Category: Social work

Prompt: Pick a movie and complete an assessment (like the Department of Mental Health full assessment) on the client while watching the movie or shortly after. Use the assessment to create your paper: Bio psychosocial spiritual Assessment: fully describe the “client”, and demonstrate that you are able to fully conceptualize the character in a bio psychosocial spiritual context. (roughly 2-3 pages)
-Identifying data (privilege and oppressed identities): name, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and relationship status
-Presenting problem (using an intersectional lens): both the client’s description and your impression.
-Client’s appearance and basics from mental status (with an intersectionality lens).
-History of the problem (honoring the client’s voice and lived experience with special consideration of systems of oppression, not limited to historical trauma, involvement with public child welfare, incarceration, healthcare, education: age of onset, course, precipitating events, medical or organic factors, prior treatment, family history of disorder, drug/alcohol use, sexual abuse, medications etc…
Diagnostic impression utilizing a trauma informed lens: explaining the rationale for your diagnosis. How does the client meet diagnostic criteria for this diagnosis? Including any differential diagnostic considerations that are appropriate for your case. (roughly 1-2 pages) -Provisional diagnostic impression using DSM-5 classifications and codes Treatment Plan: Provide a thoroughly researched, comprehensive client-centered and equity minded, trauma- informed treatment plan utilizing the latest empirical evidence of effective interventions. Discuss how you will collaborate with the client to develop this treatment plan. (1-2 pages).
Discussion of positionally of client and professional: Address the following: (roughly 1-2 pages)
-Does this case history give a full picture of your “client”? (Is there more you need to know?)
-What does your diagnosis reveal and what does it conceal about your client’s reality, identities?
-How is your diagnosis helpful and/or harmful in the context of the client’s positionally?
-How does your diagnosis impact the dignity of the client? (please justify).
-Does it offer enough information to begin providing anti-oppressive and anti-racist treatment? Please explain why or why not?
-Is there a bias inherent in any part of your diagnosis or treatment based on who you are and your experience, perceptions, beliefs about mental health: cultural, racial, gender, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, level of education, etc.?
-Based on your intersectional identities, would you feel comfortable receiving this approach for yourself or a family member if you/they experienced a similar mental health challenge/impact on daily functioning? Films that are suitable for the assignments:
127 Hours
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Beautiful Mind
American Beauty
American Psycho
American Splendor
American Sniper
Angels in America Annie Hall Antwone Fisher
As Good As It Gets
Benny & Joon
Boys Don’t Cry
Boyz N da Hood
Born On the 4th of July
Black Swan
Blow Blue Sky
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Brokeback Mountain
Citizen Kane
Cold Souls
Color Purple
Crooklyn
Clean, Shaven
Crash
Donnie Darko
Equus
Fatal Attraction
Fences
Fight Club
Fifty Shades of Grey Francis
Franky and Alice
Girl Interrupted
The Godfather (I or II)
Goodwill Hunting
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
In Country
Inside Out
Into the Wild Joker
Juice
KPAX
King of California
Kramer vs. Kramer
Lady Sings the Blues
Lars and the Real Girl
Leaving Las Vegas
Little Miss Sunshine
Lord of the Flies
Mad Love
Ma Vie En Rose
Midnight Cowboy
Margot At the Wedding
Menace to Society
Memento
Moonlight
Mr. Jones
My Own Private Idaho
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Ordinary People
Poetic Justice
Precious
Proof Psycho
Rachel Getting Married
Raging Bull
Reign Over Me
Requiem for a Dream
Revolutionary Road
Running With Scissors
Silver Linings Playbook
Silence of the Lambs
Sophie’s Choice
Straight Outta Compton
Stepmom
Sunset Boulevard
Taxi Driver
Temple Grandin
The Assassination of Jesse James
The Aviator
The Bad Seed
The Best Little Girl In the World
The Danish Girl
The Fisher King
The Hours
The Ice Storm
The Madness of King George
The Soloist
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The War of The Roses
There Will Be Blood
To Kill a Mockingbird
Trainspotting
TransAmerica
Thirteen Trevor
Vicky Christina Barcelona
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
What About Bob
White Oleander
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
– The DSM-5TR must be used to determine the diagnosis, I will attach the PDF of the book.

Journal Prompt
After completing these past two weeks, along with what you learned , how do you define power? Below are some examples. You may choose one of these to expand on, or develop your own definition independently.
Something held by individuals; some people are powerful, some people are powerless
There is only a finite amount of power available, so it is a ‘zero-sum game’; for one person to get more power, they have to take it from another
Power is a negative concept that is used to control others
Power is structural and built into the systems that oversee important functions
Power is pervasive and embodied in all relationships and discourses
Power is fluid and it is possible for one person or group to gain power without taking it from others
Power is a positive concept, necessary for agency and positive action
Power is connected to your identity and the groups you belong to
Power is connected to your relationships with others
Why do you define power in this way? How do you see power affecting your role as a social worker?
Rseources to use: 
The Perils of Power (Audio length: 26 minutes)
Vedantam, S. [Host] (20160. The perils of power [Radio Show]. From Hidden Brain. NPR. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/2016/09/06/492305430/the-perils-of-power
American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (2013). Grand accomplishments in social work. Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative. Baltimore, MD: Author. http://aaswsw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/WP2-with-cover.pdf
Young, I. M. (1990). Five faces of oppression. In Justice and the Politics of Difference (pp. 39-65). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.Harro, B. (1982). The cycle of socialization. https://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/sites/default/files/cycle-socialization.pdf

Share with the class your research question from your literature review and briefly propose a study to help answer the question.
My research question: 
What are the characteristics of alcohol use and the risk for alcohol-related health conditions and access to care among women based on intersectional factors like race and Socioeconomic Status?

This is the directions on how to write the paper. I added the Community Assessment paper discussed below in the directions. I live in Springhill Kansas this is in Johnson County Kansas. 
Submit a 4- to 5-page page paper in which you provide an assessment of your community. Follow these steps to apply macro skills in your assessment:
Use the Overview Questions in the Community Assessment Guiding Framework handout to help you identify the important characteristics of your social environment—that is, your community.
Use the Assessment Questions in the Community Assessment Guiding Framework handout to assess the integration of services in your communities.
To write your 4- to 5-page paper, organize your paper with the following headings:
Historic Overview
Demographics and City Governance
Civic and Social Domains
Cultural and Religious Domains
Under each applicable heading, and based on what you have identified from the Overview Questions section of the Community Assessment Guiding Framework handout, address the following:
Describe the characteristics of your community.
Identify the important individuals, leaders, and other groups in your community.
Explain how these aspects of your community make your community unique.
Based on the Assessment Questions section of the Community Assessment Guiding Framework handout:
Identify an area that may benefit from the development of a program.
Explain why you think your program may be relevant.
Include a reference page (which is in addition to the 4- to 5-page writing requirement) that lists any scholarly journal articles, personal interviews, or government documents used to conduct your assessment.

I WORK WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE DEALT WITH TRAUMA AGES 2-18.
Share with your peers your thoughts about practice problem/challenge within your concentration area that warrants attention.  Base this upon  practice experience and your scoping review of the literature. Use at least two resources to support your selected topic.

Create a in-depth genogram for the character “Shelby” with the background on her family and her is provided This genogram should present dynamics on how SHE feels the relationships are between her family members based on the information attached 

PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW RUBRIC EXACTLY ALL INSTRUCTIONS ARE THERE. MAKE SURE TO SEND PLAGERISM REPORT AFTER COMPLETE.

Review Ch. 9 discussion on “Assessing Behavioral Functioning” and the mental status exam. View the following YouTube cliphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dDs-XgpjP8&feature=youtu.be depicting a mini-mental status exam. The attached pdf of a min-mental examination form can be used as a reference as well. Use the video subject and answer questions 1-3 from the “Skill Development Exercises in Assessment” questions in Ch. 9. Post these answers to the team forum by Thursday at 11:59 pm (CST) of Week 7 for your team peers to review. Then, review your team peer’s answers for 1-3 and answer questions 4 and 6 and post to the forum by Sunday night at 11:59 pm (CST). 

Is it fair to compare the assimilation and success of white ethnics to the problems experienced by non-white ethnics? Why or why not?
What differences does white skin make in the dynamics of discrimination?
Why does it appear to take at least two generations for white ethnic groups to make the transition from being victims of discrimination to being accepted in America?      Why does it take other ethnic groups longer?
Some of the resources from last week are also relevant this week, so I’m adding them below. These are OPTIONAL, but helpful.
The Anglo-Saxon core/white ethnicity:
How a shifting definition of “white” helped shape U.S. immigration policy:    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/white-u-s-immigration-policy
Assimilation:
Unspoken (documentary + written info on America’s Native American boarding schools):    https://www.pbsutah.org/pbs-utah-productions/shows/unspoken/
Resistance to assimilation pressures and revitalization movements:
Chicano Identity:    https://www.pbs.org/video/austin-revealed-austin-revealed-chicano-civil-rights-chicano-identity/
Marie’s Dictionary (ten minute documentary on one woman’s effort to preserve her people’s language):    https://www.globalonenessproject.org/library/films/maries-dictionary
Why do I make art? To build time capsules for my heritage TEDTalk:    https://www.ted.com/talks/kayla_briet_why_do_i_make_art_to_build_time_capsules_for_my_heritage

Reflection is a critical skill for social work practice. Reflection also allows you to deepen your learning and find ways to build momentum for future endeavors. In this short Assignment, you reflect on your Skills Lab experience and discover ways to carry your learnings forward into both your Field Education experience and your practice.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 
WEEKLY RESOURCES
BY DAY 7
Submit a 1- to 2-page paper that addresses the following:
Identify at least one key learning from your Skills Lab experience. Explain the skills you showcased during the Skills Lab Intensive experience and what you considered in your response to the scenario you faced in Day 3 Session 3.
How did this demonstration show you are ready to enter your field experience?
Explain how you will incorporate these learnings into your Field Education experience