Directions:

To prepare:

• Read the Diaz (2017) article and take note of their experience using the CFI and the advantages they found in the process. Also note the minority stress concerns that arise in those working with anxiety issues in different cultures.
• Review the CFI questions and readings in the DSM-5 on cultural variations, syndromes, and idioms.
• Meet your collaboration partner and take turns administering the CFI questions (and any needed subsections) to each other. Your partner will role-play an anxiety issue but otherwise be as true to their own situation as possible.
• Observe how the CFI administration process goes and take any notes needed. Based on what you learn about your partner’s needs and culture, you may need to do further research in the suggested readings and library before submitting your Assignment.

Submit a using the Diaz article as well as additional resources about culture, in which you do the following:

• Describe the skills or techniques you used to engage your partner during the CFI.
• Explain which aspects of the CFI were the most helpful in learning about your partner’s personal view of the problem and situation from a cultural perspective.
• Describe the cultural components (e.g., race/ethnicity, religion, geographic region, socio-economic status, etc.) that may influence your partner, and analyze how those cultural components influence their mental health experience.
• Identify which relevant subsections of the CFI you used. Explain why you did (or did not) use a subsection as part of your assessment.
• Analyze how you, as a social work treatment provider, might adjust interventions for the client (your partner), their individualized circumstances, and culture of origin. Be specific and demonstrate critical thought through application of concepts in resources.
• Recommend a specific evidence-based measurement instrument to validate the diagnosis and assess outcomes of treatment. Explain any cultural considerations you made when determining an appropriate instrument, including whether or not the instrument was validated with diverse populations.

Be sure to support your post with specific references to this week’s resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references.

Resources:

Diáz, E., Añez, L. M., Silva, M., Paris, M., & Davidson, L. (2017). Using the cultural formulation interview to build culturally sensitive services. Psychiatric Services, 68(2), 112–114. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201600440

Morrison, J. (2014). Diagnosis made easier (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

• Chapter 12, “Diagnosing Anxiety, Fear, Obsessions and Worry” (pp. 167–184)

Essay should be two-page (double-spaced, MLA format) paper going into more detail about the shows you listened to. you can find the attachment to choose the podcasts you may respond to. You may choose whichever you want except “TEENS AND GUNS” by Dylan Marron.

Your first task is to post your own Key Assignment Outline to the discussion area so that other students are able to review your plan. Attach your document to the main discussion post, and include any notes you feel are appropriate. The purpose of this assignment is to help improve the quality of the Key Assignment Draft you will complete next week.

Key Assignment Draft

For the Key Assignment Draft, you will identify and fully analyze the topic(s) you have selected to address within Weeks 2 and 3. You may exceed the 6 pages if necessary. You will identify the problems associated with the topic as well as a specific method of change implementation. You will defend your recommended changes and outline the anticipated outcome of the promulgated actions.

Note: It cannot be stressed enough the need for defending the actions advocated as well as ensuring that facts stated are well-supported and based on appropriate references and not emotive responses.

Assignment Guidelines

The outline of the paper will contain a breakdown of, but is not limited to, the following questions:

• How did you select the topic in terms of its importance to the social community?
  • Did it come from the media? Why or why not?
• What are the issues, problems, or policies that need to be addressed?
  • Is it an issue, problem, or policy? Explain.
  • Is it a combination of an issue, problem, or policy? Why or why not? Explain.
• What implemented changes are proffered to affect the topic(s) selected?
  • Be specific with recommended changes.
  • Match recommendations with the specific component that you are intending the implementation to affect.
• How are the changes valid for the topic(s)? (This is the defense portion and should be significant.)
  • The positions and changes recommended must be defended with logic and facts.
  • Facts must all be supported with adequate research sources from legitimate references (cite the facts in APA style in the outline).
    • Without defended recommendations, this paper will have no merit.
• What is the anticipated outcome of the changes for the research topic(s)?
  • Use logic and deductive approaches to the anticipated outcome.
  • If you can show something to be so, and it relates to the next step, then the deduction will be strong.
  • Remember that if any of the arguments in deductive logic are false, then the outcome cannot be valid.
• A minimum of 8–10 appropriate references must follow the outline.
  • This is the backbone of your decision-making process
  • It cannot be stressed enough that your references need to be from legitimate academic and scholarly sources and must be sound in their scientific acceptance.
  • Use academic search engines if you are using the Internet.
  • Do not use simple Internet searches.
  • Do not limit yourself to Internet-only resources if possible.
• The references must be written in APA style for a reference page. Each reference should be followed by a short paragraph that describes what this reference source is going to contribute to the research.
• Citations are appropriate in the outline from the references that you have provided. Citations will be in APA format.

Note: If you are able to do this outline in just 6 pages, then the quality needs to be extremely high. While it is a 4–6 page minimum, it is recommended that you stop when you meet the goal, not just because you got to 6 pages.

choose a topic related to sport, physical activity, or recreation and explore its connections to broader forces in contemporary society. In this sense, you are utilizing your sporting sociological imagination to map how your topic affects, and is affected by, the various components that comprise society. You will draw a context map, describe your topic and its relevance to contemporary sporting culture, and provide an analysis of how your topic connects to other aspects of society. You are required to use at least five academic sources in your paper (assigned readings for class do not count!). Please use APA format, double-spaced, 12-point font, normal margins.

Your paper should include the following:

• A context map on the first page.
• A description of your topic and explanation of why it is important.
• Contextualization of your topic—under which specific social, economic, political, and cultural conditions does it exist?
• How is your topic connected to broader forces in society? Where are the intersections?
• Which forces, issues, and concepts are most significant and why?
• How does your topic shape society, and how has society shaped your topic?