Describe two social issues related to the course-specific case study for Claudia that inform a culturally competent social worker.

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As with all areas of the social work process, cultural competence is essential when engaging and assessing a child’s concerns. Being culturally competent includes understanding the unique needs of your client and asking how those needs can be fulfilled. Using an empowerment perspective treating clients as experts on their lives and their needs is essential. Not only does this establish your commitment to being culturally sensitive and aware, but it will enhance the therapeutic relationship. While it is essential to learn and master social work skills and techniques to be a successful practitioner, another significant indicator of a successful intervention is the relationship a social worker builds with his or her client. Some research suggests that the quality of the therapeutic relationship will account for 30% of the clinical outcome of the treatment (Miller, Duncan, and Hubble, 2005, as stated in Walsh, 2010, p. 7). Exhibiting a dedication to learning about a client’s culture, history, and current environmental factors exemplifies a social worker’s desire to build that client–worker bond.

For this Assignment, read the case study for Claudia and find two to three scholarly articles on social issues surrounding immigrant families.

 

Required Readings attached are: 

McCormick, K. M., Stricklin, S., Nowak, T. M., & Rous, B. (2008). Using eco-mapping to understand family strengths and resources. Young Exceptional Children, 11(2), 17–28.

Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

Woolley, M. E. (2013). Assessment of children. In M. J. Holosko, C. N. Dulmus, & K. M. Sowers (Eds.), Social work practice with individuals and families: Evidence-informed assessments and interventions (pp. 1–39). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/acestudy/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fviolenceprevention%2Facestudy%2Findex.html

Case of Claudia attached as document 1-6

In a 2- to 4-page paper, explain how the literature informs you about Claudia and her family when assessing her situation.

  • Describe two social issues related to the course-specific case study for Claudia that inform a culturally competent social worker.
  • Describe culturally competent strategies you might use to assess the needs of children.
  • Describe the types of data you would collect from Claudia and her family in order to best serve them.
  • Identify other resources that may offer you further information about Claudia’s case.
  • Create an eco-map to represent Claudia’s situation. Describe how the ecological perspective of assessment influenced how the social worker interacted with Claudia.
  • Describe how the social worker in the case used a strengths perspective and multiple tools in her assessment of Claudia. Explain how those factors contributed to the therapeutic relationship with Claudia and her family.

Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

Describe your experience, for each skill you identified, by using or observing the skill in this course, including the emotions it triggered in you or obstacles that you had to overcome.

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I need someone to write a 12 page paper ( not including title or reference page) in APA style with at least 7 scholarly resources.
Your task this week is to compile a resource and reference guide on interviewing skills suitable for use within a particular context studied in this course (I/O, Forensic, Health, or Child/Adolescent). In your resource and reference guide, be sure to address the following with a brief section on each:
1. Provide an overview of the stages of interviewing, including Exploration, Action, and Termination.
2. Explain the key skills to be employed at each of the three stages, their importance within the context of the consulting relationship, and related considerations such as the timing of the interview.
3. Describe your experience, for each skill you identified, by using or observing the skill in this course, including the emotions it triggered in you or obstacles that you had to overcome.
4. Integrate these as real-world examples to share with the intended audience of your guide.
5. Consider how having diverse clients from different cultural backgrounds might affect your use of each of the skills you have identified (if at all).
6. Specifically, compare and contrast how these skills would be applied to clients from two different cultural backgrounds.
7. Present a self-analysis in which you reflect on the skills you seem to have mastered fairly well and which you may need to work on.
8. What are your strengths and areas for improvement, based on your experiences in this course?
9. What values and dispositions do you possess that will undoubtedly serve you well while interviewing and are there any that might impede the process?
10. Summarize what you have gained from this course, and then explain how it may affect your future professional and personal relationships.

Discuss the role of the therapist and perceptions of the therapist’s responsibility for change when using a strategic family therapy model; consider the therapist’s role in MRI, Milan, Strategic-Haley, and Strategic-Madanes.

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5.1 Discuss the role of the therapist and perceptions of the therapist’s responsibility for change when using a strategic family therapy model; consider the therapist’s role in MRI, Milan, Strategic-Haley, and Strategic-Madanes.

5.2 Choose two strategic interventions, such as paradoxical interventions, you may consider to address issues when working with a family. What are some considerations to be made from the therapist’s point of view? Describe the process of considering these interventions. Discuss and explain.

6.1 What are benefits and challenges of using experiential interventions with families?

6.2 Research experiential modalities such as sand tray, play, equine, and art therapies. Discuss the modern applications of three of the experiential approaches you researched.

7.1 What are some examples of how narrative techniques could be effectively incorporated into the practice of other types of therapy?

7.2 What are the types of clients and client problems you think are best suited for solution-focused therapy? Is this approach effective only with high functioning clients, or can it be used effectively to treat more serious problems (e.g., substance abuse, sexual abuse, personality disorders, or severe mental illness)?

8.1 Research Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and identify two traditional family therapy models from which it was developed. Discuss ways to integrate this modality, typically a couple’s treatment, into a family system. How might the implementation and/or efficacy of this model impact those in same-sex relationships, and why?

8.2 Based on your research and textbook readings, what three trends do you believe are evolving the practice of family therapy and why? How does culture impact these trends?

Each answer must be answer with 150-200 words and HAVE A CITE in the answer.

Explain how the present group of employees can maximize communication with the new employees.

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Here is the main assignment!  KEEP IN MIND this is a team assignment and I am only responsible for part of the assignment.

The class is DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL FACTORS IN PSYCHOLOGY.  I have attached the book as an attachment.  kthagin is log in to book and Marines1! is the password.
The second attachment is the template that our team has chosen to use.
The third attachment is a very detailed description as to what the lead wants each student to do. It is a planning document.

The assignment:

Imagine that a local company has contacted you regarding new employees from a different culture.  The purpose of the presentation is to help the present employees understand and communicate with the new employees from a different culture.

 

Create an 8- to 10- slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®, research-based presentation to help employees understand cultural differences in the expression of emotion and the interpretation of behaviors and traditions. You will need to select one culture that is NOT represented by the learning team group.  Your notes will explain the points in your slides.

 

Choose a culture outside of those represented in your Learning Team, and include the following:

 

  • Research findings on cultural differences in the expression of emotion, interpretation of behavior, and traditions.
  • Translate the research results into everyday terms, as your audience will be people unfamiliar with psychological jargon.
  • Apply the research findings to your chosen culture.
  • Explain how the present group of employees can maximize communication with the new employees.

 

Include at least three scholarly resources in your presentation.

 

Now, look  at the planning document attached.

 

The human being and emotions – Slide 3 & 4

Slide content: Describe emotion and how it is used in communications. Talk about types of emotions (basic and self-conscious – pg 208). Role of emotional regulation in social construct (pg 209) – this is general discussion of emotional regulation because it will be used later in cultural differences in regulation. For this slide just discuss the concept and who it affect social functions.

 

Possible resources:

Averill, J. R. (1998). What Are Emotions, Really?. Cognition & Emotion, 12(6), 849-855. doi:10.1080/026999398379466

Ekman, P., & Cordaro, D. (2011). What is meant by calling emotions basic?. Emotion Review, 3(4), 364-370. doi:10.1177/1754073911410740

Ekman, P. (1993). Facial expression and emotion. American Psychologist, 48(4), 384-392. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.48.4.384

Godbold, N. (2014). Researching emotions in interactions: Seeing. Emotion Review, 7(2), 163-368. doi: 10.1177/1754073914554779

 

Tracy, J. L., & Robins, R. W. (2004). Putting the self into self-conscious emotions: A theoretical model. Psychological Inquiry, 15(2), 103-125.

 

Guidelines for presentation (to maintain uniformity and presentation style):

  • Each slide should have 4 to 6 summary points, displayed as bullet points that are about a sentence long or less.
  • Each slide, except Intro and Conclusion should have a graphic
  • Important one: Make sure you reference concepts and research that you share to the Chinese culture either to show similarities or differences. Every section should find some way to mention how what you are writing about relates to the Chinese culture. This is the requirement: Apply the research findings to your chosen culture.  
  • Important note 2: Use common terms, stay away from scientific jargon. Our audience is employees of a local company, so write to your audience – but still 3rd person please!
  • Your speaker notes should look just like your writing in a paper. Make sure all your bullet points are covered in your speaker notes and each page should have at least two paragraphs. Please make sure you cite references, just like a paper.