Assignment: Planning a Needs Assessment II One of the many reasons social worker

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Assignment: Planning a Needs Assessment II
One of the many reasons social workers conduct needs assessment is to provide support for new programs. Social workers have many methods available to collect necessary data for a needs assessment.
Social workers can use existing data from a wide range of sources, including local and national reports by government and nonprofit agencies, as well as computerized mapping resources. Social workers can gather new data through interviews and surveys with individuals and focus groups. This data can provide the evidence that supports the need for the program.
To prepare for this Assignment, review the needs assessment plans that you and your classmates generated for this week’s Discussion. Also, review the logic models that you created in Week 7 and any literature on needs of caregivers that you used to generate them. Consider the following to stimulate your thinking:
Getting information about the needs of the target population:
Who would informants be?
What is your purpose for interacting with them?
What questions would you ask?
What method would you use (interview, focus group, questionnaire)?
Finding potential clients:
Who would informants be?
What is your purpose for interacting with them?
What questions would you ask?
What method would you use?
Interacting with the target population:
Who would informants be?
What is your purpose for interacting with them?
What questions would you ask?
What method would you use?
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper outlining a hypothetical needs assessment related to the support group program for caregivers. Include the following:
The resources needed to operate this service
The program activities
The desired outcomes
A plan for gathering information about the population served
Justifications for your plans and decisions
A one-paragraph conclusion describing how you might conduct a follow-up to the needs assessment at the implementation stage of the program evaluation

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn7-JZq0Yxs First, what was experimentally wrong

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First, what was experimentally wrong with the Ghostbusters ESP study (video link; refer to videos area or use this link: https://online.fiu.edu/videos/?vpvid=fe511f5c-f4f8-4751-873f-f4f5a58a8d20), and how could it be improved to meet scientific standards? Second, if you were doing this study, what would be your hypothesis, and what would your independent and dependent variables be (make sure to list and label them as IVs and DVs)? Be specific here! (“My independent variable would be …; My dependent variable would be …). Third, how would you make it an experimental (rather than correlational) study (it might help to be specific here as well and define the two types of studies in your response. That is, what is a correlational study and what is an experimental study? I suggest discussing the nature of random assignment here as well as experimental versus control groups)? Finally, what are some of the ethical problems with this study and how would you resolve them?

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Discussion 3  Provide an article or video from a credible source on the topic of

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Discussion 3 
Provide an article or video from a credible source on the topic of listening skills.  Summarize what the article or video discusses, and how it relates to week three topic of listening skills. 
Report on Learning 3
1.  Choose a topic from one of the chapters in this week’s reading assignment and write a summary about the topic as follows:
Why it interested you, 
What you believe might interest someone else, and 
How you believe it might aide you in the future.
2.  Choose an article from a credible source and post it with your summary report, with an explanation as follows:  
How the article related to your topic.
A brief summary of what the article is about.

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SOCW 6070 Wk 8 PEER responses Peer names then response separately to each peer p

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SOCW 6070 Wk 8 PEER responses Peer names then response separately to each peer provided  
Read a selection of your colleagues’ posts.
Respond to at least two colleagues with a thoughtful question or suggestion that builds on your colleague’s strategy for debriefing.
Peer 1
diamond jacobs 
RE: Discussion – Week 8
As social workers we are to put aside our briefs, our feelings and focus on the clients. It is very important for a social worker to maintain their compassion and professionalism when considering strategies because a client’s strategies should not be based on the social workers opinion. There was a case I had in court and the judge ordered the child to be moved from the home, only because there was no male figure living in the home. As a mother of a son, I felt belittled and felt like the judge was speaking to me. I felt as though because I do not have a husband or boyfriend in my home, I am doing my son a disservice because I am a woman. I was emotional for the child in this case and for myself, that I had to consult my supervisor. Considering a supervisory role, and applying what I have just experienced will allow me to become a stronger leader and be able to put aside self and focus on other wholeheartedly. According to Freud, some clients can influence the response of social workers, they have to be aware of their unconscious feelings (1910).
As a social work supervisor in the Levy case study video, I would use multiple therapeutic core skills because it would give the supervisor a well-rounded area to focus on. A few therapeutic core skills include an educational mode, reparative mode and a developmental mode (Lundh, 2019). The educational mode focuses on teaching the social worker and applying different skills. Reparative mode identifies disfunction in the social workers skills and developmental mode allows the social worker to engage the client on a personal growth level using non-directivity skills (Lundh, 2019).
Supervisors are faced with tasks of integrating information coming from the clients and engaging in self to assist the client but making sure to engage on a respectable level (McTighe, 2011).
References
Freud, S. (1910). The future prospects of psycho-analytic therapy S.E. (Vol. 11, pp. 139151). London: Hogarth.
Lundh, L. (2019). Three modes of psychotherapy and their requisite core skills. Counselling & Psychotherapy Research, 19(4), 399–408. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1002/capr.12244
McTighe, J. (2011). Teaching the use of self through the process of clinical supervision. Clinical Social Work Journal, 39(3), 301-307.
Peer 2
Emily Heare 
RE: Discussion – Week 8
Supervision Strategy for the Levy Case Study 
The social worker in the Levy case has valid emotions from the sessions she had with Mr. Levy. However, the social worker has allowed emotions to affect her outside of the office and invade her personal life. The case study supervisor understandably appears to be a little concerned with why the social worker has become so emotionally attached to the case. As the supervisor in the scenario, I would use the individual supervision model with the social worker due to potentially harmful countertransference. Individual supervision is when the supervisor and supervisee meet one-on-one weekly to talk about cases and particularly cases that are more of a challenge for some reason or another (Kadushin, Berger, Gilbert, de St. Aubin, 2009). The individual supervisor session will allow the social worker to have professional accountability to ensure the NASW code of ethics is being upheld. 
As the supervisor, I would use necessary social work practice skills such as empathy, empowerment, offering validation, paraphrasing, self-disclosure, and providing advice during the individual supervision session. I would also encourage and make goals with my supervisee related to their therapeutic work and professional development (National Association of Social Workers and Association of Social Work Boards, 2013). Supervision time would also address potential problems with clients, such as the Levy case’s emotions that could potentially be harmful. Self-care is another topic that can be discussed during this time and can be an excellent connection for the Levy case. Reteaching my supervisee about self-care during times of challenge can help prevent potential burnout of the profession. As the supervisor, I should be setting an example of self-care through my actions. 
References 
Kadushin, G., Berger, C., Gilbert, C. & de St. Aubin, M. (2009). Models and methods in hospital social work supervision. Clinical Supervisor, 28(2), 180-199. 
National Association of Social Workers and Association of Social Work Boards. (2013). Best practice standards in social work supervision. Retrieved from https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=GBrLbl4Buwl%3D&portalid=0

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