Attitude‚ Legislation‚ and Litigation Attitude‚ Legislation‚ and Litigation Since the beginning of time‚ people with disabilities were shunned‚ killed‚ considered an embarrassment‚ lock away‚ hidden away‚ and sometimes even worse. This attitude slowly started changing in the past 60 years. With these changes‚ came groups and acts to help inform the public and support the disabled and their families. The writer is going to describe how perception has changed‚ how legislation
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City Council Meeting For my project I visited the Los Alamitos City council. The beginning of the meeting started with a call of order then proceeded to the roll call of the board members. After these steps had taken place the Pledge of Allegiance was said and the meeting began. As each speaker had their turn to speaker about their topic I noticed how democratic it was after a person had given their speech each of the board members voted on the issue and the matter was either passed or declines
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attended an AA meeting‚ now I have attended two. When I first began looking into AA meetings‚ I noticed there was variety of different kinds. There are some meetings for young people‚ women‚ gay people‚ those who seriously want to quit drinking‚ and there are also some in prison. However‚ only some of the meetings were open (meaning anyone could come)‚ this slightly limited my options. Although I had done some research‚ I had no idea to what to expect in regards to how the meetings would go. When
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might have 27% higher odds of getting a job because I have met my civic responsibilities. I have met my civic responsibilities by going to school board meeting‚ babysitting for the parents of Parent Teacher Organization and working the PTO Fun Run‚ and I learned even the small things make a difference. The importance of attending school board meetings are greatly neglected. Many people think that they don’t have a say in what happens to the school or the board won’t take into consideration what the
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I had Many reservations about doing this assignment. I initially felt I was inappropriate for me to attend a meeting‚ when I have never had a problem with addiction. I felt that going to this meeting would be intruding on their healing processes‚ almost as if I was using them as lab rats‚ to further my own education. However‚ my opinion of this changed after expressing these concerns to a friend who is a recovering addict. They told me there is no reason to feel awkward‚ or guilty about going and
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I was a little nervous attending one of these meetings because I didn’t know what to expect but only know from television shows and movies. What is the reality though? I imagined and painted a picture of what an AA meeting would be like. I pictured a room full of people that were obvious addicts‚ unkept appearances‚ offensive hygiene and at least one person smelling of alcohol while moving back and forth in the chair. As I entered the room‚ my perspective laughed at me and as I looked around
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attended and overeaters anonymous meeting. I’ve never been to any type of support or 12 step meeting before‚ so I was not really sure what to expect. When I first arrived‚ there were a group of women waiting outside for the meeting to start. Once the meeting started‚ the person who chaired the meeting began. She started with an introduction of what Overeaters Anonymous was. She then had someone come up and read the 12 steps and 12 traditions. The leader of the meeting went on to share her story of how
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The IEP meeting I was able to observe was a casual meeting as the parent and student did not attend. With this allowance there was more of a familiar atmosphere and the flexibility formality. The meeting was pretty basic‚ but quickly rushed through because of the timing of the year and the many other IEP’s to get through. This IEP meeting was for a student’s entry into the IEP process with the evidence collected over the year. The meeting members consisted of the General Education teacher‚ Special
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The first meeting I went to was girl state and boy state. There were two girl and two boys that came to talk. Some brought poster‚ objects that they made while there‚ and others just came and talked. The meeting was for the people that sent them to girl/boy state. They were able to invite their family and friends all together there were about 20 people. The girls and boys talked about there experience and what they learned. The different roles in the government they played. Each state they you were
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These standards include communication skills (verbal and written)‚ knowledge of retaliation legislation‚ and knowledge of company policies. While looking at the standards the manager realizes that not many managers know current retaliation legislation and the trainer plans on incorporating this into the training. Next is to connect what the KPM measures with the training goals (Paramoure‚ 2013‚ p. 13). The trainer and
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