What results might be found in the evaluation

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Assignment: Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program Evaluation

Description:

The purpose of this assignment is to provide an opportunity for you to recognize and articulate ethical issues in a given scenario, apply specific NASW Code of Ethics as rationale to explain the dilemma, and think critically using evidence-based practice interventions to eliminate or reduce ethical issues. The scenario offers you opportunity to critically analyze cultural and trauma-informed considerations and their effect in program evaluation design.

Scenario: You are lead researcher of a team planning to conduct a community needs assessment for adolescent drug and alcohol treatment. The evaluation team will collect data from interviews with individuals including children, families, groups, organizations, and the community at large. Data will be collected through interviews, records review, public forums, organizational meetings, websites, court records, and media. Assume the children have experienced trauma and include trauma focus as part of your evaluation.

Task

Your submission includes three distinct parts: (i) the ethics review, (ii) trauma focused review, and (iii) cultural competence review. Use the scenario above to complete the review. You are to think like a researcher, the person in charge of designing a program evaluation, not a therapist or social work practitioner. Read the scenario, begin to outline the work of the group (even take notes for yourself), and then create your paper using the following framework.

Part A: Ethics Review

Using the scenario provided above, identify three ethical issues that might affect your study. Think like a research designer; about the design of the study, and specifically this program evaluation design. Do not venture down the path of thinking about what results might be found in the evaluation, or what is happening as services are provided in the agency. Once you have identified the ethical issues, then use the NASW Code of Ethics (NASW, 2021) to identify the code, and subsection of the code, that explains the violation. Next, use peer reviewed articles to suggest an evidence-based provision to minimize or eliminate the effect of each issue in the study.

• Researcher Bias

Researcher values and bias affect program evaluation design, data collection, interpretation of results, and even how results are shared. As the lead researcher in this project, identify your own researcher values or biases that may affected this study. Also discuss provisions you should use to minimize or eliminate the effect of each identified value or bias in the study. You must identify at least one issue as a minimum requirement for the assignment, but you are expected to identify values and biases that could have a notable effect on the study. Your discussion should clearly relate to the scenario and should NOT be a generic discussion of values and bias.

Use this structure, with headings, as you complete the ethics review.

• Issue I

Describe the ethical issue. Be specific and assure that the issue is related to program evaluation design. Your chosen issue must be realistic to the scenario and your role as program evaluation designer. This is not hypothetical or a general discussion of ethical issues. (A1.3)
Identify the code (and subsection if applicable) from the NASW Code of Ethics (NASW, 2021) that justifies the issue as an ethical problem. Do not copy and paste the whole code description, but identify the specific code. Example: 1.07q - Privacy and confidentiality - avoid gathering client information electronically (NASW, 2021). (A1.4)

Discuss an evidence-based provision to minimize or eliminate the effect of the issue in the study. Use peer reviewed articles to find a reasonable provision that was used in the study, and demonstrate it as an appropriate intervention for this study. Again, be specific with how to use your suggested provision in the study. (A1.3)

• Issue II

Use the same format as #1

• Issue III

Use the same format as #1

• Researcher Bias

As the lead researcher of this study, identify your own researcher values and biases that might affect the design and implementation of this study. Also discuss provisions you should use to minimize or eliminate the effect of each identified value or bias in this study. (A4.3)

Part B: Trauma Review

The scenario selected for this assignment is likely to include participants who have experienced trauma, thus, you need to use some aspect of trauma focus in designing the study. Identify the trauma focused aspects. These may include competency or expertise of the research team, inclusion of trauma focus in how the study was implemented, or collecting data that produced trauma focused factors in the final report. Explain how the study design could be trauma focused. You must identify at least one aspect of trauma as a minimum requirement for the assignment, but you are expected to identify all that are relevant to the study in the scenario. To enhance your own trauma focus, you must research one aspect of trauma for this study and discuss its history, trauma response, and risk and resilience factors. Use at least one peer reviewed article to support your learning. The learning from this section should inform your ideas for designing a trauma focused study.

Use this structure, with headings, as you complete the trauma focused review.

Trauma Review

Identify the area of trauma from the scenario which you are researching. Discuss what you learned about the trauma history, trauma response, and risk and resilience factors related to the trauma. Use at least one peer reviewed article to show you are learning current evidence- based information about trauma.

Identify how you as the lead researcher will create a trauma focused program evaluation. Explain exactly what you will do to create trauma focus for your program design for the scenario. Support your idea with a peer reviewed article as an indication of evidence-based use of trauma focus in research.

Part C: Cultural Review

Researchers have an obligation to assure cultural competence in their study. Think like a research program evaluation designer as you consider how to create a culturally informed study based on the provided scenario. Identify cultural aspects that need to be built into your evaluation. Cultural competency of the evaluation may involve the competency of the research team to conduct the study, inclusion of culture in how the study is implemented, or collecting data that produces cultural factors in the final report. Identify these cultural aspects in your program evaluation and identify the level of the involvement (micro, mezzo, or macro). You must identify at least one aspect of culture as a minimum requirement for the assignment, but you are expected to identify all that are relevant to the study in the scenario. Discuss the interaction between culture and trauma in this study.

Use this structure, with headings, as you complete the cultural review.

Cultural Competency

Identify areas in the study where cultural competence should be used. Explain exactly what you propose and discuss the level of the competency (micro, mezzo, or macro). Support your ideas with a peer reviewed article as an indication of evidence-based use of culture in research. Discuss how you will use an anti-racist and anti-oppressive strategy.

Discuss the interaction between culture and trauma in this study. Demonstrate synthesis of information by using the text, your chosen cultural article, and your chosen trauma focused article.

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