Month: November 2017

Watch the White documentary and complete the Reading & Responding reflection.

Link to the documentary:

Please use simple English.

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Unit V Case Study 

 

You are a municipal budget analyst. Using your favorite search engine, locate the budget of a municipality that has completed a petition to file bankruptcy. Some examples include Detroit, Michigan; Stockton, California; Central Falls, Rhode Island; San Bernardino, California; Prichard, Alabama; and Vallejo, California. 

 

Develop your case study findings and recommendations consisting of no less than 500 words in which you discuss the following: 

 

 Briefly describe the municipality’s demographics.

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 Evaluate the previous three-year trend of the municipality’s major revenue sources and expenditures. 

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 Analyze the impact of the issues contributing to the municipality’s budget deficiencies. 

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 Propose three alternative financing options. 

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Legal and Ethical Considerations for Group and Family Therapy

Considering the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), the idea of discussing confidential information with a patient in front of an audience is probably quite foreign to you. However, in group and family therapy, this is precisely what the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner does. In your role, learning how to provide this type of therapy within the limits of confidentiality is essential. For this Discussion, consider how limited confidentiality and other legal and ethical considerations might impact therapeutic approaches for clients in group and family therapy.

                                                    To Prepare for this Assignment:

· Review this week’s Learning Resources below and consider the insights they provide on group and family therapy.

· View the media, Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professions, Volume I, and reflect on legal and ethical considerations for group and family therapy and individual therapy.

                                                                             Assignment  

Write an explanation of how legal and ethical considerations for group and family therapy differ from those for individual therapy. Then, explain how these differences might impact your therapeutic approaches for clients in group and family therapy. Support your rationale with evidence-based literature.

PLEASE, INCLUDE INTRODUCTION, CONCLUSION, 3 OR MORE REFERENCES LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD, AND ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS AS INSTRUCTED

                                                      Learning Resources

Required Readings

Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice. New York, NY: Springer.

Chapter 11, “Group Therapy” (pp. 407–428)
Nichols, M. (2014). The essentials of family therapy (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Chapter 1, “The Foundations      of Family Therapy” (pp. 1–6)
Chapter 2, “The Evolution of Family Therapy”      (pp. 7–28)
Breeskin, J. (2011). Procedures and guidelines for group therapy. The Group Psychologist, 21(1). Retrieved from http://www.apadivisions.org/division-49/publications/newsletter/group-psychologist/2011/04/group-procedures.aspx

Khawaja, I. S., Pollock, K., & Westermeyer, J. J. (2011). The diminishing role of psychiatry in group psychotherapy: A commentary and recommendations for change. Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, 8(11), 20–23. Retrieved from http://innovationscns.com/

Koukourikos, K., & Pasmatzi, E. (2014). Group therapy in psychotic inpatients. Health Science Journal, 8(3), 400–408. Retrieved from http://www.hsj.gr/medicine/group-therapy-in-psychotic-inpatients.php?aid=2644

Lego, S. (1998). The application of Peplau's theory to group psychotherapy. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 5(3), 193–196. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2850.1998.00129.x

McClanahan, K. K. (2014). Can confidentiality be maintained in group therapy? Retrieved from http://nationalpsychologist.com/2014/07/can-confidentiality-be-maintained-in-group-therapy/102566.html

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (2014). HIPAA privacy rule and sharing information related to mental health. Retrieved from http://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/mhguidancepdf.pdf

                                                             Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2015). Microskills: Family counseling techniques 1 [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2015). Microskills: Family counseling techniques 2 [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2015). Microskills: Family counseling techniques 3 [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Sommers, G., Feldman, S., & Knowlton, K. (Producers). (2008a). Legal and ethical issues for mental health professionals, volume 1: Confidentiality, privilege, reporting, and duty to warn [Video file]. Mill Valley, CA: Psychotherapy.net. 

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• Assignment 1: Discussion – Sustainability Performance Measures
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• Strategic sustainability planning covers purposes and benefits, SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis for strategic sustainability planning, tactical plans, goals and indicators for goal achievement, and setting metrics and indicators to goals. In strategic sustainability planning, it is important to address issues of goal clarity and reasons for failure to deliver performance.
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• In this assignment, you will examine reasons for measuring sustainability performance and achieving goals. In addition, you will define sustainability goals, targets, indicators, and metrics using performance indices such as Global Environmental Management Initiative's (GEMI) metrics for tracking performance.
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• Use the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet to research and analyze sustainability performance measures at Starbucks Coffee Company. Determine which sustainability performance measures are being or might be used at Starbucks.
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• One or more of the following measures should be addressed:
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  • Financial indicators
  • CSR indicators
  • Measures of effectiveness at meeting goals
  • Operational performance indicators related to internal conditions
  • Sustainability condition indicators related to factors outside the organization
  • Leading and lagging indicators
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• By the due date assigned, post your response to the Discussion Area. Through the end of the module, review and comment on at least two peers' responses.
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• Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation
   
• Do the following when responding to your peers:
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  • Read your peers' answers.
  • Provide substantive comments by
    • contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
    • building on the remarks or questions of others; or
    • sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
  • Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.
  • Make sure your writing
    • is clear, concise, and organized;
    • demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
    • displays accurate spelling,  grammar, and punctuation.

• Assignment 1: Discussion – Ethics in Business
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• Tim Smith is purchasing a business named Underground Shoes and Accessories near Lutz, Florida. The business has had several brushes with the law during the past few years, dealing with claims of false advertising and wrongful termination of employees. As a result, Smith is concerned about the ethical culture of the firm.
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• In this assignment, you will review the concept of ethics discussed in this module to critically evaluate the existing or potential ethical problems in Smith's business and help him propose solutions to eliminate the problems.
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• Tasks:
• Respond to the following points:
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  • What specific techniques could Smith use to increase the emphasis on business ethics when he takes control of the firm? Explain.
  • What, in your opinion, can be done to improve the human resource management (HRM) of the firm, to avoid future legal problems?

Body of the Paper
(max 5 points)    Error free professional grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and paragraphs composed of at least 3 well-written sentences and paper within page limits. 
(5 points)
Contains 3 – 4 grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors, or poorly written paragraphs and paper within page limits. 
(3 points)

Greater than 4 grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors, or poorly written paragraphs, or paper exceeds page limits, or does not follow rubric format.
(0 points)
Introduction
(max 5 points)    Detailed overview paragraph of paper contents to include information to be discussed within the body of the paper.
(5 points)    Brief statement of paper contents.
(3 points)    No introduction.
(0 points)
Part I: Book
(max 10 points)    Explanation of reasons for selecting book that include specific references to book title, description, authors, and particular student experience.
(10 points)    General statement of reason for selecting book with vague references to book or vague example of student experience. 
(5 points)    Missing or unclear reason for selecting book and missing specific reference to book or example of student experience.
(0 points)

Part II: Two Topics of Interest
(max 30 points)    Lists 2 separate topics with detailed, specific topic information from the book, and gives a detailed discussion of why the 2 separate topics impacted the reader with specific student examples or experiences for each of the 2 topics. (30 points)    Lists 1 topic with general or limited information from the book and gives a general or limited discussion of why the 1 topic impacted the reader, including a general student example or experience. (15 points)

No topics addressed, and/or missing both student examples and/or both statements of impact on the reader. (0 points)

Part III: Corroboration / Contradiction
(max 30 points)    Clear, accurate detailed explanation of corroboration or contradiction with at least two specific examples from at least one recent, professional external source on how the external source either corroborates or contradicts the information in the book or the author’s stance. (30 points)    General explanation of corroboration or contradiction or only one example from an external source on how the external source either corroborates or contradicts the information in the book or the author’s stance. (15 points)    No explanation of corroboration or contradiction and/or missing examples from an external source on how the external source either corroborates or contradicts the information in the book or the author’s stance. (0 points)
Part IV: Practice Application
(max 10 points)    Clear detailed explanation of how or why the book will or will not impact personal actions or professional practice. (10 points)
General statement of how or why the book will or will not impact personal actions or professional practice. (5 points)
Missing description of how or why the book will or will not impact personal actions or professional practice. (0 points)
APA Format (Title page, Headings, Font, Spacing, Reference page, 

(max 10 points)    0-3 errors in APA format with at least one additional recent external professional resource. (10 points)    Paper contains (4-6) different APA errors and at least one additional recent external professional resource. (5 points)    Greater than 6 different APA errors and/or missing additional resource, or resource is not recent and/or professional. (0 points)

Book Review Criteria 
•    Arrange your assignment in the following sequence with these required sections and subheadings and the content points noted.
•    Open a new Word document, and save it to your Desktop with the filename, “yourname_Book_Review,” inserting your name in place of “yourname.” 
•    Begin your paper by setting the margins, font, and header. (See “APA Tutorial” or the “APA Formatted Template” in the left menu of the course.)
•    Click “Save” often to keep from accidentally losing your work.

Content Criteria
Introduction    Write a short paragraph that introduces your paper to the reader. This usually includes mention of all of the content/topics that will be written about within the body of the paper. For example, “First I will explain why I chose….”.    Insert paper Title, centered, not bolded and Title case.
Then start paragraph.
Part I: Book
State which book you chose, and discuss why you chose it. Include specific references to book title, description, authors, or particular experiences of yours that prompted you to select the book.    Insert heading title, centered, bolded and Title Case.
Then start paragraph. 
Part II: Two Topics of Interest
Write two separate paragraphs describing topics or pieces of information from the book itself that made the greatest impression on you. Discuss why the topic impacted you giving an example of student impact for each of the topics.    Insert heading title, centered, bolded and Title Case.
Then start paragraphs. 

Part III: Corroboration / Contradiction
Provide at leas

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Question:

You are the fund manager for a medium-sized public pension fund that provides retirement investment for 500,000 teachers and public employees, and their families. Your traditional fiduciary responsibility has been, within reason, to minimize risk of investment loss and to maximize growth of the fund.

Recently, your offices have been the focal point of several protests from a local environmental group. They are demanding that your fund divest from the 10 largest international oil companies on the grounds that those companies are contributing to climate change and are responsible for the five largest oil spills in recent history which caused billions of dollars in damage and took an ecological toll on marine wildlife.

In response to the protests and media inquiries, you asked a reputable accounting firm to analyze the financial impact if you were to follow the request and divest your fund’s holdings in the 10 largest oil companies. The accounting firm returned analysis showing that an immediate divestment would likely reduce expected growth in the fund over the next 20 years by 10 percent. However, if divestment took place over a 5-year period and was done strategically, the fund’s expected growth would be cut by 5 percent.

The environmental group is calling for immediate divestment as a way to send a moral signal to the oil companies that their actions are unacceptable. Further, the group believes that as governments internationally place regulations on the emissions of greenhouse gases, the oil companies’ profits will decline and that the loss to your fund will not be as dramatic as the accounting firm predicts.

You received a letter signed by 1,000 families who have their retirement investments in your fund calling on you to refuse to divest. They state that they rely on the fund to maximize growth so they and their families can have retirement security, and they are concerned about the financial impact of divestment. While they note that they support environmental protection, they would prefer that you simply offer an alternative socially responsible investment option for those public employees and teachers in the fund who do not wish to support fossil fuel companies with their retirement monies.

You have been called to testify at a legislative hearing in your state legislature, where they are considering a bill that would require public pension funds in the state, including yours, to divest immediately from the 10 largest oil companies internationally. The committee chair is a strong champion for environmental action and wants to show that divestment is a good strategy for addressing the responsibility to take action on climate change.

Write your testimony to the committee. In it, weigh the pros and cons of the following three options and consider how social responsibility factors and potential future regulation of greenhouse gas emissions play a role in each:

·         Divest immediately

·         Divest over a 5-year period

·         Refuse to divest and instead offer new socially responsible investment choices to those participating teachers and public employees in the fund who prefer that their money not go toward fossil fuel investments

Make a recommendation as to which option you believe the legislation should take. Evaluate how it is the right choice for your pension fund, the families you invest on behalf of, the global community, and for the environment.

The basic function of managers is planning. This assignment gives the learner an opportunity to discuss workforce planning utilizing a substantive approach.
In a 3- or 4-page paper:
Describe how effective selection procedures help to ensure that candidates selected for the organization meet all the job requirements and are the best fit for the position.
Discuss how interviewing, testing, realistic job previews, and assessment centers help organizations determine whether the candidate is the right fit for the job.
Explain how reference checks can assess the risk of adding new employees to the organization’s culture.
Analyze two (2) legislative acts that have impacted the workforce selection process, including a description of how each has affected both employer and employee.

Consider the function of trope and metaphor in colonial presentations of American spaces

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For this last assignment, I'd like you to read a short essay on the Mexican-American War. After reading "The Occupation of Mexico City" (http://library.uta.edu/usmexicowar/item.php?content_id=178), and answer:
1. Why did some Mexicans collaborate with US soldiers during the war?

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