Please edit the document labeled “Proposed Methods and Design” using the annotations from the documents labeled “Week 8 annotated” and “Matrix annotated”
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In this final assignment, you will continue your research on your chosen cultural group of which you are not a part. This assignment should include at least 10 scholarly references. You will include a description of your chosen population and justification for the choice, as well as your critique of culturally relevant research. You will also include your growing understanding of the chosen population and how best to work with this group in social work practice. You will integrate concepts, theories, and research about the chosen cultural group, as well as evaluate your own cultural competencies in working with this group. Additionally, you need to develop a plan to increase your cultural awareness and improve your professional interactions with culturally diverse groups.
Based on your findings, present a 1012 page paper that contains the following sections.
Introduction
In addition to previewing the full assignment, use the introduction to describe important characteristics of the chosen population in sufficient detail.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Complete the following for final part of the paper:
Submit your week 9 writing assignment here, answering the prompt “what aspect of neuroscience did you enjoy learning about most this week, and why?” At least 1-2 paragraphs, no more than 1 full page.
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Readings:
Guiding questions/essay prompt:
Think back to our first weeks icebreaker, and the question I asked all of you at the beginning of our semester.
As we wind down our brief time together, I ask that you reflect upon your role as a student, a member of a community, and an agent for change while placing yourself in and with the context of this course.
Who are you accountable to? Who holds you accountable?
What is your responsibility, to yourself and to one another?
Where do you find yourself, in relation to the readings we have encountered and explored?
What can you do and how can you do it, to be in but not of, during this particular moment in history that is at once a part and apart from what we have covered during our class?
Some additional questions to consider:
Keep in mind I do not expect you to address and answer each and every question (and you should not). I want to read an analytical, reflective, critical essay, not a list!
Use this experimental finale/Thinkpiece essay II as a space for reflection and closure. Ask questions. Share insights. Write a letter, in the spirit of James Baldwins message to Angela Davis, compose a manifesto a la the Combahee River Collective (and find out where their name comes from), or record a podcast/videocast even!
Harney and Moten in The Undercommons selection speak to this sense of possibility where they write to the necessity of critical education and to the importance of questioning what is already in place. There is use in the polemic, and this is an intensely polemical text. How does this resonate with you? What comes next? This is not the end, but just one more step on your journey.
Making Connections in an Analytical Narrative
In this final Thinkpiece assignment you will of course need a how/why/SO WHATa compelling thesis statement that will drive your essay. You will support your thesis using examples from your own lived experiences (your personal narrative) as well as the readings here. Reference my comments on your first thinkpiece.
If it helps, you can think of how your lived experience illustrates or illuminates one or more concepts that we have exploredincluding but not limited to racial formation theory, racial capitalism, intersectionality, settler colonialism, racial scripts, and/or comparative or relational approaches, among others.
Your narrative of your experience will thus form part of the what that we seek to understand through the application of our course materials. I am not looking for any right or wrong answers, but rather how well you apply the conversations and texts we have covered and discussed throughout this class to your own lived experiences.
The whole accountability question got me thinking. Honestly, Im mostly accountable to myself these days. I live alone and am in full-on student mode after stepping away from work, so its really on me to keep showing up. But the bigger picture? I feel accountable to my future patients. Im working toward becoming an RN, and that responsibility isnt something I take lightly. Being accountable to someone, to me, just means you care enough to follow through, even when its hard.
My big goal this semester is just to stay on track with my classes, especially Anatomy & Physiology and this one! Im hoping that by the end of our time here, Ill walk away with a deeper understanding of culture and identity that I can actually use in healthcare. Also trying to keep my Spanish learning going (its my sixth language, slowly but surely!). Ive taken online classes before and honestly love the flexibility. Outside of school, Im usually studying, going to church is part of my life, trying to catch up with friends, or convincing myself not to spend too much time scrolling. Ive read through the syllabus and am really looking forward to digging into the discussions. Cant wait to learn with you all! Thank you.
This week, you examined the decision-making process and how it can help you make thoughtful, value-based choices under pressure. In this assignment, you will create a short 23-minute podcast-style recording where you walk through a well-being decision-making plan. Think of it as giving advice to your “future professional self” or to someone just starting in your career field.
Your goal is to show how you would apply key psychological concepts to manage your well-being and make effective decisions for a real-world problem.
The model is:
You will encounter each of these steps throughout the assignment.
The first step in the decision-making model is to define the problem. Identify a realistic professional problem where your well-being could be challenged.
Here are just a few examples of the types of problems you might use. You can select one of these or another of your choice:
Once you’ve identified your problem, write an introduction for your plan by doing the following:
Introduction
I often find myself in situations where deadlines approach quickly, and the workload feels overwhelming. One practical situation I can experience in the field is a strict deadline, in which I have much work to do and where quality and time are of paramount importance. The problem is also directly connected with my well-being, as stress, tiredness, and self-doubt may build up within a short time span when the deadlines to meet are too many. In the meantime, these cases enable me to use psychological knowledge, which strengthens my resilience and decision-making. Addressing this challenge through a more psychologically oriented approach, I will have an opportunity to protect my mental health and improve my performance and leadership. With this plan, I will analyze how a growth mindset and grit will help me work under demanding workloads and leverage pressure to challenge myself further and get more out of it.
Evaluating Psychological Concepts
The growth mindset is one of the strongest tools that I can apply when I have to meet tight deadlines. The studies indicate that growth mindset persons perceive challenges as a way to learn instead of seeing them as a threat to their success (Peng et al., 2025). In my situation, this will mean I can reschedule deadlines as an opportunity to improve my work results, become more flexible, and prove my ability to handle pressure. The attitude has helped me reduce stress levels, remain confident, and see every challenge as a learning experience towards something better. I would translate thoughts into action and apply grit and perseverance to keep going when things are not going well. Grit is the passion and unwavering determination that keep one going in life, even when one fails. Growth mindset and grit will allow me to accept heavy workloads, approach them with determination and optimism, and transform pressure into personal and professional growth. Reference Peng, L., Chen, H., Liang, W., Shi, Z., & Li, Q. (2025). The impact of growth mindset on subjective wellbeing in elementary school students: a moderated mediation model. Frontiers in Psychology, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1595422
Learning Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to show the integration of assessment with intervention and evaluation. Specifically this paper focuses on the application of a theory and technique to the specific case situation you selected for your process recording. This paper should be identified in four parts. Within these parts, it will be important to highlight the strengths perspective, cultural competence, and any ethical dilemmas encountered through the implementation and evaluation phase of service provision.
Description of assignment
Section 1 (2-3-pages)
Utilize the case situation presented in the process recording scenarios. Summarize the major factors, which provide enough data for an accurate assessment, with a focus on problem prioritizing, goals and objectives. While material taken directly from the client need not be referenced, material on any condition or problem the client may be suffering from should be backed by adequate citation. For example, if the client is suffering from depression, a definition and diagnostic criteria must be included. Use at least four sources of documentation to support your assertions.
Section 2 (3-4 pages)
Identify, describe and document one theory of intervention that might be applied to the specific case presentation. Use at least four sources of documentation other than required course readings for the selected theory. In this section, the important task is to demonstrate an understanding of the principles, concepts, and techniques that you will be applying in section 3 of this paper.
Section 3 (3-4 pages)
Apply the theory to the case situation in Section 1. Although you might apply key concepts, it might be easier to apply specific techniques and procedures to the case (as long as you identify what theory the techniques/procedures are drawn from). Application demonstrations might be achieved through narratives of the worker-client interaction, or sample dialogues between worker and client. The important task is your application of therapeutic technique that you describe in section 2 of this paper to the client situation that you presented in section 1.
Section 4 (2-3 pages)
Briefly describe how you might go about evaluating whether or not the goals and outcomes established during the assessment are achieved.
Length: 10-15 pages including references. Again, references for evaluative measures must be provided. Reference, reference, reference!
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