Families are as unique as the individuals who form them. While you may utilize the same or similar techniques, while working with family systems (through the steps in the GIM and related practice skills), it is also important to recognize that each family has its own unique needs and experiences in the world. The empowerment perspective states that an essential aspect of working with individuals and families is to address their feelings of powerlessness and oppression. Empowerment is a process; and one part of that process is to gain an awareness of the oppressive structures evident in our society. Oppression, in the form of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia, can impact a family’s quality of life and ability to thrive. Empowerment practice includes discussing potential societal barriers that may have contributed to the family’s concerns.

For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources. Select a diverse family system, such as a family with differences in sexual orientation, a family with differences in race or ethnicity, or a family with members who are managing a disability. Then, consider potential barriers they might encounter in society. Finally, think about how a social worker might address one of these barriers on an individual, family, organizational, group, or community level.

Post a 300 WORD description of the diverse family system you selected. Then explain a potential barrier they might encounter in society. Finally, explain one skill a social worker might use to address this barrier on an individual, family, organizational, group, or community level.

Psyc 210 quiz1 answers

Help needed in PSYC 210 quiz 1 liberty university

Psy 345 Need by 5PM today

write a 1,000 word paper on the role of attention in visual perception that adresses the following:

Explain the conecept of visula perception

Describe how attention effects visual perception

Explain the concept of inattentional blindness and how this can affect visual perception

APA guidline plus 3 peer reviewed sources

Application: Crisis Plan—Evaluation and Analysis

Strategies and elements of a crisis plan should be reviewed periodically to ensure they are up-to-date and to add possible solutions learned from recent crisis experiences. Evaluating a crisis plan typically involves examination of "what went right and what went wrong." Changes that evolve from the evaluation process can include changes in leadership that result from failure to execute strategies and/or legal and ethical issues. Responding procedures may undergo changes because even "what went right" may be improved upon or expanded. Furthermore, resources may be updated because they are usually problematic for implementing any plan, particularly for a disaster of enormous scope. Financial considerations may be evaluated as well, and national, state, and local foundations and government agencies/departments may respond to revisions by providing resources in the form of grants to individuals or organizations. Plans and grants should continually be reviewed and renewed through this cycle of analysis.

To prepare for this assignment:

Thinking about Hurricane Katrina, review pp. 164-175 of the article, "After Katrina: Building Back Better Than Ever," and think about how the recommendations made might be applied to other natural disaster situations and/or locations.

Review Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 17 in your course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies, paying particular attention to the information on response efforts to Hurricane Katrina.

Review Chapters 9 and 12 in your course text, Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape, focusing on how organizational learning can be a useful part of crisis management evaluation and analysis.

Review the article, "Project CREST: A New Model for Mental Health Intervention After a Community Disaster." Consider how response analysis led to the development, in this example, of a useful new disaster intervention training.

Review the article, "Styles of Suicide Intervention: Professionals' Responses and Clients' Preferences," and reflect on how the authors investigated and analyzed professional responses to client suicide.

Using Hurricane Katrina as your natural disaster case study, think about and evaluate the strategies used in the Mississippi crisis plan.

Research the impact of Hurricane Katrina on either the Alabama or Louisiana coast line.

Then consider which elements or strategies of the Mississippi crisis plan might be applicable and/or relevant to use in Alabama or Louisiana.

Research the demographics for either the Alabama or Louisiana coast line and determine how the Mississippi crisis plan could be used in either of those states.

Consider what you think might need to be added to the Mississippi crisis plan were it to be applied to recovery efforts in either Alabama or Louisiana.

The assignment: (4 page paper APA Format) 

•Based on your evaluation of strategies and the situation in the Hurricane Katrina natural disaster, explain which strategies you would use and why. 

•Based on your analysis of the Mississippi crisis plan, explain which elements of the plan might be relevant/applicable to either Alabama or Louisiana. 

•Identify any element of the plan that might be missing for either Alabama or Louisiana.

Course Text:  James, R. K. & Gilliland, B.E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Chapter 3

https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781305888081/pageid/69

Chapter 4

https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781305888081/pageid/94

Chapter 5

https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781305888081/pageid/117

Chapter 17

https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781305888081/pageid/600

Communicable Disease Article

For the next newsletter, you have been asked to write about the effect of a specific communicable disease on your community. 

Identify a communicable disease to research.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that summarizes your research. Include the following information:

Describe the disease and discuss efforts to control it.

Identify the environmental factors related to this disease.

Explain the influence of lifestyles, socioeconomic status, and disease management.

Identify gaps and how you might connect to other resources to meet needs that are not locally available.

Include recommendations to expand the community's programs if there are gaps.

Describe what the public health department is doing to reduce the threat of the disease.

Include data findings, evidence-based intervention, and a plan to ensure quality health.

Cite at least 3 sources.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Organizations that are both creative and can execute strategies well are rare.  How can the tension between innovation and execution of strategy within an organization be resolved through organizational design and job design? At the individual level, what role does Hackman’s Job Characteristics Model (Nelson & Quick, 2017, pp. 228-229) play in resolving this tension?

• Chapters      14 & 15 in ORGB5: Organizational Behavior (5th ed.)

PART 1: Defining the Health Issue: Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions

You will begin your strategic plan by defining a specific health issue. Imagine that you are a director or manager

for a public health organization, and you will:

Identify a health issue aligned with Health People 2020.

Discover a specific health issue’s objective per the Healthy People 2020 planning site.

(Please note: You may use the objective that you had evaluated in Unit 3 or select a different objective.)

To demonstrate your ability to define a relevant public health issue, you will perform three skills:

1. Summarize the health topic/issue by magnitude, extent and at-risk populations/communities.

2. Review at least five authoritative sources relevant to the current health issue within a brief literature review.

3. Outline the fundamental importance of addressing the public health issue.

PART 2 – Evaluating the Health Issue (Refer to the detailed breakdown below.)

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After gaining a foundational understanding of the health issue, you will:

Utilize analytical techniques to evaluate ways to address the problem.

Develop evidence to resolve the issue.

Form the basis of an action plan.

To demonstrate your ability to evaluate a public health issue, you will perform three analytical techniques:

Prepare a health problem analysis model for your public health issue.

Conduct a force field analysis to identify barriers or supportive factors.

Illustrate a fishbone diagram to highlight the underlying reasons for the problem.

PART 3 – Create a Strategic plan (Refer to the detailed breakdown below.)

With evidence to support the relevance and importance of your health issue (part 1) and analysis to highlight ways

to resolve (part 2), you may now work toward forming a strategic plan. To complete part 3, you will:

Define the public health VMOSA (i.e., vision, mission, objectives, strategies, and action plan) for

your initiative, program, or project.

Articulate a feasible timeline and necessary resources for each task in the action plan.

Connect the public health initiative, program, or project with a stakeholder analysis.

Please collate parts 1, 2, and 3 into a Microsoft Word document in APA Style

Unit VI Article Critique

After reading the article titled "The role of leadership in managing emergencies and disasters" found in your reading assignment for this unit, you will write an article critique.

Demiroz, F., & Kapucu, N. (2012). The role of leadership in managing emergencies and disasters. European Journal of Economic & Political Studies, 5(1), 91-101. Retrieved from https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/logi n.aspx?direct=true&db=tsh&AN=84565993&site=ehost-live&scope=site

In your article critique, you will answer the following questions related to the article: 

• What is the authors' main point? 

• Who is the authors' intended audience?

• According to the authors, what leadership characteristics or competencies should a successful emergency manager possess in order to successfully manage risk during an emergency or disaster? 

• Do you agree with the article's findings? Why, or why not? 

• Do you believe that the evidence presented in the article supports the article's main point? Why, or why not? 

• Describe what could happen during an emergency or disaster if an emergency manager does not possess strong leadership characteristics or competencies.

Your article critique should consist of at least two pages, not counting the title page and reference page. You should utilize at least two references, one of which can be the article you are critiquing. You may also use your textbook as a reference. All citations and references should utilize proper APA formatting.

Journal

You are an emergency manager, and your community has been impacted by an F5 tornado. The damage is extensive, and many homes and businesses have been totally destroyed. The community is looking to emergency management personnel for help in restoring a sense of normalcy. What can you as an emergency manager do to help individuals within the community to begin psychological healing after such an event? What are some of the local resources that may be needed to help begin this healing?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

 Need original and unplagiarized work, please do not accept if cannot return quality work. Please read assignment fully

Week VI study guide is attached for guidance.

The Assignment (2–4 pages):

• Provide a description of an existing intervention in Canada, intended to improve health inequities. Include an explanation of the inequity and how the intervention targets upstream determinants of health.
• Describe the organizations involved and/or social policies enacted in the implementation of the intervention.
• Explain whether or not the intervention was/is successful and what lessons public health practitioners can learn from that experience that might improve population health in the United States.
• Expand on your insights utilizing the Learning Resources.

Use APA formatting for your Assignment and to cite your resources.

Polling Exercise

Conduct a poll of at least five people by asking the following questions. Evaluate each answer and decide whether you would consider it as hedonic or eudaimonic, and record it in the table. Finally, answer the question below the table in 200-350 words.

· What makes you happy?

· Would you say you are living “the good life?” Why or why not?

· If you could make any changes you wished that would make you happier, what would those be?