Master of Science in Community Psychology Writing Prompt
Alverno’s program is focused on demonstrating skills and competencies rather than using numbers or letter grades to represent abilities. Based on this, we are interested in seeing a demonstration of your academic skills in an applied manner. We have developed the below task as a short way to demonstrate your abilities in this area. If you struggle with this or would like more information, please do not hesitate to reach out.
In order to demonstrate your reading and writing skills, please read the following article from an academic journal and respond to the prompt below. The goal of the writing is to demonstrate your understanding of the material as well as your ability to express your understanding. This paper should be between 2-3 pages long. Please make sure to use appropriate in-text citations (including citing the attached article) as well as a reference page. You may use other sources in your writing if you wish, but all sources must be appropriately cited. Our program uses APA style to cite sources, but if you are not familiar with APA style and prefer a different style (such as MLA), that is acceptable for the purposes of this application assessment. You can find additional information about APA style here: https://apastyle.apa.org/
- Why is the Five Ps framework appropriate for treating substance abuse?
- What is a holistic approach and how does it differ from other models?
- Imagining yourself as a substance abuse counselor, what do you think might be challenging about implementing a framework like this? What do you think you would do well?
