portrayed, and how this would influence adolescents.  Your evaluation should include a brief discussion regarding the significance of this media outlet.

Conclusion:
Summarize your findings.  As a result of your research on this topic, make some of your own recommendations (minimum of three).  Using the video game example, you could recommend that parents monitor what games are brought into the household until their child reaches a certain age.  Be sure that your recommendations are clear and well thought out.

Important Information:
This assignment must be submitted using the assigned Dropbox (see How to Submit online).
This assignment must be done in APA format (6th edition). This includes citations, format/layout, and reference page.
Please use Times New Roman, 12 point font, double spaced (as per APA requirements).
You need to include a cover page which includes your name, student number, institution, instructors name, and the due date.  (See APA manual for this).
Assignment length is to be 5-6 pages of written content (double spaced) + a cover page and references page  **These two items do not count as part of your page requirements**  You do not need an abstract.
You MUST use a minimum of 5 academic references: this includes things like books, peer reviewed journal articles, and published reports.  This does NOT include websites such as Wikipedia.com, ask.com, and other sources of that nature. The 5 academic references must be dated no earlier than 1996.
Late assignments will receive a 10% deduction per day that the assignment is late.  (Unless you provide adequate documentation – please see Course Syllabus).
Any questions please contact your instructor (see Instructor letter for contact information).

Provide a transcript of what happened during your field education experience, including a dialogue of interaction with a client.
Explain your interpretation of what occurred in the dialogue, including social work practice theories, and explain how it might relate to diversity or cultural competence covered this week.
Describe your reactions and/or any issues related to your interaction with a client during your field education experience.
Explain how you applied social work practice skills when performing the activities during your process recording.