dentify a nation that has been / is working to reduce its population growth. For how long?

It has been said that in nations seeking to reduce their population growth rate, a combination of sustainable economic development along with improved educational and socio-economic opportunities for women are the best “contraceptives” (i.e. ways to reduce a woman’s total fertility rate; don’t know this term? Look it up before posting).

A. How does improving educational opportunities for women help reduce population growth (in those nations seeking to do so)?  Cite specific scientific, demographic, socioeconomic and/or geopolitical evidence from one (1) nation that is working to reduce its population growth rate and where improving education for women has worked / is working.

Be sure to back up your explanations with some research before discussing this topic online with your classmates. Be sure to read relevant sections of your text (and supplementary readings from this Module) and look online.  Start with these background readings:

Organize your posting by using the letter/number combinations as follows. Be specific and thorough. Cite statistics in A2, A3.

A1. Identify a nation that has been / is working to reduce its population growth. For how long?

A2. What has this nation done to improve the educational opportunities for its women?

A3. How have increased educational opportunities for these women changed their socio-economic status?

Describe a recent encounter from your clinical site where a patient was experiencing one of the psychiatric conditions previously reviewed in the course.

  • Describe a recent encounter from your clinical site where a patient was experiencing one of the psychiatric conditions previously reviewed in the course.
  • List the diagnostic criteria for the disorder (according to the DSM-5) (no patient identifiers please) (cite DSM-5 and at least 1 additional source)

As a counselor, you will be making decisions on how to select evidence-based treatments. In your essay, demonstrate the decision-making process that you will use to choose one evidence-based treatment over another.

As a counselor, you will be making decisions on how to select evidence-based treatments. In your essay, demonstrate the decision-making process that you will use to choose one evidence-based treatment over another. Write a reflection essay on how to effectively utilize research in order to guide decision-making processes in the counseling profession. Include the following in your essay:

  1. A discussion about how qualitative and quantitative research reports guide the decision-making process.
  2. A discussion about the key characteristics of effective writing and publication in counseling and psychological research. How do these characteristics guide the decision-making processes?
  3. Select a diagnosis and include an example of how research could assist in treatment.
  4. Include a minimum of three scholarly resources in addition to the course textbook.

Discuss the views you held before the course began and if the week 1 information will give you a better approach to studying religion.

Based on this week’s discussion forum questions, required reading, and required video viewing, write a 300-350-word essay for the two (2) essay questions. (Note: You must write for BOTH essays.)

(Note: It is imperative that you incorporate the terminology and principles introduced this week to demonstrate your comprehension of the material.)

Essay #1: Describe your views on studying World Religions and your beliefs entering this course? Discuss the views you held before the course began and if the week 1 information will give you a better approach to studying religion.

Essay #2: Describe the concepts of observation, faith, worldview, presupposition, and projection when studying World Religions. Do these same concepts apply in the study of non-religious history?