Overview
In this assignment, you will integrate your previous assignments with additional research and insights gained throughout the course into a presentation. This presentation should discuss ways in which you can influence systems to address a specific social problem from a social work perspective. Review the individual assignments for additional details.
Refer to the presentation resources in the What You Need to Know for Week 10 activity for presentation tips and PowerPoint best practices.
Instructions
Build your 15–20 minute presentation using PowerPoint or an equivalent application such as Prezi or Google Slides. Refer to the proposal you created in the Week 8 assignment to help you build your presentation. You will conduct and record your presentation using Kaltura or similar software. Be sure to review the Addressing Diversity and Oppression: Strategies for Change rubric to ensure that you meet all requirements. This presentation, comprising 15–20 slides, should be considered equivalent to a 15–20 page scholarly paper, including a reference slide formatted according to current APA style and a cover slide.
Address the 10 main bullet points below that correspond to the rubric criteria for this assignment:
- Describe the social problem of focus conceptualized within a systems framework.
- In one slide, succinctly distill what you have learned about the problem, conceptualized within a systems framework.
- Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional literature and a case study.
- Detail the key cultural diversity and social justice concerns related to the social problem.
- In two slides, succinctly distill what you have learned about the key cultural diversity and social justice concerns related to the problem.
- Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional literature.
- Describe previous efforts that have aimed to address the social problem of focus.
- In two slides, succinctly distill what you have learned about previous efforts to address the problem.
- Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional literature.
- Describe the goals and objectives of a proposed intervention that addresses the social problem of focus.
- In two or three slides, succinctly distill the goals and objectives of your proposed intervention.
- Remember: Goals are the vision for the outcome that you hope to achieve; objectives are ways in which you will accomplish the outcome.
- Describe at least three goals and one or two corresponding objectives for each goal.
- Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional literature.
- In two or three slides, succinctly distill the goals and objectives of your proposed intervention.
- Justify the proposed intervention with supporting literature.
- What are the implications from a social work perspective?
- In one or two slides, succinctly justify your proposed intervention.
- Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional literature.
- Describe each step that needed to implement the proposed change-based effort.
- Who will be involved?
- Who are the key stakeholders/organizations?
- How will you engage those individuals/organizations?
- In two or three slides, succinctly describe each step needed to implement your proposed change.
- Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional literature.
- Describe how the proposed change-based effort will be evaluated.
- How will you know whether or not the effort is successful?
- How will you measure success? (Be specific.)
- In two or three slides, describe how your proposed change-based effort will be evaluated.
- Be sure to support your statements by citing relevant professional literature.
- Reflect on one's professional development related to the problem.
- Note: Since you will be writing about yourself, writing in the first person is appropriate for this portion of the assignment.
- In one or two slides, provide a personal reflection specific to the following points:
- Why you chose this social problem.
- What you have learned about it this quarter.
- How your thinking has changed or not changed regarding what is needed to create change specific to your social problem.
- Biases and assumptions that you have about this work.
- Write content clearly and logically, following the rules of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
- Grammar refers to the basic rules for how sentences are constructed and how words combine to make sentences (such as word order, case, and tense).
- Usage refers to correct word choice and phrasing, particularly with regard to the meanings of words and phrases.
- Mechanics refers to correct use of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
- Write in the third person (except as noted above), adhering to conventions of academic tone.
- Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.
Additional Requirements
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:
- Use best practices for PowerPoint presentations.
- Begin your presentation with the title slide, in which you introduce yourself and the title of the presentation.
- Use the next slide to provide an introductory overview of the presentation.
- List your references in one or two slides at the end of the presentation.
- Length of presentation: 15–20 slides presented in 15–20 minutes.
- Sources: 12–15 scholarly sources published within the last 7 years, cited and referenced in current APA style and format.