Population Summary

Due Date: June 14, 2020

Peer Review Due: June 16, 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is for the student to  acquire an understanding of the characteristics, abilities and needs of the individuals served.

Knowledge: The student will work with their mentor to identify populations served by their agency and/or setting. The student will identify basic functional needs, if any, that are required for participation in the programming provided by the agency and/or is appropriate for the identified setting. The student will research the primary populations (up to 5) that are served. The student will identify by domain the primary characteristics of the disability group, typical strengths, and areas of functional improvement.

Task:

  1. Through the agency summary, the student should have gleaned an idea of the population(s) being served by the agency or setting. Clarification on population should be obtained from the mentor.
  2. The student will list basic functional agency requirements for all participants (for example, some agency require participants be able to independently bathroom).
  3. Next the student will identify the primary disability groups served by the agency up to 5 such as schizophrenia, cerebral palsy, autism, arthritis, head injury, etc.
  4. For each population identified, the student should summarize by domain the primary characteristics of the disability. Including a brief definition, identify strengths and areas of functional improvement that are typical to that disability.
  5. References- be sure to cite in APA style all sources utilized to obtain information about the populations.
  6. To submit, the student will summarize their findings into a blog post and upload it to the blog page titled “Population Summary”.
  7. The mentor will review the post against the rubric criteria and approve as complete.

Peer Review: The student will review at least 2 other peer’s work against the assignment criteria and submit their review in the comments section by the identified deadline in the peer’s blog. Each student may have no more than 2 peer reviews to ensure that all students receive at least one peer review. Peer reviewers must provide at least 2 pieces of constructive feedback and 1 piece of positive feedback. It cannot be the same feedback given by others.

Criteria for Success:  Rubric-

Identify Population & Participant Requirements

The student identifies the populations served by the agency and basic functional requirements.

Population Descriptions

For up to 5 disability groups, the student identified characteristics, strengths and functional needs by domain.

 References

The student properly cites all sources utilized to complete this assignment.

Mentor Approval

The mentor reviewed the student’s work against the provided rubric criteria and approved their work in writing on the blog post.