The social work practicum

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Required Readings

Garthwait, C. L. (2017). The social work practicum: A guide and workbook for students (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.Chapter 8, “The Social Problem Context of Practice” (pp. 87-96)

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Engagement [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.eduNote: This audio introduction is located in the Introduction section. The approximate length of this media piece is 1 minute.

Optional Resources

Click this link to access the MSW home page, which provides resources for your social work program:MSW home page

For this assignment, you are expected to identify a sub-population within the field agency, then research and discuss with your field coordinator the state and federal policies that may impact the identified clients. Finally, discuss if there is a possibility for you to advocate on behalf of those clients.

By Day 7

Submit a 2-3 page paper in which you:

  1. Identify the subpopulation
  2. Identify State and federal policies and discuss their impact on the clients identified
  3. Provide suggestions for the agency
  4. Discuss possibilities to advocate for the clients

NOTE: You are expected to present and discuss this assignment with your agency Field Instructor. Your field instructor will be evaluating your ability to demonstrate this competency in their field evaluation. In addition, you will submit this assignment for classroom credit. The Field Liaison will grade the assignment “PASS/FAIL,” see rubric for passing criteria.

The stages of group development

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Chapter 6

Question 1: Read, list and discuss:

a. The stages of group development

b. Types of conflicts

c. Types of negotiation

Chapter 7

1.Do you agree with the following statement: “With proper planning it is possible to eliminate most/all risks from a project.” Why or why not?

2.Analyze Figure 7.2 in the attachment (degree of risk over the project life cycle). What is the practical significance of this model? What implications does it suggest for managing risk?

3.Assessing Risk and Benefits: Suppose you are a member of a project team that is evaluating the bids of potential contractors for developing some sub-assemblies for your project. Your boss makes it clear that any successful bid must demonstrate a balance between risk and price. Explain how this is so; specifically, why are price and risk seen as equally important but opposite issues in determining the winner of the contract? Is a low price/high risk bid acceptable? Is a high price/low risk bid acceptable? Why or why not?

Chapter 8

1.Why is cost estimation such an important component of project planning? Discuss how it links together with the Work Breakdown Structure and project schedule?

2.Think of an example of parametric estimating in your personal experience, such as the use of a cost multiplier based on a similar, past cost. Did parametric estimating work or not. Discuss the reasons why.

3.Would you prefer the use of bottom-up or top-down budgeting for project cost control? What are the advantages and disadvantages with each approach?

Problems:These three problems require calculations and you MUST show your work. If you simply hand in the solutions, they will be counted as incorrect. Your task is to show me that you can figure out how to do the problems. . There are many ways to do the problem but if you are unfamiliar with how to calculate base 2 logarithms, the table will do that part for you.)

Problem 1: Calculate the fully loaded cost of labor for a project team member using the following data:

Hourly rate: $35/hr and also if $45/hr (two caluculation required)

Hours needed: 150

Overhead rate:55%

Problem 2. Assume that overhead is charged on a flat rate basis. Each member of the project is assigned an overhead charge of $150/week. What would the fully loaded cost of labor be for an employee, given that she is assigned to the project for 200 hours at $10.50/hour?

Problem 3. It took MegaTech, Inc. 100,000 labor-hours to produce the first of several oil drilling rigs for Antarctic exploration. Your company, Natural Resources, Inc. has agreed to purchase the fifth oil drilling rig from their manufacturing yard. Assume that MegaTech experiences a learning rate of 80%. At a labor rate of $35 per hour, what should you, as the purchasing agent expect to pay for the fifth unit?

Remember, the simplified formula for calculating learning rate time is given as: See the chart at the bottom of the page or underneath the problem for an easy way to calculate learning curves.

TN = T1C

Where TN = Time needed to produce the Nth unit

T1 = Time needed to produce the first unit

C = Learning curve coefficient

All the answers and problems with working solutions should be APA 6th edition with references and in-text citations any plagiarism is considered zero.

Define the Behavioral School of Thought as this applies to teaching and learning. Construct classroom applications of this theory and, based on research, evaluate the use of Behaviorist Theory to create an educational environment that is conducive to learning. 

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Use the following question to write a 3-5 page essay (page count is excluding title page and reference list).  Use APA format.

Define the Behavioral School of Thought as this applies to teaching and learning. Construct classroom applications of this theory and, based on research, evaluate the use of Behaviorist Theory to create an educational environment that is conducive to learning.

Week 1  rubric

In addition to an introduction and conclusion, the content of your analysis should include the three parts.

Classical conditioning: Define this, name and describe its major theorist, and give a specific example of how an educator or allied health professional would apply it in a teaching and learning situation.

Operant conditioning: Define this, and describe BF Skinner’s operant conditioning  research study  and give an example of how an educator or allied health professional would apply operant conditioning  with the same group of learners selected for item one (Use to illustrate your example the same group of learners described in your classical conditioning example, item one above)

Social learning theory: Define this, explain Albert Bandura’s theory and give a specific application of how an educator or allied health professional would apply social learning theory to evoke changes in behavior resulting in learning.

United States population’s health care

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Much variation is present in the United States population’s health care insurance coverage status. This Module’s SLP is intended to allow you to study health insurance status and access to health services in either your home state or your state of current residence. Using the “Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population” link in the background readings, examine the Table, Map, and Trend Graph for your home state or state of current residence. Refine ‘coverage year’ choice to the most recent coverage year posted in the left side navigation bar on the site. Address the following:

Summarize the key insurance findings regarding your state of choice.
Who are the primary payers, and to what percentage of the coverages?
What percentage of your state’s population is uninsured? Underinsured?
What does the trend graph show in terms of the public/private payers and the uninsured? Explain what is changing, for better or for worse, in the last few years.
SLP Assignment Expectations

Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to support your analysis.
Provide a response of 3-5 pages, not including title page and references.
There are multiple required items to be addressed herein; please use subheadings to show where you are responding to each required item and to ensure that none are omitted.
Support your paper with peer-reviewed articles, with at least 3 references. Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals:Angelo State University Library. (n.d.). Library Guides: How to recognize peer-reviewed (refereed) journals. Retrieved from https://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php
You may use the following source to assist in formatting your assignment:Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). General APA guidelines. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.
For additional information on reliability of sources, review the following source:Georgetown University Library. (n.d.). Evaluating internet resources. Retrieved from https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content