Homework: Presentation Program
Overview
This homework will assess your mastery with respect to the following course outcomes:
a. Analyze addictive behaviors for their social and psychological effects on the individual, family, community, or society.
b. Identify connections between historical milestones and contemporary approaches to addictions
An effective presentation will include:
a. Dynamic formatting of the slides
b. Appropriate images, charts, graphs, and so on
c. Clean bullets points that do not give too much information per slide
d. Use of the speaker notes section to clearly define the bullets of the slide and provide reference to cited material
Instructions
For this presentation, you will present your complete prevention program by creating a small prevention program that could be implemented at a health fair, at a workplace, or in a school. The goal of this homework is to articulate the social, biological, and psychological consequences of addictive behaviors to an at-risk population and contextualize issues of addiction in historical and social frameworks.
The presentation should include 7-10 slides (not counting title slide and references slide) with speaker notes to address the following topics:
a. Population that is at risk
b. Addiction and the effects that this addiction has on the individual, family, workplace, and community
c. A look at the history and social frameworks of this addiction and the at-risk population
d. Where is the best place to implement this program?
e. How will you measure success for this prevention program?
f. Could you apply this prevention program within your real life and community? If so, will you, and if not, why not?
Critical Elements
Below are the critical elements that must be addressed in this prevention program. Drawing on the some of the elements from Milestone One presentation, provide a complete prevention program for an at-risk population.
a. Identify the population that is at risk that will be the focus of this prevention program. Possible populations can either include the following;
o Adult, Senior, Youth, Adolescent, Workplace, Church member, LGBT
b. Identify the addiction and the impacts it has on the individual, family, workplace and community. Possible addictions can include the following;
o Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Tobacco, Internet Possible impacts can include either include the followings;
o Family conflict, Financial issues, Reduced productivity, Loss of faith, Reduced reputation and standing in the community, Legal issues, Loss of job, Criminal charges
c. Describe the history and social frameworks of this addiction and the at-risk population. What is currently in place with this at-risk population?
o For example: April is alcohol awareness month, and October is violence prevention month.
d. Where is the best place to implement this program? Possible places can include (this is not an all-inclusive list):
o School, Church, Community center, Business, Chamber of Commerce
e. Provide information on the marketing and funding of the program. Possible marketing can include (this is not an all-inclusive list):
o Facebook, Twitter, News, Newspaper, Blog, Company newsletter
f. How will you evaluate success of this prevention program?
o Surveys, Questionnaires, Before and after statistics
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.