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By Day 7

Submit a 5- to 6-page paper on the drug abuse issue you selected. Explain how you would begin solving this problem by utilizing the problem-solving skills you have developed in this course.

Be sure to complete the following in your paper:

· Formulate a problem statement.

· Analyze perspectives of the problem by identifying two to three stakeholders or interested parties to this problem/issue; explain how their perspectives may be similar to or different from your own and any implications their perspectives may have on the problem-solving process.

· Create a hypothesis that might contribute to the solution of the social problem how the social problem might be solved.

· Identify two different approaches to this problem.

· Identify quantitative data you might collect and interpret to help with your problem-solving process.

· Identify qualitative data you have collected related to this problem. Explain one meaning making strategy for this data—that is, a way to relate the data to the problem you have identified.

· Identify quantitative data you have collected related to this problem. Explain one meaning making strategy for this data—that is, a way to relate the data to the problem you have identified.

· Identify two or three additional problems that impact the problem on which you are focusing, and the implications these additional problems may have on the problem-solving process.

· Consider how you might apply a group [or multiple-group] approach to solving the problem, and the implications for doing so.

· Create a visual tool that supports the problem-solving process.

· Explain how you would evaluate your hypothesis. In other words, explain how you will know if your hypothesis had led you to the “more favorable circumstance.”