SWK 534 Advanced Generalist Practice with Treatment Groups Group Population Paper In anticipation of developing

SWK 534 Advanced Generalist Practice with Treatment Groups

Group Population Paper

In anticipation of developing a group manual for the final project, you will be asked to develop a 5–6-page, APA-formatted paper (including a reference page) introducing the population for which you wish to develop a group. The paper should draw on a review of the literature, highlighting the issues and concerns that your identified population is dealing with, best practices regarding interventions, and how a group might assist them to improve their level of social functioning and overall quality of life.

This assignment will utilize a peer review. This will allow you to 1) practice providing feedback that is direct, kind, and critical and 2) receive valuable feedback before your final submission. Throughout this assignment sheet, “AUTHOR” is you. The “PEER REVIEWER” is the student assigned to review your paper and provide feedback to you.

When choosing a population, please consider how broad that population is. For example, a group for “Men transitioning to adulthood” would likely be far too broad. However, if you wanted to explore Men transitioning to higher education, with an emphasis on any region, you would be fine.

The group you chose for this will help you formulate your final group manual. This population is the group that your manual will be based on.

Step one: Choose a population and begin to find research surrounding this population.

Step two: Complete rough draft: Submit a rough draft to Blackboard.

Step three: Review your partner’s paper and provide feedback based on the rubric below. Submit your peer feedback to Blackboard and to the author by the due date.

Step four: The Author will use the feedback and submit the final paper by the due date.

Step five: The Author will complete the “Peer Feedback Review” form (below) on the Peer Reviewer who provided feedback to them.

Step Six: Upload to Blackboard 1) Rough draft, 2) Peer reviewer feedback you were provided, and 3) Your final draft.

Step Seven: There will also be a link to upload the feedback you provided to your partner. You will receive a grade based on this feedback.

Grading Rubric for Population Paper

Dimension	High Quality	Acceptable Quality	Lower Quality
Population Identification	Population is clearly identified, and information regarding the population characteristics, demographics, and/or prevalence is presented. 5 points.	The population is somewhat identified, and some information regarding the population characteristics, demographics, and/or prevalence is presented. 3 points	Population is vaguely identified, and information regarding the population characteristics, demographics, or prevalence is not presented. 2 points.
Review of literature (Minimum of 4 sources)	The literature selected is highly relevant to the population and clearly identifies the needs, concerns, and dynamics of the population accurately and completely. Theory (if appropriate) and best practices for working with the population are comprehensively described from a variety of professional sources. If sources are not provided due to limited literature being available, this is clearly stated, and some potential reasons for this situation are presented. 10 points. Literature chosen must be academic in nature.	The literature selected is relevant to the population and identifies the needs, concerns, and dynamics of the population. Theory (if appropriate) and best practices for working with the population are described from a limited number of professional sources. If sources are not provided due to limited literature being available, this is not clearly stated, and some potential reasons for this situation are vaguely presented. 5 points.	The literature selected is not relevant to the population, nor are the needs, concerns, and dynamics of the population presented. Theory (if appropriate) and best practices are not presented. If sources are not provided due to limited literature being available, this is not clearly stated, nor are potential reasons for this situation presented. 2 points.
Group Experience	Rationales are provided as to how a group experience will benefit the population, and a tentative description of how the group would be structured is provided. 10 points	A rationale is somewhat provided as to how a group experience will benefit this population, but no clear sense of how the group experience might be structured is presented. 5 points.	No rationale as to how a group experience will benefit this population is meaningfully presented. There is no sense of how the group experience might be structured. 2 points.
Writing-APA format	The paper is coherently organized, and the logic is easy to follow. There are no spelling or grammatical errors, and terminology is clearly defined. Writing is clear and concise, and persuasive. References are provided using APA format. 5 points.	The paper is generally well organized, and most of the argument is easy to follow. There are only a few minor spelling or grammatical errors, and terms are not clearly defined. Writing is mostly clear but may lack conciseness. References are presented. 3 points	The paper is poorly organized and difficult to read – it does not flow logically from one part to another. There are several spelling and/or grammatical errors; technical terms may not be defined or are poorly defined. Writing lacks clarity and conciseness. References are not provided. 1 point

Instructions for Peer Reviewer

1. Please read through the author’s paper.

2. Think about the categories of the rubric. (Group identification, Literature review, Group experience, and writing/grammar). How has the student demonstrated these four sections? Are there gaps? Strong areas? Missing pieces? Confusing transitions?

3. Please provide feedback to the author directly on the paper via comments and/or adding in a different color font. I don’t expect full grading, but feedback to help the author.

4. Submit your feedback to the author and to the assignment upload link “Peer Reviewer Feedback Upload”.

Population Paper

Author’s feedback on Peer Reviewer

***The author of the paper will complete this form on their peer reviewer AFTER they have received feedback from the peer reviewer. Simply check the box where your partner landed.

Name of Peer Reviewer:		Your name:
Topic	Yes completely	Yes somewhat	Not really/no
My partner read through my paper and provided feedback that was specific, helpful, and direct. The feedback was thoughtful and intentional, based on what I wrote.
My partner provided feedback on all four areas. (Group identification, Literature review, Group experience, and writing/grammar).
Feedback addressed each of the above rubric categories.
My partner provided feedback to me by the assignment due date.

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