Choose a classified ad page on Craigslis

In scientific research, sampling is defined as the thorough and systematic selection of study subjects, which must be carried out in a way that is verifiable to outside observers and as free as possible from error or bias. For this project, you will make use of Craigslist (Links to an external site.), a website that posts job ads, housing rentals, or other sale items. To draw a random sample of 25 advertisements, you should select a city that is at least equal to the size of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Instructions

  1. Choose a classified ad page on Craigslist under one of the following categories: Housing, For Sale, or Jobs.  Copy the URL on which the ad listings appear and save it to include in your discussion post.
  2. Select the “list” view option and copy/paste the listings into a document file. Number each ad consecutively and note the total number of ads.
  3. Using a random sampling strategy of your choosing (e.g., Simple Random Sampling; Systematic Random Sampling; Stratified Random Sampling), select the ads to be included in your ad and highlight them in your document.
  4. Choose one or two characteristics that you will identify in each ad.  These might be the type of job or housing or item advertised, the community where the advertisement is located, whether the asking price/rent/salary is listed, or the asking price/rent/salary itself. As you scan the highlighted ads, record these characteristics for analysis.
  5. Tally up the characteristics (for example, how many housing ads listed an asking price and how many didn’t?)  Calculate an arithmetic average for the prices/rents/salaries you recorded (add up all the prices or salaries and then divide by the total number of prices or salaries listed.)  These are your sample statistics.
  6. Post a summary of your sample statistics, a description of your sampling method, and the URL of your ad listings to the discussion forum. Write a brief statement discussing whether you think your sample accurately reflects the population of ads in your listings.
  7. Compare your sample statistics with those of at least two your classmates and discuss whether you think your samples accurately reflect the populations of your ad listings.

Health promotion and health education

Health promotion and health education create a process that informs people about the biopsychosocial aspects of health. Through this process, individuals become empowered to make informed decisions about their personal health.

For this assignment, read the four designated articles located in the topic materials that are related to a health promotion and identify:

  1. The health behavior being addressed by the health promotion.
  2. The level of prevention used by the health promotion.
  3. The setting used for delivery of the health promotion.
  4. Which of the 10 essential public health services are related to the health promotion.

Use the “Health Promotion in Public Health Settings Worksheet” to complete this assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Apply Freud’s, Erikson’s, or Maslow’s theory to discuss

The final paper reflects a culmination of your learning throughout this course. Choose one of the following two topic categories:

  • Your life journey
  • The life of a historical figure, such as Florence Nightingale, President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Ghandi, or Muhammad Ali. (These are just examples; select your example from any period and from any historical category you find meaningful.)

Write a paper on the life journey of you or the person you selected. Your paper should do the following:

  • Describe the life journey of the person who is the subject of your study.
  • Apply Freud’s, Erikson’s, or Maslow’s theory to discuss and explain the development of the person’s life that is your subject, addressing each of the seven stages listed below.
  • Evaluate whether and in what ways the theory has explanatory power for each stage of the life under examination.
  • For any life stages for which the theory was unable to adequately explain, model, and/or otherwise cast light on the life, critique those shortcomings of the theory and identify those unique characteristics of the life that explain the divergence between the life and the theoretical conception.

The following stages of life must be included:

  • Prenatal and Infancy
  • Early childhood
  • Middle childhood
  • Adolescence
  • Emerging adulthood
  • Adulthood (assuming you or your historical figure has reached 30)
  • Late adulthood (if you or your historical figure have reached or did reach that stage).

Writing requirements are:

  • 3,000-4,000 words in length
  • Support your application and evaluation of the theory to the life with citations from the course textbook and at least four outside peer-reviewed resources.
  • Document and citation formatting should adhere to APA style, with the exception that if your study is of your own life, you may write in first person.
  • All requirements noted on the grading criteria are to be followed.

Ethics in Crisis Assessment and Intervention

Required Readings

James, R. K., & Gilliland, B. E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Chapter 1, “Approaching Crisis Intervention”“Characteristics of Effective Crisis Workers” (pp. 23-25)
“Rewards” (p. 25)
Chapter 3, “The Intervention and Assessment Models” (pp. 48-72)
Chapter 15, “Legal and Ethical Issues on Crisis of Trauma” (pp. 518-545)

National Association of Social Workers. (2017). Code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers. Retrieved from https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English.aspx

Tarvydas, V. M., Levers, L. L., & Teahen, P. R. (2017). Ethical guidelines for mass trauma and complex humanitarian emergencies. Journal of Counseling & Development, 95(3), 260-268.

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2010a). Crisis counseling competence, part 1 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 13 minutes.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2010b). Crisis counseling competence, part 2 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 9 minutes.
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Discussion: Ethics in Crisis Assessment and Intervention

Assessing a crisis can be challenging due to the emotions in moment and brief amount of time to identify immediate needs to resolve the moment of crisis so that the client can continue working on longer term goals. Ethical issues such as confidentiality, self-determination, mandated reporting or profession duty often arise to create potential ethical dilemmas about how to respond.

For this Discussion, reflect on a crisis that may occur in the life of a client with whom you work. Consider the ethical issues within the case that you identify.

By Day 4

Post a brief description of a crisis situation a client may experience. Then, provide a detailed explanation of the ethical issues within the scenario you described. Explain how you would address these ethical issues. Identify any skills and/or characteristics you would use when attempting to ethically intervene in the crisis situation.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources

 one important fact each about two different military branches

 

While many military personnel may internalize the core values of their perspective branches, not every service member does. Some personnel respect and embrace the values immediately, while others do so over time, and some never do. Some military personnel join, but leave after their first contract, while others remain in the service for many years. As a helping professional, you can expect clients in the military to reflect a wide range of commitment to military values and internalization of military culture. How might an internalization of and commitment to military values influence a service member’s identity? How might this internalization of a branch’s values contribute to the stressors the service member endures?

This week, as you have explored the military branches to increase your knowledge regarding the roles and responsibilities of military personnel, you may have also increased your understanding of the stressors associated with the military lifestyle. As you have deepened your understanding of military culture, you may also be aware of how your own perspective of the military, its members, and its mission may influence the way you, as a helping professional, view and interact with military personnel. For example, if you strongly oppose war, it may be challenging to work with military personnel who train to engage in war and who strongly identify with this role. Keep this self-awareness in mind as your prepare your Discussion post.

For this Discussion, read the scenarios in the “Military Branches Scenarios” document (refer to this week’s resources). Select one scenario to address in the Discussion.

By Day 3Post one important fact each about two different military branches—explaining why this information is important for helping professionals to know.

Then, explain what challenges a helping professional whose views conflict with those espoused by the military might face when interacting with the service member in the scenario you selected. Finally, explain one strategy you, as a helping professional, might use to address these challenges.

Be sure to support your post with specific references to the resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references.

Explain the fundamental differences between active and reserve military.

Assignment: Active and Reserve

As you have explored the various military branches, you may have considered how some of the differences might impact the culture of that branch. These differences, furthermore, impact the identity, roles, stressors, and needs of military personnel in each branch.

Another difference that significantly impacts the military personnel and their families is the difference between active and reserve military. Life in the reserve military has changed in recent years and the needs of reserve military personnel and their families have changed too.

For this Assignment, you explain the differences between active and reserve military, and explain how helping professionals can better support reservists and their families.

Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you accomplish the following:

  • Explain the fundamental differences between active and reserve military.
  • Explain how selected reserves have changed since the Gulf War (1990–1991) and how these changes created the need for support services.
  • Describe one recommendation you might make to support reservists and their families. Explain why this recommendation would be helpful.

The Challenges of Parenting in Military Families

Discussion 1: Parenting

Parenting can be challenging in any family. There are trials and tribulations related to issues such as parenting styles, life, and development stages. In military families, there are often unique challenges to consider. Reflect upon your knowledge about military culture and think about the challenges that can arise.

Review the media,The Challenges of Parenting in Military Families, in which military families talk about the challenges and successes of their parenting experiences during their military lives.

Post an explanation of what resonates most with you about the parenting challenges discussed in the media. How might you discuss the challenges and successes related to parenting with a family member who was seeking support? Explain whether your approach would be different if the individual was a parent or extended family member with custody of the military children, and explain how.

Identify different historical definitions of, causal explanations for, and responses to alcohol abuse

 Identify different historical definitions of, causal explanations for, and responses to alcohol abuse

Part one: Identify different historical definitions of, causal explanations for, and responses to alcohol abuse
Part two: Apply social learning theory to alcohol abuse
Part three: Analyze the interactional contexts in which alcohol abuse most often occurs

The posts will be graded according to the following criteria:

  • Relevance: the ideas expressed indicate that the student has read and comprehended the assigned material.
  • Clarity, coherence: the ideas are stated clearly and coherently.
  • Critical thinking: there is evidence that the student has adequately analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated the assigned material.
  • Poses a question for discussion: the posting articulates a question for discussion that pertains to the assigned material.
  • Spelling, grammar: the posting must meet university-level standards of spelling and grammar.
  • Length: submission must be no less than 250 words in length; there is no maximum length

Identify different historical definitions of, and causal explanations for, drug abuse

Identify different historical definitions of, and causal explanations for, drug abuse

Part one: Identify different historical definitions of, and causal explanations for, drug abuse
Part two: Apply social learning theory to the “causes” of drug abuse
Part three: Analyze the interactional contexts and personal experiences associated with “soft” and “hard” drug abuse

The posts will be graded according to the following criteria:

  • Relevance: the ideas expressed indicate that the student has read and comprehended the assigned material.
  • Clarity, coherence: the ideas are stated clearly and coherently.
  • Critical thinking: there is evidence that the student has adequately analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated the assigned material.
  • Poses a question for discussion: the posting articulates a question for discussion that pertains to the assigned material.
  • Spelling, grammar: the posting must meet university-level standards of spelling and grammar.
  • Length:  submission must be no less than 250 words in length; there is no maximum length

Identify different historical definitions of, and causal explanations for sex work

Identify different historical definitions of, and causal explanations for sex work

Part one: Identify different historical definitions of, and causal explanations for sex work
Part two: Apply a combination of social learning and anomie theories to sex work
Part three: Analyze the interactional contexts in which various forms of sex work occur
Part four: Explain the risks of violent exploitation associated with the various contexts of sex work

The posts will be graded according to the following criteria:

  • Relevance: the ideas expressed indicate that the student has read and comprehended the assigned material.
  • Clarity, coherence: the ideas are stated clearly and coherently.
  • Critical thinking: there is evidence that the student has adequately analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated the assigned material.
  • Poses a question for discussion: the posting articulates a question for discussion that pertains to the assigned material.
  • Spelling, grammar: the posting must meet university-level standards of spelling and grammar.
  • Length:  submission must be no less than 250 words in length;