SWK 630 Discussion 2A

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applied exercise which means that your goal is to show that you understand the concepts by applying them to the case example.

Discussion Questions: Complete Policy Advocacy Challenge 3.5 in Jansson p. 94. Read the information and thinking through the activities these students engaged in, and
the skills they used to advocate and accomplish policy change, answer the following questions:
1. What ethical and analytic rationales did the students use to decide that the extent and nature of homelessness is wrong (Task 1)? In the complex American
governmental system, how did they decide where to focus their interventions as they navigated policy and advocacy systems (Task 2)? Give specific examples of these.
2. In what agenda building, problem analyzing, proposal constructing, policy enacting, policy implementing, and policy assessing tasks did the students engage in their
efforts to advocate and enact policies to address the problem of homelessness (Tasks 3 through 8)? Again, give specific examples connected to each task so that I can
see you understand what each task might involve. Ex: “To build agendas, the students did…” If you are missing any of the tasks you will not get full credit for this
question.
3. What analytical, political, interactional, and value-clarifying competencies did the students use in their efforts to enact policies to address the problem of
homelessness? You might find Table 3.1 on page 80 helpful with this question. Give specific examples of each. Ex: “The students used the following analytical
competencies…” Again, there are four types of competencies that you must give an example for in order to get full credit.