Assignment

Journal Assignment Adultism: submit a 2- to 4-page journal entry Personal Experience and Professional Role By May 6, 2017; respond in your journal, explaining a specific example of ageism or adultism that might have occurred in your life or in the life of someone you know. Describe how the experience affected you or the person you know. Then explain how you as a social worker might support younger clients facing adultism or elderly clients facing ageism as they work toward the goals they have set for themselves.

Readings

Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W. J., Castaneda, C., Hackman, H. W., Peters, M. L., & Zuniga, X. (Eds.). (2013). Readings for diversity and social justice (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge Press.

– Chapter 114, (pp. 542–549)

– Chapter 116, (pp. 558–559)

– Chapter 118, (pp. 565–566)

-Chapter 122, (pp. 576)

-Chapter 125, (pp. 584–586)

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader]. o “The Parker Family” o “The Logan Family”

Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Logan (Episode 34 of 42) [Video file]. In Sessions. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu • Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Parker (Episode 30 of 42) [Video file]. In Sessions. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project

 

 

Project: Bio-Psycho-Social Assessment

Assessing a client’s biological, psychological, and social history is a holistic approach that is an essential aspect of social work practice. Since one area often affects the other two, it is important to get as accurate an assessment as possible when working with a client. Social workers use the bio-psycho-social tool to communicate specific information, and possible conclusions, about a client to other professionals. It is, at once, a summary of current issues and problems; a listing of past factors that may be relevant to the current situation; and a description of potential issues that may have an effect on the client in the future. In aIDition to describing the client’s challenges and problems, the assessment identifies strengths and assets that are available to provide support. For this Assignment you create a bio-psycho-social assessment.

Submit by May 5, 2017 a 6- to 9-page paper that focuses on an adolescent from one of the case studies presented in this course. For this assignment, complete a bio-psycho-social assessment and provide an analysis of the assessment. This assignment is divided into two parts:

Part A: Bio-Psycho-Social Assessment: The assessment should be written in professional language and include sections on each of the following:

o    Presenting issue (including referral source)

o    Demographic information

o    Current living situation

o    Birth and developmental history

o    School and social relationships

o    Family members and relationships

o    Health and medical issues (including psychological and psychiatric functioning, substance abuse)

o    Spiritual development

o    Social, community, and recreational activities

o    Client strengths, capacities, and resources

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Part B: Analysis of Assessment. AIDress each of the following:

o    Explain the challenges faced by the client(s)—for example, drug aIDiction, lack of basic needs, victim of abuse, new school environment, etc.

o    Analyze how the social environment affects the client.

o    Identify which human behavior or social theories may guide your practice with this individual and explain how these theories inform your assessment.

o    Explain how you would use this assessment to develop mutually agreed-upon goals to be met in order to aIDress the presenting issue and challenges face by the client.

o    Explain how you would use the identified strengths of the client(s) in a treatment plan.

o    Explain how you would use evidence-based practice when working with this client and recommend specific intervention strategies (skills, knowledge, etc.) to aIDress the presenting issue.

o    Analysis the ethical issues present in the case. Explain how will you aIDress them.

o    Describe the issues will you need to aIDress around cultural competence.