This guide is for CEFS 500 Week 5 Social Justice Video Blog, start to submission. A video blog on social justice and advocacy in counseling.
CEFS 500 is Orientation to Counselors Professional Identity and Function, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as CEFS500; it is the same course.
| Course | CEFS 500 Orientation to Counselors Professional Identity and Function |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 5 |
| Points | 80 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; follow the blog instructions |
| Sources | Granello and Young and course materials |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Video blog in Blackboard |
What CEFS 500 Week 5 Social Justice Video Blog asks for
Blogs give you a place to express your perspective and respond to classmates. The social justice video blog is due in Module/Week 5 with Granello and Young chapters 9 and 10. Worth 80 points.
Where it fits in CEFS 500
In the published schedule, Social Justice Video Blog is one of 9 graded written assignments in CEFS 500. It follows Week 4 Professional Counseling Skills Video Blog and comes before Week 6 Counselor Impairment Paper.
How CEFS 500 Week 5 Social Justice Video Blog is graded
Liberty grades Social Justice Video Blog with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 80 points in the published guide. That is about 8% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in CEFS 500 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
A specific issue and action make the reflection meaningful; follow the course prompt.
The CEFS 500 Week 5 method, step by step
Pick one event and stay with it
Choose a single event or experience that fits the Social Justice Video Blog prompt and that you can describe honestly. One well-examined event beats three summarized ones.
Describe it briefly and accurately
Tell what happened in a few sentences. Remove names and identifying details; the reader needs the situation, not the people.
Analyze it with course concepts
Explain the event through the course material. A reflection that never names a concept from the reading is a diary entry, not an assignment.
Bring in the evidence the guide asks for
Support the analysis with Granello and Young and course materials. Use the sources to show that what you saw is a known pattern and what the literature says about preventing or handling it.
Say what you would do differently
End with a specific change in practice that follows from the analysis. Graders look for growth that is tied to the evidence you cited.
Write in first person, formatted in APA
Reflection papers allow first person, but they still follow current APA format for the title page, citations and references. Stay within Not set in the guide; follow the blog instructions.
Connect the readings on advocacy to one concrete issue and one action a counselor could take, keeping the tone professional.
A structure for CEFS 500 Week 5 Social Justice Video Blog
Word targets are planning numbers for about 800 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Advocacy concept | Counselors' role in advocacy. | ~320 words |
| Application | A specific issue or population. | ~300 words |
| Delivery | Clear and professional. | ~180 words |
A topic angle that works
Counselors advocate for clients and the profession, for example by addressing barriers to mental health care. Choose a specific barrier, such as access to counseling in rural areas, and discuss how counselors can respond.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
In rural counties near my home, many people live an hour or more from a counselor. Granello and Young describe advocacy as part of the counselor's role. Supporting telehealth access, partnering with churches to reduce stigma and advocating for insurance coverage of tele-counseling are ways counselors can widen access.
- An issue.
- The counselor's role.
- Actions.
Mistakes that cost points on CEFS 500 Week 5
- Vague advocacy.
- Off-topic.
- Unprofessional delivery.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; follow the blog instructions
- Sources: Granello and Young and course materials
- No names or identifying details of patients, clients or coworkers
- At least one course concept named and applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
When is the CEFS 500 social justice blog due?
In Module/Week 5.
How many points is CEFS 500 Week 5 Social Justice Video Blog worth?
80 points in Liberty's published course guide for CEFS 500, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 8% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is CEFS 500 Week 5 the same in every section of CEFS 500?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for CEFS 500. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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