The Veteran’s Administration (VA) has an Internet-based program title, “Moving Forward.” Moving Forward is a program developed for veterans, but available to the broad community. Specific insight and skills are explored and introduced such as, “types of problem-solving.”
Complete all Moving ForwardLinks to an external site. program modules.
- Post must be complete sentences and thought out. Please separate your answers per section. Each section should be 150-250 words. Make sure to cite or give credit if you are referencing someone else’s work.
Submit a written reflection, where you will give an overview of the program, reflect on how this program specifically applies to you, and identify which principles of Community Psychology are incorporated into this program. More specifically, your entry must cover the following:
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- Explain what is the Moving Forward program (3 points)
- Describe what type of problem-solver you are, based upon the quiz in the program (2 points)
- Describe what strategies you’ve learned regarding problem-solving (2 points)
- Comment on each Principle of Community Psychology by James Kelly (Interdependence, Cycling of resources, Adaptation, and Succession) and if it is applied to this program, and comment, overall, on whether or not you think the Moving Forward program meets the spirit of Community Psychology (3 points)
Rubric for Assignments 1-8
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Novice
Competent
Proficient
Clarity of Writing
Writing is poor and/or student fails to provide effective reflection on the question(s) for the assignment
Writing is mostly clear, but may contain some technical errors and/or need some more specific reflection on the question(s) for the assignment
Writing is clear and effectively demonstrates student’s ability to reflect on the given question(s) for the assignment
Familiarity with Chapter Concepts
Student’s reflection demonstrates a lack of familiarity with chapter concepts and ideas and/or fails to integrate these ideas effectively into one’s reflection
Student’s reflection demonstrates a familiarity with chapter concepts and ideas, but may need some more work integrating these ideas more effectively into one’s reflection
Student’s reflection demonstrates a clear familiarity with chapter concepts and ideas and the effective integration of these ideas into the reflection
