Introduction Psychosocial assessment is a social work tool that helps a social worker summarize a client’s problems that need to be worked on and to understand a client’s mental health‚ social well-being‚ support systems‚ strengths‚ and barriers they face. The following paper is a psychosocial assessment written by a Wayne State University student based on a fictitious case study. The case study follows Tara‚ an African-American teen‚ who has run away from multiple foster homes and has come to live
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Adult Learning Theory Christina Bell (Student #0000000) American Military University Professor Michelle Jones 4/23/10 Adult Learning Theory It is a known fact that Humans dominate the planet because of their intelligence. The ability of the human species to formulate ideas and make use of those ideas and concepts to teach‚ learn and grow as a whole is phenomenal. This paper will focus on the ageless learner and how cognitive learning develops from
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Introduction: Education system – unable to meet diverse needs of learners and national needs of socio-economic development while simultaneously keeping abreast of global explosion of knowledge‚ technological innovation and changes of the world of work school is dependent on multi-sectoral strategies and action. Composition of education system: * Schools and other types of educational institutions: strive to meet diverse needs of learners acc. to age and dev. phase = preprimary‚ primary‚ secondary
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Bunn 2 Implementing Vygotsky’s Social Learning Theory in the Classroom Contrary to Sigmund Freud ’s theory‚ Lev Vygotsky ’s concept is anchored in the idea that a child learns new complex tasks from a more advanced adult or sibling helping him or her through these new situations. His cognitive-developmental approach based on an idea Jerome Bruner later labeled "scaffolding" (Wood‚ Bruner‚ & Ross‚ 1976). This person leads the child through tasks that might otherwise
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Identifying information Cynthia is a divorced 47 year old mother of two sons‚ Stanley age 27 and George age19. Both of her sons live at home with her. Stanley‚ who is trainable mentally impaired‚ requires a lot of Cynthia’s attention. George attends Oakland Community College with plans on transferring to a four year university in his junior year. Cynthia has a great relationship with both of her children. Cynthia is in the middle class income range grossing $65‚000 a year. She is an African
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The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology – TOJET April 2009 ISSN: 1303-6521 volume 8 Issue 2 Article 4 EFFECTS OF WATCHING CAPTIONED MOVIE CLIP ON VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT OF EFL LEARNERS Assist.Prof.Dr. Dogan YUKSEL & Assist.Prof.Dr. Belgin TANRIVERDI doganyuksel@gmail.com ABSTRACT The current study examined the effects of watching a closed-captioned movie clip on incidental vocabulary learning in a pre-test post-test experimental design. 120 college students from a college preparatory
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I. Description of Bio-psycho-social Development and Functioning The biopsychosocial approach to development and functioning was developed by George Engel and John ten year ago. It emphasizes the significance of understanding human health and illness in their fullest contexts‚ by systemically allowing for biological‚ psychological and social factor to be considered interactively (1). To incorporate to biopsychosocial approach one must consider: relationships are essential to one’s health‚ use self-awareness
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NAME: SUNIL KUMAR BUTTAGANDLA SID: 10000126442 Every team goes through the five stages of team development. First‚ some background on team development. The first four stages of team growth were first developed by Bruce Wayne Tuckman and published in 1965. His theory‚ called "Tuckman’s Stages" was based on research he conducted on team dynamics. He believed that these stages are inevitable in order for a team to grow to the point
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NUR513Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Adult Obesity: Application of Orem‚ King‚ and Pender’s Conceptual Models Adult obesity is one of the United States most serious health problems. Approximately 127 million adult Americans in the U.S. are overweight (American Obesity Association‚ n. d.). "Each year‚ obesity causes at least 300‚000 excess deaths in the U.S.‚ and healthcare costs of American adults with obesity amount to approximately $100 billion" (American Obesity Association‚ n. d.).
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Informational Essay Learning styles can be looked at in several ways. We will see this through the eyes of three different authors along with three different articles. Can Generations Xers Be Trained ?‚ by Shari Caudron‚ A Tale of Four Learners‚ by Bernice McCarthy‚ and Improving the Dietary Patterns of Adolescents Using a Computer-Based Approach‚ by Krista Casazza and Michele Ciccazzo‚ we will discover that there are many ways to learn the use of different styles and methods of learning. The authors
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