The research question is: How does participation in an afterschool athletic program influence college readiness for Chicago Public high school students?

For this required assignment, you will develop a fictitious in-person, phone, or online interview to address the research question above. There are two parts to this assignment (3 to 3.5 pages total not counting references; do not exceed):

Methods essay

Interview protocol (only protocol; not need to conduct)

Part 1 – Methods Essay

In this essay, include:

1. The specific research question you were looking to answer with this research (What specifically are you looking to answer in .How does participation in an afterschool athletic program influence college readiness for Chicago Public high school students?)
2. Who are you interviewing (students? if so who? staff members? If so who). 

What were the benefits of this methodology (interview) in answering your question.  What were the limitations?

If you were to conduct additional interviews, would you revise your protocol?  Why or why not?

What would you learn from your interview?  How does what you would learn inform your research question?

• Part 2 – Interview Protocol

You are a child welfare worker and you have been contacted by a local school guidance counselor who has expressed concern that something might be wrong at home. You are informed that shortly after the school year started, Jimmy’s teacher referred him to the guidance counselor, who contacted dad because Jimmy had been behaving oddly in class. Jimmy still doesn’t have friends and is combative with peers. The guidance counselor shares that she is concerned that Jimmy might be depressed or having a hard time at home. At school, Jimmy’s acting apathetic. Jimmy doesn’t seem to care and has told the guidance counselor and teacher repeatedly that it doesn’t bother him if he gets bad grades. You are asked to assess the situation and determine which intervention will help Jimmy while preserving the family, if possible.

Include the following:

Identify the suspected causes of Jimmy’s behaviors.

Explain what the treatment goals are for Jimmy.

• Identify an evidence-based intervention to be implemented.
• Explain how this intervention will help address Jimmy’s needs.

General Instructions:

1. Use only MS Word or Google Docs to complete writing assignments.
2. At least two academic sources (think Google Scholar, not Google) should be cited both in-text and in the reference list.
3. No contractions (i.e. couldn’t, shouldn’t, wouldn’t, can’t, won’t, don’t, etc.)
4. No questions.
5. No quotes. You must put everything into your own words and cite the source from which you got the information.
6. 1-inch margins on all sides. Use a clear and easy-to-read font like Times New Roman, 12-point size. Double-space your entire paper.
7. Use the free version of Grammarly.com to correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
8. Remember that the reference list does not count toward the word minimums!

Choose one of the explanations that work from the textbook and discuss why it is a better indicator than the one you chose for the last assignment. There will be all kinds of academic research on these actual legitimate explanations of criminal behavior. This should be at least 250 words.