Day: October 2, 2020

Mothers Behind Bars

October 2, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Humanities

Video Assignment #1
Make sure to watch the following video, you can copy and paste into a new window.  Submit here in a Microsoft WORD format. The assignment should be 3 pages long. In your answer describe three (3) issues with mothers behind bars using the video and your class readings so far. To receive full credit you must use at least two (2) readings to support your answer. This assignment should have introduction, body and conclusion, no cover page, no reference page necessary you are using class materials. You can use the stories of these women as examples.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbCM0rHtmo0

Personal and Professional Wellness

October 2, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 7"), Humanities

Directions: Follow the steps below in the order listed, consult with your instructor for clarification.
Step 1 – review the Personal and Professional Wellness informational packet
Step 2 – complete the NWI Wellness Focus Survey Tool and the Wholeness Reflection Exercise (save the results)
Step 3 – respond to the questions below in narrative format, bullet points can be combined with a narrative in #s 4-8.

1. Understanding Wellness. In your own words, describe how the concept of wellness is integrated in the counseling profession. The response should include the basic meaning of a wellness lifestyle and the four beliefs that are foundational to counseling regarding helping others with their mental health concerns.

2. Wellness Models. Two wellness-oriented models were explored, in your own words identify the model you align best with, describe it including all the parts and how they work together, and finally why this model parallels your views.

3. Related Wellness Terms. In your own words, describe the terms distressed, burn out, and impairment as they relate to the counseling profession. Also, describe how they are interrelated. 

4. ACA Code of Ethics and Wellness. Identify the three standards in the ACA Code of Ethics that refers to counselor impairment. In your own words (as much as possible), provide a summary of each standard.

5. Wellness Evaluation and Plan. Describe your results from the National Wellness Institute Wellness Focus Survey Tool and the Wholeness Reflection Exercise. You can separate or combine your results of both assessments in your narrative, but the following should be included for each:
A.    Wellness Focus Survey Tool – Identify which dimensions were strengths and why? If they are strengths, then identify the regular actions you are currently participating in to keep this dimension strong. Identify which dimension needs growth and why? For each growth dimension, identify at least 2 self-care strategies that could be implemented regularly to strengthen the dimension. A list of potential self-care strategies was provided in the Personal and Professional Wellness packet and/or create your own.

B.    Wholeness Reflection Exercise – Describe your insights and plans from steps 2, 3 and 4.

6. Counselor Risk Factors. Several risk factors were identified that increase a counselors susceptibleness towards impairment. Identify 3 that were especially relevant to you and explain why. A list of personal and professional self-care strategies was provided in the Personal and Professional Wellness packet (or create your own). For each risk factor you noted, identify 1 self-care strategy to implement to mediate the risk; explain how the strategy will help.

7. Counselor Warning Signs. Several warning signs were identified for professional impairment. Identify at least 3 that were especially relevant to you and explain why. A list of potential personal and professional self-care strategies was provided in the Personal and Professional Wellness packet (or create your own). For each warning sign you noted, identify 1 self-care strategy to implement to mediate the issue; explain how the strategy will help.

Planning for end of life

October 2, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Psychology and Education

1,000 words, discuss end of life planning.
Discuss what should be considered for end of life planning (e.g., organ donation, living will, will/trust, power of attorney, advance directives, care of dependents, care of pets, assets).
Discuss the psychological development of aging and how the different development stages would affect how someone might plan for the end of life during particular stages of life.
Explain how you would educate a person regarding how emotional changes in the aging process can affect end of life planning.
Describe how you can assist a person to plan for their end of life.
An abstract is not required.

Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
MS Psychology, GeroPsychology
5.1: Analyze the psychological aspect of aging.
5.3: Analyze the emotional aspect of aging.

Presentation about The Building the water cube case study

October 2, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

Powerpoint presentation
-Cover page
-Agenda/Table of Contents
-Summary slide of the case study
-References page (please place this at the end of the presentation)
-Slide(s) addressing each question below (Notes should not include the words I, me, or my.
Please respond to these questions:
How innovative was the Water Cube?  What were the project’s major accomplishments?
What were the major challenges faced by the team that designed and built the Water Cube?  What, specifically, enabled the team’s success in overcoming these challenges?
How does Arup enable professionals to produce innovative, high-quality results?  What structural, managerial or other attributes contribute to Arup’s success in producing ambitious and innovative structures?
What should Arup learn from the Water Cube?  What general insights for managing cross-boundary initiatives can you find in the Water Cube Project?
-Each slide must contain notes explaining the slide
-Please remember that powerpoint slides should present no more than 6 bullets per slide.  They should never contain paragraphs of information.  Paragraphs are placed into the notes.

Ggrab assignment 1

October 2, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Social Sciences

The assignment is to propose a topic for your Research Report. As we are located in Toronto, and Toronto urban issues are in the news daily and are the subject matter of numerous studies, it is recommended that students choose a Toronto related topic, but other cities can also be proposed to your TA. The issue chosen should be analysed using one or more of the theoretical and analytical approaches introduced in the text and the lectures.

The research report proposal should set out what topic you propose to study, explain why it is significant, state what questions you hope to answer, and identify a preliminary bibliography of relevant academic literature sources (at least 8) needed to prepare your paper. The Final Report is not intended to include original research from primary sources such as interviews or surveys, but should be based on existing published research and data. Start with the bibliographies and suggestions for further reading at the end of the relevant chapters in the text. Your proposal should be not more than 1,200 words.

Topics and Questions:

Issues of transportation and mobility are currently a major topic of debate in the Toronto area because of worsening congestion and demands for improvements to public transit services. These issues can be examined based on recent debates about public transit, mobility, car dependence, congestion, urban form and sustainability. What are the main transport and mobility issues in the Toronto area, how do these affect different populations and areas of Toronto unevenly, and what solutions are proposed to solve them?
Issues of housing affordability and homelessness. How have Torontos housing markets changed in recent decades, and what is the significance of those changes? Why is housing in the Toronto area so unaffordable? Why are there so many homeless people in Toronto, and what responses to the homelessness and housing affordability problems have been proposed and attempted in the past?
Social Space. How have the socio-spatial patterns of Torontos population changed in recent decades, why are those changes occurring, and what is their significance? In particular, why is Toronto seeing increased socio-spatial polarization? What approaches have been developed to study these changes? How should we understand these changes to Torontos social geography?
Urban Environment. Toronto has a number of pressing environmental issues, including flooding, air pollution, toxic waste contamination, protection of greenspaces and natural heritage systems. How are these issues understood, and what is being done about them? What research has been done measuring the significance of these issues? Who is involved in trying to mitigate these issues?
Urban Planning. Identify an important planning issue in Toronto, and the policies that have been proposed or implemented in response to it. For example, there are many major redevelopment projects ongoing in the Toronto area, such as the Toronto Waterfront and Portlands, intensification of the downtown core, and redevelopment of public housing projects such as Regent Park and Lawrence Heights, which are interesting topics for analysis. Who is involved in the project, why is it being carried out, what are the arguments for and/or against the project, or for modifications to it?

Beverage Service

October 2, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

The activity will focus on different styles of beverage service including tea and coffee service. Evaluate the difference in service styles between these two beverage services in a commercial food service establishment. Consider the needs and preferences of user groups related to their overall service experience.

There are many different beverage service operations. Maybe you are already employed in an organization that requires beverage service. If not seek out an operation that serves tea and coffee. This may be your local cafe.

Are the service staff skilled at their task?
Identify their customer base
Consider the surrounding environment from which the beverage is being served
Look at the way coffee and tea are being served
How can this be improved to enhance the customer’s overall experience?
Can there be an opportunity for the server to up sell?
Explain how both these points can be achieved to improve customer experience

Age/Stage

October 2, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Psychology and Education

The chart will cover birth through Middle Childhood.  Include the key components listed below.  including things like Erikson, Piaget, Bowlby, Ainsworth, attachment theory, etc…as their contributions

Key Components:
1. Physicaldevelopment/changes
2. Cognitivedevelopment/changes
3. Emotionaldevelopment/changes
4. Socialdevelopment/changes
5. School/work/retirementdevelopment/changes
6. Potentialdevelopmentalissuesofthisage/stageofdevelopment.
7. Counseling Interventions/Treatment plan for addressing developmental issues.

PLEASE:
Clearly identifies specific physical, cognitive, emotional, social, school, work, retirement changes for identified stage.Fully demonstrates knowledge of normal development, common concerns, and implications for counseling in the identified stage.Identifies several key implications for counselors and cites strategies or interventions that are appropriate for the age/stage.Clear, graduate level writing and proper APA style, citations & references are used for written and oral presentation.

Attached document is an example.  Thank you.

Discussion 4&5

October 2, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Health Care and Life Sciences

Each discussion should be at least 350.

Discussion Forum #4: Pregnancy Case Study
Consider the following scenario:
Jennifer is a 25 year old woman who has just found out she is pregnant. Her doctor has estimated that she is about 8 weeks along. Jennifer is 5’5″ tall, and her pre-pregnancy weight was 170 lbs. Jennifer has a busy schedule and rarely gets a chance to shop for groceries, so she eats out quite a bit. Prior to becoming pregnant, she had attempted to adopt a healthy diet and has started to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into her diet. Her major downfall is that she does not always remember to eat breakfast. She has been experiencing a significant amount of morning sickness, and has discovered the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on white bread are one of the only food items that do not make her feel ill, so she has been eating them for lunch almost daily. Jennifer is also not very active. Prior to her pregnancy, she would get less than 30 minutes of activity per day.

Considering the information above, please answer the following questions, using information from your module to support your thoughts.

What is Jennifer’s pre-pregnancy BMI (use the formula from the text)? Based on her BMI, what is the recommended amount of weight gain for her pregnancy?
Given her current diet, what nutrients of concern for pregnancy may be missing that are important for a healthy pregnancy? Be sure to include an explanation as to WHY these nutrients are needed to support a healthy pregnancy.
How might you recommend she add the nutrients you listed in question 2? Please be specific in your answer by including food and meal suggestions.
What are two other concerns you have about Jennifer’s current diet plan? Please explain why these are of concern as it relates to a healthy pregnancy diet.
Please share two additional ideas/tips you can provide to Jennifer for improving her current diet to ensure a healthy pregnancy and healthy fetal development?

Discussion Forum #5: Older Adult Case Study
In this discussion, you will analyze the diet of an elderly woman who is experiencing stomach issues.

Consider the following scenario:
85-year-old, Dolores, has developed severe digestive problems, including stomach cramps and diarrhea. This elderly lady lives alone, does not drive, has no family living in town, and suffers from advanced age-related macular degeneration (eye disease). She is living on a diet of hot tea with sugar and white toast with butter for breakfast and canned soup (chicken noodle or tomato) twice a day because she believes that anything else upsets her stomach.

Her stomach problems were progressive. She started eating soup during and after a mild episode of stomach problems that were unrelated to food. Instead of getting better, her stomach problems have gotten worse. Her family suspects that she also eats soup because very little preparation is involved. Both she and her family are having difficulty facing the fact that soup upsets her stomach as much or more than other food.

Considering the information above, please answer the following questions, using sources from your module to support your thoughts.

Identify and discuss the risk factors for malnutrition that Dolores may have. Be sure to include the social risk factors connected to her particular situation.
What nutrients are abundant in her diet? Explain WHY you believe these are abundant – what are the food sources?
What nutrients of concern for older adults are missing from her diet? Please explain why these nutrients are important for her nutrition and health.
What specific dietary recommendations would you make to include the above listed nutrients of concern?  Please be specific. Suggest easy-to-prepare meals for this woman.
Please discuss one community or government service you might suggest to offer assistance for Delores. Explain how this service can support Delores IN HER HOME.