A lack of motivation

George is a 23-year-old, Caucasian male who is referred to a Social Worker at his community college. George reports that since the beginning of the semester he has experienced a lack of motivation. George further reports that his anxiety has also increased as he worries his lack of motivation will impact his ability to pass his classes this semester.

Using the 4-step, Task-Centered Practice Model, please discuss how you would apply this model to the vignette above.

Access and review the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale

Access and review the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) in the Learning Resources. Select one of the Screeners to use for this Discussion.

Navigate through the Military Veteran interactive media piece and engage with the client. Using the C-SSRS, assess the client’s suicide risk.

Post your assessment of the client’s suicide risk. Identify the risk and protective factors that led you to this assessment. Then, explain what further steps and/or interventions you would take as the client’s social worker, based on the suicide risk assessment.

Vulnerable population of interest

Research an existing human service program or community effort that is targeting a vulnerable population of interest.  It may be a program that provides direct services to clients, a community organization effort, a program that influences public policy, an advocacy effort, etc. Study the organization’s website and other resources that describe its purpose, structure, funding, etc. After studying this agency, you will respond to the following questions/prompts about the existing program in the chart provided. Chart can be found in Moodle in the Assignment Dropbox. Points will be deducted if information is not provided in the chart.

Provide existing agency description mission statement

Describe agency’s efforts/intervention

Describe vulnerable population served and outcome

Characteristics of competent communicators

Initial Post: Compose a discussion board post (target range 300-400 words) responding to the following prompts:

Think about a recent conversation with a friend, family member, or work associate. Ideally this would be a conversation you have had in the last day or two. Analyze your conversation and describe it in terms of the transactional model of communication. Try to identify all parts of the model in your conversation.

Now look at that same conversation and think about communication competence. Were you and your partner successful? Discuss how you may or may not have demonstrated the characteristics of competent communicators.

Single stimulus preference assessment

Can you help me conduct a step by step protocol on how to conduct a single stimulus preference assessment?

Spurious Correlation

Go to Spurious Correlation (Links to an external site.) and discover a possible new correlation.

    • Select a choice from the drop-down menu
    • Click the Correlate button
    • Select your second variable.

Function of a literature review

Explain how a literature review differs from a traditional research paper for a course. In your explanation, address the function of a literature review. Describe potential consequences of deciding on a research question without conducting a thorough review of the literature.

Migrant journey from Latin America to the United States

(Family, Hope and Resilience on the Migrant Trail) • Jon Lowenstein has documented the migrant journey from Latin America to the United States, one of the largest transnational migrations in world history. Sharing photos from his decade-long project “Shadow Lives USA,” Lowenstein takes us into the inner worlds of the families escaping poverty and violence in Central America –and pieces together the complex reasons people leave their homes in search of a better life.

In about a paragraph, summarize the video. What did you learn or take away from this video?

What do you think parents or teachers should know about this video? Noted: You must have a minimum of two citations in your submission.

Psychosocial assessment

  • Brief psychosocial assessment
    • Include class, race, culture, religion, and sexual orientation of your client
    • Include the presenting problem
  • Discuss how the psychosocial frame of reference (person-in-environment) has informed your assessment of the client’s situation and your specific treatment plans and interventions with the client.
  • Discuss which practice theory informed your practice, including key concepts, practice principles, and specific interventions.
  • Identify the dynamic relationship between the following:
    • Client’s past and current themes and challenges
    • Client’s conscious and unconscious issues
    • Client and worker’s current and transferential relationship
  • Include excerpts from practice to illustrate these aspects where appropriate.

Research proposal that utilize an experimental method

Select 2 research articles related to the area of interest for your research proposal that utilize an experimental method.

In the Discussion area

Present the following for each article:

APA reference (this gives you practice with APA reference citations)

Type of experimental design (Between, Within, or Mixed);

How participants were assigned to conditions?

How did they manage threats to external and internal validity (if at all)?

Describe how the study may help you develop your own research project either methodologically or in terms of your question/hypothesis.