Based Interventions for Families with Co-Occurring Needs Parent management training (PMT) is also known as behavioral parent training (BPT) is an evidence based intervention for families with co-occurring needs such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)‚ oppositional defiant disorder‚ and conduct disorder. This intervention was developed in the early 1960’s‚ due to the increase in the need for therapies focusing on the child and parental needs. The pioneers of this intervention were
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Social-communication and Play (ASAP) intervention on preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder What’s the big idea: A studied completed by Dykstra‚ Boyd‚ Watson‚ Crais‚ and Baranek evaluated social communication and play skills in young children. The study took place in a public preschool with children who were on the spectrum. Dykstra et al.‚ examined the outcomes of the ASAP intervention (Advancing Social-communication and Play). They used the intervention in two different situations: a group
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olitical throries Machiavelli emphasized the need for realism‚ as opposed to idealism. In The Prince he does not explain what he thinks the best ethical or political goals are‚ except the control of one’s own fortune‚ as opposed to waiting to see what chance brings. Machiavelli took it for granted that would-be leaders naturally aim at glory or honor. He associated these goals with a need for "virtue" and "prudence" in a leader‚ and saw such virtues as essential to good politics and indeed the common
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Assessment and Intervention Paper In this family there is a mother and her 13-year-old son. The father was never involved in the son’s life‚ nor did the mother ever marry. The presenting problem is the son’s behaviors and attitude. The mother had to deal with her son going to court several times because of his behavior. This has been costly and time consuming for her. In addition to this‚ he has not been doing well at school at all due to his behavior problems. Moreover‚ his drug and alcohol use
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The Context of Political Parties in PNG A political party is defined as an organized group of people with at least roughly similar political aims and opinions‚ that seeks to influence public policy by getting its candidates elected to public office. Papua New Guinea has a multi-party system. The government of the day is usually described by a stiff competition between several parties to create a factionalized coalition government. The formation of national governments‚ since independence in 1975
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a process in which the practitioner combines well-researched interventions with clinical experience and ethics‚ and client preferences and culture to guide and inform the delivery of treatments and services (2010). The social worker must identify which social work intervention delivers adequate results in accordance to the presenting problem. No one intervention method can work with the same client or social issue. According to this approach ensures that the treatments
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In the module I learned that crisis intervention is not an easy task. “Crisis intervention refers to the methods used to offer immediate‚ short-term help to individuals who experience an event that produces emotional‚ mental‚ physical‚ and behavioral distress or problems”(). The process of crisis intervention was best understood by me when i found the SAFER-R Individual Crisis Intervention Roadmap. This breaks down crisis intervention into five steps: Stabilize‚ Acknowledge‚ Facilitate understanding
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Humanitarian Intervention Watanabe Koji When a massive and systematic violation of basic human rights is committed by the authorities of one state‚ can other states intervene forcefully to halt the violation? Since the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO’s) military intervention in Kosovo in 1999‚ the issue of what is now commonly called humanitarian intervention has become one of the most contentious subjects in managing contemporary international relations. Conspicuous in the argument on Kosovo
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Political science essay. The science of politics is a large‚ but very rewarding‚ area of study. Political science is typically defined as the systematic study of political life. Political scientists study both the theories of politics and how they actually come to be applied. This is done by examining the human relationships of those involved in the various political processes as well as the fundamental ideals of freedom‚ equality‚ power‚ and justice. Political scientists serve as teachers and
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Chapter 1: Introducing Government in America Terms: 1. Democracy: A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s preferences. 2. Elite and class theory: A theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule‚ regardless of the formal niceties of governmental organization. 3. Government: The institutions and processes through which public policies
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