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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My interest in the human services field comes for a variety of different elements. Through experiences in my own life‚ things I have witnessed or even heard about; all will help me and at the same time they may hinder my abilities. Human Services is such a broad field there are so many things to be done and I am not sure exactly where I want to place my focus. Kids are a huge factor in my overall direction but I am looking forward to all the techniques and training that I am receiving to help me
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The Ethics of the Human Services Worker Mariah Alvarez‚ Elana Payne‚ Sharon Smith University of Phoenix BSHS 301: Introduction to Human Services Group Number: CC08BHS1F2 Professor Deborah Cujino-Deras‚ M.S.‚ C.R.C. April 24‚ 2008 The Ethics of the Human Services Worker What do you do when an elderly stroke patient is demonstrating obvious signs of dementia‚ with uncontrollable and erratic behavior? When this patient must be firmly restrained‚ yet the patient equally deserves to
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Reliability vs. Validity By: Framing and Analyzing Problems: Research Strategies for Leaders (PD) Professor Gordon McLean July 8‚ 2011 The purpose of this weeks’ discussion is to evaluate and analyze an article by identifying issues related to general method reliability and validity. The article that was chosen was “Trust in the Face of Conflict: The Role of Managerial Trustworthy Behavior and Organizational Context” by Korsgaard‚ M. A.‚ Brodt‚ S. E.‚ & Whitener‚ E. M. (2002). This
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Human Service Scenario Analysis BSHS/322 Communication Skills for the Human Service Professional Human Service Scenario Analysis My client is a 32-year-old woman named Sonya. Sonya‘s heritage is multicultural as her mother is Hispanic and Caucasian and her father was Afro-American. Sonya identifies herself as an Afro –American raised by a white middle-class family. Green (2008) states‚ “Historically‚ biracial individuals have been portrayed as lost souls…” (p. 39). Sonya is among a group
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1. What is the most important aspect of culturally sensitive human services practice? Being culturally sensitive and being culturally competent lie hand in hand. Being culturally competent means being able to combine sensitivity and knowledge. Being able to do this will bring a more appropriate way of communication. So it is more important to be able to combine being sensitive about a person’s culture but still have knowledge about their culture so that you are being sensitive not ignorant. 2. What
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Grants In Human Services HSM/270 Abstract Grants play an important part in the Human Service Fields. Human Service departments would not exist without funding. There are only so many funds that can be raised by fund raisers and community charity. A grant is needed to assure proper funding needs are met. Grants In Human Services Grants are so important to the Human Service Departments because many neighborhoods depend on the Human Service agencies. Grants are provided by state government
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Collaborating with Human Service Professionals Summary of the Case Mary‚ a 31-year-old single mother of three children (ages 9‚ 5‚ and 3) has been seeing Annabelle‚ a mental health counselor at a community mental health center for about 4 months. She has become increasingly anxious over past few weeks and reports that she feels frightened all the time‚ is unable to sleep through the night‚ and worries that “something horrible is going to happen.” She also admits to having a
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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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Content Validity. The extent to which items on the questionnaire are representative of the domain under study. 8 Construct Validity. The extent to which an instrument measures the construct or trait under study. Regardless of the trait under study you can identify some theoretical constructs about that trait which your questionnaire should be able to measure and you can test by administering your questionnaire in situations where you know those constructs to be true. 8 Criterion Validity. The extent
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