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Homework
Overview
For this homework, you will prepare a brief paper detailing the steps undertaken to complete a presentation that disseminates information you assembled for the proposal. The paper will describe a target audience for the presentation, research supporting the decision, and choices made when determining the information to include in the presentation.
You will also create the presentation in PowerPoint. Include a project introduction that presents an existing change opportunity and the desired state after improvement and its relevance to social work, as well as explaining how the project addresses quality improvement and social welfare policy leadership in the 21st century. It will explain specific discriminatory issues in the selected policy or program, and provide relevant, real-world examples. In addition, it will describe a specific population or subgroup (demographic distinctions, how many) impacted by the selected public policy, and provide relevant, real-world examples that demonstrate the impacts of the policy. Next, you will create a detailed plan for enacting change to address discrimination in the selected policy or program, including steps for implementation, a budget, and specific sources for funding. Finally, you will explain how the plan to change the policy or program will be evaluated, including the data necessary for the evaluation and an explanation for how the evaluation data will be collected and managed to maintain ethical integrity. Remember to support all main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence.
By successfully completing this homework, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following competencies and behaviors:
I. Competency I: Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior.
A. Demonstrate professional behavior; appearance; and oral, written, and electronic communication.
1. Related Homework Criterion:
a. Describe at least two of the steps to prepare for the presentation.
II. Competency II: Advance human rights and social, racial, economic, and environmental justice.
A. Advocate for human rights at the individual, family, group, organizational, and community system levels.
1. Related Homework Criterion:
a. Explain a detailed plan for enacting change to address discrimination in the selected policy or program.
III. Competency III: Engage in policy practice
A. Use social justice, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive lenses to assess how social welfare policies affect the delivery of and access to social services.
1. Related Homework Criteria:
a. Provide a project introduction that presents an existing change opportunity and the desired state after improvement, and its relevance to
a specific impacted population and other stakeholders.
b. Explain specific discriminatory issues in a given policy or program.
c. Describe a specific population or subgroup (demographic distinctions, how many) impacted by the selected public policy.
B. Apply critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance human rights and social, racial, economic, and environmental justice.
1. Related Homework Criterion:
a. Explain how the plan to change the policy or program will be evaluated.
Instructions
For this homework:
I. In a 2 to 3 page paper:
A. Describe at least three of the steps to prepare for the presentation.
B. Provide a project introduction that presents an existing change opportunity and the desired state after improvement, and its relevance to social work, as well as explaining how the project addresses quality improvement and social welfare policy leadership in the 21st century.
II. In a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation (with presenter notes):
A. Explain specific discriminatory issues in a given policy or program.
1. Provide relevant, real-world examples.
B. Describe a specific population or subgroup (demographic distinctions, how many) impacted by the selected public policy.
1. Provide relevant, real-world examples that demonstrate the impacts of the policy.
C. Explain a detailed plan for enacting change to address discrimination in the selected policy or program.
1. Include steps for implementation, a budget, and specific sources for funding.
D. Explain how the plan to change the policy or program will be evaluated, including the data necessary for the evaluation.
1. Explain how the evaluation data will be collected and managed to maintain ethical integrity.
E. Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence.
1. Synthesize evidence to demonstrate its importance to your discussion or argument.
F. Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
1. Demonstrate correct stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions.