as service providers to develop a common foundation of knowledge and practical strategies to address the needs of the families they serve‚ especially when the families ’ cultural background are different from their own. The textbook Knowing and Serving Diverse Families is designed for service providers who are providing early mediation services to families of diverse cultures. It includes ideas and suggestions for fostering cultural appreciation and sensitivity. The strength of the textbook is
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In Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Nickel and Dimed‚ Ehrenreich explores the dynamics of social stratification by gender in working class America. Similarly to race‚ Ehrenreich shows how gender and gender roles are a part of a closed system in the American workforce. One can first see this early on in the book when Ehrenreich works as a waitress. Ehrenreich describes a dynamic in this work setting in which female workers are subservient to a dominant male manager who is very critical. She mainly shows
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Cultural Baggage The article “Cultural Baggage” by Barbara Ehrenreich’s was difficult to understand. But‚ in the beginning it talks about a friend asking the writer what her ethnic background was and Ehrenreich says “none”. This puts her to think since the friend mentions that she knows everything about her ancestors. Then she goes on saying that she was Scottish‚English and Irish. She begins to feel some guilt for saying none and for not knowing much about her background which even makes her
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The Meadows in Sarasota‚ Florida is an affluent country-club style community with over 3‚100 single-family homes‚ villas and garden homes. Perfectly situated east of downtown Sarasota‚ The Meadows is a short distance away from the city’s newest and most affluent dining and shopping venues. The Meadows is one of Sarasota’s most sought after and trendiest communities. The amenities offered by the Meadows caters to a wide range of lifestyles and personalities. Residents of the community can enjoy
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Serving up web resources With Windows Azure CDN you must pass the QueryString parameter containing a compressible filename type (.js‚ .cs etc) or you are requesting a file by its original name (jquery.js‚ site.css‚ etc.) otherwise Accept-Encoding HTTP header will not be passed. For example when using an AXD resource handler (WebResource.axd‚ etc.) only‚ the HTTP compression will not be performed because unless append a QueryString parameter with a .cs or .js extension. If you are using custom
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Orlando in Central Florida is a city in the U.S. The geography of Orlando is mostly wetlands‚constiting of many lakes and swamps. The terrain is generally flat ‚making the land fairly low and wet‚ dowtown Orlando has some of the most varied architecture in the area‚ featuring buildings frome the 1920’s and 1930’s and modern skyscrapers. They are lots of parks in this city (the winter park is the most popular) . You can slip in hotel‚ in a villa… you can eat in fast food‚ in a family restaurant its
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Serving as an RA would entail supporting‚ relating to‚ and interacting with my residents‚ who will‚ of course‚ be different from me. I feel that my experiences and personality have well-equipped me to handle these types of situations. I studied abroad in Brest‚ France‚ two summers ago through the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages. My summer fully immersed in another culture has allowed me to look beyond myself and gain a newfound appreciation for other cultures‚ languages‚ and
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The Florida Mental Health Act commonly known as “Baker Act.” This policy is found in the Florida Statute 394 and became effective on 1972. The Baker Act Law was name after Maxine Baker a former State representative from Miami whom sponsored the act. The law and treatment of mental illness in the state of Florida dates back to 1874 by government statutes. In 1971the Florida legislature enacted Florida Mental Health Act. This was a comprehensive revision of Florida’s mental health 97-year-old law.
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Nickel and Dimed is a book by Barbara Ehrenreich and it explores if minimum wage or low paying jobs in the U.S. met the requirements of basic human needs such as food‚ water‚ and shelter. Before Ehrenreich begins her quest she laid out a few ground rules for the reader which were she cannot use any talents learned from her education or profession‚ she had to take the job that paid the highest and do her best to keep it‚ and she was required to take the cheapest places she could find so long as they
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The person served in this case study is a 35-year-old woman‚ who is a mother and wife. Her occupation was not stated however she is a rising professional. The person who was served drug of choice is prescription medication and muscle relaxers. The person served according to her substance history‚ she has a substance addiction not a process addiction. A substance addiction is regarding drugs and alcohol. A process addiction is more so behavioral‚ such as love‚ sex‚ and/or gambling. The person
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