SWK 534 Advanced Generalist Practice with Treatment Groups
Group Population Paper
In anticipation of developing a group manual for the final project, you will be asked to develop a 5–6-page, APA-formatted paper (including a reference page) introducing the population for which you wish to develop a group. The paper should draw on a review of the literature, highlighting the issues and concerns that your identified population is dealing with, best practices regarding interventions, and how a group might assist them to improve their level of social functioning and overall quality of life.
This assignment will utilize a peer review. This will allow you to 1) practice providing feedback that is direct, kind, and critical and 2) receive valuable feedback before your final submission. Throughout this assignment sheet, “AUTHOR” is you. The “PEER REVIEWER” is the student assigned to review your paper and provide feedback to you.
When choosing a population, please consider how broad that population is. For example, a group for “Men transitioning to adulthood” would likely be far too broad. However, if you wanted to explore Men transitioning to higher education, with an emphasis on any region, you would be fine.
The group you chose for this will help you formulate your final group manual. This population is the group that your manual will be based on.
Step one: Choose a population and begin to find research surrounding this population.
Step two: Complete rough draft: Submit a rough draft to Blackboard.
Step three: Review your partner’s paper and provide feedback based on the rubric below. Submit your peer feedback to Blackboard and to the author by the due date.
Step four: The Author will use the feedback and submit the final paper by the due date.
Step five: The Author will complete the “Peer Feedback Review” form (below) on the Peer Reviewer who provided feedback to them.
Step Six: Upload to Blackboard 1) Rough draft, 2) Peer reviewer feedback you were provided, and 3) Your final draft.
Step Seven: There will also be a link to upload the feedback you provided to your partner. You will receive a grade based on this feedback.
Grading Rubric for Population Paper
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Dimension |
High |
Acceptable |
Lower |
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Population Identification |
Population is clearly identified, and |
The population is somewhat identified, and |
Population is vaguely identified, and |
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Review of literature (Minimum of 4 sources) |
The literature selected is highly relevant |
The literature selected is relevant to the |
The literature selected is not relevant to |
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Group Experience |
Rationales are provided as to how a group experience |
A rationale is somewhat provided as to how a |
No rationale as to how a group experience |
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Writing-APA format |
The paper is coherently organized, and the |
The paper is generally well organized, and |
The paper is poorly organized and difficult |
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Instructions for Peer Reviewer
1. Please read through the author’s paper.
2. Think about the categories of the rubric. (Group identification, Literature review, Group experience, and writing/grammar). How has the student demonstrated these four sections? Are there gaps? Strong areas? Missing pieces? Confusing transitions?
3. Please provide feedback to the author directly on the paper via comments and/or adding in a different color font. I don’t expect full grading, but feedback to help the author.
4. Submit your feedback to the author and to the assignment upload link “Peer Reviewer Feedback Upload”.
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Population Paper
Author’s feedback on Peer Reviewer
***The author of the paper will complete this form on their peer reviewer AFTER they have received feedback from the peer reviewer. Simply check the box where your partner landed.
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Topic |
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Yes somewhat |
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My partner read |
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My partner |
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