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Discussion Thread: Advocacy
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SUBS 606 Biological Aspects of Addiction
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As professionals we are called to advocate for our profession. Advocacy competencies in the counseling profession include: Client/Student Empowerment, Client Student/Advocacy, Community Collaboration, Systems Advocacy, Public Information, and Social/Political Advocacy (Lewis, Arnold, House, & Toporek (2009). A summary of each competency is outlined the Advocacy and Competency document in the Learn section. Addiction counseling advocacy occurs through professional organizations such as counseling organizations like ACA, AACC, SAMSHA, NAADAC, and through professional private organizations, such as the Hazeldon Betty Ford Center.
While advocacy efforts continue to promote the counseling professions and client needs in addictions, mental illness, and comorbidity, further advocacy and reform is needed. Regarding advocacy, we the counselors and professionals became change agents for our professions and our client populations by getting involved with professional organizations and initiatives. In this forum, we will learn about some of these organizations, advocacy needs and trends, and how we can get involved professionally to promote change and progress.
For our final discussion, we will assess the advocacy needs for addictions and co-occurring disorders. Professional organizations are one avenue of advocacy as a professional. These organizations help keep us informed of current initiatives and bills in legislature on a national level. State and regional chapters keep us informed on a more localized level. Our local organization chapters, local government, and communities help us to stay informed of needs on local levels. Advocacy and awareness are key reasons to have active membership in professional organizations and on various levels (international, national, state, regional and local).
Organizations may be non-professional or professional. A well-known example of a non-professional organization with membership on all levels Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) (Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. [AAWSI], 2019a). AA has membership worldwide, as well as events on all levels for members. AA clearly states it is not a professional organization, does not diagnose or treat medical problems, maintain records or case studies, offer religious services, or address prevention, advocacy or legislation (AAWSI, 2019b).
Professional organizations have a membership body of counseling professionals and the organization aims to advance the knowledge, professionalism, and service of the profession among its membership. These organizations offer advocacy, professional development, publications, peer networking, resources, discounts and much more to members.
In your thread, respond to the following:
Review 3 of the professional organizations alphabetically listed below. Links to the advocacy descriptions pages are included but further research may be needed within the website.
American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
(Links to an external site.)
American Counseling Association (ACA)
(Links to an external site.)
American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
(Links to an external site.)
Association of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
(Links to an external site.)
Hazeldon Betty Ford Center
(Links to an external site.)
National Association of Addiction and Drug (NAADAC
(Links to an external site.)
)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Association (SAMHSA)
(Links to an external site.)
What current initiative do you find to be the most important issue for today and why? Include scholarly research supporting your position.
Considering the course content, Small Discussion Groups, Group Wiki Project, and scholarly research, what is a current issue you would like to see advocated and changed in the addiction professions? Why? Include scholarly research supporting your position.
How might you get involved as a change agent for addiction and mental health as a professional?
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years. Acceptable sources include discussion sources, the textbook, peer-reviewed scholarly
sources, and the Bible.
Any sources cited must have been published within the last five
years. Acceptable sources include discussion sources, the textbook, peer-reviewed scholarly
sources, and the Bible.
Any sources cited must have been published within the last five
years. Acceptable sources include discussion sources, the textbook, peer-reviewed scholarly
sources, and the Bible.
Any sources cited must have been published within the last five
years. Acceptable sources include discussion sources, the textbook, peer-reviewed scholarly
sources, and the Bible.

PROMPT:
In 1991 the American with Disabilities Act was implemented across the United States. Deaf individuals do not consider themselves disabled; however, they benefit from legislations created to end discrimination against disabled people. Discuss in detail how these conflicting beliefs can lead to feelings of empowerment and equality among the American Deaf community, while at the same time further imbed within mainstream society attitudes of paternalism and audism towards the American Deaf community?
PURPOSE:
To apply information learned from the course to an analysis of how one can be ethical responsible in their understanding and interactions with Deaf who are seen as both disabled and different.
STUDENTS WILL:
Write a 4 page (approximately 1,000 words) MLA style research paper.
In your paper you should talk about each of the following issues as you try to explain how being labeled “disabled” is both a good thing and a bad thing for the Deaf community:
What the ADA is?
How the American Deaf community benefits from the ADA?
Explain empowerment as it applies to the American Deaf Community.
Explain “audism” and how it affects Deaf.
Explain the conflicts that arise within the American Deaf Community of being seen as both a distinct culture/a linguistic minority and a disabled group.
WRITING AT A COLLEGE LEVEL:
College essays are always set up as an introduction, a body (for this paper, probably 4 or 5 paragraphs), and a conclusion.
Your introduction should do 2 things:
1) say what your topic is
2) state your thesis.
Telling your reader what your topic is consists of giving relevant background information. Ask yourself: What does the reader need to know before I give my thesis?
Your thesis is the sentence that you are going to prove is true by giving the information in the body.
In your body paragraphs, you will be using source materials. You must make it absolutely clear to the reader which material you wrote and which material you borrowed. You do this with documentation.
Your conclusion is simple: restate the thesis and tell the reader what conclusions you have drawn from writing this paper.
OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:
If a paper is not about you, don’t use “I.” This paper is not about you: so don’t use “I.”
For your references, you may use your book, other books, web sites, or journals, and must be appropriately cited in your paper and a work cited page at the end of the paper.
THE PAPER WILL BE GRADED FOR:
Complete coverage of ADA, empowerment, audism, and conflicts in the Deaf culture, and your application of these ideas to the question of the benefits and drawbacks of being labeled “disabled.”
Appropriate citation of sources according to MLA
Length (a minimum of 4 pages, not including the work cited list)
Essay structure, grammar, spelling, and mechanics.
PROMPT:
In 1991 the American with Disabilities Act was implemented across the United States. Deaf individuals do not consider themselves disabled; however, they benefit from legislations created to end discrimination against disabled people. Discuss in detail how these conflicting beliefs can lead to feelings of empowerment and equality among the American Deaf community, while at the same time further imbed within mainstream society attitudes of paternalism and audism towards the American Deaf community?

PURPOSE:

To apply information learned from the course to an analysis of how one can be ethical responsible in their understanding and interactions with Deaf who are seen as both disabled and different.

STUDENTS WILL:

Write a 4 page (approximately 1,000 words) MLA style research paper.

In your paper you should talk about each of the following issues as you try to explain how being labeled “disabled” is both a good thing and a bad thing for the Deaf community:

What the ADA is?
How the American Deaf community benefits from the ADA?
Explain empowerment as it applies to the American Deaf Community.
Explain “audism” and how it affects Deaf.
Explain the conflicts that arise within the American Deaf Community of being seen as both a distinct culture/a linguistic minority and a disabled group.

WRITING AT A COLLEGE LEVEL:

College essays are always set up as an introduction, a body (for this paper, probably 4 or 5 paragraphs), and a conclusion.
Your introduction should do 2 things:
1) say what your topic is
2) state your thesis.
Telling your reader what your topic is consists of giving relevant background information. Ask yourself: What does the reader need to know before I give my thesis?
Your thesis is the sentence that you are going to prove is true by giving the information in the body.
In your body paragraphs, you will be using source materials. You must make it absolutely clear to the reader which material you wrote and which material you borrowed. You do this with documentation.
Your conclusion is simple: restate the thesis and tell the reader what conclusions you have drawn from writing this paper.

OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:

If a paper is not about you, don’t use “I.” This paper is not about you: so don’t use “I.”
For your references, you may use your book, other books, web sites, or journals, and must be appropriately cited in your paper and a work cited page at the end of the paper.

THE PAPER WILL BE GRADED FOR:

Complete coverage of ADA, empowerment, audism, and conflicts in the Deaf culture, and your application of these ideas to the question of the benefits and drawbacks of being labeled “disabled.”
Appropriate citation of sources according to MLA
Length (a minimum of 4 pages, not including the work cited list)
Essay structure, grammar, spelling, and mechanics.

Write about the types of services used to treat psych patients in america, and how ethical the services are to the patients in America. Try and make the essay more about how unethical the treatments are.

After watching the FEMA PrepTalk (link under in the Reading Assignments), please complete an APA paper, per our usual format, identifying and commenting on three different key emergency management impacts that David Kaufman identifies in his talk.
video to watch: PrepTalks: David Kaufman “Our Changing World: The Challenge for Emergency Managers – YouTube

Project Presentation: Organizational Design Recommendations
Based on Assignments 1-4, you will evaluate your organization’s design and develop a set of recommendations for the organization. You will present these recommendations in a slide presentation that is recorded using the tool of your choice: Screencast-O-Matic
(Links to an external site.)
, Author Stream, PowerPoint recording or another tool. The presentation should be 6-8 minutes (points will be deducted for presentations that are too short or too long).
At the end of week 7, you will upload the presentation into the Presentation Discussion Board titled: Presentation Submission and Peer Review.. You can attach the recorded presentation to a thread or provide a link directly to the tool or to YouTube. Your peers will watch and respond to your presentation during week 8. In turn, you will comment on their presentations.
Your organizational design recommendations should address:
Strategy and/or strategic planning;
Structure and design elements
People strategy
Culture/ethics/values
Submission Instructions:
Please type in the word “submitted” at this link to indicate that you uploaded your presentation video in the presentation discussion board. Please see the full grading rubrics in Canvas. This assignment is worth 30 points.

week 1 – Assignment 1: Planning for a Design Project
This assignment should include the following:
Briefly describe the organization that you will be analyzing and your relationship to it.
If you were to actually conduct a design analysis for your company, how would you go about gathering data for the assessment? (See Ch. 2)
What framework or criteria would you use to evaluate the current design? (See p. 49-55)
Draw the open systems model for your organization. Include elements that are specific to your organization/industry.
Please make sure to directly apply/cite concepts from Week 1 and Week 2 readings, lectures etc.

week 2 – This assignment should include the following:
Evaluate the mission and vision statements of your organization.
How is strategic and operational planning executed within the company? In what ways could planning efforts be improved
Using the lectures and at least one Ch. 3 framework, describe the corporate and/or business level strategy of your organization?

week 3 – Assignment 3 should include the following:
What type of structure does your organization have (e.g., functional, divisional, etc.)? Please provide an organizational chart/figure in the Appendix (not included in page number count).
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the structure for your organization? Please refer to span of control, centralization etc.
What are the lateral structures in the organization and are they effective at limiting vertical differentiation and promoting integration/communication?

week 4 –
Based on Ch. 6, evaluate the people strategy of your organization.
Using a framework from the textbook or lecture, describe the dimensions of your organization’s culture. How is culture communicated (i.e. elements of)? (Refer values and ethics as well.)
How do/do not the people strategy and organizational culture fit with the strategy and structure of the organization?

What does evidence-based research say about the development of sexual orientation in young and middle adulthood? Though the body of literature addressing sexual orientation, including heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality, is far from complete, the literature continues to grow. Your awareness of this literature helps inform your social work practice as you address the needs of clients with a variety of sexual orientations.
For this Assignment, conduct your own research to identify at least one journal article that addresses sexual orientation. Select an article that you find especially relevant to you in your role as a social worker.
By Day 7
Submit a 2- to 4-page paper that includes the following:
A summary of your findings regarding sexual orientation and its impact on life-span development, including findings from the resources and from the journal article(s) you selected during your research
An explanation of how you might apply your findings to social work practice
Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

Watch The Big Bang Theory S2E12 “The Bath Gift Hypothesis” and post a response to the following questions

Why is Sheldon stressed out by Penny’s gift? What is his “great” solution to the problem? Why does Sheldon hug Penny at the end?
Describe a time that you stressed about giving a
gift, or when you received a gift that made you feel uncomfortable (for
example a Valentine’s day gift for a new relationship). Consider the
concept of reciprocity, particularly balanced reciprocity. Were
your social expectations and meanings of a gift similar to those people
experience in society based on balanced reciprocity.
Clip #1 – https://www.facebook.com/San-San-116004923143276/videos/the-big-bang-theory-the-bath-item-gift-hypothesis-clip1/405498767001938/ (Links to an external site.)

Clip #2 – https://www.facebook.com/San-San-116004923143276/videos/the-big-bang-theory-the-bath-item-gift-hypothesis-clip1/405498767001938/

What shoes two of the four topics as listed below: inventory control and distribution systems and the sterilization methods

Complete the following:
Determine which of the following areas of research in Computer Science and/or Information Technology that you find most interesting. Choose from the following, or provide your own:
history of computer science <--- this is the topic I have chosen Obtain a recent research article (peer reviewed) on one of the areas. Once you have found an article, complete the following: Describe the results of the research discussed. Why this area of research is important to be investigated? Describe three challenges in the area you find most interesting? How have these challenges shaped professional and intellectual standards? Why are you interested in this area of research? What kind of action plan would you recommend be implemented? Include in-text citations from at least two scholarly sources along with the references for those citations at the end of the paper using APA format. The article and one of the texts can be used to meet the scholarly source requirement.

Week 5 Project
The Good Life
Imagine you could go back in time and give your childhood self a letter in which you explain your current view of the good and ethical life. Write a 3-4 page letter to your childhood self explaining your view of the Good in which you:
Identify at least one philosopher who might agree with your view of the Good. Explain that philosophical ethical theory and discuss how it compares to your own views.
Discuss how another philosopher might disagree. For example, if you discuss deontology in support of your view, utilitarianism might be a good point of contrast. Virtue and care ethics are very similar, but it would be interesting to explore their differences as well.
Support your account of the theories with citations to the textbook and online lectures in correct APA format.
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TEXT BOOK INFO
Mitchell, H. B. (2019). Roots of wisdom: A tapestry of philosophical traditions (8th ed.). Cengage Learning: ISBN 9781337559805.