Select a client or an individual who is experiencing difficulty due to loss, life stressors and/or change and who you are NOT related to. You are welcome to use previous or Write a paper that examined the case situation from a trauma-informed perspective. Please adhere to these guidelines for developing your case:  * Specify the population involved (race, gender, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, or other special circumstance). All cases should be rural. How do you deal with the case demonstrating sensitivity to this population? What effect does prejudice or discrimination have in the case, in particular, in your engaging this client?   

Select a client or an individual who is experiencing difficulty due to loss, life stressors and/or change and who you are NOT related to. You are welcome to use previous or Write a paper that examined the case situation from a trauma-informed perspective. Please adhere to these guidelines for developing your case:  * Specify the population involved (race, gender, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, or other special circumstance). All cases should be rural. How do you deal with the case demonstrating sensitivity to this population? What effect does prejudice or discrimination have in the case, in particular, in your engaging this client?    * What changes are needed in for this person and why? Why are these changes so difficult?    * Explain how you use the skills covered in this class to engage, collect data, assess, plan goals for the client, and evaluate your intervention. For example, what are some relevant facts in the case and what information do you need to develop in fully assessing this client’s situation and evaluate your intervention?    * How will you involve multiple systems in this case?  What other systems might be involved?  How might you intervene or engage other systems, such as individuals, families, organizations, or the political system to help?      * What theoretical framework will help you assess the client’s situation? Be sure to use major concepts from the theory/theories in your assessment.    * Describe your intervention plan including relevant theories and theoretical frameworks that inform your intervention decisions.      * Use the helping process to present your case and develop a contract between you and the client on the three (3) goals and two objectives for each goal. Think about how you determine the baseline and the progress of your client’s growth.      * What social problems are demonstrated in your case (e.g., poverty, discrimination, lack of education, etc.)?    * What policy implications are raised in the case?  How can you influence policy at the organizational, community, or societal level?    * What practice principles or implications for social work practice will you employ in this case? What values and ethical issues are involved in the case:  Are there value or ethical dilemmas?  How would you deal with these?  Be specific.    * What are some feelings you might have in this case, in working with this family?      Grading Criteria for Written Assignments   The following criteria will be used in evaluating your written assignments.   * The paper should be double-spaced, approximately ten to fifteen pages, using APA style, size 12 font.  * Adherence to instructions and originality  * Commitment to social work values and ethics.  * Completeness, comprehensiveness, detail, clarity and readability.  * Organization and style.  * Adequate documentation.  * Technical requirement (length, typed, APA guidelines * Numbered pages, typewritten and double-spaced in standard 11-12 point font.  * Cover page with title of the paper, your name, course title, professor’s name and date submitted 11. No fewer than ten references within the last five years.      Your case should be written up in a well-organized paper of approximately 12-20 pages, cite all sources, including relevant texts, journal articles, and interviews with practitioners.  Students will briefly present their case study to the class. My client is a 76 year old woman who lives alone in a co-op apartment. The client’s daughter who was 33 passed away and was her primary caregiver. The client has no informal support and is only receiving $1600 in SS a month. The client is unable to afford home care. The client suffers from mental illness such as depression, anxiety, suffers from a mobility impairment as client had two hip surgery and knee surgery. The client walks with a walker and is unable to conduct daily ADLS and IADLS. During the home visit, the social worker realized the client is underweight, client’s laundry is piled up with a lot of dishes in the sink. When the social worker asked upon the reasonings, client said it’s difficult to conduct those task and the client shared losing her balance being unable to cook. Social worker send referral for SNAP benefits, expanded in home services for the elderly care service, assist client applying for Medicaid and Medicare part A and B. Social worker ssent a referral for bereavement and mental health counseling. Social worker sent referral for home delivered meals. The client lives in Brooklyn NY.