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Article Critique 1: Interdisciplinary Education Within Biblical Theology – A Scriptural-Philosophical-Educational-Practical Overview

The Article Critique must be 600-900 words and formatted in the current format of your declared Area of Study I. It must be composed in a Word document and include a title page and a bibliography or reference page. You should cite the article at least 6 times throughout your writing. Refrain from using large block quotes. The title page and bibliography or reference page are not included in the word count.

The critique will begin with a 150-250-word abstract that properly conveys an overview of the article. You will then write a summary of either the studys purpose, the sample, and the method applied, or a summary of the theoretical foundation for the paper (this will depend on whether your article is a scientific study or a theoretical article). Following that, you will summarize significant findings and/or main points of the article. You must include an explanation of how the article relates to interdisciplinary studies. Finally, you should include how the article can be approached from a biblical/Christian worldview.

Unit 1 Chapter 1 & @ Discussion Board Post….

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Good Morning,

 

I need assistance in completting the Unit 1, Chapter’s 1 & 2 Below Discussion Board Post;

 

After you have completed the Reading, and without reviewing your classmates’ responses, post your initial response to the following Discussion. Your post should be at least 250 words in length and should extend the discussion of the group supported by your course materials and/or other appropriate resources.

After you have submitted your initial post, take time to review your classmates’ responses and to respond specifically and substantially to at least two of them. Refer to the Discussion Rubric for specific grading explanation.

Discussion Topic

Chapter 1 of your text describes specific case manager responsibilities and Chapter 2 presents ethical and other professional considerations you need to be aware of when working with people in human services. After reading these chapters, reviewing the NOHS Code of Ethics, and reviewing “The Child and Adolescent Service System Program” (CASSP), please respond to the following three-part question:

  1. Name one of the case management responsibilities described in Chapter 1 that is highlighted in the CASSP document. Discuss the importance of that responsibility and the importance of providing child-centered and family focused case management services.
  2. What ethical considerations covered in Chapter 2 do you feel apply to the case management responsibility you presented? Briefly describe why you chose this particular ethical consideration and how you think case managers might manage this.
  3. Which of the ethical areas covered in Chapter 2 do you feel would be most challenging for you in your professional role as a case manager? Why did you choose this particular area?

Reading Source is: https://kaplan.vitalsource.com/books/9781305893542/id/ch02.

 

Thank You

Termination Summary

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As helping professionals, employees in the human and social services field want their client to be successful. They try to interview clients to create a social history, set goals, make recommendations, and refer clients. However, things do not always go as planned. As a human and social services professional, it might be necessary to terminate the client relationship for other reasons, such as the client becoming aggressive towards the professional or other situations such as a client no longer wanting services or moving away which makes it no longer possible for him or her to receive services.

To Prepare

  • Review your interviews and documentation related to your Final Project.
  • Review Chapter 11 of your Summers text regarding addressing and disarming anger.
  • Imagine that before you ended your services with the client, the client displayed some inappropriate confrontation, crisis and/or had an angry outburst in front of you.
  • Consider how you would document this in a Termination Summary.
  • Although your Termination Summary does not need to follow a specific format, refer to pp. 443-447 in your Summers text for ideas.

For this Assignment

Create a 2-page Termination Summary of your work with your interviewee/client from your Final Project interview and document the progress related to the service plan/goals that you created in Week 10. As part of your Termination Summary, document the inappropriate confrontation, crisis and/or angry outburst incident you imagine could happen. Include what your response and the client’s response might be, that might not be the most appropriate (refer to Chapter 11 for ideas). Then, include a plan for managing this type of crisis in the future.

What laws govern contracts?

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Step 5: Case Two: White Arch Casino

A week has passed since you first spoke to the VP, and you now have one case review under your belt. Feeling a bit more confident, you open The White Arch Casino case file, already thinking ahead about the memo you will write for the VP. In the next step, you will gather the information you need to write the memo.

Step 6: Gather and Analyze Information

After reading the file, you realize that in order to formulate a sound response to the VP’s questions, you will need to review a number of specific foundational issues involving legal contracts, including the following:

  • What laws govern contracts?
  • What are the elements of a legal contract?
  • What form can or must a contract take?
  • Can a contract be modified?
  • What are the methods of discharging a contract?

Find answers to these questions about contract formation and execution and also look into possible contract remedies for when a breach of contract occurs. As you read, be sure to record your thoughts pertaining to the case and note the places in the readings that prompted your thoughts.

After you have refreshed your understanding of contract law generally, you should supplement that understanding by doing legal research on specific laws related to contracts in Nevada and Delaware. Again, make sure to take notes as you read. Good notes will help you write your memo.

In the next step, you will begin to apply what you’ve learned to the specifics of this case.

Step 7: Legal and Ethical Responsibility

You are concerned about the question of Sal Pending’s role in this situation with Enoch Thompson. More specifically, you wonder whether Pending had the authority to make the promise he made (or any promises) to Thompson. Review the legal responsibilities of agents and employees to help formulate your answer. You should also review ethical business decision making, as it pertains to keeping promises in business situations. In the next step, you will use what you have learned to create an outline that will prepare you to write the memo.

Step 8: Focus on Your Rationale and Conclusions: Create Your Outline

You’ve finished your research. You’ve reflected on how the facts and the law come together in this situation. You’ve analyzed the possible arguments and determined which seem most reasonable, all things considered. Now it is time to formulate them, making sure to address all the concerns that your VP expressed to you when you met. Outline the memo that you will draft for your VP. Review your outline to make certain it covers all relevant points and progresses in a logical order.

After you finish your outline, if you have time, give yourself one night of sleep before you begin the next step, in which you will write the memo. Fresh eyes might help you see points that need revision.

Step 9: Communicate Your Findings and Conclusions to the HR VP: Create Your Memo

First, review how to write a memo. Once you have a sense of memos in general, use your outline and research notes to prepare your memo for the VP. Be sure to meet the following requirements:

 

  • Format your memo following the example linked above, including APA-formatted in-text citations and an APA-formatted reference list (do not format the body of the memo using APA style, just the reference list). See references and citations for details.
  • Include a specific recommendation on what action, if any, the VP should take based on your analysis and conclusions.
  • Support your conclusion with references to legal principles and laws.
  • The memo should be 10 pages (double spaced, 12-point font; the reference list does not count towards page limit).

Habitat For Humanity Of Medina: Confronting The Changing Times

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CASE STUDY 8: Habitat for Humanity of Medina: Confronting the Changing Times

 

Linking Case Study to Chapter Materials: In this case, students identify the internal and external pressures for change and then consider how they would lead an organizational change effort in a nonprofit organization. The case questions also link to Chapter 13 frameworks for change.

 

Julie Young is the executive director of the Habitat for Humanity affiliate located in Medina, Wisconsin. She oversees forty employees who work in various administrative, fundraising, and operations capacities to build fifty new homes per year in Medina and the surrounding areas. Twenty-three board members govern Habitat of Medina, including local business owners, city officials, major donors, and two Habitat homeowners.

 

Medina is characterized by high concentrations of poverty in the southern part of the city, and middle class and wealthy neighborhoods in the northern part. In an attempt to lessen high concentrations of low-income housing, Habitat’s board of directors developed a new strategic plan a few years ago that focused on building low-income homes in mixed-income developments. This mission shift came at a time when Medina’s housing market was booming, and private developers were pushing new neighborhood zoning approvals through the city council as fast as they could. With the support of donors, volunteers, and key city officials who served on its board of directors, Habitat lobbied for a requirement that new subdivisions include affordable housing. However, property values had fallen sharply nationwide over the past year, and Medina, like many other cities, was facing a high rate of foreclosures and a decrease in new home construction.

 

The foreclosure crisis prompted many private and government agency grant-makers to offer short-term loans for families in danger of defaulting, instead of providing funding to affordable housing organizations such as Habitat. In addition, banks were no longer buying Habitat mortgages, ending what had been a reliable income stream for Habitat over the past few years. Two for-profit home developers that had supported Habitat with financial and in-kind donations and volunteer labor had to lay off hundreds of employees and could no longer justify charitable donations.

 

An economic downturn caused a one-third decrease in individual donations to Habitat of Medina compared to the previous year. Habitat usually receives a large grant from the local United Way, but this year United Way decreased funding for community development organizations such as Habitat in order to give more funds to food banks and homeless shelters that were facing increased demand for services as the economic situation in the city worsened.

 

Julie reviewed the organization’s financials and realized they would have to cut back the planned fifty new homes for this year to just fifteen. Even with these cuts, she didn’t know if the organization could meet its payroll. Grant money was contingent on the completion of new homes; therefore, cutting back construction meant even fewer dollars would be coming in. The board advocated for staff reductions and salary cuts, but Julie knew firing and reducing pay would result in increased burnout for the employees who did remain on staff. Her staff and volunteers, meanwhile, were pushing to keep home construction at the organization’s original target of fifty because the wait list of families in need of homes was growing.

 

In response to public pressure for home foreclosure help, the city council asked Habitat to begin rehabbing homes for families who couldn’t afford repairs and to use grant money and donations to help families facing foreclosures. While the organization had rehabbed homes in the past, they had never offered foreclosure assistance in the form of loans or counseling, as their mission was to build homes in partnership with families in need. Neither of the city council’s recommendations aligned with the organization’s five-year strategic plan, and staff members were not trained in foreclosure assistance.

 

Facing resource shortfalls and a pressure to change the organization’s mission, Julie knows the organization needs to make some changes, but isn’t sure how to retain the support of the organization’s various stakeholders.

 

Discussion Questions

 

  1. What are the external and internal pressures for change facing Habitat of Medina?

 

  1. What are the possible ways in which this organization could change? How would the organization make these changes successfully?

 

  1. What resistance to change should Julie expect?

 

  1. What steps would Quinn and Cameron recommend Julie follow as she leads the organization in change?

 

  1. How should Julie proceed if she wants to follow Greiner’s steps for successful organizational change?

 

  1. How should Julie proceed if she wants to follow Kotter’s steps for successful organizational change?

 

  1. In what ways does this case align with or differ from the distinct challenges that public organizations face when they change?

 

Source: This case was written by Sarah Schaefer, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis.

Food Label Assignment

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Complete the Food Label and Health assignment by providing a response of at least 300 words in APA format to this assignment. Include the following:

  1. Discuss what the 5/20 rule is according to the Food Label and You video. Include an example of a food label from your own pantry, clearly stating how the rule applies to specific nutrients on the food label.
  2. Outline how the 5/20 rule would be applied to at least two chronic diseases. For the diseases mentioned which nutrients should be reduced or increased?
  3. Discuss the proposed Food Label changes outlined in the Textbook explaining how the changes would help consumers understand food labels more effectively.
  4. Examine the food labels for three food items in your own pantry or refrigerator. Name the food products and build a list or a chart, indicating the following components:
    1. Total calories per serving
    2. Percentage of calories from fat
    3. Total amount of carbohydrates (in grams)
    4. Total amount of protein (in grams)
    5. Total amount of fiber (in grams)
  5. From your knowledge of nutrient intake and their associated chronic disease risk, are there changes you would make for the food labels examined?

Write Discussion Essay In Media At Least 400 Words

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Please read the following questions and answer the questions

 

 

This unit’s chapter discussed concerns about quality programming in the media. Different models for assessing culture were discussed:

1) Culture as a Skyscraper Model and 2) Culture as a Map.

 

Come up with several television shows that serve as examples of “quality” programs and “trashy” programs. What characteristics determine their quality (plots, subject matter, themes, characters…)?

 

Is there anything you can think of that is “universally trashy”? Or universally in good taste?

 

On the whole, are Americans seen as having good taste? Why or why not? Is there a country/culture that always seems tasteful in its cultural products?

 

Which model (Culture as Skyscraper or Culture as  Map) makes more sense to you and why?

 

 

i need 400 words

Sociology Field Log

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The purpose of this assignment is to recognize sociological concepts at play in your lived experience. Keeping a field log of your social and institutional experiences for one day, you will critically discuss how your daily life is shaped and constrained by society. This will allow you engage with many of the sociological concepts learned in class.

Writing expectations

The paper should be 4-6 typed pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, with 1" margins. Remember to use APA format to cite and reference your sources.

Instructions

1) Observation

Create a field log (example). For one day, observe and record the key interactions and institutions in your lived experience. Starting with waking up, who is the first person you talk to? What do you do next- take family members to school, go to the gym, go to work and interact with coworkers? Throughout the day you will take on different roles by interacting with different people and in different situations, and be in contact with different social institutions (education, government, health, etc). Type or photograph your field log and submit it with your written Assignment.

2) Application

Try to wait one or more days before starting this step. Revisit your field log and apply sociological analysis to your observations.

Describe how our day is shaped and constrained by social norms.
Analyze how at least four sociological concepts learned in class (eg. roles, institutions, interactions, impression management, stage theory, emotional labor) apply to your field log observations. This part of the paper should not be focused on the general social norms you described earlier, dig in with specific concepts in this from our text (refrain from using dictionaries).
For at least two of the concepts, find and incorporate an appropriate source that highlights how sociologists study this concept in everyday society (for example, emotional labor in the restaurant industry). Not sure what constitutes an appropriate source? See our Announcement on this in the classroom- tips and a learning module are provided there. For example, we discussed gender socialization:
In an article by Crespi (2011) that studied gender socialization and gender roles within the family, results showed that a cross-gender relationship between fathers and daughters, mothers and sons has emerged as significant in determining traditional and non-traditional gender attitudes. The research suggested that the relationship with the parent of the opposite sex could be a strong factor in reducing stereotyped attitudes regarding gender roles (Crespi, 2011). *Use a different example in your paper, the purpose here is to show your research skills rather than repeat my research skills.*
3) Reflection

Reflect on your role as a larger part of society (i.e. your motives, instincts, feelings, and/or structural constraints). Discuss ways other people affected you and the ways you affected others in the social experiences of your day.

Sample Field Log

Below is a brief field log to give you an idea of the social interactions and institutions you might look for in your day. With the observations are sample course concepts that relate to the observations. Be creative in exploring and applying concepts- we will all apply concepts differently even if the scenes we observe are very similar.

5:45am: Wake up, interact with children.

Gender roles, nuclear family, folkways

6:30am: Interact with spouse and children. Eat breakfast, run, shower.

8:00am: Arrive at airport, check in interaction with airline customer service; interaction with TSA.

Social structure, bureaucracy, norms, mores, social control

9:00am: Wait with other passengers to board flight; purchase a drink at coffee shop; employees have a tip jar; a family sitting close by is watching the news and commenting on what they think is wrong with other cultures.

Emotional labor, ethnocentrism, Piaget’s stages of development

9:30am: On flight with family having a difficult time with small children; flight attendant offers to help them.

Emotional labor, gender roles, family

12pm: Arrive at destination airport; drive two hours to see extended family. Along the road there are farmers with fruit stands. See homeless person asking for assistance in exchange for work.

Poverty, inequality

4pm: Extended family arrives for potluck dinner; look at family photos together and share family memories. Watch evening news- local robbery and assault.

Social deviance, material culture

6pm: Stop at church to meet family friend, see a bible study group inside; lots of religious symbols; someone remarks on a new church being built to accommodate a different racial group.

Religion, race, monotheism

Assignment 2 meets the following course objectives:

Apply a sociological perspective to the social world.
Analyze contemporary social issues using the sociological imagination and use sociological theories and concepts to analyze everyday life.
Recognize and define social structure and social interaction
Explain the reciprocal relationship in the influence between societal and structural factors, individual behavior and the self’s development

What is the source of the scientific information in the Arizona Daily Star article by Tony Davis?

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In this assignment, you will examine a news report on scientific studies of the Colorado River water crisis. We will follow the same approach and the same questions that you learned to use in the Science Tool Kit activities in previous modules. In this assignment, you will take these questions and create an essay in which you can show your ability to more deeply examine the problem and the reporting, as well as the science behind the news story.

Completing this activity will assist you in mastering Module Level Outcome 3 and 4.

First, read:

View:

Next, submit the following:

You will write an essay of 1000+ words (4 pages), not including a title page and a reference page. Each of the following questions should be addressed in your essay and supported with both quotations and paraphrasing from multiple sources you have been given in the module on this topic and that you locate through the EC Library.

  1. What is the source of the scientific information in the Arizona Daily Star article by Tony Davis?
  2. Discuss the expertise of the scientists (and others) involved in the study discussed by Davis.
  3. What alternative views does Mr. Davis discuss? What do these viewpoints say in contrast to the initial study he examined in his article? Would you say, based on this information, that the study examined by Mr. Davis is accurate, reliable, and unbiased?
  4. Compare and contrast the information in this Arizona Daily Star article with the information in the module readings and any additional material you may have found about this complex issue. Where does the Daily Star article agree and disagree with your other sources, and why?
  5. Who are the major stakeholders in the conflicting demands on the Colorado River source? Does Mr. Davis discuss them all fairly? Is one group overlooked; if so, who, and what is their interest in the Colorado River water?
  6. What possible solutions to this problem are discussed in Mr. Davis’ article? Are there other solutions you have found? Describe these possible solutions.

Resources and Reminders:

You are also encouraged to do your own research through our library on the topic. Do not forget to include in-text citations and complete APA style references for all sources.

Reflective Journal 7: The End Of Music

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Reflective Journal 7: The End of Music

Write a 3/4 to 1 page journal entry (300 to 500 words) in which you:

  1. Predict one or two (1-2) ways people will obtain music if CD production were to be stopped completely.
  2. Complete the page requirement.
  3. Write with clarity, following mechanics and formatting requirements.

The specific course learning outcome(s) associated with this assignment are:

  • Apply critical thinking skills to the analysis of issues involving mass media and society.
  • Analyze various issues affecting the media business.
  • Evaluate the effects of the digital information expansion / explosion on society
  • Write clearly and concisely about media and society using proper writing mechanics.