Strengths, Prevention, Empowerment, and Community Change

Discuss how your current work in the human behavior and development field relates to the components of the Leonard Turkel Nonprofit Network’s SPEC Model: Strengths, Prevention, Empowerment, and Community Change, linked in Resources.

For each of the four SPEC components, identify a theory in the social and behavioral sciences that might provide a basis for a theoretical foundation and best practices in your work.

If you are not directly involved in any of these components, are there others in your community with whom you or your organization collaborates that address other components? If you are not involved in the field currently, discuss how this model might apply to any organization or group in your community.

Links for Questions:

https://web.archive.org/web/20131209210808/http:/www.specway.org/spec

Share the final problem or issue you have chosen for your course project and the populations affected (Teens in domestic violence relationships). Discuss who the stakeholders are in the prevention and promotion of well-being around this topic or issue. Consider all levels (personal, organizational, and community) in your discussion. How does the culture of these stakeholders influence attitudes, values, behavior, perception, and interpersonal relations among these stakeholders?

Include at least two references: one scholarly journal article and something from Prevention Practice Kit.

Link Questions: Bookshelf Class Readings

https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781506365329/cfi/6/98!/4/6/2/2/4@0:100

How do social justice and cultural relevance relate to best practices in prevention? Apply your ideas to professionals who work with or teach about the topic or issue you have selected for your course project
Review the Community Assessment Annotated Directory component of your course project, due in Unit 6. A minimum of three individual interviews (at least one in person) will be carried out during Units 7 and 8. The results of your in-depth interviews will be presented in the Applied Integrative Project, due in Unit 9. Be sure to make your appointments as soon as you have identified key individuals and organizations that are addressing your problem or issue and set them with enough lead time so that if someone needs to reschedule, you can do so in time to complete the assignment.

Develop and present a draft of the introduction that you will e-mail and use in person as you initiate your community assessment Interviews. This introduction should include who you are, that this is the capstone project for your Master’s Degree, a short synopsis of your topic or issue, and how they can help you with your community assessment.

Review the handout, “Preparing for Your In-Depth Assessment Interviews,” linked in Resources. Develop and share at least five additional questions you might ask during your face-to-face Assessment Interview to gain a sense of the depth and breadth of the individual’s or organization’s involvement with prevention, early intervention, and advocacy around your specific topic or issue, locally and beyond. You will want to learn about the populations served and how decisions were made, for example, participant involvement, needs assessment, and so forth.

What are the ethical issues involved in doing this type of interviewing for community assessment purposes?

Links for Question:

https://courseroomc.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/SHB/SHB5990/160100/Course_Files/cf_preparing_for_your_in_depth_assessment_interviews.html

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Change agents is often encountered on different levels within an individual’s life, a group or in the community setup. Irrespective of the level within an organization, paying attention to the components of the SPEC model can enhance achievability of long-term success within an organization (Leonard Turkel Nonprofit Network, 2016). The components can be integrated as a whole to enhance ease in working together thus the possibility of changing on different levels at the same time. In their respective professional roles, the change agents will be targeted on one or two levels at a given time. The strength-based orientation of the SPEC model identifies and builds upon community and individual assets, their resilience and capacity to thrive when under difficult situations (Leonard Turkel Nonprofit Network, 2016). The Transtheoretical………………….

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