Instruction
select appropriate neuroscientific information needed to do an assessment, make an intervention plan, design a program/delivery
system, or develop a policy for a target population OR to carry out a critique and propose modifications to an
existing assessment tool/protocol, intervention plan, policy, delivery system, or program (described in the
social work literature) which does not currently utilize appropriate, up-to-date neuroscientific information as
its foundation. What would a neuroscientifically-informed approach look like?12-15 pages (APA style) plus research references, Please have more than 4 references per page.
For your Final Paper, select one of these topics:
Topic 1) The intervention options available in a public mental health delivery system in a particular state or
county
Topic 2) Program to address the needs of incarcerated adults with mental illness
Topic 3) Program models for children and adolescents with early onset mental conditions, early aggressiveness,
or other neurological disorders in a public school system
Topic 4) Program/policy/health care reform for persons with early stage Alzheimer’s disease
Topic 5) Assessment and intervention plan for veterans with mild traumatic brain injury and their families
Topic 6) Policy/architecture-space use/program model promoting increased breastfeeding of infants
Topic 7) Assessment tools and policies to handle youth sports-related concussions optimally
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Topic 8) Home and community (e.g., day care, church nursery, public parks, supermarkets) environment
assessment tools to guide developmentally optimal settings for infants.
In the Conclusion section of your Final Papers, please discuss the relevance of your topic to social work practice (e.g., you may include the NASW Code of Ethics in your discussion).