Unit7 task

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Due Date:

Points: 100

Overview:

Using your chosen group from previous assignments and the knowledge you have

gained from assignment 1 and 2 you will write a 6-8 page paper.

Instructions:

Address the following:

• Three social issues or challenges your chosen group faces.

• Two current advocacy organizations that focus on your chosen group. You

should identify and describe the organization along with examples of the work

they do.

• Three strategies you would use to work with this population in a human service

environment. These strategies should be clearly identified within your paper and

your discussion should provide a rationale for these outlined strategies. You

should use examples from your research on current challenges to justify why

your particular strategies are important for human service providers.

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Requirements:

• This paper should include at least 3 outside resources.

• The paper should be 6-8 full pages in length (not including the title or reference

pages).

• Please be sure to avoid using internet sources such as Wikipedia or other web-

based resources that do not have strong academic backing. You will also be

required to use in-text references in your work in accordance with APA style to

avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism detection software will be used to scan each paper

and any paper that is determined to have academic integrity issues will earn a

score of 0 automatically. Any papers that have been submitted in other

courses will NOT be accepted. This must be original work. Self-plagiarism

and any other forms of plagiarism will result in one or all of the following

actions: 1) 0 for the assignment 2) failing the course 3) dismissal from the

university.

HSV320 – Multicultural Issues in Human

Services

Unit 7
Assignment: Written Assignment 3

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Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write

and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Assignments

CRITERIA Deficient Needs

Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

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Structure

Organization
structure and

paragraphing have
serious and

persistent errors.

Directions were
ignored and
information

provided was

insufficient to meet

assignment

guidelines.

Written work
inadequate for
college-level

work;
Paragraphing
and transitions

are inadequate;

inappropriate
guidelines

outlined for

paper were not

met with several

problems (see

directions).

Written work is
clear and
adequate

college-level
work;

Paragraphing
and transitions

are
adequate;

appropriate
guidelines
outlined for
paper were
met with a
few noted

problems (see
directions).

Written work is
clear and
excellent

college-level
work;

Paragraphing
and transitions
are clear and

appropriate;
appropriate
guidelines

outlined

for paper were

met (see

directions).

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Mechanics

Written work had
serious and

persistent errors in
word selection and

use; sentence
structure, spelling,

grammar,
punctuation was

inappropriate and
with serious
errors; APA
style was

completely

unacceptable.

Written work
had serious and
persistent errors

in word
selection and

use;
sentence

structure,
spelling,

grammar,

punctuation was
inappropriate

and with serious
errors; APA
style was

completely

unacceptable.

Written work
was generally

free of errors in

word selection
and

use; sentence
structure,
spelling,

grammar,

punctuation
was

adequate; APA
style was

acceptable

with a few

errors.

Written work
has no major

errors in
word selection

and use;
sentence

structure,
spelling,

grammar,

punctuation
was

appropriate;

APA style was
acceptable

with no to few

errors

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Content

Written work does
not cover the

assigned
topic; assertions

are not supported
by

evidence; paper is

seriously lacking in

content and detail;

scholarly journals

were not used or

used properly.

Written work
does not do an

adequate
job of covering

the assigned

topic;

assertions are
weakly

supported by

evidence; paper

is inadequate in
meeting the
page and

content area
requirements;

less than 3
scholarly

journals were

used.

The length of
the written work

is
sufficient to

cover the topic;
assertions are
supported by

evidence; does

not meet full
required

number of

pages and

content areas.

3 scholarly

journals were

used.

The length of
the written work

provides
indepth

coverage of the
topics,

assertions are
clearly

supported by
evidence;

Paper meets
required length

of
pages and

content areas;

3 or more
scholarly

journals were

used.