Discuss the concepts of advocacy, lobbying, and social movement organizations in terms of their effects on service delivery. Specifically, focus on who engages in advocacy, what types of lobbying directly results in public funding, and how social movement organizations function in their efforts to influence policy.
read a scenario, analyze its legal and ethical implications, and discuss options to address the human services needs
this assignment, you will read a scenario, analyze its legal and ethical implications, and discuss options to address the human services needs. Consider the following scenario.
You are working in a human services agency that provides diagnostic services and residential placement to youth in the court system. A female Italian immigrant teenager was placed in this center by Children and Youth Protective Services due to suspected sexual abuse by her father. The agency conducted an assessment on the child to determine the effects of the suspected abuse on her functioning, provided her with a safe environment for twelve weeks, during which time she was allowed supervised visitation with her father, and encouraged her to trust the staff members. During this period, her case went to trial and was dismissed despite strong indications of sexual abuse. The court ruling was based largely on the results of the assessment conducted by the agency professional in addition to the client’s activity in residential placement, including visitation with her father during that period of time. As a result, the agency lost its funding for residential placement. Therefore, the girl was returned to her home the following week.
Apply scholarly theory, practice, and ethics to write an 8- to 10-page paper that includes the following:
Identify the legal and ethical obligations to both the girl and the father.
Identify the multiple levels of system failure in this case.
Discuss the distinction between the legal justification for the release of the girl and the ethical problems with such actions. In your discussion, explain how an individual human services provider might come to deal personally with such a conflict.
Identify the cultural considerations needed when working with this family.
Describe the original or historical intent of child welfare systems in caring for vulnerable children.
Discuss to what extent the agencies have fulfilled their responsibilities to their mission and the original intent in creating such agencies.
Propose two to three culturally and legally appropriate strategies that may be provided to the girl that will address her human services needs.
Working Together-organizational learning
When people work together in a group or a corporation, they learn about each other’s jobs and find more convenient ways to get the jobs done. We all learn within our systems of professional and personal learning. With this observation in mind, discuss organizational learning. Address the following:
- What is meant by the term “organizational learning”?
- What does the term mean to you? How do you use it in your work?
- Is organizational learning important? Why or why not?
Write your responses in two to three paragraphs.
By the due date assigned, post your initial response of at least 150 words
School Uniforms
phi 210 assignment part 2
Write at three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: 1. State your position on the topic you selected for Assignment 1.1. 2. Identify (3) three premises (reasons) from the Procon.org website that support your position and explain why you selected these specific reasons. 3. Explain your answers to the “believing” questions about the three (3) premises opposing your position from the Procon.org website. 4. Examine at least two (2) types of biases that you likely experienced as you evaluated the premises for and against your position. 5. Discuss the effects of your own enculturation or group identification that may have influenced your biases. 6. Discuss whether or not your thinking about the topic has changed after playing the “Believing Game,” even if your position on the issue has stayed the same.
The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:
· Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
· Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
· Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The Topic I have choosen was School Uniforms so please write on this topic
The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:
· Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
· Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
· Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The Topic I have choosen was School Uniforms so please write on this topic
Conflicting Viewpoints Essay
When looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view? This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect of critical thinking.
The assignment is divided into two (2) parts.
For Part I of the assignment (due Week 2), you read a book excerpt about critical thinking processes, reviewed the Procon.org Website in order to gather information, and engaged in prewriting to examine your thoughts.
* Remember that in the Week 2 Discussion, you examined the biases discussed in Chapter 2 of the webtext.
In Part II of the assignment (due Week 4), you will write a paper to synthesize your ideas.
Part II – Writing
Write at three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. Select one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website and state your position on the issue.
2. From the Procon.org Website, identify three (3) premises (reasons) listed under either the Pro or Con section – whichever section opposesyour position.
3. Identify (3) three premises (reasons) from the Procon.org website that support your position and explain why you selected these specific reasons.
4. Explain your answers to the “believing” questions about the three (3) premises opposing your position from the Procon.org website.
5. Examine at least two (2) types of biases that you likely experienced as you evaluated the premises for and against your position.
6. Discuss the effects of your own enculturation or group identification that may have influenced your biases.
7. Discuss whether or not your thinking about the topic has changed after playing the “Believing Game,” even if your position on the issue has stayed the same.
The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:
- Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
- Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
- Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
Identitfication of Mind Map
Create a mind map to visually represent my identity formation from adolescence to the present time. To begin your mind map, select one word that best defines your adolescence—this word will be at the center of your map. You will then branch off from this word with the feelings, behaviors, or thoughts that stemmed from this word to lead you in forming your identity. Please also include in your map words that indicate how these defining words have been impacted by your faith development.
You may be creative with this assignment by using visual indication of more or less significant words (i.e. using larger fonts, bold letters, images, etc.). This assignment may be done electronically or by hand, but if done by hand, must be scanned as a PDF file to be uploaded to the course.
For basic information and examples of mind maps, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map.
Development of a Business Plan
This assignment requires the Development of a Business Plan to open a Childcare Center in your city. A business plan is an essential roadmap for a Childcare Center’s success. It has several specific requirements. Be sure to read the instructions thoroughly. This is a long-term assignment and requires research. Please be sure to start immediately.
Business Plan Instructions:
Below you will find specific requirements to include in your final Business Plan for opening a Childcare Center in the city in which you reside. Please be sure that your work is original in nature. No part of your assignment can be copied from any internet or outside source.
Identify the resources you are using to develop your plan.
Identify all staff that will be working at the center in any capacity. List the education requirements, if any, of the staff.
Identify the necessary licenses needed to open a daycare center.
Describe the age range of the infants and/or toddlers that you will serve.
Explain the child to teacher ratio that you will use in your center
Describe the furniture and other materials needed.
Tell how you will structure your daycare center.
Identify what makes your childcare unique from all of the other childcare centers in your city
Will you lease or own a location?
What insurances are necessary to open a childcare center in your city?
Are permits necessary?
How will you secure funding for the childcare center?
How do you plan to market your childcare center?
How will you assure the infants and toddlers are safe while in your care?
Identify the goals you would like to achieve with your childcare business process. Describe realistic and attainable goals.
Does your state require specific training for your employees?
Identify your hours of operation.
This assignment should flow in logical order. Please be sure to address each item in the list in detail. Single word answers are not sufficient. Provide complete and detailed information. The format of this assignment is your decision. You can submit as a PowerPoint if you desire or you may create in a word document. Pictures are acceptable as part of your plan.
This assignment requires a cover page and References page, each in APA format, but not an abstract as this is not an essay writing assignment.
Business Plan Instructions:
Below you will find specific requirements to include in your final Business Plan for opening a Childcare Center in the city in which you reside. Please be sure that your work is original in nature. No part of your assignment can be copied from any internet or outside source.
Identify the resources you are using to develop your plan.
Identify all staff that will be working at the center in any capacity. List the education requirements, if any, of the staff.
Identify the necessary licenses needed to open a daycare center.
Describe the age range of the infants and/or toddlers that you will serve.
Explain the child to teacher ratio that you will use in your center
Describe the furniture and other materials needed.
Tell how you will structure your daycare center.
Identify what makes your childcare unique from all of the other childcare centers in your city
Will you lease or own a location?
What insurances are necessary to open a childcare center in your city?
Are permits necessary?
How will you secure funding for the childcare center?
How do you plan to market your childcare center?
How will you assure the infants and toddlers are safe while in your care?
Identify the goals you would like to achieve with your childcare business process. Describe realistic and attainable goals.
Does your state require specific training for your employees?
Identify your hours of operation.
This assignment should flow in logical order. Please be sure to address each item in the list in detail. Single word answers are not sufficient. Provide complete and detailed information. The format of this assignment is your decision. You can submit as a PowerPoint if you desire or you may create in a word document. Pictures are acceptable as part of your plan.
This assignment requires a cover page and References page, each in APA format, but not an abstract as this is not an essay writing assignment.
Forensic psychologists
Forensic psychologists are important advisors to the lawyers, mediators, and judges in child custody disputes. Unfortunately, messy child-custody disputes are an all-too-common occurrence when parents divorce. In some especially difficult cases, one parent may make an allegation against the other, and sometimes these allegations are made primarily to gain the support of the courts.
As impartial evaluators, forensic psychologists provide psychological assessments with a focus on parenting. The psychologist informs the fact-finder (usually the judge). Because parenting evaluations are supposed to be impartial by nature, they cannot involve themselves directly in the child-custody hearings. In other words, the forensic psychologist cannot approach the evaluation with any investment in the outcome of the case.
In the case of child abuse and/or neglect, the state must often intervene to provide a safe environment for the child until they can either be safely reunited with their parents or they are placed in a safe living environment. In these cases, forensic psychologists can offer thorough evaluations to help identify risk factors for child mistreatment, as well as ways to ameliorate risk.
Parenting evaluations consist of four major components:
1. Interview: Whenever possible, the psychologist must obtain personal history from the person being evaluated.
2. Record review (or review of “discovery”): The psychologist can receive records from a number of parties to the case and can use prior findings to help formulate a case.
3. Collateral consultation: Is the parent involved with a counselor or a parenting agency? If so, it is usually helpful to conduct a collateral interview with that service provider to ascertain the parent’s progress in treatment and what further treatments might be necessary.
4. Psychological testing: Testing is used to help determine if there are underlying risk factors (such as mental illness or low IQ) that might be contributing to the risk to the child.
In all evaluations, the “best interest” of the child is the chief criterion for the judge. A best interest determination can be strengthened with a solid psychological evaluation of a parent.
References
Costanzo, M., & Krauss, D. (2012). Forensic and legal psychology: Psychological science applied to law. New York, NY: Worth.
Five Factor Personality Inventory
Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resource on your own before you bid. One of the references must come from Broderick and Blewitt (2015). I need this completed by 01/31/18 at 5pm.
Discussion 2: Five Factor Personality Inventory
How might your personality be manifested in your present life? Furthermore, how might your personality traits be working for (or against) you in avenues such as career, friendships, and personal relationships? For this Assignment, you take the Five Factor Personality Test (FFPT), located in this week’s Learning Resources, to better identify your personality traits. You will then reflect on your life and self-identity to determine whether you believe your results to be accurate.
To prepare for this Discussion, take the Five Factor Personality Test (FFPT), located in this week’s Learning Resources, to better identify your personality traits. Then, reflect on your life and self-identity to determine whether you believe your results to be accurate.
Post by Day 4 a brief description of your scores on the FFPT. Explain whether you think the FFPT is an accurate assessment of your personality traits and why. Describe at least two influences that impacted your personality development from childhood through adulthood. Describe how your personality traits are manifested in your present life, including your emotional well-being, career decisions, and personal relationships as appropriate.
Readings
· Broderick, P. C., & Blewitt, P. (2015). The life span: Human development for helping professionals (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
o Chapter 13, “Middle Adulthood: Cognitive, Personality, and Social Development” (review pp. 478-525)
o Chapter 14, “Living Well: Stress, Coping, and Life Satisfaction in Adulthood” (pp. 526-555)
Diehl, M., & Hay, E. L. (2010). Risk and resilience factors in coping with daily stress in adulthood: The role of age, self-concept incoherence, and personal control. Developmental Psychology, 46(5),1132–1146.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Henning, P. B. (2011). Disequilibrium, development, and resilience through adult life. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 28(5),443–454.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Ong, A. D., Bergeman, C. S., & Boker, S. M. (2009). Resilience comes of age: Defining features in later adulthood. Journal of Personality, 77(6),1777–1804.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Pufall-Jones, E., & Mistry, J. (2010). Navigating across cultures: Narrative constructions of lived experience. Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 4(3), 151–167.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Specht, J., Egloff, B., & Schmukle, S. C. (2011). Stability and change of personality across the life course: The impact of age and major life events on mean-level and rank-order stability of the Big Five. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101(4), 862–882.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Sutin, A. R., Costa, P. T., Jr., Wethington, E., & Eaton, W. (2010). Turning points and lessons learned: Stressful life events and personality trait development across middle adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 25(3), 524–533.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Buchanan, T. (n.d.). Five factor personality test. Retrieved March 10, 2013 from http://www.personalitytest.org.uk/
Media
· Laureate Education (Producer). (2013e). Middle adulthood [Video file]. Retrieved from CDN Files Database. (COUN 6215/COUN 8215/HUMN 8215)
In this week’s media, you will examine the family member aged 30–65.
Note: Please click on the following link for the transcript: Transcript (PDF).
· Laureate Education (Producer). (2013h). Perspectives: Middle adulthood [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.
This week’s presenter discusses the impacts of family, career, and sexual orientation in middle adulthood.
Accessible player –Downloads– Download Video w/CC Download Audio Download Transcript
theories of psychology
Create an original 12-15 power point, capstone portfolio presentation that demonstrates your core content knowledge of PSYCHOLOGY
Complete the following in your presentation:
· Demonstrate an understanding of relevant theories of psychology.
· Include examples to support major points.
· Explain which theories of psychology you like and why you like them.
· Explain which theories of psychology you dislike and why you dislike them.
· Explain how you arrived at your conclusions.
· Explain how these theories will influence the future of psychology.
· Explain if there is a new method that you can apply to or research in psychology.
· Explain how the information in this presentation affects your worldview.
· Explain how you used critical or creative thinking in the creation of the presentation.
Present the Portfolio Presentation
Please include speaker notes with presentation and site references.
Complete the following in your presentation:
· Demonstrate an understanding of relevant theories of psychology.
· Include examples to support major points.
· Explain which theories of psychology you like and why you like them.
· Explain which theories of psychology you dislike and why you dislike them.
· Explain how you arrived at your conclusions.
· Explain how these theories will influence the future of psychology.
· Explain if there is a new method that you can apply to or research in psychology.
· Explain how the information in this presentation affects your worldview.
· Explain how you used critical or creative thinking in the creation of the presentation.
Present the Portfolio Presentation
Please include speaker notes with presentation and site references.