HSL 4859_Administration in Youth and Family Services
Leadership Development Book Reflection/Application Paper
Purpose: You will read a leadership development book that is relevant to your professional
development and career. You can select a book from the list provided or get an alternative choice
approved by the instructor. To get an alternative book approved, email the instructor.
You should be able to obtain a copy of the selected book from the library. If you prefer to own
your own copy, there are cheap options for purchasing, such as abebooks.com. Purchasing the
book is not necessary for this assignment.
Assignment Overview:
You will read the book and write a reflection/application paper.
Include two additional resources to support the topics covered in the book.
This paper should be 3-4 pages in length with an additional page for references.
The following sections must be included (use the following bold text as headings for each
section):
-Author: History and accomplishments.
-Overview of Book: Reflect on the content of the book and provide a summary.
-Reflection: Your thoughts about the content including additional support from resources.
-Application: How you plan to apply what you learned.
Total Points Possible: 100
You will submit this assignment to the appropriate dropbox before the due date.
Task/Section Points Possible
Writing/Grammar 15
Author Information Section 10
Overview of Book Section 15
Reflection Section with Application of Additional Resources 25
Application Section 20
Additional Resources (2) and Relevance 10
APA Formatting 5
Total Points 100
