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1. Transition to Adulthood for LGBT People

http://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/

Study information on this National LGBT Health Education Center of Fenway Institute to identify health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in their transition to adulthood. What resources are available that you expect to utilize in serving this population?

*LO 15.8 Give examples of risk factors and protective factors for young and middle adulthood.

*LO 15.9 Apply knowledge of young and middle adulthood to recommend guidelines for social work assessment and intervention.

2. Incorporating Sexual History Into the Social Work Assessment

http://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/wp-content/uploads/COM-827-sexual-history_toolkit_2015.pdf

Go to this toolkit for taking a sexual health history, and choose one topic to look at in depth. Create a scenario in which you are the intake social worker in an agency that requires a sexual health history as part of the initial assessment. Write a paragraph about this scenario; then, list the explicit questions you will include in the assessment interview. Also, write two or three sentences of the wording you will use to introduce this part of the interview.

*LO 15.8 Give examples of risk factors and protective factors for young and middle adulthood.

*LO 15.9 Apply knowledge of young and middle adulthood to recommend guidelines for social work assessment and intervention.

3. Social Work With Women Who Are or Were Incarcerated

http://www.stephaniecovington.com/~sschost/assets/files/FinalTheRelationalTheorychapter2007.pdf

Read this chapter by Stephanie Covington that applies relational theory to understanding the psychological development and needs of girls and women involved with the criminal justice system. Create a scenario in which you are the social worker for a family to which the mother has just returned after completing her sentence for drug possession. What will your focus be in assessing the needs of the mother and the family?

*LO 15.8 Give examples of risk factors and protective factors for young and middle adulthood.

*LO 15.9 Apply knowledge of young and middle adulthood to recommend guidelines for social work assessment and intervention.

4. Social Work With Young Adults Considering or Entering the Military

Find information online about the branches of the military, who is eligible to join, and what educational and job training opportunities are offered.

• Note what is attractive to young adults about joining one of the branches of military services.
• Reflect on your own feelings about this choice. Would your tendency be to have a neutral, positive, or discouraging attitude?
• Go beyond your own reactions to make a list of questions a young adult should ask before making the decision to apply to or join a branch of the military.
• Also, make a list of questions and areas to explore with a young person in the service and with their family members about what the experience involves and how it is going for them.

*LO 15.7 Analyze major challenges related to work in young and middle adulthood.