...Amanda Smith Ethics in Human Services 4/22/13 Mandated Reporting Reporting child abuse often becomes an ethical dilemma because violating a client’s right to confidentiality and breaking the law are both considered unethical behavior. There are many factors a social worker must take into consideration when making a report of child abuse such as; circumstances of the suspected abuse, professional and ethical standards, and legal requirements. However, there are guidelines and a Code of Ethics to help social workers ensure this process is handled in a professional and safe manner. Mandated reporting is one of the main tools in the fight against child abuse prevention. As a social worker, I have a legal and moral responsibility to report any suspicions of child abuse. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, child abuse is defined as, “Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation; or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm” (Child Welfare Information Gateway 2008). Child abuse can range anywhere from actual physical assault to verbal assault and/or neglect. Each year, millions of children are abused and neglected and many die at the hands of their primary care givers. Each year, the U.S. Department of health and Human Services, along with the Children’s Bureau, collect data on child abuse and neglect throughout...
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...REPORTER: The reporter/case manager (Tiffany) called to report self neglect for the victim, Kevin. Kevin cannot perform his daily ADL’s (needs assistance). One week ago, the victim fell, and he can not walk at all. The reporter said Kevin has been having accidents (bowel movements/urinating) on himself, and he can not clean him self good. Kevin has a personal care worker that assist him, but she is not there 24 hours. The reporter said Kevin lives alone, and he does not want to be placed in a nursing home. On today (11/05/2015), the victim reported that he hadn’t eaten all day, but he sent his son (unknown) to purchase him some beer. The reporter said, on Tuesday, the personal care worker took out the trash and found 2 big bottles of beer in...
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...Child Care Center Risk Reduction Plan Program Name: _____________________________________________ License #: _____________ Child care centers must develop a risk reduction plan that identifies the general risks to children served by the child care center. The license holder must establish specific policies and procedures or refer to existing policies and procedures that minimize identified risks, train staff on the procedures, and annually review the procedures. [Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.66, subdivision 2] 1. Physical Plant. Identify specific risks to children based on an assessment of the physical plant where licensed services are provided. The assessment must include an evaluation of the required factors listed below in column 1. Write each identified risk in column 2; insert additional lines as needed. In column 3, write specific policies and procedures you have developed and implemented to minimize each risk, or in column 4, reference existing policies and procedures that minimize each risk. Physical plant Identified risks Policies and procedures Existing policies and factors developed and implemented to procedures that minimize required to be minimize the risks the risks assessed Condition and design of the facility Condition and design of the outdoor space Bathrooms Page 1 Minnesota Department of Human Services Division of Licensing Office of Inspector General November 2012 Physical plant factors required to be assessed Storage areas Identified...
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...child abuse, because it provided the minimum standards for each state to follow when identifying and responding to suspicion of child abuse. (Henderson,2013). In addition, CAPTA secured federal funding for the states for prevention, identification, and addressing child maltreatment. In 20 years, each state received between $20-$30 million in federal grants. (Henderson,2013) Child abuse legislature and guidelines for counseling professionals as mandated reporters of child abuse vary from state to state. Even before CAPTA In 1963-1967, all fifty stated and district of Columbia "and "enacted some form of child maltreatment reporting Procedures"(McLeod &Nelson,2011, p.12 .) Mental Health counselors should adhere to their State's guidelines when making a decision to report a possible case of child maltreatment. They can find those guidelines on the U.S. Department of Human Services website (2011) as well each State ‘s Department of Human Services. One example of different guidelines in each state is mandated reporting directly to the state department responsible for investigating child abuse cases. Many states do not require notifying the supervisor first, although all require informing them when it occurs. Also, each State varies in stipulating repercussions, professional and criminal, for failure to report child abuse.( U.S....
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...buse Reporting Abuse Reporting BSHS/332 Abuse Reporting In the state of California, “…abuse must be reported when one who is a legally mandated reporter “…has knowledge of or observes a child in his or her professional capacity, or within the scope of his or her employment whom he or she knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect…” (Department of Social Service, May 2003, p. 4). This goes for ANY kind of abuse; whether the victim is elder or a minor. Abuse is defined as, “… physical injury… sexual abuse… willful cruelty or unjustified punishment… unlawful corporal punishment… and neglect” (Department of Social Service, May 2003, p.1-2). The persons who qualify to make the reports are, “…mandated reporters in public positions… health care personnel who are mandated reporters… mandated reporters in public protection position… mandated reporters in public contact positions (i.e. commercial film and photographic print processor, clergy members, any custodian of records of a clergy member, a child visitation monitor… and employee or volunteer of a court appointed special advocate program… and any animal control or humane society officer)” (Department of Social Services, May 2003, p. 2-4). Abuse needs to be reported “… within 36 hours of receiving the information regarding the incident” (Department of Social Service, May 2003, p. 5). In the State of Arizona, according to "Northern Arizona University" (2012), "The federal laws found at...
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...is personal responsibility? What does it have to do with my educational and career goals? Nice os These are the questions I have asked myself from time to time, and the only way I could find the answer was through the great Winston Churchill’s words : . [Use a colon only after a complete sentence to direct attention to an explanation or summary. Delete or replace unnecessary colons. (Refer to Colons from the Grammar and Writing Guides in the Tutorials & Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence for more information.)] - then state quote – cleaner, more direct transition Winston Churchill was one of the most influential, successful, and determined men of the 20th Century. A man who “thought of the responsibility of the world, on his own shoulders” (The Churchill Centre and Museum At The Churchill War Rooms, London, 2004). His belief, as he stated for the entire world to hear at the beginning of the first World War was “The price of greatness is responsibility.”(Alyn [Citation error—Author mentioned in text: Smith (2007), otherwise use (Smith, 2007). Include a page or paragraph number with all direct quotations = (Smith, 2007, p. 32). Place the period at the end of a sentence after the citation. Please see the Reference and Citation Examples document located in the Tutorials & Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence for more information.] ) I have to agree. Limit intro to os, thesis and pp Winston Churchill said, what every man and woman should...
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...punishments use punishment with retribution, rehabilitation, public safety continues with prevention and fiscal. With the United States criminal justice, the system feels that punishment is better for retribution methods. In the current society, the criminal justice uses four methods; of punishment, it will stop the crime from happening. Certain individuals, within the community, think that these punishments are harsh on people although each punishment obtains their distinctiveness. The punishment also rehabilitation its efficiency Many individuals feel that rehabilitation has taken a back seat, to take charge of criminal activity at this current time. The process obtains punishment, will be a prison sentence as a general role. It is a certain way begins overpopulation within the prison, will have a specific impact on the rates criminal activity. Because of the specific way in the United States, the inmate’s population has an increase in amount two million individual in the corrections system. Within the 25 years earlier creates a large sum of research literature, which said the general cause to criminal conduct the certain discovery of the research thinks. That people concept to stop criminal activity will have to obtain the society based idea. Also with the research it implies that cynical that it does not work frame of mind to rehabilitation will aid in validating the disciplinary guidelines in prison within the year of 1970’s. The...
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...Teaching and Teacher Education journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/tate Grammar matters: How teachers’ grammatical knowledge impacts on the teaching of writing Debra Myhill a, b, *, Susan Jones a, Annabel Watson a a b University of Exeter, UK University of Wollongong, Australia h i g h l i g h t s Teachers’ grammatical knowledge influences what students learn about writing. Limitations in teachers’ grammatical content knowledge can generate student misconceptions. Teachers’ ‘applied’ knowledge is more significant than declarative knowledge. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Received 27 June 2012 Received in revised form 17 July 2013 Accepted 19 July 2013 Teaching grammar has been mandated in statutory curriculum documents in England since 1988. Yet despite this, research evidence continues to suggest that metalinguistic knowledge is an area of challenge for many teachers. Drawing on data from a larger study, this paper considers the role of teachers’ grammatical knowledge, both content and pedagogical content knowledge, in mediating learning about writing in the classroom. It also illustrates how students’ learning about writing is influenced by teachers’ metalinguistic knowledge. The study highlights that grammatical pedagogical content knowledge is more significant than grammatical content knowledge in supporting meaningful teaching and learning about writing. Ó 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: ...
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...1. Accent: The modulation or inflection of the voice in speaking. 2. Anaphoric reference: An expression referring to another expression, especially to something earlier in the sentence(s). 3. Cataphoric reference: The use of a pronoun before a noun in a phrase to which it refers. 4. Colloquialisms: A common spoken, informal expression, often regional. 5. Connotation: A suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase. 6. Denotation: The literal meaning of a word or phrase. 7. Dialect: A variety of language, characteristic of a particular area. 8. Elision: The exclusion of a letter or syllable between two words, sometimes using an apostrophe. 9. Ellipsis: A mark consisting of three periods, used in publications to signify an inferred omission. 10. Idiolect: The variety of language unique to an individual. 11. Lexis: The set of all words and phrases in a language. 12. Multimodal text: Text that uses multiple modes. 13. Non-fluency features: A period of speech that lacks fluency, such as a stammer or filler pause (e.g. “um”). 14. Register: A style of language used in a particular context. 15. Sociolect: The variety of language used by a certain social group, such as an aristocracy or an age group. 16. Text: A piece of writing comprised of multiple characters. 17. Non-standard grammar (“Angie her name is.”) 18. Phrases implying speaker’s importance (“My monument that ramp.”) ...
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...1) Describe someone in this class BUT do not give his/her name. (120 words) I met him a little late, not like the others because he registered himself in UiTM a week after the official registration day. It is just a normal Wednesday when we are in the Safety and Health Class by Sir Kamal, he entered the class rushingly, and sat beside me. He asked me to confirmed whether he is in the class AP246 2B and we started talking softly while Sir Kamal was in front of us, briefed us the scope of the subject, Safety and Health in Construction Management. We have been friends ever since, he got that typical malay look, with dark brown skin, short and wavy black hair. Like many students here in Uitm, he likes to wear a collared t-shirt, sometimes it blends with his red and black backpack. He is friendly and very outgoing, however, he can be a little bit immature at times. For an example, he likes to ask or give an inappropriate questions and answers to the lecturers. Whatever it is, I'm happy to have him as my new friend because our class doesn't have enough man in it ! Answer : 2) Why is it important to know English grammar ? It is very important to know and master the English grammar, it is because English is the most widely used language in the whole wide world both written and verbal. For me, that is the main reason why it is so important. In Malaysia, English can be consider as our second language after Bahasa but it has become the key to be effective...
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...Figurative Language versus Literal Language Figurative Language versus Literal Language Figurative language, which is also referred to as a “figure of speech”, is language that utilizes a description to provide an expression of a person’s emotion. Figurative language contains words that are descriptive whereas literal words are expressed so that someone ones exactly what is meant. Below I will describe a few figurative words followed by an example. Idiom An idiom is a word or phrase that is not taken literally, like “bought the farm” has nothing to do with purchasing real estate, but refers to dying (examples.yourdictionary.com). Another example would be “high as a kite” which would mean you are drunk or on drugs. Someone who isn’t familiar with this phrase could interpret it to mean someone or something is up in the air. Analogy Analogy is defined as either a metaphor (different) or a simile (same). It’s the similarity or comparability of two things. An example of an analogy is “She is as quiet as a church mouse” the reference to the mouse being unheard is the similarity to her being quite. Metaphor Metaphors are an analogy where two unlike things are compared but have something in common. It sounds like you are stating a fact, but you have to think about it for it to make sense. An example of a metaphor would be you are the wind beneath my wings” you are not saying that a person can actually be wind. Instead, you are referring to the support you get from that...
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...OPTIONAL: FOR BONUS MARKS Interview Assignment –For students who wish to improve their overall grade for the end of the semester, you can submit this assignment worth an additional 10%. Here are the instructions: INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT Objectives: • • To develop your primary data research skills To encourage you to develop a wider network within the business community Procedures: Choose one of the following topics: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Careers in Training and Development Careers in Human Resources Careers in Benefits Careers in Compensation Careers in Recruitment 2. Select a company in the surrounding area as the focus for your paper, and ask who is the individual there who holds the position you wish to research. 3. Identify an appropriate individual; (not a relative, a professor or another student) who holds an HR position with responsibilities in the area you are researching. Don't be timid about asking - companies are usually very receptive to students. Schedule a 20-30 minute interview with them. Don't wait until the last minute for this - interviews sometimes must be rearranged to accommodate travel schedules, emergencies and other priorities - give yourself plenty of leeway! 4. Develop appropriate interview questions. The questions must be in written form and a copy of your questions will need to be attached to your paper as an appendix. You'll probably want to read up on your subject before you formulate the questions. Many of your questions should center around the career...
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...is the question:” (line 1), proves that Hamlet is troubled because the use of a colon is a sign that he is not only answering his own question, but he is expressing opposing views about life thus leaving him with an unsure decision about suicide. He answered himself by saying: “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune;” (Lines 2-3.) This imagery shows that Hamlet questions the honor of death, and since he is open to death he does not realize whether it would be honorable to go through the act of committing suicide or if it would be considered a sin. This makes him have a troubled state of mind because he has these two opposing views of death floating in the vastness of his thoughts. The first sentence of his soliloquy finishes with: “Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing, end them.” (Lines 4-5.) Hamlet still questions life and suicide, and the imagery of “a sea of troubles” can express the immensity and variety of thoughts that is fumbling around in his mind. By saying: “to take arms” shows that Shakespeare is conveying Hamlet’s mind as violent because it has bloodthirsty imagery and it expresses that Hamlet is in a wreck, thus proving that he is conveyed as very troubled about life and death. Hamlet also views life as...
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...training in writing, and some of you know what the principles are. Putting them in practice is the challenge. If I had to boil down into a single thought or phrase what I think is most essential to effective writing, it would be this: attention to detail. Think precision. Precision is both a process and a product. Be sure your grasp of the English language is complete and correct. Here is an example of a common misuse of a word: "In today's discussion, we are going to hone in on the early weeks of the Civil War." The word "hone" means sharpen, as in sharpening a knife. It is the wrong word to use in the context above. A correct, metaphoric use of "hone" would be this one: "Today we are going to hone our pronunciation skills." In the first sentence, the correct word in place of "hone" is "home"--" . . . we are going to home in on the early weeks of the Civil War." If you have the slightest doubt about the appropriateness of a word for the context in which you are using it, look up that word in the dictionary....
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...I have recently discussed with some co-workers that I will be attending school again. When they asked me where was I going, my reply was the University of Phoenix. My co-workers looked at me funny, and I knew exactly what they were thinking. I told them that I was going to school online. They immediately were intrigued by this and started asking questions. Is it harder online? “No,” it’s easy. You just have to have a routine. Everything is done in weekly blocks. There is a calendar that shows exactly what assignments need to be done within the week. You see all the course materials, and even an online library. There is no need to even buy textbooks. How does the assignments work? All the assignments are accomplished through “Forums,” similar to Blogs. The teacher posts a discussion questions and other assignments in the forum. All the classmates respond to the discussion questions and you receive feedback from the other students. All the responses thread onto each other creating what is called, “Threaded Discussion”. Are your conversations Live? “Well,” Probably not, but it is possible. What is great about forums is I can post my responses at anytime of the day from any computer. All the students post their assignments and Discussion Questions when they find it convenient for them, just as long as they are not late turning in their assignments. This is called, “Asynchronous Communication” How do you have time for school? The flexibility of this Asynchronous...
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