HDFS 240- Midterm 1 Study Guide Chapter 1: Sex Education or Abstinence- Only? * College students were more likely to use condoms after taking this class * Abstinence only education teaches that teens should resist engaging in sexual activity and should wait until marriage * Schools steer away from that teaching and instead move toward more comprehensive teaching about sexuality that stresses accurate info that allows teens to make responsible decisions People know a lot about
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your setting in your day to day work with children‚ young people and their families Which workplace policies and procedures does this link to? Children Act 1989 This act is to make sure that children’s welfare and developmental needs are met‚ including their needs to be protected from any sort of harm. It is also to make sure that children are looked after properly and are getting the correct care and protection that they need at all times. All children have the right to live with their families
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The T in LGBT On the 22nd day of November the past year‚ the gender community celebrated the 14th International Transgender Day of Remembrance. Featuring 50 Tran’s icons which include Isis King‚ the only transgender contestant ever to grace in America’s Next Top Model and Chaz Bono‚ an iconic transgender and with the overwhelming support from the LGBT community‚ many find it empowering to use their freedom of expression and no longer be afraid of becoming who they really are. 1 It is almost
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Assessment Immediate Concerns Candice is a 53 year old transgender woman who has just been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)‚ a type of lung disease‚ after she was taken to the emergency room (ER) for chest pain with shortness of breath‚ while vacationing with her partner Charles. Candice has been smoking one pack of cigarettes daily for the past twenty-five years‚ with multiple unsuccessful attempts of cessation. The ER doctor has warned Candice that she can possibly
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and runaway children in the United States were treated in the same way as adult criminal offenders” (Seigel & Welsh‚ 2011). Three key things that helped to develop a separate system for juveniles were the child-saving movement‚ the concept of parens patria and the creation of institutions created specifically for the care of juveniles. The ‘child-savers’ movement began in New York in the early 1800’s. These early groups were concerned mainly with the moral education of children. They felt
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Mack Beggs is a transgender boy. The state of Texas refused to allow Breggs to wrestle with the boys because their laws state that high school athletes must compete by the gender listed on their birth certificate. Wrestling fans called Beggs derogatory terms like “faggot” and “it.” Negative Facebook and Twitter comments questioned Beggs and made him seem like a lesser being. Other comments celebrated Beggs’s courage and perseverance. Over the last couple of years‚ The transgender debate has heated
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What a beautiful transgender woman! She was beautiful on the inside and out. Her first true love was when she was twelve years old‚ and she was so scared to tell that person because she did not think he would accept her for whom she was. When she finally had her transformation
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In 1993‚ “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” became the United States official policy that referred to gays serving in the military. This policy revoked the prohibition of lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender (LGBT) participation in the military that had been in effect during World War ll. The government believed that individuals who acted in a homosexual manner would go against military moral codes and affect the integrity of the troops. However‚ in 2011 the government concluded that the policy was discriminatory
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This literary writing will attempt to examine the impact of domestic violence (DV) in the lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ transgender community (LGBT) and demonstrate the plethora of disparities that impact this community in the DV arena. Domestic violence is statistically more prominent in a homosexual relationship than in a heterosexual (cisgender) relationship (White & Goldberg‚ 2006). Domestic violence is associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) (Dunne‚ 2014). The National Coalition Against Domestic
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There is a difference between a “transgender‚” “transsexual‚” and a “non-gender conforming” individual. A transgender is a person whose self-identity differs from their ascribed status. To clarify‚ an ascribed status is something that is assigned to a person at birth which cannot be altered such as skin color— in this case— sex; meanwhile‚ a transsexual is a person who willingly undergoes plastic surgery to actually alter their birth sex. A non-gender conforming person is someone who does not abide
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