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2. ABS 200 E NTIRE C OURSE ABS 200 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Applied Behavioral Science ABS 200 Week 1 DQ 2 Values and Ethics Guiding Generalist Practice ABS 200 Week 2 DQ 1 Empowerment ABS 200 Week 2 DQ 2 Theories on Groups ABS 200 Week 2 Critical Thinking Evidence Based Practice (EBP) and “Person-In-Environment” (PIE) ABS 200 Week 3 DQ 1 Types of Groups ABS 200 Week 3 DQ 2 Organizations and Power ABS 200 Week 3 Step One of Final Paper

3. ABS 200 F INAL G UIDE Focus of the Final Paper Select a short video from the list below about a specific social problem such as: Poverty 1. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?& http://www.youtube.com/watch?& Poverty 2. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?& http://www.youtube.com/watch?& Poverty 3. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch? http://www.youtube.com/watch Crime. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch? http://www.youtube.com/watch Gangs. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbN8sEzig-M. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbN8sEzig-M Obesity 1. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?& http://www.youtube.com/watch?& Obesity 2. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?& http://www.youtube.com/watch?&

4. ABS 200 W EEK 1 DQ 2 V ALUES AND E THICS G UIDING G ENERALIST P RACTICE What is Applied Behavioral Science? Review the video, Science Can Answer Moral Questions, readings in Chapter 1, and the power point slides. In a 250-300 word post: Describe your understanding of the field of Applied Behavioral Science including an overview of the generalist perspective of practice. Discuss the types of career directions that an individual may follow and which are of most interest to you personally and why, including any applicable personal example.

5. ABS 200 W EEK 1 DQ 2 V ALUES AND E THICS G UIDING G ENERALIST P RACTICE Values and Ethics Guiding Generalist Practice. Review the readings in Chapter 2, and the power point slides. In 250- 300 words, supporting your comments with scholarly references, please summarize the professional values and ethics that guide the Generalist Practice. Select one area of practice that stands out as an area of particular strength for you and one which you want to strengthen in yourself, describing how you might become more informed, aware or aligned with this principle. Respond to a minimum of two of your classmates.

6. ABS 200 W EEK 2 C RITICAL T HINKING E VIDENCE B ASED P RACTICE (EBP) AND “P ERSON -I N - E NVIRONMENT ” (PIE) Critical Thinking: Evidence Based Practice (EBP) and “Person-In-Environment” (PIE). In a 3 to 4 page paper: Review Critical thinking, as described in the text. What does it have to do with science? Review the articles about Evidence-based practice and the Person-In-Environment Perspective and Classification system. What is EBP (Evidence-Based Practice)? How does EBP view the Person-in-Environment perspective? Discuss the background of the PIE classification/perspective and the individual/environment dichotomy. (Is it either intrinsic/or extrinsic, or both that impact an individual?) Consider the differences between PIE as a lens through which to view an individual, and the use of the PIE classification system. What are the advantages of viewing people from this lens?

7. ABS 200 W EEK 2 DQ 1 E MPOWERMENT Empowerment. Watch Why to Believe in Others and in 250 – 300 words, supporting your comments with scholarly references, Discuss Empowerment and Empowerment Theory, The Strengths Perspective, and Resiliency and why this focus is a vital concept in the Generalist Practice. Discuss how the understanding of this focus intersects with working with diverse groups and populations, particularly those who are oppressed. How can a focus on strengths enable an individual, group or other system to cope with adversity and survive? Please respond to a minimum of two of your classmates.

8. ABS 200 W EEK 2 DQ 2 T HEORIES ON G ROUPS empowerment, and feminist), which one helps you understand best how groups function? In 250 – 300 words, discuss your rationale for selecting this theory and the concepts of the theory that make it seem most relevant to your understanding. Support your comments with a minimum of one reference from scholarly sources and respond to a minimum of two of your classmates.

9. ABS 200 W EEK 3 DQ 1 T YPES OF G ROUPS Types of Groups. Select one of the types of groups: Task group, Team, Treatment, Support, Committees, etc., giving an example of how it functions, its purpose, goals, and relevance to the individuals that participate in the group. What kinds of variables might act as barriers to the successful outcomes of this group? What factors might work to empower the group to achieve its goals? Please use 250- 300 words to discuss this topic, and include a minimum of one scholarly reference. Respond to a minimum of two of your classmates.

10. ABS 200 W EEK 3 DQ 2 O RGANIZATIONS AND P OWER Organizations and Power. Discuss the dynamics and concept of power in organizations, for example, are they gender-based, is power at odds with the provision of services, and does politics or cost enter in? What is power and what does it have to do with the goals of the organization? What are the pros and cons to the ways in which power is distributed within and between groups and organizations? Please discuss in 250-300 words, and include one scholarly reference. Respond to a minimum of two of your classmates.

11. ABS 200 W EEK 3 S TEP O NE OF F INAL P APER Step One of Final Paper. The Final Paper is due at the end of the course (Week Five). In order to ensure that you have time to write a good paper and receive sufficient guidance from your instructor, an outline is to be submitted this week. Before you begin Step One, please consult the complete instructions for the Final Paper which can be found in Week Five of your online course or in the “Components of Course Evaluation” section of this guide.

12. ABS 200 W EEK 4 DQ 1 N EIGHBORHOODS AND C OMMUNITIES Neighborhoods and Communities. What does it take to make a community? What is the difference between a neighborhood and a community? Who has the power in communities? Examine the significance of power in communities, who has it and why. Your post should be 250- 300 words and include one scholarly reference to support your comments. Please respond to a minimum of two of your classmates.

13. ABS 200 W EEK 4 DQ 2 C OMMUNITY B UILDING Community Building. Watch the PBS report titled, The Economy of a Tent City. What are the primary principles involved in community building? Describe what is meant by enhancing a community’s strengths and what kinds of efforts would be involved in working toward positive change. Discuss how these principles are either working or not working in the PBS report about Haiti’s rebuilding efforts. Discuss this topic in 250-300 words, supporting your comments with a minimum of one scholarly reference. Please respond to a minimum of two of your classmates.

14. ABS 200 W EEK 5 DQ 1 G LOBAL I SSUES Global Issues. Whether by natural disaster or economic issues, poverty remains an issue in other countries such as Haiti. Watch The Aid Dilemma video and discuss whether you think that our efforts, though well intentioned, are doing what we intend. What are the pros and cons to the way we give aid, or apply behavioral science principles to such countries as Haiti? In 250 – 300 words, discuss the statement: “Global problems are everyone’s problems.” Support your discussion with a minimum of one scholarly reference and respond to a minimum of two of your classmates.

15. ABS 200 W EEK 5 DQ 2 S OCIAL A DVOCACY AND J USTICE Social Advocacy and Justice. Select one of the three video segments on social advocacy and fighting for social injustice: Bill Clinton on Rwanda Majora Carter’s Tale of Urban Renewal Peter Gabriel Fights Injustice with Video Review the concept of social justice, define “human rights” and discuss the significance of these concepts as they relate to your video selection. Discuss your thoughts on the statement, “All people, regardless of their race, culture, or national origin, are entitled to basic rights, protection, opportunities, obligations, and social benefits.” Discuss this topic in 250 – 300 words using a minimum of one scholarly reference and respond to a minimum of two of your classmates

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