How do you characterize the relationship between the level of educational attainment and earnings in the MENA Region? Is this consistent with the premises and predictions of the human capital model? Why or why not?
• Research and discuss the impact of green building design and construction on worker safety and health.
Write and essay about a poem called “Landlady” by P.K. Poem.This essay needs to have 4-5 well organized and written paragraphs with evidence from the poem, the prompt is “analyze the speaker’s complex portrayal of the landlady”
Assignment 1: 360 DEGREE FEEDBACK: What is 360 Degree Feedback? What strategy/strategies can be used when introducing and implementing a 360 degree feedback method? What are the main outcomes of a 360 feedback, when performed properly? Lastly, how can these outcomes be used to assist in professional development of human resources.
Assignment 2: Answer Chapter 12 Questions at the bottom of the chapter called understand and interact.. Each chapter has terms you will create a vocabulary list to at the bottom and define.
Part A
Describe in a well-developed paragraph that incudes a thesis the development focus of each of these groups:
1. Middle Childhood
2. Adolescence
3. Early Adulthood
4. Middle Adulthood
Part B
Describe how identity of self is developed in middle childhood and continued in adolescence, early adulthood, and middle adulthood, including one concrete example of how growth occurs for each stage.
Explain how interpersonal relationships, including those from family and school, experience growth from childhood to adolescence to early and middle adulthood. Include a relevant personal example for each stage.
Describe how intimacy is apparent in middle childhood and contrast this with intimacy in the adolescent and the young adult.
Compare and contrast the physical and cognitive changes of early and middle adulthood.
Part C
Explain how what you have learned in this course has aided you in the understanding of the four stages covered so far: middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, and middle adulthood. Give an example for each stage that describes how you would apply the information learned in that stage to your future profession.
Pick one of the topics below and write a research paper about it. Must include reference to at least 3 readings from the syllabus, and 3 additional articles (or a book).
The idea is for you to delve into a topic of your choosing, while relating it back to central ideas presented in the course.
Topics:
1. Present an evaluation of a particular treatment: What are its scientific bases? What tools have been used to assess it? What components of ASD does it treat well, and which aspects of the lives of individuals with ASD and their families/caregivers does it fail to address?
2. Compare ASD with another mental disorder: how do biology and culture interact to shape the disorder? In what ways is ASD similar/different from this other disorder? ( I chose this one!)
3. Examine autism in a particular cultural (or ethnic) context: What are the prevalence rates? What are the barriers to diagnosis and care? What treatments/interventions have been tested in this context?
4. Present a critical reading of an autobiography of a person with ASD, or a body of art, poems etc (e.g., Temple Grandin, Donna Williams, Tito Mukhopadhyay). The autobiography will count instead of the 3 additional required readings. In what ways does their description fit with existing theories and findings? In what ways is their experience unique, or goes beyond existing research? In what ways have advancements in diagnosis and treatment impacted their life? I recommend reading one of the autobiographies listed here (under Autistic authors): http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/p/resources.html
5. Empirical study: conduct an interview with an individual with ASD, or conduct an ethnographic observation of individuals with autism – in what ways are their views and behaviors similar/different from those in scientific descriptions? How do they view their identity? What are their challenges? What are their strengths? Relate these to the course readings.
6. Present a review of 3 recent empirical papers in ASD on a topic of your choosing – on biology, psychology, culture etc.
Structure:
Title page; Main text – 5 pages of double-spaced 12-point font text (strict limit); References (no page limit). All pages should have regular, 1” margins.
Suggested breakdown of your 5 main pages of text:
1. Introduction (1/2 to 1 page): What topic will you be addressing? What is known? What is yet unknown (your questions)? What will the paper set out to do?
2. Pages ~2-4: Sections 1-3, sub-topics relating to the larger topic (~1 page each).
Examples:
a. ABA therapies: a) history; b) current usage and impact; c) critiques
b. Comparison with ADHD: a) definitions and comorbidity; b) comparison of psychological functions; c) comparison of brain and genetic functions
The book Ghost Boy raises many questions about the deepest aspects of being human:
What is the soul?
What is the body?
What is the dignity of a person, and does every person have this no matter how weak or injured?
Was Martin a potential person when he was locked-in, or was he an actual, real person? How about when he was in a coma, before he was aware and locked-in?
What are the proper and ethical ways to treat people?
How important is family? How important are human relationships?
Is there a God? How important is God or the question of God?
What do you think about the two chapters that describe the abuse Martin endured?
What does this book have to say about health care?
For this assignment, you’ll write a reflective essay in which you consider specific parts of the book and connect them to one or more of the above questions. First, choose a few passages from the book that struck you. Then, to write your reflection paper, do the following:
Explain your thoughts at least two (or more) of the philosophical questions above, and write on them. Here are 2 overriding themes that may help you:
how you think the passages relate to the meaning of being a human person
how the passages you chose, and your thoughts, relate to the ethics of practicing as a nurse.
To what degree are the characteristics of the empty self present in the church, and how can church leaders teach and model the sort of virtues that might reverse this disturbing trend?
Book Source – Love Your God with All Your Mind by J. P. Moreland
1. Complete the Evaluation Table Template found in the Week 3 module with the results from the two strongest external evidence studies.
a. Pages 180-181 (4th edition) provide detailed explanation of what type of information should be included in each category of the Evaluation Table
.2. Determine the strength of each of the two (2) studies using the rating system in Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt (4th edition) page 18 and add the Level for each study to the evaluation table
a. Information on the evaluation table should be in bulleted format, not sentences.
3. Include a legend on the evaluation table.
4. Place the completed Evaluation Table as an appendix.
5. Write a one to two-page narrative that analyzes how the evidence from the two studies supports the intervention of the PICOT question. If the evidence does not support the intervention, describe what would be the next step in the evidence-based practice process.
6. Include a brief introduction, purpose statement and conclusion. Level 1 headings required.
7. Include a title page, reference page and appendix.
8. Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or ‘I’) and in a scholarly manner. To clarify: I, we, you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the researcher or the author should not be used.
Discuss a setback you experienced in some aspect of your life and how you overcame it.
