The Black Perspective Dimensions: knowledge, values, skills, cognitive and affective reaction. This is an integrative and culminating assignment of Contemporary social issue of addictions. Describe the history, the demographics, and any salient factors in regards to the issue. Discuss social work practice from a generalist perspective (multi-levels of intervention: micro, mezzo, macro, and ecological perspective) inclusive of social work values, ethics, and roles in relationship to the selected issue. Integrate empowerment, strengths perspective.

Your response must be at least 6-8 sentences and include at least two citations from the text or other sources.  All sources used must be cited using APA format.

The following resources may be used to complete this discussion:

Criminal Law, University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing edition, 2015

Due Process Violation. (2020, May 6). Wisconsin Law Journal, NA. Retrieved from https://link-gale-com.slcc.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/A623548088/PPCJ?u=lln_aslcc&sid=PPCJ&xid=0479c2f1

Discussion Topic:

Imagine this scenario. You face eviction from your home. Your teen daughter is off school because she is ill. A sheriff or constable arrives at your door to serve eviction and you briefly open the door, slam it shut, and return with a rifle in your arms.  You again open the door. Meanwhile, your daughter has heard the commotion and has appeared in the entry, though not visible to the sheriff because she is standing behind you.  You raise your weapon. Moments later, the sheriff fires his service pistol.  The bullet goes through your upper arm and into your daughter’s heart, killing her.  You are charged with her murder.  How can that be?

This is what happened in a sleepy Pennsylvania town one January morning in 2016.  According to media accounts, Constable Clark Steele arrived at Donald Meyer Jr.’s house in Duncannon, Penn Township, Perry County, on January 11, 2016, to execute an order of eviction from the rental property.  Meyer’s 12-year-old daughter, Ciara Meyer, was standing behind him when he opened the door, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, which he raised at Constable Steele.  Steele then fired his service revolver at Donald Meyer, Jr., hitting him in the arm.  The bullet went through his arm and into Ciara’s heart and lung, killing her.  Soon after, Donald Meyer Jr. was charged with criminal homicide, endangering children and a host of other criminal offenses including possession of a weapon by unauthorized persons on account of an earlier psychiatric hospitalization.

What role does mens rea and actus reus play in this case? Can the father be held criminally responsible for his daughter’s death? Why or why not? You make the call.

Option 2:

Dimethyl Ether (DME) is an isomer of ethanol and is part of the ether family. It is colorless and highly flammable with a sweet smell. It is a commonly used solvent that can also be used to manufacture other chemicals and has replaced CFCs as spray can propellant and refrigerants.  DME is currently being used in hairsprays, bug sprays and aerosol glue products. Interestingly, it is also used in the over-the-counter liquids used to freeze off warts.  On a larger scale, it is utilized as a fuel source for diesel engines and is considered preferable due to its low impact on the environment. It is cleaner, biodegradable with zero soot emissions. Use of this compound as fuel does not contribute to global warming the way other common fuel sources do.  

Condensed Structural Formula:

C2H6O

References

Brady, R. (2013, November 26). Internal Combustion (Gasoline and Diesel) Engines. Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780124095489010563Links to an external site.

Kennedy, G. ( 2014, April 14). Dimethyl Ether. Encyclopedia of Toxicology (3rd ed.) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780123864543004917?via%3DihubLinks to an external site.

Application Exercise 6.1: Components of Language 

In this​ video, Dr. Erin Studer describes a​ fifth-grade boy with very limited language skills. When he started​ kindergarten, he had five words in his oral language vocabulary. Dr. Studer explains how the school has developed IEPs and provided interventions that have helped Pablo progress year after year.

CHIME: Dr. Erin Studer and Pablo

Consider what you have learned about​ Pablo’s speech and language skills and the assessments conducted by the school. Explain​ Pablo’s progress in each aspect of the components of language​ (i.e., content,​ form, and​ pragmatics). 

Application Exercise​ 6.2: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

In this​ video, a high school teacher meets with a group of students from diverse cultures and listens to them express their feelings about the language and cultural differences they experience at school.

English Language Learners

How might teachers proactively address the concern expressed by these students when they state that teachers​ don’t understand their difficulties and their​ struggles? 

Application Exercise​ 6.3: Working with Families to Develop​ Students’ Language Skills

In the following​ video, Dr. Studer briefly describes working with Pablo from​ pre-school through the fifth grade.

Dr. Erin​ Studer, Executive Director of CHIME​ Institute’s Charter School​ Programs, discusses how a fully inclusive classroom allows Pablo to engage with his school community in meaningful ways that target the social and academic language experiences necessary for​ Pablo’s individualized goals

CHIME: Pablo

Describe the intervention that helped Pablo begin to develop the pragmatics of language in kindergarten despite his lack of verbal skills. 

Application Exercise​ 7.1: Decoding Strategies

In the following​ video, a teacher conducts a phonological awareness skills test with Ana. The teacher refers to the various activities as games and asks Ana to respond to questions about word sounds in each activity.

Phonological Awareness Skills Test

The textbook describes six decoding strategies readers employ to decode words they​ don’t know automatically. Identify the type of decoding strategy emphasized in this video. Use specific examples from the video and explain how this decoding strategy helps students identify words. 

Application Exercise​ 7.2: Linguistic Approach

In this​ video, a teacher guides students to recognize similar sounds and spelling patterns in words that constitute a word family.

Word Families

Describe the phonics approach used by the teacher in this video. Identify this approach as explicit or implicit code instruction and support your answer. 

Application Exercise​ 7.3: Explicit and Implicit Code Instruction In this​ video, Mrs. Casey introduces new vocabulary words before students read the assigned story. In her work with the small​ group, Mrs. Casey uses several strategies to help students decode the words. 

Mrs. Casey, Small Group Reading 

 Describe the explicit and implicit code instruction Mrs. Casey uses as she guides students to decode their new vocabulary words. 

Overview

For this Performance Task Assessment, you analyze case studies that feature issues related to mental health and crime.

Professional Skills: Written Communication is assessed in this Competency.

Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This  is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your submission and  it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the  Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of  the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and  use their time most productively.

Mental Health Issues and Criminal Acts

For this assessment, you analyze case studies that feature issues  related to mental health and crime. Then, in 1,500–2,000 words, respond  to the following:

• Explain how to distinguish between mental illness and criminality,  using examples from the case studies to illustrate the difference.
• Explain how the criminal justice system has typically or  “traditionally” addressed an offender who has committed a crime due to a  mental health issue, using examples from the case studies to illustrate  the difference.
• Explain how the contemporary criminal justice system addresses an  offender who commits a crime due to a mental health issue, using  examples from the case studies to illustrate your response. For example,  address the following issues:
  • How should the responding officer proceed?
  • How should this person be processed through the criminal justice system? 
  • What are the appropriate charges, if any?
  • How should the judge at the arraignment hearing proceed?
• Explain whether you agree or disagree with the following statement:  The criminal justice system has an ethical obligation to rehabilitate or  treat offenders suffering from mental illness.
  • What is the role of the criminal justice system regarding these types of incidents?

In addition to using the case studies to help illustrate your  responses, reference your learning resources to support your responses.