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References for Question 1: Website http://www.campascca.org/ (Links to an external site.) and Video A Day at Camp (8 min 17 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaOgKm4mbuw (Links to an external site.)Question 1 (a) In the website, review information on the homepage, then click on the link About & Mission. Based on the information you learned from the homepage and the About & Mission page, describe Camp ASCCA including the activities, the target population (i.e. who attends Camp ASCCA), and other information.

(b) From the video link: after watching this video which follows a camp counselor and his group of assigned campers and presents an overview of a day at Camp ASCCA, write a descriptive paragraph which discusses the various activities, the interaction between the counselors and campers, and your reaction to what you viewed. As a social worker, how would you describe the Camp ASCCA experience to a reluctant or skeptical parent/caregiver of a child or adolescent that you believe would benefit from attending camp? [Note: this information relates specifically to information on page 378 in textbook chapter 11 – Recreational Activities.]

Reference for Question 2: Video So You Want to be a Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker? (2 min 5 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq8GOZXh5KU (Links to an external site.)Question 2 After watching this video, summarize the information presented. Be sure to address the social worker roles/tasks/job responsibilities described in the presentation, and your overall impression of social work practice in the setting described. [Note: this information relates several textbook sections including: page 388 in chapter 12 Hospitals, Medical Clinics, and Diagnostic and Treatment Centers; three sections in chapter 13 on pages 418 – 419 Employment Settings, Empowering Clients and Inpatient Hospitals (the three titles are shortened here); and pages 472 – 474 Resources for Treatment (title shortened here).]

Reference for Question 3: Websites  (1) homepage http://dys.alabama.gov/index.html (Links to an external site.) and  (2)  http://www.dys.alabama.gov/Woods_Dedication.html (Links to an external site.) Alabama Department of Youth Services [Note: usually referred to as DYS or ADYS, this is the state (public) agency that is responsible for creating and operating juvenile justice facilities in Alabama]

Question 3 (a) From the Mission tab on the homepage, state the mission of DYS. (b) From the homepage, review the information for the three maximum security facilities for juveniles in Alabama (DYS Autauga Campus, DYS Mt. Meigs Campus, and DYS Vacca Campus), then write one descriptive paragraph which summarizes the main points about each of the three regarding the services/programs provided, capacity (number of juveniles served) and the demographics of the juveniles served (age, gender).  (c)From the second link (above) for the J. Walter Wood Jr. Treatment Facility, provide the same information as specified in Question3(b). [Note: these textbook sections in chapter 16 relate specifically to the four DYS facilities evaluated in Question 3: Juvenile Corrections page 525 and page 528 Overlaps Among Juvenile Corrections, Mental Health Services, and Child Welfare.]

Reference for Question 4: Video This Could Be you: The Many Faces of Social Work (6 min 2 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77UGDj48oHs (Links to an external site.)Question 4 [Note: this video addresses several areas of social work practice and settings discussed in textbook chapters ten, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen.] (a) After watching this video, write a summary of the social worker job responsibilities for each of the following social workers described in the presentation:  Kristen, legislative aide; Kalina, gerontological social worker; Jen,private practice mental health therapist; Jennifer, medical social worker, and her social work colleagues in the hospital (you can include information about the other medical social workers in your description of Jennifer’s work). (b) Based on the information you learned in this assignment, the previous six assignments, and the textbook chapters , write a paragraph that describes significant “new” knowledge that you have gained this semester regarding the social work profession; how is it different than or the same as you thought before completing the learning activities this month? What is your overall impression of professional social work at this point in time?

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Optional Question [Up to 6 total extra credit points to be added to the grade for Assignment 7; submit your work in your Assignment 7 document after Question 4]  Video: What It’s Like to be in Juvenile Prison: Pendleton Juvenile — “Life Inside” (6 min 24 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjn59b7veGE (Links to an external site.)This video was filmed at Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility in Pendleton, Indiana which is a maximum security facility like the Alabama Department of Youth Services facilities evaluated in Question 3. This presentation gives a great “inside look” at what facilities of this type look like and how they function, explained from the perspective of a juvenile that is incarcerated in the facility. After viewing the video, write a descriptive paragraph which describes the physical “look” and structure of the facility, activities and responsibilities of incarcerated juveniles, and your overall reaction to the information presented. [Note: for more information about Pendleton Juvenile Facility: http://www.in.gov/idoc/dys/2346.htm (Links to an external site.) ]            

 

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