...Running head: HYPOTHETICAL WORKING AGREEMENT Hypothetical working agreement Libby McGrath University of Phoenix Communication skills from the Human Services Professional 322 Connie Giles April 29, 2013 Hypothetical working agreement Freydia, a 27 year old mother of two has been addicted to crack for 4 years resulting in her children being removed from her home be child protective services. They are currently living with her mother, and Freydia would like to regain custody of them. Since Freydia, is new to me I have to take the time to get a good assessment of her, does she really want to quit using? Does she really want her children back? How much is she willing to do to get her children back? The assessment is not something I can do just by listening to her, I need to watch closely and pick up on her non verbal gestures. By paying attention to both verbal and non verbal conversations as a clinician I can learn a lot about Freydia and evaluate her and what goals would be easiest for her to obtain at this time. After determining what goals works best for her we are now able to form a contract of sorts to go along with our goals prioritizing which might be more important than the next. After evaluating and assessing Freydia I have decided that making rehab a priority, would be the most important goal for Freydia to set, she would need to be sure to attend every meeting, and if she doesn’t think she can do that, she might have to become a resident in an inpatient...
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...Hypothetical Working Agreement Professor Stephanie Chupein Communication Skills for the Human Services Professionals Michael Street August 1, 2011 Freydia A. Smith is a 27 year old divorced mother who has been addicted to crack cocaine for the last four years. Freydia has two minor children ages nine and seven that were removed from her custody by the State Child Protective Services for her substance abuse and addiction. Freydia’s children were place with her mother for care and will stay there until Child Protection Services finds Freydia capable of properly caring for her minor children. Freydia came to this agency seeking help for her substance abuse and addiction. Freydia was placed into a drug rehabilitation program in Desert Hot Springs, California to help her overcome her substance abuse and addiction. Freydia has taken the first step in attaining her children from Child Protective Services. Assessment 1. Clients name, address, and telephone number: - Freydia Ann Smith - 9625 San Simeon Dr. Desert Hot Springs, Ca. 92240 - (760) 819-2349 2. Gender, race, age, religion, relationship status, support, education, and training: - Female - Caucasian - 27 years old - Southern Baptist - Divorced for five years - Child support, living with her sister Lisa - High school graduate with some college - No formal training, unemployed 3. Significant others: - Mother, Linda...
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...Hypothetical Working Agreement Denise Brownlee Communication Skills for the Human Service Profession Tanisha Laidler, PhD June 21, 2012 Abstract Freydia is 27 year old. Her date of birth is September 15, 1985. Her address is 166 Okolona Cutoff Rd, Houston, MS 38851. She is about 5’7 and weighs about 130lbs. Freydia looks like she needs a medical evaluation and a physical routine performed to see if there are some concerns with her health. She stated at the current time, she has not used any prescription drugs. She is a resident of Chickasaw County. Freydia social security number is 587-23-4567. The number she can be reached at is 662-844-7000. She is an African American female. Her relationship status is single. At the current time Freydia is not working. Freydia is a high school dropout which she got her GED in 2005. She started out taking some college classes but never finished what she started. Keeping a clinical record is required (American Psychological Association,2007). She is bisexual in whom she prefers both men and women. At the current time she is single and her religion is Methodist. Her mother found her an apt when she found out she was pregnant. Freydia has worked odd and end jobs but still relied on her mother to take care of her and the children. She is a high school dropout that had several problems in grade school. She has several complaints in the past from different employers. Freydia had worked at a Grocery Pride supermarket right before...
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...Hypothetical Working Agreement Cynthia Boland BSHS 322 December 24, 2012 Tracey Newman Hypothetical Working Agreement This paper is meant to focus on a hypothetical working agreement for one of the specified scenarios from our textbook. The working agreement should have four parts; Assessment, Goal setting, Contacting and Evaluation. This paper will state clearly the key elements and purpose of each of the four parts in the working agreement using this specific case scenario. The case that I chose to use from the text is the case of Thomas, a 20-year-old college sophomore who has dropped out of school. He has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia. His mother has brought him to the day center saying she hopes that “somehow he will be able to get back to college.” Assessment This is the stage when elaboration and exploration skills are used in assisting in assessing the story from the client. “Gathering and analyzing of information about a client is done at this stage in order to tackle the problem” (Murphy, B. C., & Dillon, C. (2011). It is also good for clinicians to do a structured assessment formally and reasonably to fulfill the purpose of diagnosis, plan treatment and carry out research on the best specialized services that are needed by the client. Assessment The purpose of an assessment is to get a vast amount of adequate information about the client. This can include basic information such as name, age, birthdate, address, and telephone number. It is...
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...Hypothetical Working Agreement Paper BSHS/321 December 3, 2013 Hypothetical Working Agreement Paper Introduction Fredyia is addicted to crack cocaine and has had her two young children removed from her custody. Her goal is to get clean and get her children back into her custody. In order for her to achieve these goals she must have a working agreement with her clinician. Working agreements should always involve an assessment, the setting of goals, the negotiation of contracts, and the periodic evaluation of the client’s progress. Assessment Freydia B. DeHart 8427 42nd Dr Ne Everett, WA 98223 425-397-2346 Freydia is a 27-year-old white woman with two children, ages 7 and 9. Freydia has been using crack cocaine for the past 4 years and is currently unemployed. Her children have been removed from her care by Child Protective Services and are currently living with Freydia’s mother. Freydia is married but currently going through a rough divorce from her husband of 7 years. The divorce has been slowly building since Freydia began to use crack cocaine and her husband Johnathan became unfaithful. Freydia and Johnathan had used crack cocaine recreationally on several occasions before she became addicted but her husband was able to refrain from becoming addicted. Though Johnathan has guilt over beginning the use of the drug, he has lost his patience for her treatment and recovery. Johnathan does not have the children because he has yet to find separate housing from Freydia...
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...Hypothetical Working Agreement BSHS/322 Client Assessment 1. Client name: Freydia Smith 2. Address: 805 East Polston Ave. Post Falls, Idaho 83854 3. telephone number: 1-208-555-5885 4. Gender: Female: 5. Age: 27 6. Religion: Christian 7. Cultural Identity: Caucasian 8. Sexual orientation: Bisexual 9. Relationship status: Single/Divorced 10. Employment: Client is unemployed and has not received public assistance for the past year 11. Education level completed and training: Client has graduated from North Idaho College with a degree in business management. Client has also completed training in Administrative Assistance and Executive Secretary. 12. Significant others: None 13. Presenting problems: Client has been actively using Cocaine in the form of crack but desires to quit and wants to reestablish custody of two children: Daughter Sara 7 years of age, and Alex 9 years of age. Both children are currently in the custody of grandmother, Mother of client (Ann Ramsey 75 years old). Mrs. Ramsey takes a variety of prescribed medications for Hypotension, Diabetes and Arthritis. Client believes that Mrs. Ramsey will not be able to continue to take care of the children. Question: In number of months or years how long have you been active? Client admits to using cocaine for the past five years since the death of her brother. 14. Biopsychosocial stressors: Client complains of stress and anxiety, Client has...
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...Before starting my assessment I would ask myself some questions. Who is my client? Why is my client seeking help? What is the issue that brought her to me? How to get the information I need? My client is Freydia who is currently seeking to get custody back from the state. Her addiction has led to the intervention of the Child Protective Services. She has come seeking my help to take the steps to get her children back and to be clean of crack cocaine. Assessment Identifying and demographic information: Name: Freydia Jackson Address: 1234 Y Street, Detroit, MI Telephone Number: (123)456-7890 Gender: Female Age: 27 Religion: Baptist Cultural Identity: Caucasian Relationship Status: Divorced Employment: Lead waitress Education: High School Diploma Family: Mother, Donna Jones; Daughter, Jade; Son, Dillon Presenting problem or concern: Client has been a crack cocaine addict for four years. Recently her children have been removed from her home. She has recently had financial issues and has moved back into her mother’s house. Two years ago, Freydia, completed a voluntary thirty day rehab program. She was clean for two weeks after the program ended. Clients Strengths and resources: Freydia is a loving mother. She volunteers the children’s school. Freydia is involved with the church three times a week, sometimes more; she is the music leader. She takes pride in her new promotion to lead waitress. She also has pride about leaving her husband. Freydia jogs every morning...
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...Working agreement Paper Yolanda Nearing BSHS 321 October 30, 2013 Julie Dunne Murphy Working agreement Paper Client: Rad Hung Date: 10-26-2013 Address: 623 North City Blvd State Washington DC Phone Number: 212-999-63333 Gender: Male Ethnicity: Asian American Religion: Catholic Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual Employment Status: Employed Rad is a 49 year old man from Bonita, he was an engineer in Sarajevo who arrived in this country (America) he is currently working cleaning buildings, he has limited speaking skills in English and does not speak well, his wants to become certified her in America as an engineer. He has also stated that he wants to obtain employment so that he can bring his family to the United States Rad decided to travel to the states for a better life for himself and his family. Although he makes decent money it is not enough to bring his family to join him. And his English prevents him from moving forward at time. To have a full assessment on a client not only means their name, address, and telephone number, but it also includes their background information. This is the time for the clinician to fully learn everything there is to know about a client. It is important to obtain the information of the client such as their religion, ethnicity, family history, age, and even gender to keep in their file. As the clinician is doing the assessment, they are using all personal data that they have gathered from their client to make all the necessary...
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...Client Assessment 1. Client name: Freydia Jones 2. Address: 222 Troy lanes Bronx N.Y. 10454 3. telephone number: 1-718-222-2232 4. Gender: Female: 5. Age: 27 6. Religion: Christian 7. Cultural Identity: African American 8. sexual orientation: Heterosexual 9. Relationship status: Single never married 10. Employment: client is unemployed and has not received Public assistance for the past year 11. Education level completed and training: Client has graduated Kingsborough Community College with a degree in business management. Client has also completed training in Administrative Assistance and Executive Secretary. 12. Significant others: None 13. Presenting problems: Client has been actively using Cocaine in the form of crack but desires to quit and wants to reestablish custody of two children: Daughter (Dana Jones 7 years of age), and Jahiem 9 years of age. Both children are currently in the custody of grandmother, Mother of client (Edna Jones 62 years old). Mrs. Jones takes a variety of prescribed medications for Hypotension, Diabetes and Arthritis. Client believes that Mrs. Jones will not be able to continue to take care of the children. Question: In number of months or years how long have you been active? Client admits to using cocaine for the past five years since the death of her twin brother. 14. Biopsychosocial stressors: Client complains of stress and anxiety, Client has not been able to secure a job in the past five years. Worries...
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...Gokhan Hotamisligil was working on a unique tumor case on a patient and found they were comprised primarily of fat cells. The fatty tumors were due to a rare condition, Proteus Syndrome. Working in the field of metabolic regulation Hotamisligil began to explore the underlying pathways for insulin resistance. In his dissertation he discovered that the fat tissue of obese animals and humans were capable of producing inflammatory mediators. His research helped shape the current view of fat tissue as a “discrete, active organ in its own right, continuously exchanging messages with the rest of the body by way of the bloodstream.” By early 2002 Hotamisligil and his laboratory made several groundbreaking discoveries linking inflammation, to obesity, diabetes, and related cardiovascular problems. Hotamisligil’s publications have appeared numerous times in all of the major scientific journals, including Nature and Science. In 2004, Hotamisligil was able to demonstrate that excess fat, by itself can cause stress signals and medical problems. In the field of metabolic health and disease it is clear that Hotamisligil has played an extremely important role in its development, with his numerous contributions and many publications in the field. Since starting his career back in the 80s he helped to shape the modern view of metabolic health and took important steps towards understanding underlying causes of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic disease. 2. The agreements between Syndexa and Harvard...
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...with the seller at the time of purchase. The goods must also match any sample or images that are visible to the consumers, such as in brochures and leaflets also the description of the product must match the product. The goods that you buy must be in perfect working condition. An example of where the act has been broken could be; A seller who was a specialist in contemporary art and they offered a paining and this individual claimed it to be by the artist who was German. The buyer makes it clear that he was not an expert on German paintings; although the seller should examine the painting himself before putting the painting up for sale. The buyer brought the painting which later on turned out to be forgery which is in fact illegal. The court of appeal held that he could not cover his purchase price from the seller since he had not relied on the description in making the purchase; therefore, it was a misleading sale by the description. Consumer credit acts 1974 and 2006 This act applies to businesses that give money or offer goods and services on credit; these kind of organisations need to be licensed by the Office of Fair Trading. This act regulates how their advertising must be done, credit agreements and all other...
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...Katy Chilton Danle Case 08-9 Case 08-9 Fraud and Illegal Acts We have been hired to perform an audit of Jersey Johnnie’s Surfboards Inc. (the “Company”), which is an SEC registrant. Before completing the December 31, 2005, audit of the Company, Harry Hodad, the engagement partner, received a call from Tom Tube, the Company’s director of ethics and compliance. Mr. Tube said that the Company’s outside service provider that receives calls to the Company’s ethics and compliance hotline had informed him directly that the hotline had received a call alleging certain accounting improprieties as well as concerns about management’s overall commitment to accurate financial reporting. The transcript of the call was provided to the engagement partner and is included as Attachment I. Required: What steps should management, the Board of Directors, or the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors take in response to allegations of possible fraud or illegal acts? The steps that management, the Board of Directors, or the audit Committee of the Board of Directors should take in response to allegations of possible fraud or illegal acts are that they should pay extra attention to transactions, accounts, issues, or situations that could indicate fraudulent behavior or illegal acts. When they are more aware of information that could lead to a fraud discoveries or illegal acts they should determine if fraud or illegal acts are possible. The next step is to see if possible fraud and...
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...Management tips: A productive meeting Dr. K. Kuhathasan CEO: Cenlead Whether the meeting is conducted electronically or conventionally, its success depends largely on how effective the leader is. If the leader is prepared and has selected the participants carefully, the meeting will generally be productive. The meeting leader is the person most responsible for keeping the ball rolling. If you're the leader, avoid being a dominator, but don't be so passive that you lose control of the group. If the discussion lags, call on those who have not been heard from. Pace the presentation and discussion so you will have time to complete the agenda. As time begins to run out, interrupt the discussion and summarize what has been accomplished. Another leadership task is either to arrange for someone to record the proceedings or to ask a participant to take notes during the meeting. As the leader, you are also expected to follow the agenda; participants have prepared for the meeting on the basis of the announced agenda. However, don't be rigid. Allow enough time for discussion and give people a chance to raise related issues. If you cut off discussion too quickly or limit the subject too narrowly, no real consensus can emerge. As the meeting gets under way, you will discover that some participants are too quiet, others too talkative. To draw out the shy types, ask for their input on issues that particularly pertain to them. You might say something like "Sunil, you've done a lot of work in this...
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...Assignment 1: Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study Due Week 3 and worth 100 points Read the Consensual Relationship Agreements case study located in Chapter 2. In Questions 1 and 2, focus on non-ethical ramifications (save any discussion of ethics for Question 3). Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. On the Written Assignment, "Consensual Relationship Agreements"; it's due this week Sunday, October 28th, by 11:59PM. Remember also to be sure to proofread your paper thoroughly because for each typographical mistake, incomplete sentence, or non-response to the assignment questions, points will be deducted. In addition, APA formatting has to be used which certainly includes in-text citations and a Reference page; check the Resource Center for an example of APA guidelines. Finally, once the paper is submitted, that will represent the final grade for the assignment; there are no-resubmissions allowed. Organizational Behavior Perceptions & Attributes by Tara Duggan, Demand Media http://smallbusiness...
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...* Negotiations * “The perfect negotiation” * Phase 1-Preparation * Decide what you want and prioritize your wants -High importance: those you must get if you are to agree at all. -Medium: those that you would prefer to attain, but are not critical -Low: those that you would like to attain, but would not let them jeopardize the deal Assign ranges of possible values to each want Ex: 100-150 euros or “will deliver by Friday” * Phase 1- Preparation Issues Wants Importance Entry Exit Problems your ideal high, med, low should be walk reasonable away * CHECKLIST FOR PREPARATION 1. What are the negotiable issues? 2. What do you want for each? 3. Rank each by it’s importance to you * -High absolutely critical – certain or no deal * -Medium – important but not critical * -Low – like to achieve but would not sacrifice the deal if not obtained 4. What are your entry and exit limits? 5. Entry terms should be reasonable 6. Exit terms are your “walking away” positions 7. All prepared positions could be revised if circumstances suggest changes are advisable * Phase 2-Discovery -Ask open ended questions “How’s business?” “What do you hope to get out of today’s negotiation?” -Listen for clues to what they really want, take notes, the more they talk the better -What criterion are you using? What are your priorities? How do you calculate those numbers? How do you feel about...
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