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BLACK FRIDAY: AN ILLUSION OR REALITY? Hispanics, who make up about 16 percent of the U.S. population, are the fastest growing minority group, and they are more likely to be uninsured than any other minority group, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is estimated that only 10.2 million of the 53 million uninsured Hispanics in the United States will qualify for coverage under the new healthcare laws. (Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Information Trust for additional information.) The Community Health Care Center, which has facilities in central North Carolina, has created innovations to address preventive care, chronic disease management, and other initiatives to help the population in their area. Unfortunately, the hospital is not equipped to deal with the emotions and productivity of its employees. All employees received the following e-mail from Douglas O’Rourke, the CEO of Community Health Care Center. “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely...

Objectives This assignment addresses the following course objectives: Describe roles and responsibilities of a behavior analyst. Describe responsible conduct of a behavior analyst. Identify sections of the Code associated with specific ethical challenges encountered by behavior analysts and discuss ways to resolve the issues in accordance with the BACB Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts. Discuss the dangers of using practices that are not research-based. Discuss the importance of the protection of human subjects in research. Use electronic resources to locate research articles and other scholarly works related to ethics in ABA. Purpose The purpose of this assignment is for you to expand your knowledge about the roles and responsibilities of a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA). As future behavior analysts, ethical considerations will serve as the foundation for all of your interactions. Although the course readings about ethics are an excellent way to establish your knowledge-base, interviewing and discussing this topic area with a Board Certified Behavior Analyst provides a real-life, applied perspective. Deliverable A paper that addresses...

Multidisciplinary Analysis of Human Sexuality and Diversity Learning Objectives Critically analyze information from academic/professional sources. Use electronic databases to find articles. Practice reading professional writing and recognize valid research and understand the results. Practice using good writing techniques to support a thesis. Use multiple perspectives to look at a single issue of culture and gender. Practice reflection and self-assessment on how research on a topic influences personal opinion. General Instructions Select one of the topics listed below and develop a paper that analyzes issues of human sexuality from multidisciplinary perspectives. Apply concepts from three distinctly different disciplines of human study to analyze the particular phenomenon, see listing below one from each column. Incorporate theoretical frameworks, theoretical constructs and other “explanations” that have been used by these disciplines to create a perspective that will provide a possible “explanation” for the issue. This should be the way the discipline approaches the topic, it should not be a listing of findings. For example do not give a historic account of the topic...

Because there are two sides to the topics below, all topics need to argue both sides of the topic – the ‘for’ and ‘against.’ The information used to build your paper must be backed by scholarly data and research. While guidelines are provided below for your paper, getting an A will really be about not only responding to every question but coming up with more discussion points than the ones indicated below. Temporary Protection Status Clearly define the what the term ‘Temporary Protection Status’ means. ➢ What is Temporary Protection Status? ➢ Who and what countries does this does this currently apply to? ➢ What challenges have been brought against this status in recent years (last 3 years)? ➢ Why have the challenges been brought? ➢ What impact would removing ‘temporary protection status’ have or has had on the people who either currently benefit from this or have had it removed? Or their countries that would have to receive them back? ➢ Using one country that has this status,...

Giving a Ted Talk or Academic Lecture   YOUR TASKS:   Construct a text of a specific genre that represents your discipline or field (your future profession), or an area of special interest. You have two options: Academic lecture or Ted Talk. In either case, this text should emanate from a sense of interest, passion, fluency, and authority, as well as an understanding of what a Ted Talk or Academic Lecture actually is and does. You must write-out the lecture/talk in paragraph form AND create a detailed outline of this lecture/talk. You will deliver this 10 minute lecture or Ted Talk in front of class. You can personalize your project, be somewhat creative; after all, “genre becomes a way of navigating social activity.  As such, it is dynamic, because the conditions of social activity are always in flux.  [As a result], recurrence involves variation” (Berkenkotter and Huckin). However, despite its personal touch, the “text” you create must “do” whatever is typical of such a...

THE PURPOSE: Knowledge & Skills: After completing this assignment, you will be able to: 1) Think like a psychologist and form specific connections between the course material and your own personal experience. 2) Use the information you have learned in this course (i.e., psychological terminology, principles, concepts, and/or theories) to explain behavior you observe in the real world.   Learning Outcomes: This assignment is connected to the following learning outcomes for the course (listed in the table on your syllabus: 1) knowledge of psychology; 2) information literacy; 3) personal and professional growth   YOUR TASK: You will need to recruit a friend or acquaintance to assist you with this assignment.  This individual should be a person who has no formal training in psychology (i.e., has not taken a psychology course or received some other form of training on the topic).  Be sure to explain this assignment to your friend ahead of time and get permission to use her/his input in your write-up (see below).   Over the next few days, your task is to...

Columbia and UPA Discussion Topic: The Lasting Influence of UPA Animation Question : The UPA style is exemplified as being economical and stylized. Find a current animation that you feel owes its visual identify to the UPA Studio. Please support your findings with any embedded movie clips and stills. **Instruction**: This an informal class discussion. Skim read the reading material attached and do a response, add link to the videos; can be found on youtube Sample from other classmate : I think a modern cartoon that showcases some elements of the UPA style is the TV show The Fairly Odd Parents. The show features backgrounds with the UPA characteristic uneven rectangles with exaggerated angles, and the limited use of color in the backgrounds. The character designs also have some similarities like extremely large sloping noses on some adult male characters and smaller rounded or pointed noses on child characters. The character’s hands are similar but only when completely open, it’s kind of hard to describe...