Social Science Question

This outline is for a mental health social work practice paper. In APA writing format, draft an outline of how you plan to approach the paper.

Review the rubrics for each of the papers you will be writing this semester. Look at the assignment descriptions, and the rubrics for each paper. This will help draft the outline. This should be a breakdown of what the plan is to include or incorporate into the paper. Identify the key sections and information to be included, begin to think about the references and resources the paper will need. For each paper section in this outline, include a list of 5 or more resources that will be used and include the citations in a reference page that can be built upon

NOTE: The five areas listed below each section may only be some of the areas covered in the rubric. Please review the rubric to make sure you reference all the areas needed and/or that need to be included in each section. These five areas serve as a jump off point to give you some ideas of what you want to search for in the literature. Each client or agency situation will be unique and benefit from a variety of sources used that may not be listed, ie., content specific to your client/agency population.

The agency is Communities in Schools of North Texas. The client is Mehki Jackson, he is in 1^st grade and has ADHD.

Client or Agency Situation

This section of the Integrative Paper lays the foundation for subsequent sections. Introduce the client(s).

Rubric

Review the rubric criteria below to help guide you as you complete the outline for the section.

• Practice Setting: Provides a brief introduction to the client/agency that will be the focus of the paper. The practice setting is fully described and provides context to the practice situation with the selected client/agency.
• Practice Situation: The practice situation is fully described.
• Connection to Specialization: Student clearly identifies specialization. Clear description of how the client system relates to the student's specialization.
• Overall Quality: Papers should be written at a graduate level using appropriate APA format (e.g., citations, cover page, reference page, etc.). It should be free of grammatical errors.

Summary

Write a short summary of what you plan to include in this section under each heading below. Use the bullet points to notate the references (at least 5 or more per section) you plan to use in each part of the paper.

Please fill in a brief summary. No need to be more than 3-5 sentences.

References

• Reference 1 - Client system/overview
• Reference 2 - Agency/organization where client is seen
• Reference 3 - Practice fitting your concentration
• Reference 4 - Statistic, research or other information to support concentration fit
• Reference 5 - Ethical challenge or value conflict

Social Policy and Social Justice

In this section you will use a policy analysis model to evaluate a current state or federal policy (e.g., laws, court decisions, or regulations) and describe how it applies to the practice situation. You will also discuss the social justice implications for the client situation based on the selected policy and provide an advocacy plan at the micro, mezzo, and macro level.

Rubric

Review the rubric criteria below to help guide you as you complete the outline for the section.

• Policy Selection: Identify and apply a social policy that is relevant to the practice situation.
• Policy Analysis Model: Evaluate the selected policy using a policy analysis model.
• Policy Recommendations: Provide recommendations for policy review, application, formulation and/or revision based on your policy analysis.
• Social Justice Implications: Discusses the social justice implications for the client situation based on the selected policy and provides an advocacy plan at the micro, mezzo, and macro level.
• Ethical Challenges: Identify and describe one or more potential ethical and values conflicts related to the selected policy as it applies to this practice situation.
• Overall Quality: Papers should be written at a graduate level using appropriate APA format (e.g., citations, cover page, reference page, etc.). It should be free of grammatical errors.

Summary

Write a short summary of what you plan to include in this section under each heading below. Use the bullet points to notate the references (at least 5 or more per section) you plan to use in each part of the paper.

Please fill in a brief summary. No need to be more than 3-5 sentences.

References

• Reference 1 - Policy selected
• Reference 2 - Analysis model
• Reference 3 - Policy implications
• Reference 4 - Policy advocacy – micro/mezzo/macro level
• Reference 5 - Ethical challenge or value conflict

Engagement, Assessment and HBSE Theory

In this section of the paper, you will apply three components to the practice situation described in your Client/Agency Situation paper: Engagement, Assessment, and Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) Theory.

Rubric

Review the rubric criteria below to help guide you as you complete the outline for the section.

• Engagement
  • Practice Skills - Provides a description of a minimum of three specific engagement practice skills necessary for engaging the client/agency and includes how these skills were utilized during the engagement phase. Provide a rationale for using these engagement techniques and reference relevant evidence-based knowledge and literature supporting the use of these techniques.
• Assessment
  • Tools: Provide a description of the tools used to collect, organize, and interpret information about the practice population. Includes citations for evidenced-based tools.
  • Overview of Client Assessment: Discusses the relevant information collected through the assessment tools.
  • Social & Economic Justice: Discusses how social and economic justice, human and civil rights, are related to this practice situation.
  • Strengths and Areas for Growth: Discusses the practice population's strengths and areas for growth based on the information collected in the assessment.
• HBSE Theory: Identifies, describes, and applies a human behavior theory that is relevant to the practice population's area of concern or problem situation.
• Ethical Challenges: Identify and describe one or more potential ethical/value conflicts related to the engagement, assessment, or HBSE, as it applies to this practice situation.
• Overall Quality: Papers should be written at a graduate level using appropriate APA format (e.g., citations, cover page, reference page, etc.). It should be free of grammatical errors.

Summary

Write a short summary of what you plan to include in this section under each heading below. Use the bullet points to notate the references (at least 5 or more per section) you plan to use in each part of the paper.

Please fill in a brief summary. No need to be more than 3-5 sentences.

References

• Reference 1 - Engagement skill #1
• Reference 2 - Engagement skill #2
• Reference 3 - Engagement skill #3
• Reference 4 - HBSE Theory and assessment
• Reference 5 - Ethical challenge or value conflict

Intervention and Evaluation

In this section, you will describe an appropriate intervention strategy based on your practice population's goals and objectives, as well as your method of evaluation.

Rubric

Review the rubric criteria below to help guide you as you complete the outline for the section.

• Goals and Objectives: Clearly presented and provided rationale for a mutually developed and agreed upon intervention strategy with specific goals and objectives.
• Intervention: Describe the selected intervention from beginning to end, including termination. Include references from the literature supporting the selection of this intervention as an evidence-based strategy.
• Theoretical Background: Discuss the theoretical background for the selected intervention strategy.
• Intervention Practice Techniques: Identify and discuss a minimum of three practice techniques used with the practice population during the intervention.
• Evaluation Methodology
  • Describe the evaluation plan used to measure the effectiveness of the selected intervention. Provide a clear rationale for the evaluation method used.
  • Provides a detailed description of the methods used, variables assessed, data collection procedures, sampling plan, and instruments.
• Evaluation Results: Report the results of the evaluation.
• Intervention Critique: Discuss the implications of the evaluation. Critique the intervention and provide an analysis of the strengths and limitations of the intervention.
• Ethical Challenges: Identify and describe one or more potential ethical and values conflicts related to the intervention or evaluation as it applies to this practice situation.
• Policy, Practice, and Research Implications: Discuss the policy, practice, and research implications as a result of the evaluation.
• Overall Quality: Papers should be written at a graduate level using appropriate APA format (e.g., citations, cover page, reference page, etc.). It should be free of grammatical errors.

Summary

Write a short summary of what you plan to include in this section under each heading below. Use the bullet points to notate the references (at least 5 or more per section) you plan to use in each part of the paper.

Please fill in a brief summary. No need to be more than 3-5 sentences.

References

• Reference 1 - Engagement practice skill #1
• Reference 2 - Engagement practice skill #2
• Reference 3 - Engagement practice skill #3
• Reference 4 - Evaluation methods
• Reference 5 - Ethical challenge or value conflict

Ethics and Conclusion

In this section you will discuss the relevance of your practice experience to the NASW Code of Ethics and provide a conclusion to your overall paper.

Rubric

Review the rubric criteria below to help guide you as you complete the outline for the section.

• NASW Code of Ethics: Discuss how the NASW Code of Ethics guides social work practice and how to be an ethical practitioner as it relates to this practice situation.
• Ethical and Values Dilemma(s): Identifies and describes a minimum of one ethical and values dilemma (not previously discussed). Directly connects this dilemma to the practice situation.
• Application of Code of Ethics: Applies the NASW Code of Ethics to this practice situation to resolve an ethical dilemma. Directly cites the NASW Code of Ethics in this section.
• Next Steps for Client/Agency: Provides an overview of the next steps for the client/agency.
• Overall Quality: Papers should be written at a graduate level using appropriate APA format (e.g., citations, cover page, reference page, etc.). It should be free of grammatical errors.

Summary

Write a short summary of what you plan to include in this section under each heading below. Use the bullet points to notate the references (at least 5 or more per section) you plan to use in each part of the paper.

Please fill in a brief summary. No need to be more than 3-5 sentences.

References

Write a short summary of what you plan to include in this section under each heading below. Use the bullet points to notate the references (at least 5 or more per section) you plan to use in each part of the paper.

• Reference 1 - Ethical challenge or value conflict
• Reference 2 - Ethical challenge or value conflict applied to your population/concentration
• Reference 3 - How to resolve conflict
• Reference 4 - Influence on your practice
• Reference 5 - Next steps for the agency

References

Provide APA citations for at least 5 resources to be used for each section of the paper. That means you should have a minimum of 25 citations listed below before you are finished with the outline.

Please list all references in alphabetical order in this section.