Child Abuse in Homes of Substance Abusers

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Child Abuse in Homes of Substance Abusers

 

 

Research clearly indicates a connection between substance abuse and child maltreatment. Among confirmed cases of child maltreatment, 40 percent involve the use of alcohol or drugs. An estimated 480,000 children are mistreated each year by a caretaker who has alcohol or drug problems. Additionally, alcohol and drug problems are factors in a majority of cases of emotional abuse and neglect.

 

Answer the following:

 

  • Given these statistics, why do you think a more concerted effort is not made in the media to make citizens aware of the association between substance abuse and child abuse?
  • Choose one of the following audiences, and describe a plan to heighten awareness of this problem:
    • Grade and high school students
    • Parent or child organizations such as Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts
    • Welfare recipients
  • Include three action points for implementing this awareness plan nationwide to the chosen audience.  Be sure to specify:
    • Who will deliver the information?
    • How will the information be delivered?
    • What systems will be put in place for support if needed by participants?
  • Include one additional action point to address prevention strategies in the population chosen above.

 

Create a 6-7-page plan. Must have 5 -7 references

 

Responses under the minimum (six pages) are unacceptable; however being over the maximum (seven pages) is fine. It is preferable that you go into too much detail, rather than not enough. Don’t forget to use APA format when writing your paper including citations

 

 

 

Please check for spelling and grammar errors, and proofread for errors before submitting. Must use United States/English words

 

Must use as one of 5-7 references required

 

Title: Drugs in Perspective
Author: Richard Fields
Edition / Copyright: 8 / 2013
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
ISBN: 9780078028502

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No abbreviations or plagiarism

 

Must use United States/English words

 

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word (three to four pages) paper in which you consider social behavior.

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Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word (three to four pages) paper in which you consider social behavior.

 

Include the following:

 

·       Explain how our motive to belong influences our group behaviors, both positively and negatively. Consider your Week 2 reading on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

·       Explain how the fundamental attribution error influences our judgments of others. How could becoming more aware of, and correcting this error, change our understanding of others’ behavior?

·       How do assumptions, such as defensive attribution and the just-world hypothesis, influence our sense of control over our lives? How could we correct these but still feel in control?

·       The way we perceive others is quite subjective, and the processes we use to evaluate others are often outside of our awareness. Nonetheless, social interactions exert powerful influences on how we feel and behave. What factors influence our prejudices about people? What factors influence whom we find attractive? How might culture influence perceptions of prejudice and attractiveness?

·       What kinds of things help you see the world in a positive light?

 

Note: You will be assessed on whether your paper is clear and logically organized; whether the content is comprehensive and relevant; whether the language is appropriate to the audience; whether writing is clear and concise; whether grammar, usage, spelling and punctuation follow standard American English, and whether references are consistent with APA guidelines. Be sure to properly cite the resources you use.

 

Format your paper consistent with course-level guidelines.

 

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

 

Did you or someone you know experience anything that supports your conclusions about the effects of emotions and social learning on behaviors?

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Prior to beginning this journal entry, review the “Cognition: Overview and Recent Trends” (pp. 3-8), “Neuroscience Bases of Learning” (pp. 9-15), and “Learning in a Cross-Cultural Perspective” (pp. 16-22) articles in your text, and read the American Educational Research Association’s Code of Ethics. It is important for you to have already completed your initial post in the “Learning and Cognition Perspectives” discussion before you compose this journal entry. Each week’s journal entry will include four parts. Each part does not need to be lengthy, but should demonstrate your understanding of the course content addressed within the week.

Part 1: Learning acquisition and development is a key area in the study of learning and cognition. Each week, you will include vocabulary from your readings in your journal that was unfamiliar to you or might be unfamiliar to your peers. Identify three to five words from this week’s content and research each word in the context of learning and cognition. Explain, in your own words, what each word means and how it is used in the context of learning and cognition.

Part 2: Based on this week’s discourse and content, access the Ashford University Library and research one peer-reviewed article pertaining to social processing that was published within the last 10 years. Provide a summary explanation of the findings on social processing in the context of your article. What implications should scholars consider based on this information? Support your explanation utilizing your course sources and your researched article.

Part 3: Consider the events from the past week of your life. Did you or someone you know experience anything that supports your conclusions about the effects of emotions and social learning on behaviors? Describe one personal real-life example of an occurrence that supports the implications of social learning on our behaviors and beliefs. As you share this information, consider and apply the professional standards found in “12.06 Anonymity of Sources”found in the AERA Code of Ethics.

Part 4: Based on the AERA Code of Ethics, if you have described an event that occurred with a friend or a colleague, what do your resources suggest may possibly affect how you personally interpret the event? What is the possibility for bias on your part, and how can it be avoided (or should it be)? In what ways can you address your personal biases when explaining observations to be ethical in reporting of the information? How important is this process to the maintenance of professional standards?

Each journal entry should be 400 to 700 words in length and should establish your understanding of the content, apply appropriate methods of ethical practices, and exhibit appropriate scaffolding of personal experience to the week’s content.

Research With Statists

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  • SOCIAL WORK with Research Experience Only

    WK8 Assignment – Agency Memo – Final

    Purpose

    In this assignment you will be crafting a memo detailing your recommendations for an intervention to use with a client population and developing a single subject design for testing your recommended intervention in a social work setting. The memo should be of professional quality. In other words, it should pass as a document that a master level social worker would provide to a supervisor in practice.

    Instructions

    Overview
    The memo should be between two to three pages single spaced and should be formatted as a memo (a sample format is provided). The memo will detail:

    • the scope of the population/issue;
    • various interventions to improve an aspect of the population/issue;
    • an evaluation of the existing evidence to support the use of each intervention;
    • recommendations on which intervention to choose; and
    • a plan for evaluating the use of the intervention using single subject design within an agency.

    Final
    The final of the memo is due in the final week of the course (see syllabus). The final is 45% of the Agency Memo assignment grade.

    • The Final must also be completed using the Memo Template form and follow the Memo Structure section below.
    • The final should include/address all Outline and Draft feedback from your instructor.

    Memo Structure
    Your memo should follow the organization below and should include subheadings.

    Scope
    You should detail the scope of your population/issue by citing statistics detailing your population and why it is important to assist the population. This section:

    • sets the stage for your entire memo by laying out for your supervisor why your agency should address the needs of your selected population;
    • must be fact based and should contain citations rather than your opinions;
    • should also be short in comparison to the rest of the memo. For example, if you had selected adults with disabilities and wanted to focus on their vocational needs, you would state how many adults have disabilities. You would then document the challenges of adults with disabilities in finding jobs.

    Available Interventions
    You should detail various interventions that have been used to improve an aspect of the population/issue. Depending on your topic, you may have many interventions that can be grouped together in a summary or you may have one or two standard interventions that are used. Briefly describe the interventions. Appropriate descriptions may include whether:

    • the intervention is considered evidence-based;
    • the intervention has been tested on various demographic groups (children, non-English speakers, etc);
    • what the intervention purports to change in a client population (improve depression, decrease teen pregnancy, etc.);
    • specialized training is required; and/or 5) the intervention is free to use.

    Evidence for Intervention Use
    Select two of the most promising interventions and describe in more detail how they have been evaluated to demonstrate evidence that they will work with your client population. Explain how the interventions have been implemented and why researchers have suggested that they are effective.

    Recommendation for Intervention
    Based on everything you have written above, suggest to your supervisor which recommendation you feel will work best at your agency. This section should be brief in relation to the other sections.

    Single Subject Design
    Now that you have selected an intervention, design a single subject evaluation that you can use in your practice to evaluate your intervention. Describe a validated measure that you will use to change the target behavior of your client. Describe data collection and potential limitations of your design.

    Topic and Group Selection

    In the first week of class, you will select one of the five topics: foster care, child maltreatment prevention, substance use treatment, mental health treatment or teen pregnancy prevention. Using this topic, you will begin to search for an intervention that can successfully be used with the population. You can adjust your topic selection to narrow down your population and issue. For instance, if you choose foster care, you have the leeway to narrow your memo topic down to youth aging out of foster care who need jobs.

    Based on your topic selection, you will be assigned to a group of students who also selected the same topic. However, this is not a group assignment. The group is a learning community where you will have the opportunity to answer discussion posts related to your topic and engage with your peers also working on your topic. Although you are strongly encouraged to collaborate with your group, you are responsible for writing your own memo.