Category: Psychology homework help

 
The Policy Change Proposal
This week, discuss your thoughts related to developing a proposal to improve an existing social policy.
Here are some ideas to get you started. Choose one to respond to for the discussion this week.
What are the elements of a successful proposal? What proposal elements are generally most important for different audiences? Have you ever submitted a proposal? If so, what were the results? How did you decide to use the format you chose?
Watch an advocacy presentation on YouTube (or a similar platform). What did you like and dislike about it? How effective do you think it was and why?
How does your culture, background, and/or experience impact your thinking about how to identify an opportunity for change and the leadership needed? How might this assist you in completing your presentation due in Week 9?
Explain which of this week’s concepts, resources, or activities is of most interest to you and your professional development. Offer some specific examples.

 
This week, think about social work with family groups.
Please select one of the following prompts as a starting point for your post:
Your textbook describes the diversity of family forms. How do you define the compositions of family?
Ecomaps and genograms are types of family assessments. Discuss at least one strength and one limitation of using these tools in practice. 
There are at least two aspects of families a social worker should focus on. Discuss what these are and why they are important.
Community resources can be invaluable. Share a link to a resource in your community that helps families. What is the mission of the agency and what services are offered?
Please note:
Do not create your post as a reply to the pinned post. Instead, use Yellowdig’s Create option to create a new post.
Remember to practice the use of APA style for citations and references throughout the discussion activities in this course. All information not derived from your own knowledge or experience should include an in-text citation and a reference at the end of the post to show the reader where it came from. Use Academic WriterLinks to an external site. for guidance in citing sources in proper APA style. See the Writing CenterLinks to an external site. for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
Attaching an article, video, podcast, meme, et cetera, as part of your post is always a good idea, but remember that you will need to write sufficient text in the post to meet the required point total for the post. Points will not be earned for merely attaching the resource and submitting a post without any descriptive text.

There are 2 discussions which are min 120 words each. Include citation. 
There are 6 discussion replies no citation needed. 

Read the letters of Christopher Columbus and Hernán Cortés and respond to them using the readings, the text, the lectures, and most importantly, your critical thinking skills and interpretive abilities. Base your analysis on the themes and concepts from the readings and lectures. Provide evidence for any arguments you make with quotes and paraphrases accompanied by in-text citations and a Works Cited page. Any outside sources must be properly cited.
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The assignment should be double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, with one-inch margins
Use MLA for citing references and quotations

Read the PowerPoint slide discussion on “How to find a peer-reviewed journal article”. Based on the discussion, use the Monroe College’s databases (The Link is in your Week 3 Folder) and locate FIVE peer-reviewed journal articles pertaining to your group’s topic. If your team has not chosen a topic, you are free to choose from the topics listed on your syllabus for this assignment. Once selected, copy and paste the reference ONLY for each journal article on a single page. An example/format looks like the below:
Sylvester, A. L., & Teboh, C. (2016). Police social work and community policing. Cogent Social Sciences, 2(1) doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2016.1212636 
topic is Homeless Males with Substance Use and Mental Illness: Should they be housed in shelters?

 
Reflect on the past five weeks as well as the courses you have taken up to this point. Describe the impact of psychology and research in specialty areas. How will you apply your knowledge and skills in the future?

answer each bullet section with a minimum of one paragraph for each answer (a paragraph consists of 5 full sentences). Your answers should not be vague. You must elaborate on each point.
Your assignment must be submitted with a separate cover page, double spaced.
Be sure to complete the self-assessment of the group leadership skills.
The text has a section on problems and issues facing begin­ning group leaders. As you review this section, think about the concerns you have as a group leader.
Chapter2 has a section dealing with the personal characteris­tics of the effective group leader. Select what you consider the top three most essential characteristics.
In Chapter 2, page 45-47, is a self-assessment of the group lead­ership skills discussed in the chapter. Identify a few of the ar­eas where you see your main strengths. Also identify some of your limitations and areas you need to develop.
Discuss some of the most important traits you look for in a person with whom you would want to co-lead a group and explore ways that you might best work with a co-leader.

A recent conversation with your Pastor alerted you to pray and prepare for a follow-up self-care conversation.  His self-report indicates high stress with a vigilant psyche and torqued body. It seems that his current approach to self-care has produced an overall languishing profile, especially in a very important relationship. He values your mentorship and seems to believe that you aim to flourish in all areas of life, especially with your mate.
The pursuit to have a clear conscience before God and others (i.e., do your best to maintain a peaceful conscience: Acts 24:16) prompts reflection on your current self-care profile. Therefore, put on the self-care hat, and engage a personal symphonic inventory. Knowing the value of pressing the pause button to gain a fresh perspective during stressful seasons, consider your current practice with rational meaningful detachments.  In this last forum, apply what you have learned about self-care and noticeably draw upon this week’s readings as you respond to the following:
Evaluate your current practice of self-care, especially the use and/or lack thereof a rational meaningful detachment(s).
Identify a specific rational meaningful detachment (past, current, or anticipated RMD) that might improve your overall resiliency. After reviewing self-care insights from the course, especially this week’s readings, build a research-based rationale for the use of this particular RMD.
Point out how this RMD might strengthen communication and connection in a specific relationship.
Tips:
Make sure to use headings (3) so that the most inattentive reader could easily follow your thoughts.
Use the annotated outline approach. Bullets should have concise, complete, well-developed sentences or paragraphs.

Plan a successful mock group:
Answer the following questions and give an explanation for your answer.
For instance if you were running an AA meeting, how would that look in respect to the following questions?
How many sessions will you meet for?
When will you meet?
How will you select members?
Where will the group be held?
Will you provide food?
Will you provide transportation?
Will you provide childcare?
please do not use AA as an example!

Your writing task: Now that you’ve chosen your proposal idea, you need to start asking questions and finding scholarly sources.
For next week, I would like you to write at least five (5) essential questions that you can research through secondary sources (i.e. articles found through the databases on MyMonroe).
Additionally, you need to find at least five (5) sources that respond to some of these questions, and submit annotated bibliography entries on each. The annotated bibliography should be a summary of the most useful information and evaluation/analysis of this information’s importance. At this point, you should not be incorporating your opinion, but providing academic analysis.