Term Paper

Title Term Paper
Assignment type Term paper
Discipline Social Work
Description Progressive Build Term Paper Analyze a social problem and policies related to that problem from its historical through current practice. Examples of issues are mental health, poverty, women, children and /or youth. This assignment is designed to improve your critical thinking and writing skills. This assignment offers you the opportunity to investigate an issue, event or process in the history of social welfare policy in great detail which will increase your understanding of the major themes and issues of the course. The final paper should be 8-10 pages, typed, double spaced, with standard margins and approximately 250 words per page. The citations must be in APA format. You must have at least seven references, five of which must come from peer-review sources (journal articles, text books). Please note: This must be your work: using information from your references without giving credit to the author is considered plagiarism. This is a form of cheating and will result in a failing grade for the paper. The paper must include the following: Phase I 1. Describe the social welfare issue/problem you are researching and provide evidence of the impact and the demographics of the population it affects. 2. What services/policies are in place to alleviate the problem? 3. Who receives the services? How does this policy impact those most affected by the problem? Phase II 4. How has the topic been treated historically? When was it first identified? Was it identified the same as it is today? How is the historical and current definition different? How has the treatment of this problem changed over time? 5. How do social stigma, discrimination and/or societal prejudices affect the definition and policy solutions? Phase III 6. Discuss your personal belief of the problem and what you think the causes of the problem are. 7. How does the treatment of this issue related to Social Work values and ethics? 8. Final paper submitted with correct organization and APA style