PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE CRITICAL REFLECTION AND SELF-ASSESSMENT

In no more than ONE paragraph, describe how dimensions of diversity (i.e., the
intersectionality of multiple factors) have shaped your life experiences, including your
experiences with exclusion, oppression, discrimination, marginalization, poverty, and
alienation as well as inclusion, privilege, power, access, and acclaim.

In no more than ONE paragraph, describe how your personal characteristics, values, and
experiences influenced your decision to pursue social work as a profession and the
problems, issues, and populations you are most interested in. (started but needs a lot of help)

First, carefully read and reflect on The Grand Challenges for Social Work that represent a
dynamic social agenda, focused on improving individual and family well-being, strengthening
the social fabric, and helping create a more just society (American Academy of Social Work and
Social Welfare). (http://grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/grand-challenges-initiative/).
Next, identify the Grand Challenge that is most aligned with your professional interests as a
social worker. Note that your interests and desired areas of specialization may align with
several Grand Challenges.
Now that you have identified at least one of the 12 Grand Challenges, you are asked to reflect
and think more specifically about your interests related to the Challenge(s) you selected and to
narrow the focus to a more specific problem or issue. Go to the Grand Challenges website
(http://grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/grand-challenges-initiative/) and click on the
Challenge(s) you selected to access a series of working papers that drill down further. After
carefully reading those papers, complete the next set of questions.

The subject I am interested in is military and addiction. I would like to work for the VA Hospital in Little Rock Arkansas.

1. Reflect on which aspect of the Grand Challenge(s) that you selected interests you and is
most likely to be an area around which your specialized practice as a professional social
worker will revolve. In no more than ONE paragraph, use information and readings from
the Grand Challenges website to specify and establish the social work problem or issue
that will be the focus of your professional practice. Cite the relevant references in your
discussion.

2. As it relates to the social work problem or issue you are interested in, identify and
describe an existing agency or organization that you would love to work in after
graduation. Also, identify and describe the position (real or ideal) you would hope to hold
in that agency and explain why. Please include a link to the agency in your response.

3. Briefly discuss what qualifications you would need to strengthen in order to obtain the
position you are interested in if you were you applying for it. Include any certifications
and how they would help strengthen your qualifications.

4. Again, as it relates to the position you are interested in, reflect on your practice
knowledge needs as they relate to your current ability to effectively engage, assess,
intervene, and evaluate within your intended specialized practice area. In no more than a
few sentences, indicate what about your specified social work problem or issue you need
to learn or understand better from an empirical knowledge (i.e., research evidence)
standpoint?

Note that the effectiveness practice question you formulate will be the basis for Assignments 2
and 3.

1. Practice Question #1 EXPERIENCE/MEANING (15 POINTS)
For example: How do ____________________ diagnosed with ____________________
perceive ____________________?
a) Your Practice Question:

b) Best Type of Evidence or Study Design for Answering the Practice Question:
Meta-analyses and systematic reviews
Experiments and replications of experiments
Quasi-experiments

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Correlational/observational studies
Qualitative studies; single case design; anecdotal case studies; surveys; and other
non/pre experiments (studies without comparison groups or pre-tests)
c) Best Search Terms:

2. Practice Question #2 RISK/CAUSE/ETIOLOGY (15 POINTS)
For example: Are ____________________ who have ____________________ at
____________________ risk for/of ____________________ compared with
____________________ with/without ____________________ ?
a) Your Practice Question:

b) Best Type of Evidence or Study Design for Answering the Practice Question:
Meta-analyses and systematic reviews
Experiments and replications of experiments
Quasi-experiments
Correlational/observational studies
Qualitative studies; single case design; anecdotal case studies; surveys; and other
non/pre experiments (studies without comparison groups or pre-tests)
c) Best Search Terms:

3. Practice Question #3 EXPECTATION/PREDICTION/PROGNOSIS (15 POINTS)
For example: Does ____________________ influence ____________________ in clients
who have ____________________ ?
a) Your Practice Question:

4. Practice Question #4 EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INTERVENTION, PROGRAM OR POLICY
(15 POINTS):
For example: In ____________________, what is the effect of ____________________
on ____________________ compared with ____________________ ?
a) Your Practice Question:

References

Finally, provide a list of references for all materials referenced above in Parts 1 3 using
correct APA 7th edition formatting.

I will have to submit a self-assessment of each area with a grade also to my professor.

Sorry for the deadline to be so short but this is my first time using this site because I am having issues getting started on this paper.

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