OURSE OUTLINE CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS COURSE DESCRIPTION: BS110 Contemporary Social Problems. 3 hours credit. A study of selected serious problems facing the American and global societies in which we live. The problems discussed include war‚ population dynamics‚ environmental issues‚ urban problems‚ inequality‚ crime‚ family level problems‚ and health care. TEXTBOOK: Soroka‚ Michael P. and Bryjak‚ George J.‚ Social Problems: A World at Risk. Prentice Hall‚ 1995. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
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istWhy Social Problems Exist? Author By: Dr. Mohammad Shatar Sabran-153 Vol. 25 No. 2 Dec 2003 Introduction It is undeniable that the world is currently facing a multitude of problems. All levels of society concurred with this scenario. Regardless whether they belong to the upper crust or lower level or whether they are doctors‚ lawyers‚ businessmen‚ clerks‚ and gardeners or of other vocations‚ all are in agreement that the world today is not free from all kind of social problems. There are
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THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION AMONG STUDENTS Did you wake up this morning feeling more tired than you did when you went to bed? If so‚ something is disturbing your sleep. However‚ do you know what it is? This problem is nothing new and yet more and more students suffer from sleep deprivation‚ which is a lack of sleep that effectively refresh the body‚ both physically and psychologically. Stress‚ unbalance diet‚ and interactive electronics could be the causes to sleep deprivation
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Working with Children & Young People with Autism The Austrian psychologist Dr Leo Kanner first used the term autism in 1943‚ but it wasn’t until 1996 that the phrase Autistic Spectrum Disorder was coined by Dr Lorna Wing to identify a whole range of disorders affecting the development of social interaction‚ communication and social imagination‚ know as the Triad of Impairments. The spectrum includes classic autism‚ asperger syndrome‚ childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive development
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------------------------------------------------- Understanding safeguarding of children and young people For those working in the adult sector Unit 516 Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) 1 Understand the Policies‚ Procedures and Practices for safe working with children and young adults Firstly before any legislation that a child is assessed under‚ an assessment has to be carried out to ascertain the following: * Gathering of information
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With Young People. | ORIGINALITY SCORE: 0% Table Of Contents. THE SEEDS OF DICOURAGEMENT IN WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE 3 What is assessment? 3 The four Ecological Hazards and it’s link to the Profiles in Discouragement 3 10 D’S of Deviance 5 The impact of positive personal theories of behavior 6 Impact on Assessment if the child or youth feels discouraged by an interaction with a CYCW 7 Conclusion: 8 Reference list: 9 THE SEEDS OF DICOURAGEMENT IN WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE What
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were four main causes of world war I: Imperialism. Militarism‚ Nationalism‚ and Allies. The two sides of the war grew to be the Central powers and the Allies. In the beginning of the war America responded with neutrality‚ the preparedness movement and the peace movement. Germany had pulled to many strings over time and America had enough. Things for American soldiers on the European front vs. things for people on the home front were very different. Eventually President Wilson came up with a plan
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Every day somebody in the world decide to emigrate in other country. Somebody is just thinking about it. There are many reasons why people might choose to emigrate. Some have religious‚ political‚ ecological or economic reasons. Others have personal reasons such as marriage or education. Among the factors‚ that push people to emigrate are: unemployment‚ limited political or religious rights‚ restrictions of religious freedom‚ oppressive legislation‚ war‚ and others. Many emigrants move together
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of care means in children and young people settings (Ref. 1.1) Duty of care in children and young people settings means that we as adults need to keep them safe and to protect them from sexual‚ physical and emotional harm by giving appropriate attention‚ watching out for potential hazards‚ preventing mistakes or accidents‚ and work within policies and procedures in place about Individual Rights‚ Children Act.‚ Safeguarding Policies‚ Confidentiality Policy. All people who work with children have a
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Overpopulation is a condition where an organism’s numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. In common parlance‚ the term often refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment‚ the Earth.[1] Overpopulation does not depend only on the size or density of the population‚ but on the ratio of population to available sustainable resources. It also depends on the way resources are used and distributed throughout the population If a given environment has a population
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