Stress/ crisis/ coping.

Each student is to turn in an annotated bibliography of 10 journal articles related to two stress, crisis or coping related problems, consistent with the course description, content and textbook. The annotated bibliography will serve as initial work toward completion of the major course paper, if opted to complete. Objectives for this assignment are for students to be familiar with professional literature and to develop an area of professional development or research, relative to the course and textbook. These articles have to be from five different sources, all related to social work practice. Articles must be from PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS.. Follow the outline as below: 1. Author’s name, year and title of the article, name of the journal, volume and page numbers. 2. Summary—to be written as if the reader has not read the article and needs to be informed of the essence of the article. 3. Critique—Intervention approaches/model’s strengths and weakness, applicability and limitations especially for clients who are diverse in terms of gender, sexual orientation, racial, ethnic and economic and education background. Each summary and critique should be approximately 1-2 paragraphs in length- no more than 1 1/2 pages.. Possible Topics. Stress Crisis Coping. Career Stress Crisis Intervention Intrapersonal. Family Stress Critical Incidents Interpersonal. Financial Stress Death; Witnessing Negative Approaches. Organizational Stress Disaster and Recovery Positive Approaches. Student Stress Loss or Divorce Resiliency. Technology Stress Retirement, Phase of Life Support Systems. Vicarious Stress Trauma; Witnessing Techniques. Grading criteria:. 1. A broad review of established effective social work intervention approaches/modalities in working with clients who suffer from various serious losses and illnesses, or stress and crises 3. Reflects writer’s ability to analyze and evaluate these approaches/ modalities’ appropriateness and effectiveness with specific client groups 5. Summary is clear and succinct and informs the reader of its major focus 6. Critique is thoughtful and reflects comprehensiveness of the concept of stress and coping and the contribution, or lack of it, to social work practice.. Includes designated skill(s) or behavior (s) from: Mental Health: Competencidfpes 4, 8 and 9.