Assignment: Written communication

Assignment: Written communication

Assignment: Written communication

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.

·         APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.

·         Number of resources: Your work should be supported by at least five references from the literature.

·         Length of paper: 10 typed double-spaced pages.

·         Font and font size: Arial, 10 point.

Submit your assignment by the end of this unit.

Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save this learning activity to your ePortfolio, in the Professional Showcase binder.

Week 3 – Assignment 1 – Case Application: Violet– 250 Words

This discussion is based on the following case situation:

Violet was a student in human services. She enrolled in school as a single mom with three children, ages 3, 12, and 15. Violet had served in the military for three years and was receiving funding from the Armed Services. She still struggled to provide for herself and her family while she was in school. Her eldest girl needed special medical services since she was a diabetic and had allergies. She had been hospitalized four times last year when she experienced breathing difficulties. Her 12-year-old son had learning difficulties and psychological problems. The school officials and the school psychologist recommend a special school for at least six months. Child care is required for her 3-year-old while she is in school (Woodside & McClam, p. 56).

List the services you believe this family needs and identify which model would best represent each of the services on your list.

Response Guidelines

Respond to two peers, analyzing the models identified. Were these models appropriate for the services listed? What else might you include or recommend?

Week 4 – Assignment 1 – Applying the Multidisciplinary Approach– 250 Words

Find an article in the Capella University Library that addresses a real-world problem from the field and complete the following:

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

• The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.