Week 9 Assignment: Childhood Trauma and Brain Development 150 Points Possible Assignment Overview The purpose of this assignment is to analyze The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog text by Bruce D. Perry an

Week 9 Assignment: Childhood Trauma and Brain Development150 Points Possible

Assignment Overview

The purpose of this assignment is to analyze The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog text by Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following CSWE EPAS competencies and behaviors:

• CSWE EPAS Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice.​
  • C4.GP.B: Identify ethical, culturally informed, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive strategies that address inherent biases for use in quantitative and qualitative research methods to advance the purposes of social work.
    • Related assignment criterion:
      1. Research and describe at least one culturally responsive intervention to assist the client.
• CSWE EPAS Competency 6: Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.​
  • C6.GP.A: Apply knowledge of human behavior and person-in-environment, as well as interprofessional conceptual frameworks, to engage with clients and constituencies.
    • Related assignment criterion:
      1. Apply knowledge of human behavior and person-in-environment to explain skills the social worker needs to engagewith the client.
• CSWE EPAS Competency 7: Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
  • C7.GP.A: Apply theories of human behavior and person-in-environment, as well as other culturally responsive and interprofessional conceptual frameworks, when assessing clients and constituencies.
    • Related assignment criterion:
      1. Consider the ACEs questionnaire. Discuss the adverse childhood experiences the client was exposed to that are found on the ACEs questionnaire. • Identify other adverse childhood experiences the client was exposed to that are not identified on the current ACEs questionnaire.
• CSWE EPAS Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
  • C8.GP.B: Incorporate culturally responsive methods to negotiate, mediate, and advocate with and on behalf of clients and constituencies.
    • Related assignment criterion:
      1. Develop a treatment plan for the client using the evidence-based method of intervention you researched.
• CSWE EPAS Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
  • C9.GP.A: Select and use culturally responsive methods for evaluation of outcomes.
    • Related assignment criterion:
      1. Evaluate the effectiveness of your plan.

Assignment Instructions

Choose a case study in The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog to focus on for this assignment and imagine the person in the case study is your client. Use the Social Work Masters Library Research GuideLinks to an external site. as needed.

You will then write a paper that includes the following:

Introduction 

Summarize the case study you chose. 

Engage 

• Apply knowledge of human behavior and person-in-environment to explain skills the social worker needs to engage with the client.
• Identify other professionals you would collaborate with and explain what their role would be.
• Cite research to support your ideas.

Assess 

• Consider the ACEs questionnaire. Assess the adverse childhood experiences the client was exposed to that are found on the ACEs questionnaire.
• Identify other adverse childhood experiences the client was exposed to that are not identified on the current ACEs questionnaire.
• Citing research, explain the impact of the adverse childhood experiences you identified.

Research and describe at least one culturally responsive intervention to assist the client. 

• Examples include psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, person-centered, feminist, et cetera.

Develop a treatment plan for the client using the evidence-based method of intervention you researched. 

• Identify two short term goals and two objectives for each goal.
• Identify two long term goals and two objectives for each goal.
• Explain how you would negotiate, mediate, and advocate on the client’s behalf.
• Apply research to support your ideas.

Evaluate the effectiveness of your plan.   

• Explain how you will evaluate the client’s progress.
• Consider the client’s diversity needs in your evaluation.

Conclusion 

Conclude your paper by summarizing how you used micro, mezzo, and macro skills in working with this client.  

Additional Requirements

The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting. Visit the Writing CenterLinks to an external site. for help with APA.
• Number of resources: Most literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
• Length of paper: No minimum or maximum required, but make sure to be comprehensive with your responses.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Due date: The assignment must be submitted to your instructor in the courseroom by the end of this week.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:

• Competency 1: Identify ethical, culturally informed, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive strategies that address inherent biases for use in quantitative and qualitative research methods to advance the purposes of social work. (C4.GP.B)
  • Research and describe culturally responsive theory of intervention. (C4.GP.B)
• Competency 2: Apply knowledge of human behavior and person-in-environment, as well as interprofessional conceptual frameworks, to engage with clients and constituencies. (C6.GP.A)
  • Apply knowledge of human behavior and person-in-environment to explain skills the social worker needs to engage with the client and other professionals and cites research. (C6.GP.A)
• Competency 3: Apply theories of human behavior and person-in-environment, as well as other culturally responsive and interprofessional conceptual frameworks, when assessing clients and constituencies. (C7.GP.A)
  • Identify and assess a client’s adverse childhood experiences and applies research to support ideas. (C7.GP.A)
• Competency 4: Incorporate culturally responsive methods to negotiate, mediate, and advocate with and on behalf of clients and constituencies. (C8.GP.B)
  • Develop an evidence-based, culturally responsive treatment plan. (C8.GP.B)
• Competency 5: Select and use culturally responsive methods for evaluation of outcomes. (C9.GP.A)
  • Describe a method to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention plan. (C9.GP.A)
• Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.
  • Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.

What You Need to Know for Week 9Childhood Abuse and Neglect

The following readings will help you to understand how abuse and neglect in childhood impact development, as well as the ways in which it impacts the approaches that social worker professionals should take in working with clients who have suffered abuse or neglect.

• Week 9 – Understanding Child Abuse and NeglectLinks to an external site.reading list.
• Perry, B. D., & Szalavitz, M. (2017). The boy who was raised as a dog: And other stories from a child psychiatrist’s notebook—What traumatized children can teach us about loss, love, and healing (3rd ed.). Basic Books.
  • Chapter 9, “Mom Is Lying. Mom Is Hurting Me. Please Call the Police,” pages 81–84.
  • Chapter 10, “The Kindness of Children,” pages 85–90.
  • Chapter 11, “Healing Communities,” pages 91–96.
  • Chapter 12, “A Picture, Not a Label,” pages 97–102.