At-risk Youth At-risk youth face more serious and critical risks than any other previous generation. According to the NRPA definition: “at-risk youth are youth who are‚ or have the potential to be‚ influenced negatively by family‚ environment or peers and social factors that deter positive mental and social growth.” Also could be those who are in lack of financial resources or do not have the ability to affect a positive change within their environment‚ family or economic status. As well
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In Hoefer (2006) notes that “Social workers must be involved in advocacy practice…If social workers do not act as advocates their policy ideas‚ values will not be well represented in policy-making”(p.21). I found this statement to be powerful because as social worker you have to know that in order to understand advocacy you have to be involved to fight for the cause. It is not okay just to just have feelings and emotions about something you feel should happen or should happen. You have to actively
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Advocacy and Learning Disabilities The need for Human Services professionals to assist parents in advocating for their children to receive appropriate services and to assist in the process has become a necessary task. This paper will discuss the role of the advocate in assisting parents through the difficult process of an IEP and to ensure that the child receives the services and resources needed at the school. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law ensuring
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entitled "Are the Risk and Protective Factors Similar for Gang-Involved‚ Pressured-to-Join‚ and Non-Gang-Involved Youth? A Social-Ecological Analysis” written by Gabriel J. Merrin‚ Jun Sung Hong‚ and Dorothy L. Espelage. I found that the article was a very great source of enlightenment of the world of the gang involvement. I am going to share with everyone the things in the article that got my attention. I found that it was strange that males are more than likely to become involved in gangs more so
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Capella University The Role of Consultation and Advocacy Sherita Ford Research Human Development and Professional Counseling Bill Garris December 6‚ 2015 In the mental health field professional counselors act as both advocate and a consultant. Advocacy is an act of speaking on the account of someone‚ making recommendations‚ disputing for a cause‚ defending or supplicating on behalf of others. Consultation for professional counselors typically involves acting on behalf of an identified
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the relationships of shared human experience. The nurses primary roles of promoting health‚ preventing illness‚ restoring health and alleviating suffering places the nurse in a position to always remain an advocate for their patient. A scenario has been created in which a terminally ill patient has asked the doctor about alternative healthcare treatment options. The doctor in this case dismisses them as "quack" practices. What role does the nurse play in this situation? “When the patient’s wishes
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Nurses play a significant role in making sure patient rights are fulfilled while providing patient care. One way a nurse can help improve and protect patient rights is by being a patient advocate. Therefore‚ being a patient advocate is one of the many roles of a nurse. According to Revell (2013)‚ nurses have steps to follow during the advocacy process with a patient. To begin the process‚ the nurse must develop a trustworthy relationship with the patient and family. As a matter of fact‚ this should
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You would never imagine what it was like for families involved in the holocaust. Families were torn apart sent to different camps. Many of the families never saw each other again. There were over 11 million Jews killed during the holocaust. We can learn what happened in the past. In the past there was the holocaust. During this time over six million Jews and five million non-Jews were killed during this time period. This was a bad time in the world because they were doing very bad things like gassing
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Why Youth Become Involved in Gangs Arjun Kapadiya 820-519-759 Prof. Jasdeep Singh CRIM 204 – 01 Youth in Crime “I have reviewed the turn-it-in report regarding this paper and am satisfied that I have not made any citations errors that would be considered a form of academic misconduct” Why Youth Become Involved in Gangs Introduction For the past many years‚ the world has been going through a lot
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Research Methodology: Introduction Basic Concepts: Research‚ Bus. Research; Methods and methodology; population and sample; census and sampling; variable and attribute; Operational definition; Data‚ information and knowledge; Research is a process of identifying the status of a phenomenon through deploying various methods in a systematic manner. Research is a systematic process of identifying the problems‚ defining the questions and objectives‚ identifying the variables/ indicators to address
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