Educating Adolescent’s On Substance Abuse.
Section 1: Significance & rationale
In this section, you will report on Steps 1 to 3.
Identify population group
Identify whether it is an organizational or community focused needs assessment
Provide a rationale for the needs assessment (citational evidence is appropriate and will strengthen this).
Section 2: Qualitative Methods
2a. Sample-In this section, you will report on Step 4.
Indicate sampling approach
Identify three project partners
Provide a rationale for their inclusion.
Indicate the steps you will take to recruit participants in this study ethically
2b. Data Collection/Interview Guide Construction- In this section, you will report
on Steps 5 & 6.
Describe your process for developing your interview questions
Present your interview questions.
Provide a brief rationale for the interview questions based on your literature
review. Citational evidence is expected.
2c. Data Analysis- In this section, you will report on Step 7.
Briefly discuss your analytic process for analyzing your interview data. This means your process of developing codes, categories, and themes. Provide examples of the codes and categories you used.
Section 3: Results In this section, you will report on Step 8.
Provide an overview of all 3 themes and describe each in detail
Provide examples from your recordings/interviews (direct quotes!) to support each theme.
Make sure to present data in the aggregate and conceal the participants’ identities.
Section 4: Discussion & Implications for Practice In this section, you will report
on Step 9.
Summarize your findings and describe what you think is most important about your results. How did these findings diverge from the existing literature (or not)? What are the most important gaps or needs that you identified?
What are the implications for social work practice within the identified program? How should services change based on what you learned?
What are the limitations of your research, and how would you address these limitations in the future?
Based on your findings, identify a program or service you would like to implement? Your findings and conclusion (identified program or service NOT MORE STAFF) should be discussed in the context of existing research in the specified area. Two to five citations are expected in this section; citations should be from your literature review (i.e., Step 5). NOTE: This response will directly inform your next assignment, the Logic Model, as well as the final assignment, the Program Evaluation. !!I HAVE CITATIONS IN THE ATTACHED PAPER!!
Based on the findings from your needs assessment (i.e., the identified program or service that you would like to implement), develop a logic model. The “program/service” may be broadly defined. Ideally, this program would be a new element/offering in a larger community-based organization identified in the needs assessment. However, it could also be a new community-based organization meeting a new and distinct need among the recipient population and community (please check in with me if you have questions regarding the program’s appropriateness for this assignment).
THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THE PAPER
1. Introduction (at least one citation in addition to the textbook should be provided in this section)
a. Provide a thorough description of a logic model.
b. In what ways do logic models inform social work practice? How are they best used in program evaluation?
c. What are the key limitations of using logic models in social work?
2. Describe the program/service for which the logic model will be created. What are the primary programmatic elements? In what ways will this program meet the identified needs? What goals is the program trying to achieve? It is permissible to use the same program description from the previous assignment.
3. Develop a logic model containing the following elements: input; activities; output; intermediate outcomes; final/long-term outcomes. Please provide both a logic model template and a narrative explaining the different components.
You are welcome to use/create any logic model template that, at a minimum, includes inputs, activities, outputs, short-term outcomes, and final outcomes. Each component should be in its own column in the logic model.
A narrative that provides a more detailed description of the information provided in the template. Ensure that you have explained why you chose activities and how they logically lead to outcomes (e.g., your theory of change). Please explain why you chose your inputs as it relates to best practices/empirical evidence (citational evidence is appropriate). Ensure that all items identified in the logic model template are clearly defined in the narrative.
Inputs – Input items may be related to clients, staff, material resources, facilities, and needed equipment.
Activities – Identify all services to be provided. List the relevant service tasks and methods of intervention for each service.
Outputs – List and define units of service for each service to be provided.
Short-term Outcomes – List the immediate outcomes for each service being provided.
Final Outcomes – List final outcomes
4. Concluding thoughts about logic modeling and the impact on the program, agency, and community being served. Include a brief description of how you think the logic model will be used in your forthcoming program evaluation assignment.
The maximum length for this paper is 4 pages; one page will be the logic model template. All aspects of the paper should conform to the 7th edition of the APA manual.
