Professional Identity: The Professional Counselor Professional identity in the field of counseling or care services is an important topic to define and delve into. Individuals progressing in the knowledge needed for professional counseling often start off with a predesigned personal worldview. Koltko-Rivera (2004) defines a worldview as “a set of assumptions about physical and social reality that may have powerful effects on cognition and behavior” (p. 3). Personal worldviews can bring forth dilemmas
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Arc of the Ozarks is a local human service organization providing help to people in the local communities with physical and mental disabilities. The main local offices for the Arc can be found in Springfield‚ Joplin‚ and Monett‚ Missouri. Interviewing someone from the Arc could have been done over the phone‚ by e-mail‚ and an in-person interview. The in-person interview seemed to be more appropriate because it would allow me to interact with the people who work for the organization and possibly see
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COURSE CODE INSTRUCTOR’S NAME DATE • After viewing the California Homeless Youth Project’s videos‚ discuss your reactions. What did you know about this issue before you watched the videos? How has your awareness of the issue changed as a result of what you learned? • Do you think others are aware? • How can human service professionals work to educate the public about homeless children and poverty in America? • What are the negative stereotypes of the homeless and where do you think
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Consultation and Advocacy in Counseling Donna Boyett COUN 5004 Survey of Research in Human Development for Professional Counselors August 4‚ 2012 195 Wayfair Lane Hinesville‚ GA 31313 Telephone: (912) 980-1231 Email: Donna.Boyett@hotmail.com Instructor: Kathy Blaydes Abstract This paper discuses the importance of social justice advocacy and consultation in the counseling profession. The introduction is an explanation of social justice advocacy‚ and the different ways counselors advocate
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Human Service Scenario Analysis My human service scenario is for a white female‚ age 46‚ with three female children‚ ages 17‚ 16 and 14. The client was married for 27-years; when her husband said “he wanted a divorce‚ and was not willing to attend counseling because of trust issues.” He could not give any reason why he wanted a divorce; other than to say it was not her fault. This has left her and the children very confused‚ two of the children blame her for the upcoming divorce‚ the 14 year-old
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very complicated issue and can be explained by individual circumstances and characteristics of poor people. Poverty causes education in poor community to be something that many people lack. The poverty and lack of education leads to high crime‚ low income‚ lack of healthcare and low income housing. Poor people should be properly educated in the advantages of population control‚ the circulation and budgeting of finances and the options available to become self-sufficient. The issue that many clients
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Advocacy in Mediation Mediation can be defined as the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about resolution to a conflict (Barsky‚ 2007). In the mediation process mediators are considered to be a non-bias‚ neutral third party who directs the mediation process in effort to guide the conflicting party’s to a viable conflict resolution. Having no displayed or exhibited pre-judgment of either conflicting parties‚ the mediator gives fair consideration to the arguments of both parties‚ however
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Human Service Scenario Analysis BSHS 322 Abstract Kendra is an African American female who is going through some tough times. She is addicted to drugs‚ she does porn‚ and she is a prostitute. She had five children‚ but after recently losing two because of pneumonia‚ she has found herself in jeopardy of losing her other three children. Kendra does not know how to communicate properly because of growing up in a dysfunctional family. There are different ways to use effective communication strategies
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Advocacy for Diverse ClienteleName Capella University Advocacy for Diverse ClienteleOne of the populations that has a lot of culturally diverse individuals is the military and veterans. In veterans there is a lot of cultural diversity with individuals ranging in backgrounds from all over including African-American‚ Asian-American‚ Hispanic-American‚ and Caucasian-Americans. Veterans suffer from a wide range of mental illnesses including depression‚ PTSD‚ anxiety‚ suicide‚ and substance abuse. PTSD
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usage‚ become a social norm for the society. All of this society would have an input into discussions of their community and volunteering would be a requirement for each adult. Volunteering benefits the service as well as the person who is volunteering‚ requiring volunteering in human services‚ religion‚ elderly and youth‚ as well as organizations such as Red Cross‚ United Way and etc. A contribution to a society makes the society better as a whole with offerings of goodness for all. Majority of
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