Evaluate the interventions and their suitability to the case.

ACCESSING INFORMATION ABOUT EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES

As a student, you have learned to look to the professional and scholarly literature to better understand concepts, support your analyses, and apply reputable, research-based evidence to a problem. The same is true of practicing social workers. Although they may already have a theoretical orientation and a set of interventions with which they are familiar, current research allows them to remain abreast of new developments and evidence-based practices and interventions that might work for a particular client, family, or group. 

In this Assignment, you assume the role of a social worker assessing a client. In order to best treat that client, you must survey the research literature and analyze potential evidence-based interventions for treatment.

TO PREPARE

· Access the  Social Work Case Studies media and navigate to Tiffani, Jake, and Paula. Choose one on which to focus your Assignment.

· As you reflect on your chosen case, identify two issues that you would want to address as the social worker.

· Research in the Walden Library for evidence-based practices that could be used to treat each issue. Ensure that you are searching for peer-reviewed scholarly research articles describing these practices.

Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you approach your chosen case as a social worker: 

· Describe two issues in your chosen case that would be important for intervention.

· Identify one evidence-based intervention  for each issue (from peer-reviewed journals). How do you know these interventions are “evidence-based”? Refer to the main characteristics of evidence-based practice (EBP) in your explanation.

· Summarize the main information about the interventions from each journal article—research design, sample, sample size, and findings/outcomes in a 1-paragraph annotation.

· Evaluate the interventions and their suitability to the case.

Use the Learning Resources and peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles to support your paper. Make sure to include appropriate APA citations and a reference list. 

devise a plan that will minimize or reduce the impact of these cash flow estimation biases on effective decision-making.

This discussion has 2 parts:

1. After reading the “Ethical Issues” box on page 330 of the required text, devise a plan that will minimize or reduce the impact of these cash flow estimation biases on effective decision-making.
   
2. The CFO of a firm you just started working for claims “we always have, and always will, use the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) as the rate to discount future expected cash flows from our proposed capital budgeting projects”. What do you think of this strategy?
   1. Read section 11-4, pages 399 – 404 in the required text carefully.
      

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 200 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

What is the animal’s habitat like?

Animal Diversity 

ASSIGNMENT 1 BIOLOGY

We spent the last unit learning about animal diversity. Let’s learn more about some individual animals.

Your task

We learned about nine animal phyla in our Animal Diversity lecture. Explore the resources below (or do your own internet search) and choose 4 living animals that each belong in a different phylum. Refer to our Animal Diversity lecture for information on the different phyla.

FILL IN ANIMAL TABLE ATTACHED CALLED UNIT 4 PROJECT 

with information on the 4 different animals (each animal you choose should belong in a different phylum; i.e., do NOT select 2 animals from the same phylum). Your Unit 4 Project submission will be the completed table. Please submit as a Microsoft Word file, PDF, or Google Doc (please do NOT submit as Apple Pages file). 

If you choose to make a Google Doc, be sure to share the slides by providing access to anyone with the link and then provide the Google Slides URL link as your assignment submission. 

USE ATTACHED EXAMPLE AS A REFERENCE ITS CALLED EXAMPLE 1  (do NOT use the animal from my example). While my example only covers one animal, your project should cover four animals. There are a lot of fascinating animals you may not have heard of; don’t feel like you have to use animals you already know about.

What needs to be included:

Organize the following information in the table I provided above. Your final table should include all of the following bullet points:

· You must provide the phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, and common name for 4 living animals (each animal must be from a different phylum; do NOT select 2 animals from the same phylum)

o Note: Genus and species are 2 different categories, but are often presented together, e.g., Canis lupus = Canis is the genus and lupus is the species

§ Wolf is the common name for Canis lupus

· For each animal, state:

o Body symmetry (refer to chapter 15 PowerPoint for assistance) 

o Triploblast, diploblast, or neither? (refer to chapter 15 PowerPoint for assistance)

o If the animal is a triploblast, is it a protostome or deuterostome? (refer to chapter 15 PowerPoint for assistance)

o Is the animal a coelomate, acoelomate, or pseudocoelomate? (refer to chapter 15 PowerPoint for assistance)

o How does the animal reproduce? Asexual, sexual, or both?

o What is the animal’s habitat like?

o Share one interesting/unique adaptation that the animal has (i.e., an adaptation you may not see in other phyla)

§ Don’t just give an adaptation that you find in many/all phyla

· Picture of each animal (real image of the animal, not an illustration of the animal

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o Please note: the picture you provide should match the genus species you list (e.g., the African elephant is a genus consisting of 2 elephant species — make sure the picture shows the genus species you list)

· Include the website URL that you use for each animal (you do not need to use MLA/APA format)

o References from educational institutions, such as universities, aquariums, museums, or organizations that are recognized authorities are recommended

o Do not use websites, such as Wikipedia, social media, forums, or personal blogs 

o You may need to visit more than one website to get all the information needed to fill out a table for one animal; list all the websites used for each animal

Recommended Resources:

All Animals A-Z List

Great source for classification

· Tip: scroll down the webpage for a list of animals

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/

https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?taxonLevel=Amazing&searchType=species

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Animalia/ this site is a little tricky to use)

· Tip: scroll down to “Related Taxa” on the bottom right and click on a class, then scroll down to “Related Taxa” again and click on a species

Digital Encyclopedias

Britannica Science Encyclopedia

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§ Tip: click one of the animal groups in the “Browse Subcategories” section

o https://oceana.org/marine-life

o  (I highly recommend this source!)

§ Great source for marine animals!

ASSIGNMENT 2 POLITICAL SCIENCE 

Pick the two different civil rights issues discussed in the text and or lecture that you believe should have the highest priority of the U.S. Government now. Provide specific reasons for your choices.

If you believe that the civil rights of Americans are satisfactory at this point in time, provide specific reasons for this position, as well.

MAKE SURE THIS IS 8. SENTENCES 

USE ATTCHMENTS MODULE 15 LECTURE NOTES POLITICAL SCIENCE AND MAGLE BY CHAPTER 15 TO WRITE 

ASSIGNMENT 3 

The three questions that each of you must answer in your initial post are:

1. What were the three main ideas that stood out for you from this chapter?

2. Without repeating information from the textbook, why are those main ideas from the chapter important to you? (In other words, how have you experienced the concepts/principles discussed in this chapter?)

3. How will you use the information in this chapter in your work life AND what outcomes/results do you expect to achieve by doing so?

When writing your initial post that answers these three questions, please label your answers according to the question number (using the numbers 1, 2, and 3). Do not re-write the questions in your answer.  

Discuss how you will communicate outcomes with students and families

1. Identify at least two learning standards to be addressed.
2. Identify at least 4 learning targets (Knowledge or Reasoning Targets, as explained in Chapter 3) to be assessed.
3. Restate the targets in developmentally appropriate terms for the age group you are working with.
4. Develop 3 – 6 selected-evaluation items for each learning target.
5. Create an assessment describing how will you continually evaluate students to understand progression toward mastery or near mastery based on the lesson plan and learning goals.
6. Create a rubric for assessment. 
7. Discuss the method in which you will evaluate students as they (Where will they be? How will the data be collected? etc) and how you will keep ongoing records.
8. Discuss how you will communicate outcomes with students and families

Materials

1. Brookhart (2015) – Making the Most of Multiple Choice Brookhart – 2015 Making the most out of multiple choice.pdf Download Brookhart – 2015 Making the most out of multiple choice.pdf 
2. Links to an external site.Teaching Channel Video – Poll Everywhere

This is an article Links to an external site.by middle-school guru, Rick Wormeli about how to let students complete their work successfully.  You can also watch his two videos on the topic in the following pages. 

Reference: Wormeli, R. (2011, November). Redos and retakes done right. Educational Leadership, 69

This is an opinion piece that will get you thinking about portfolios as a performance-type assessment.

Reference: Hodges, B. (2019, February 11). Portfolios boost assessment relevancy for truly transformative learning. Education Dive. Retrieved from https://www.educationdive.com/news/portfolios-boost-assessment-relevancy-for-truly-transformative-learning/548118/

https://youtu.be/jduiAnm-O3whttps://youtu.be/jduiAnm-O3w

This is a handout Links to an external site.with O’Connor’s practices that distort achievement and how to fix them!

Reference: O’Connor, K. (2010). A repair kit for grading: Fifteen fixes for broken grades (2nd ed.). Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 13.

describe at least one similarity between the epic Sunjata and another epic: Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Aeneid.

 In a paragraph describe at least one similarity between the epic Sunjata and another epic: Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Aeneid.

Discuss your personal definition of family and family roles that might impact the assessment of a child and his or her family.

• Explain what most excites and/or concerns you about pediatric clinical experiences. Include a description of your strengths and weaknesses in terms of working with children and how these strengths and weaknesses might impact your Practicum experience.
• Discuss your personal definition of family and family roles that might impact the assessment of a child and his or her family. Also expand your discussion on the challenges of working with families. Explain how you would handle parents that do not want to vaccinate children.
• Then, explain how culture (both the culture of the provider and that of the child and his or her family) may further influence the assessment.
• Select and explain a nursing theory to guide your practice with pediatric patients.

About 400-500 words

write a 2-3 paragraph summary for each comparison set (Venn Diagram) which further explains and analyzes the similarities and differences between each media type analyzed.

Assessments Content

1. Instructions: Use the Venn Diagrams below to identify and compare/contrast the different types of media that could be used to create art. Each circle represents one specific media type. List qualities that are unique to that media type in these circles. Common elements of the media types are represented by the areas where the circles overlap in the middle. Media types to choose from include painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, mixed media, and printmaking. Using the information you have listed within the Diagrams, write a 2-3 paragraph summary for each comparison set (Venn Diagram) which further explains and analyzes the similarities and differences between each media type analyzed.

Propose 2 strategies for dealing with law enforcement subculture and racial profiling.

A recent event has caused uproar in demands for law enforcement to be attentive to activities that could lead to terrorism or gang activity. Race has been a source of controversy because of the stereotypes and labels put on individuals from certain races and religious backgrounds.

Opinions about issues in society are often the catalyst for the foundations of social change. The combined opinions of all individuals determine society’s position on an issue. Because criminal justice professionals have a first-hand view of the individuals who will be affected by the change, it is particularly crucial that they develop and advocate a position on an issue.

• Using the library, Internet, or any other available materials for adequate, accurate, and relevant support, address your position on this controversial issue.
• Propose 2 strategies for dealing with law enforcement subculture and racial profiling.
  • One strategy is to be from an ethical perspective and the other should be in terms of keeping societal opinion from making significant changes in the functioning of systems and society as a whole.

Which method of sales force organization would be most appropriate for a national company that sells a computerized billing system for small physician practices

Discussion

Which method of sales force organization would be most appropriate for: (a) a national company that sells a computerized billing system for small physician practices and (b) a manufacturer of adhesive bandages and sutures? Explain why for each scenario.

Discussion Requirements:

1. Your initial post should be at least 200 words.
2. Read and respond in no fewer than 50 words to at least 2 of your peers’ posts.
3. State your position on whether you agree or disagree with your peer’s statements.
4. Correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation are expected.
5. APA format with at least two cited reference (APA format).

Identify the principal psychological motivations underlying prejudice.

Each year when Crime in the United States is published, some entities use reported figures to compile rankings of cities and counties. These rough rankings provide no insight into the numerous variables that mold crime in a particular town, city, county, state, or region. Consequently, they lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions adversely affecting communities and their residents. Valid assessments are possible only with careful study and analysis of the range of unique conditions affecting each local law enforcement jurisdiction. The data user is, therefore, cautioned against comparing statistical data of individual reporting units from cities, metropolitan areas, states, or colleges or universities solely on the basis of their population coverage or student enrollment.

Discuss the following:

• Why do you think this cautionary notice is given before users are directed to the FBI’s Crime in the United States publication? Expand on your viewpoint, and find credible sources to support your rationale.

• Point out the distinction between institutional prejudice and personal prejudice.
• Explain ways in which stereotypes can influence memory and perceptions of events.
• What are common stereotypes of the specific minority groups explained in the training guide? How may one differentiate those stereotypes from accurate descriptions of the minority groups?
• Identify the principal psychological motivations underlying prejudice.

Part III

Based on the information you obtained in Parts I and II, do you think there could be racial or ethnic discrimination in arrests? Does cultural diversity have an impact on law enforcement practice? Provide evidence to support your answer, accompanied by proper citations in APA format.