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How you apply the Asset Approach in your human service practice

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Here are the guidelines for the Capstone Essay/Final Paper:
The Capstone Essay is the final assignment turned in as part of BHSV 490: Internship III and Capstone Seminar. Its purpose is to provide a culminating reflection about what it means for you to be a human services professional with a degree.
Students completing the Bachelors degree in Human Services are expected to demonstrate the following:
1. An understanding of, and the ability to practice the asset approach when working as a professional human services provider.
2. An understanding of how an interdisciplinary approach that includes the study of human services, psychology and sociology together can guide and inform human service practice.
3. An ability to actually apply human services knowledge, skills and professional ethics via experiences provided in three internships.
4. An understanding of how changing socio-economic conditions today are redefining the helping professions and human services.
Your Human Services Capstone Essay should answer the question “How would you describe yourself as a human services professional?” by connecting your internship experiences to program course work. The essay should include a discussion of the following:
1. How you apply the Asset Approach in your human service practice.
2. How concepts and theories from the disciplines of human services, psychology and sociology have helped guide and inform your human service practice. (Be sure to give at least one specific example from each academic discipline.)
3. How changing socio-economic conditions today are redefining the helping professions and human services.
4. In addition to the essay you should also include a 1 page summary or abstract of the key points of your essay in your portfolio.

Consider physical, social/emotional, and cognitive changes. What things are very different? What things are very much the same? 

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Assignment Instructions
This assignment is due at the end of Week 8. Be certain that you have done all the readings before attempting to do this assignment.
This course has been about the changes that take place as we move from childhood to adolescence. Now it’s time to bring some of that information together, so that you can consider human growth and development in context.
Think about the 6-year-old you and the 16-year-old you. Consider physical, social/emotional, and cognitive changes. What things are very different? What things are very much the same?
Now consider the 16-year-old you and the current you. Consider physical, social/emotional, and cognitive changes. What things are very different? What things are very much the same?
Please use the attached chart for your answers. (click on the attachment below under Supporting Materials)
· Give three examples of development in each of the domain categories.
· Show how these things are different in the “current me” column.
· Using 75-100 words, describe which theor(ies) explain these changes and how.
Important Note:  Please reach out to your instructor to discuss any concerns that you may have regarding the personal nature of this assignment.
Grading Rubric  
 
CHFD307 Assignment 3
Rubric
POSSIBLE POINTS
STUDENT POINTS
 
Student exhibits a defined and clear understanding of the   assignment.  The student provides three (3) examples of development in   each of the three domain categories (physical, social/emotional and   cognitive) for a combined total of six (6) for the 6 yr old and 16 yr old   self.
30
 
Student demonstrates proficient command of the subject   matter in the assignment.  Assignment shows an impressive level of depth   of student’s ability to relate course content to practical examples and   applications by noting similarities and differences in the “current me”   column.
20
 
Student provides well-supported ideas and reflection with   a variety of current and/or worldviews in the assignment.  Student   presents a genuine intellectual development of ideas throughout assignment by   describing which theor(ies) explain the noted changes.
20
 
Evidence of research for materials/content is cited within   the chart and listed in a reference section using APA format. You must   support your writing with  a minimum of 2 references.
15
 
Clarity of writing style Grammar/Punctuation/Spelling
15
 
TOTAL
100
 
Six-year-old me
Cognitive Development
Physical Developmet
Social/Emotional Development
How is this the same from the   current me?
How is this different from the   current me?
What theories help to explain these   changes? Why? (include References)
 
 
Sixteen-year-old me
Cognitive Development
Physical Developmet
Social/Emotional Development
How is this the same from the   current me?
How is this different from the   current me?
What theories help to explain these   changes? Why?(include References)
 
PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT
I HAVE TO GET 90 OR ABOVE I GOT A 60 ON LAST ASSIGNMENT
SUPPORTING MATERIALS ABOVE
Supporting Materials
· Assignment 3 Chart _r_2.xlsx (10 KB)

Identifies and presents your own attitudes, beliefs, cultural norms, stereotypes, or biases that you may have, or had in the past, regarding the topic

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Cultural Perspectives Draft

The goal of this assignment is to integrate cultural nuances, expectations, and perspectives into a draft of your final paper. You will present a current diversity-related situation or dilemma; compare and contrast the cultures involved in the situation; and provide a historical perspective and analyze the contributing factors to the current state of the situation. You will then interpret the effects of the situation on the cultures involved, provide evidence in favor of and opposed to each side of the situation. Finally, you will assess your beliefs and perspectives regarding the situation or dilemma and identify strategies for building inclusion by synthesizing the varying perspectives.

Instructions:

This assignment will build upon your accumulated learning from the course and your written assignments from Weeks 3 and 4. Based on your identified situation or cultural dilemma (from your Week 4 written assignment), determine a personal position regarding the topic. Then write a 2800-3500 word paper that:

  • Identifies and presents your own attitudes, beliefs, cultural norms, stereotypes, or biases that you may have, or had in the past, regarding the topic.
  • Presents at least one argument supporting the perspective of each cultural group involved with the topic.
  • Considers how the situation or dilemma may be addressed moving forward with a mutually beneficial outcome.

This written assignment will include:

  • An identified diversity situation or cultural dilemma prevalent in today’s society that involves more than one cultural group. (Week 3 written assignment)
  • A comparison of the different cultural groups involved. (Week 4 written assignment)
  • Personal position regarding the topic. (Week 5 written assignment)

This written assignment should be double-spaced, and include a title page and references page. Additionally, utilize 5 to 7 resources, including resources provided throughout the course, to support your arguments. Make sure to gather evidence and present persuasive, well-reasoned arguments regarding your topic, and consider all perspectives and opinions.
Submit a draft of your paper to the Writing Center for Paper Review Links to an external site.by Week 5, Day 3. Once you have received the feedback from the tutor, revise your writing based on the feedback you received and submit your final copy to Waypoint using the link below.
To Summarize:
Your Week 3 written assignment should identify a diversity situation or cultural dilemma that is prevalent in today’s society that involves more than one cultural group. Additionally, your paper should:

  • Identify the selected diversity situation or cultural dilemma.
  • Provide an analysis of the topic, including an historical perspective and the current day situation.
  • Explain why this is a topic of interest in general, and to you in particular.

Your Week 4 written assignment should have included the requirements of the Week 3 paper and then continued on to compare and contrast the different cultural groups involved the situation or dilemma. Additionally, the Week 4 paper should address the:

  • stereotypes and biases associated with each of the cultural groups
  • privileges and power associated with each of the cultural groups

This Week 5 paper should include all the requirements of the Weeks 3 and 4 papers and also:

  • Identify and present your own attitudes, beliefs, cultural norms, stereotypes, or biases that you may have, or had in the past, regarding the topic.
  • Present at least one argument supporting the perspective of each cultural group involved with the topic.
  • Consider how the situation or dilemma may be addressed moving forward with a mutually beneficial outcome.

Why are so many children developing autism?

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The number of children diagnosed with autism has risen dramatically during the past few decades. Researchers are now calling it an urgent health matter; some are calling it an epidemic. Between 1991 and 1999, the number of children in the United States receiving special education services for autism rose to 500%. The rate has nearly doubled in the past ten years across the United States. In 2002, the number of children in the United States with autism was 1 in every 150 children. At this point in time, approximately one in every eighty children has autism (Baio, 2012). This increase is not only happening in the United States. Studies have found rates to be rising in Canada (Ouellette-Kuntz, Coo, & Gorski, 2012) and in Europe (Baron-Cohen et al., 2009) also.
After completing the required readings for this week, post an initial response discussing the following three possible causes or reasons for this increase in prevalence:

  • Why are so many children developing autism?
  • Does research indicate that the rise is due to better methods for identifying and diagnosing children with autism, or is there some environmental, genetic, or cultural reason for the increase?
  • What should we do, as a society, to address this epidemic?

Address each of the questions and cite your sources properly.

References:

Baio, J. (2012). Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders—Autism and
Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 14 sites, United States,
2008. CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 61(SS03), 1–19.
Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6103a1.
htm
Baron-Cohen, S., Scott, F. J., Allison, C., Williams, J., Bolton, P., Matthews,
F. E., & Brayne, C. (2009). Prevalence of autism-spectrum conditions:
UK school-based population study. The British Journal of Psychiatry,
194(6), 500–509. Retrieved from http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/194/6/
500.full
Ouellette-Kuntz, H., Coo, H., & Gorski, D. (2012). Findings from the National
           Epidemiologic Database for the Study of Autism in Canada: Changes
           in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in Newfoundland and
           Labrador, Prince Edward Island, and Southeastern Ontario. Ottawa,
ON, Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Retrieved from
http://authoring.wp.queensu.ca/lenya/nedwww/live/Publications/Family
Updates/NEDSAC_Report_March2012.pdf