Masters in Social Work Course Paper *Writer must have Social Work background or education! Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment – Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of assessment, intervention, and evaluation -Critique and apply knowledge to understand person and environment Consider an event in the life of your family (this may range from a normative event such as the birth of a child to a crisis or stressor, such as the loss of a family member through death). Apply social work theories covered in classes 1-3 to this life event. Specifically: 1. Briefly describe the event and your family’s response to it 2. Identify strengths displayed by your family members during this event 3. Identify cultural influences that affected your family’s experience of the event 4. Indicate the risk and protective factors that either a) affected the likelihood of your family experiencing the event in question or b) affected your family’s response to the event/the event’s outcome 5. Discuss whether oppression was a factor in your family’s experience of the event. If so, how? If not, what prevented that from being a factor? 6. Consider the ways in which your family may have been empowered, and by what systems, during the event 7. Identify relevant systems involved in the event or the response to the event (e.g., extended family, neighbors, religious community, group membership, medical and legal systems, etc.) 8. Describe the interaction of various systems using concepts from systems theory, as covered in class (readings for reference will be provided to writer) 9. Attach an eco-map as an appendix to the assignment *Must include additional page(s) for citation and eco-map. *5 pages of written paper and pages 6 or above will be citation work, along with eco-map. *Publication manual of the American Psychological Association format (APA)