This guide is for SOWK 432 Week 5 Advance Directives Assignment, start to submission. Complete and submit an advance directive form from the AARP website stating your own end-of-life treatment wishes.
SOWK 432 is Social Work with Aging Adults, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's Bachelor of Social Work. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as SOWK432; it is the same course.
| Course | SOWK 432 Social Work with Aging Adults |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 5 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; complete the form |
| Sources | The AARP advance directive form for your state |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | The AARP form |
What SOWK 432 Week 5 Advance Directives Assignment asks for
You complete and submit an Advance Directive Form found on the AARP website, which alerts medical professionals and your family to your end-of-life treatment wishes if you cannot make decisions for yourself. It is due in Module/Week 5 with McInnis-Dittrich chapters 7 and 8. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in SOWK 432
In the published schedule, Advance Directives Assignment is one of 7 graded written assignments in SOWK 432. It follows Week 4 Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Assessment and comes before Week 6 Discussion Board Forum 3.
How SOWK 432 Week 5 Advance Directives Assignment is graded
Liberty grades Advance Directives Assignment with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in SOWK 432 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 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 (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday 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.
Completeness is the main criterion; follow your instructor's directions on what to submit and how to protect personal information.
The SOWK 432 Week 5 method, step by step
Start from the need
Assess the need first. The plan's goals and measures all depend on a clear statement of the gap.
Write measurable objectives
Write objectives that name the audience, the behavior or outcome, the level and the time frame.
Choose methods that fit the objectives
Select the strategies, content or interventions that fit each objective, and say why they fit, citing evidence (The AARP advance directive form for your state).
Plan the resources and timeline
List what the plan needs (people, time, materials, cost) and the order of steps. Graders look for plans that could be carried out.
Plan the evaluation
Say how you will know the plan worked: the measure, the data source and the time point for each objective.
Format and length
Use the template or headings the guide gives and stay within Not set in the guide; complete the form, in current APA.
Download your state's form, read the instructions, discuss your wishes with the person you name, and complete every section, including any witness or notary requirements your state lists.
A structure for SOWK 432 Week 5 Advance Directives Assignment
Word targets are planning numbers for about 900 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Form completion | All sections completed. | ~540 words |
| Health care agent | Named with an alternate. | ~180 words |
| Treatment wishes | Clearly stated. | ~180 words |
A topic angle that works
Advance directives usually include a health care power of attorney, naming someone to decide for you, and a living will stating treatment preferences such as life support. AARP offers forms by state, since requirements differ.
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.
Completing the form taught me how hard these decisions are for families: naming my sister as my health care agent meant first talking with her about what I would want. Social workers who help older clients with advance directives can make those family conversations easier by explaining the form and its purpose plainly.
- The experience.
- A family conversation.
- A professional insight.
Mistakes that cost points on SOWK 432 Week 5
- Using another state's form.
- Incomplete sections.
- Not discussing it with the named agent.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; complete the form
- Sources: The AARP advance directive form for your state
- Each objective is measurable and has an evaluation measure
- Required template or headings used
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
Where does the SOWK 432 advance directive form come from?
The AARP website, which offers forms by state.
How many points is SOWK 432 Week 5 Advance Directives Assignment worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for SOWK 432, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is SOWK 432 Week 5 the same in every section of SOWK 432?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for SOWK 432. 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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