ethically as a juvenile probation counselor with our clients is how we put our clients’ needs first to provide them with the service they need in their time of need. BACP has a code of ethics which addresses VALUES: respecting human rights, protecting client’s safety, ensuring the integrity of the working relationship etc. Values inform principles: being trustworthy, autonomy, beneficence,nonmaleficence, justice, self-respect Principles help us focus on our ethical responsibility to the client PERSONAL
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What does happiness mean to you? Defining happiness Defining happiness can seem as elusive as achieving it. We want to be happy, and we can say whether we are or not, but can it really be defined, studied and measured? And can we use this learning to become happier? Psychologists say yes, and that there are good reasons for doing so. Positive psychology is “the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.” These researchers’ work includes
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Business Theories to Your Life Published: June 4, 2012 Author: Carmen Nobel Scholarly economic theory applies to more than just business. The same causal mechanisms that drive big corporations to success can be just as effective in driving our personal lives, says Professor Clayton M. Christensen. Key concepts include: • In evaluating major life decisions, it's helpful to employ a tool called discovery-driven planning, which essentially boils down to a single question: What assumptions must prove true
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Gun Control ENG 102 Andrew Hughes There are a lot of hot topics in our country and gun control is one that is a constantly popular one. People use guns for many different reasons and have to go through a background check to get them, which is done by contacting the state law enforcement to make sure that the purchaser of the gun has not committed any crimes that would exclude them from buying a gun. Lawmakers are trying to make it harder and even not possible for Americans to purchase and
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during the adolescence, sets a lot of importance. It is necessary to say that during this period, the body is largely transformed. Generally, with this transformation also comes a redefining of the person. Who is this new reflection in front of me? Who is this young lady, this young man? Where is the child whom I was? This transformation brings the teenagers to ask more questions on their biological origin. Do you think having an athletic body has the same impacts on identity than a fat one? Definitely
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Debate Paper XBCOM/275 February 8, 2015 Debate Paper Prayer in our schools today has almost died out completely. Prayer is a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to god or an object of worship. As it states in the First Amendment that it protects the right to freedom of expression from government interference. Although prayer in school may focus on religion, violate the first amendment, and separation of church and state, there are some good things and bad that come
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that there was a set of traits—“some may call it character”—that set some people apart from others and allowed them to achieve more professionally and personally. This was “emotional intelligence”. It had to do with relating well to other people, having the social skills and self-control to enlist others’ aid and support and hence to perform optimally where technical expertise and intelligence quotients fell short. Social Intelligence is, of course, closely related to emotional intelligence. Its
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Year's resolutions we make and how few of them actually lead to lasting change. For most of us, the resolutions are just more evidence that change attempts seem doomed from the start. Yet most of us see our resolutions as worthy and important. We truly want change in our life, and we are sincere in our commitment to achieving it but just don’t know how. Kegan and Lahey developed an Immunity to change X-ray to help leaders change and become the leaders that they want to be. Not everyone is a natural
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fell in love with a man who did not care if he had children and was inclined to remain childless because it gave him the freedom to travel and pursue a career in international sales and later take the financial risks required to be an entrepreneur.” Having done his bit of parenting rather early in his life as he helped raise his mentally-challenged younger brother, and with little hope of ever going to college because of not being economically sound, Fred (from Phoenix, Arizona) told me friends who
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UNIV 111 Williams 02 Dec 2015 Negative Impacts of Social Media It is not an uncommon sight to see someone having meal with their friends or family on the dinner table, completely absorbed by the display of their smart phone. The way we choose to connect with people has become largely mediated by social networking. Most of us, perhaps not surprisingly, have accepted
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