Child Abuse and Neglect in Foster Care

Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
Topic: Child Abuse and Neglect in Foster Care
Overview: In this milestone, you will describe your methodology for conducting a brief literature review to analyze how the social service need in your community is being addressed in other communities. In addition, you should be sure to include any social, political, or historical trends that impact other communities, as well as any legal and ethical issues you find. Then, you will analyze and summarize your findings for the readers. Paint a picture of your community and then discuss how the social problem impacts the community.
Prompt: Submit a draft of your Gathering Community Information (Methodology) section, which is part of the community needs assessment. Address all critical elements from section II of Capstone Component 1 below. In this section, be sure to address all components of the critical element below. Review the rubric for additional criteria on how to succeed for this milestone.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
II. Gathering Community Information (Methodology): In this section, you will discuss your methodology for collecting the information about your community and provide a summary of your findings. Your methodology will involve conducting a brief systematic literature review of your chosen community, the problem you identified in Milestone One, and other communities who have dealt with the same issue or problem. In other words, for this section, discuss how you will collect the information, and provide justification for your chosen method(s).
Guidelines for Submission: Your draft of the Gathering Community Information (Methodology) must be approximately 2-3 pages in length and must be written in APA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.
Feedback on progress toward outcome proficiency:
Possible Indicators of Success that may evident in the student’s final submission:
· Does the milestone demonstrate the student’s ability to assess cultural groups and traditions within a community or population for enhancing quality of care?
· Does the milestone demonstrate the student’s ability to research and take into account culture-specific considerations related to a specific human services issue?
· Does the milestone demonstrate the student’s ability to assess the needs of a community and develop intervention recommendations that account for cultural groups within a community or population?
· Does the milestone demonstrate the student’s ability to differentiate and choose a culturally sensitive communication strategy to increase the potential acceptance of a proposed human services intervention?