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2. HSM 210 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com HSM 210 week 1 CheckPoint Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill HSM 210 week 1 Discussion Question 1 & 2 HSM 210 week 2 Checkpoint ResearcingHuman Services Agencies HSM 210 week 2 Assignment Contemporary Problems HSM 210 week 3 Discussion Question 1 & 2 HSM 210 week 4 Checkpoint Differentiating Between Public and Private Organizations HSM 210 week 4 Assignment Examining Government Regulations HSM 210 week 5 Exercise Critical Thinking Exercises HSM 210 week 5 Discussion Question 1 & 2

3. HSM 210 week 1 CheckPoint Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com CheckPoint: Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill One of the most significant historical events to impact the evolution of human service work was the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill in the 1960s. Your text examines some positive and negative outcomes of deinstitutionalization. Resources: Ch. 3 (p. 144) of Human Services in Contemporary America and the University Library

4. HSM 210 week 1 Discussion Question 1 & 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum] Post your response to the following: What have been the most significant changes in human services over the past 50 years? How has society’s responsibility to individual needs changed in the last 10 years? What do you think the role of human service workers will be in the future? Discussion Question 2

5. HSM 210 week 2 Assignment Contemporary Problems FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Assignment: Contemporary Problems Resources: Ch. 1 (pp. 27-57) of Human Services in Contemporary America and Appendixes C and G Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] Review your list of local city and state agencies (or the two agencies you compared) and select a target population. Examples of target populations are the poor, unemployed, children, elderly, people

6. HSM 210 week 2 Checkpoint ResearcingHuman Services Agencies FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com CheckPoint: Researching Human Service Agencies One of the best ways to learn about how various human service organizations meet human needs is to research and study agencies within your city or state. Resources: Appendixes B, C, and G Due Date: Day 3 [Individual forum] Compile a list of the human service agencies in your city or state. Choose two agencies from your list. Research and study the available information for each agency, obtained from the agency’s Web site or other credible Internet sources. Search for information

7. HSM 210 week 3 Discussion Question 1 & 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] Post your response to the following: Research an existing human service program in your city or state that affects the target population and issue you chose. Briefly describe the program and determine which theoretical model most influences the delivery of this program or service. Which theoretical model least influences the delivery of this program or service?

8. HSM 210 week 4 Assignment Examining Government Regulations FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Assignment: Examining Government Regulations Resource: Ch. 7 of Human Services in Contemporary America Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] Use the information you gathered for the Week Two assignment and research government regulations and standards that affect the policy and target population you chose. You can research your state’s legislative department or the Web sites listed in Appendix G, for example, for laws, regulations, and standards impacting human service organizations. Describe the current government regulations or standards you researched. What kind of impact do these regulations or standards

9. HSM 210 week 4 Checkpoint Differentiating Between Public and Private Organizations FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com CheckPoint: Differentiating Between Public and Private Organizations Resources: Ch. 1 (pp. 12, 14, and 15) & 7 of Human Services in Contemporary America and Appendix G Due Date: Day 3 [Individual forum] Describe a social policy that may affect your future position as a human services worker. Compare and contrast how a public versus a private organization might address this policy differently. Include an explanation of how the delivery system of a public organization would be different than that of a private organization. For example, what would be some differences between a state-funded child placement agency and a

10. HSM 210 week 5 Discussion Question 1 & 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Discussion Question 1 Resources: Ch. 5 (pp. 226-32) of the text and Appendix G. Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] Post your response to the following: Describe a community program or service in your city or state that you think needs more public or government support. Why does this issue deserve attention? What type of advocacy is most appropriate for this program or service? What strategies would you employ to promote it? 3. Discussion Question 2

11. HSM 210 week 5 Exercise Critical Thinking Exercises FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Exercise: Critical Thinking Part of the responsibility of working as a human service provider is being aware of both sides of the issue. Often times we allow our personal convictions to guide our delivery of human services. When presenting an argument for or against a specific policy (or listening to someone else present an argument) we need to be aware of persuasive techniques. Due: Day 5 [Individual forum] Complete the Recognizing Deceptive Arguments exercise on pp. 292-4 in Ch. 7 of the text. Number the questions and provide your answers. Post the questions and your answers as a Microsoft® Word attachment.

12. HSM 210 week 6 Assignment Prevention FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Assignment: Prevention Resource: Ch. 8 of Human Services in Contemporary America Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] Choose a prevention strategy and explain how it is applicable to the issue or problem you chose for your Week Two assignment. Suggest a solution for improving the problem or resolving the issue. Answer the following questions: How might your suggested solution be affected by social policies or government regulations?

13. HSM 210 week 6 Checkpoint Determining levels of prevention FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com CheckPoint: Determining Levels of Prevention Resources: Ch. 8 of Human Services in Contemporary America and Appendix E Due Date: Day 3 [Individual forum] Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following: Analyze the scenarios in Appendix E and describe the level of prevention each scenario addresses. Do you think the prevention strategy used in the scenario is effective? If not, what would you do differently?

14. HSM 210 week 7 Checkpoint Comparing Values FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com CheckPoint: Comparing Values Resource: Ch. 5 (p. 211) of Human Services in Contemporary America Due Date: Day 3 [Individual forum] Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following: Answer any four of the questions on p. 211 in Ch. 5 of the text.

15. HSM 210 week 7 Discussion Question 1 & 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Discussion Question 1 Americans have different opinions when it comes to quality of life issues. There are several American values listed on p. 340 in Ch. 9 of the text. Although the text presents this as a group activity, complete the assignment individually, focusing only on Step 3. You will compare your answers with your classmates as part of the discussion question. Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum]

16. HSM 210 week 8 Assignment Characteristics and Skills FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Assignment: Characteristics and Skills For this assignment, imagine that you will be attending a career fair consisting of human service organizations from the following professions: Generalist human services work Creative arts therapy Counseling Social work

17. HSM 210 week 8 Checkpoint Evaluating Communication Strategies FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Resource: Ch. 5 (pp. 195-210, 214-20, 223-6) of Human Services in Contemporary America Due Date: Day 3 [Individual forum] Consider the following scenario: You are working as a human service worker at a local United Way agency that serves several multicultural clients. In addition to the multicultural aspect, the agency also serves children, women, the elderly, and the homeless. Your manager has asked you to decide the best communication approach for each of these clients.

18. HSM 210 week 9 Capstone DQ FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Due Date: Day 3 [Main forum] Research a career path within the human service industry that interests you. You may explore the Web sites listed in Appendix G or search the Internet using the name of a particular career as a keyword. Post your response to the following: Which career trends do you find the most appealing? Considering the topics discussed in this course, what opportunities and obstacles do you expect to encounter in your chosen career? What concepts or strategies discussed in this course do you think will be the most useful to you in your chosen career?

19. HSM 210 week 9 Final Substance Abuse and the Native American Population FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm210genius.com Final Project: Reflection Presentation At the beginning of this course, you selected a target population and a specific issue or problem related to that population to research. Throughout the course, you examined the population and issue from a variety of perspectives such as theory, policy, government regulations and standards, and prevention measures. Resources: Appendix A, Human Services in Contemporary America, the University Library PowerPoint® Presentation tutorial at http://www.apollolibrary.com/cwe/pdfs/PowerPointTutorial.pdf, and your research results from the CheckPoints and assignments you completed for this course. Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum]

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