Improving Self Assessment

Social work exists to provide effective social services to individuals, families, groups, communities and society so that social functioning may be enhanced and the quality of life improved. (Zastrow, 2013) Assessing my strengths and weaknesses as a social worker helps me see what I must maintain, and what I must improve on to become the kind of social worker that educates and inspires. The skills I identify with in my practice are; empathy, identifying strengths, and respect. These skill sets are vitally important to ensure clients receive the best possible outcome.

So, while this study did show some areas of strength in self-awareness, it also showed that I have several areas of potential growth. . Like Julian Baggini states so eloquently in his TED talk “To the extent you have a true self, it's something that you in part discover, but in part create” (Baggini), I am still growing and creating my sense of self. As this happens, I believe I will be able to ask for, and accept, negative feedback about my personality.

Based on the Clifton Strengths Assessment my top five strengths are strategic, deliberative, learner, maximize and individualization. As an individual, I rarely look into my weakness. I believe that when your too focused on your weakness, you forget about your strengths. Everything the book said is true, and we need to take the time to look at our strengths and make it perfect. It is true that in this world or the school system, we are taught to look at our weakness and correct it so that we can become stronger in our life. This book brings out the truth that I longed to hear for a long time. Invariably, I hear my professor tell their students that for them success in life, they must practice and look at our weakness. This book proves it wrong because for us to become successful, we must stay to our strengths’ path.

The purpose of this paper is to provide you with written instructions on some of the basic guidelines with the new APA format (American Psychological Association, 2009). In addition, this paper is written in APA format to provide you with a visual image of how many aspects of papers should be written, from the title page, to headings, to references in text, and the reference page. This paper is not met to be a comprehensive explanation of APA format, but will provide the reader with the basics. So, please buy the manual and read it.

I agree with you, MLA was once upon a time the only style the I knew. I will be just like you always going to revisit the APA section in our library. I still hit some roadblocks but I would have to say our professor would be the best way to clear up all questions, or better yet lead you in the best direction to solve the issue.

This week’s assignment started by directing us to complete a self-assessment, which I felt was a well laid out chart with established skills and a level in which to rate yourself from 1 being poor up to 5 being good. I think it was a good exercise, giving us a better insight to our strengths and weaknesses. I do in fact think that I learned something new about myself and could more easily answer the question of “tell me your strengths and weaknesses”, which is often asked at interviews or promotion boards.

Typing Template for APA Papers: A Sample of Proper Formatting for the APA 6th Edition Student A. Sample

My English Comp 2 instructor Mrs. Begnaud (2018) stated, “Finally, we’ll begin discussing APA format…”.

In my own personal experience, this is the first class I have taken that requires APA formatting. I have taken several years of classes that require MLA layout, but none that required APA. I have to say that I find this very surprising seeing as I am and have been registered as a nursing student. As a nursing student, I would have expected to have seen APA type of structuring in most of my

4. What did you learn about yourself from the Assessment? (What were your major strengths and weaknesses? How do you react to these results? How can you build on strengths and minimize or eliminate weaknesses?)

Download any article of interest, and using your knowledge of the APA style, critique the paper to see if the author(s) used the APA style accurately. Support your answer with scholarly evidences.

When writing any kind of paper or essay, it is essential that you give credit to the sources that you use; you do this by appropriately citing these sources in parenthetical citations within your paper and in a reference list at the end of the paper. Failing to appropriately cite sources—either intentionally or unintentionally—is a serious academic violation called plagiarism. You should never represent someone else’s work or ideas as your own. Any time you have taken a statement, a fact, or even an idea from another author, you must cite it. A good rule to go by is that if you are in doubt about whether something must be cited, do it to be safe. Certain types of material always require citation, and others do

If you don’t own the APA Style Manual, you should at least be very familiar with APA writing style requirements. A good resource is the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ TCU also has a writing lab (http://www.wrt.tcu.edu/default.asp?cat=staff&staff=11) that can be very helpful if you choose to access it as a resource. I expect writing to be well-edited and to align with APA style requirements. Editing well is akin to putting on a business suit for an interview. Poor editing is akin to showing up for an interview in cutoffs and a t-shirt with mustard stains—not impressive!

American Psychological Association (APA) writing style exists for a reason and this reason is because writers' must give “credibility where credibility is due”(Walden Writing Center, 2015) . During my BSW program I learned this and also, the importance of integrity in college level writing. In my opinion, two aspects of APA that I think will not challenge me are direct quotations and listing references. I have to admit I prefer to quote intellecutual matter directly rather than, use paraphazing. I believe this is approriate to do if the quote you utilize is short and all of your agrguments regarding, the content of the quote, are your own ideas. Another thing that will come easily to me is listing my references. This comes easily to me because during my undergraduate education, I excelled in this area. The reason for this is because everytime I wrote a reference page I always refered to my courses APA manual.

In addition to spacing, APA style includes a special way of citing resource articles. See the APA manual for specifics regarding in-text citations. The APA manual also discusses the desired tone of writing, grammar, punctuation, formatting for numbers, and a variety of other important topics. Although the APA style rules are used in this template, the purpose of the template is only to demonstrate spacing and the general parts of the paper. The student will need to refer to the APA manual for other format directions. GCU has prepared an APA Style Guide available in the Student Writing Center for additional help in correctly formatting according to APA