Considerations in Emergency Management
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A 30 page overview of emergency management. Speaking largely from the perspective of the events that unfolded prior to, during, and after Hurricane Katrina, the author addresses such aspects of emergency management as preplanning, evacuation, fire fighting, health care, and housing. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
Filename: PPemrMngKtr.rtf

Continued Social Problem: Violence Against Women
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(6 pp) Violence against women seems to be a 'in-your-face' item of our society. Media attention is not a solution, but at least it is not part of the problem either. Education, at the earliest levels seems to be the only way to positively address an issue that seems doomed to repeat itself. Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: BBviolfe.rtf

Coping Strategies for Foster Children with a History of Abuse
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This 5 page paper examines a study that indicated foster children that have suffered from sexual or physical abuse use divergent coping strategies that are non productive and make successful placements more difficult due to the way they are more self reliant. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEfoster.rtf

Corporal Punishment / Pros and Cons
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An 11 page paper that presents the arguments regarding the use of corporal punishment. This paper focuses on the negative psychological impacts and suggests a number of options to this kind of action. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Childcor.wps

COUNSELING AND SOCIAL WORK: SKILLS NECESSARY
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This 4-page paper provides a profile for skills and attributes necessary for pursuing a job as a social worker and/or counselor. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
Filename: MTsocsersk.rtf

Counseling Children of Domestic Violence
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A 3 page research paper that proposes a program for helping children who have been exposed to domestic violence with group counseling. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khkidsdv.rtf

Counseling Latino Clients in Regards to Cultural Considerations
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This is a 12 page paper discussing issues in regards to counseling Latino clients. Therapists who are counseling Latino men and women must take into account various cultural and ethnic values traditional in Latino families including adherence to machismo, marianismo, persondisimo, simpatia, respeto and familism; all of which define the gender, family and community relations and rely on protection, support, respect and honor. However, in regards to Latinos in the United States, differences between individuals also rely on acculturation levels. In the case of counseling Latina women who have been raped or sexually abused, therapists must take into account not only traditional values of Latinos, but also acculturation levels, concepts of identity, biculturalism, stages of identity development, attitudes on present day sexual influences, health care formality, the current state of family influences and the shifting gender roles among other issues. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: TJLatwm1.rtf

Counseling Questions
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An 8 page research paper. After first introducing the topic of counseling in terms of assessment and also power and boundary issues, this examination of the assessment stage of the counseling process looks specifically at an example case study, which concerns Jodie, a sixteen-year-old girl, who has been skipping school and is experiencing falling grades. Until the last several months, she was attending school regularly and her grades were reasonable. There is also evidence that Jodie is currently homeless and not being cared for properly by her parents. The case is examined within the context of several therapeutic options. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khjodie.rtf

Counseling Skills: Enhancing Work At A Homeless Shelter
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5 pages in length. Knowing how to help people who are in an emotionally trying state takes special skills that not everyone inherently possesses. Obtaining counseling skills in order to enhance one's work at a homeless shelter is both prudent and highly recommended to ensure the best possible outcome. Considering such issues as ethical framework for good practice in counseling, confidentiality within the setting of the homeless shelter and core conditions for counseling, it becomes apparent that helping the homeless means much more than merely providing a warm meal and a bed for the night. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TLCSkilC.rtf

Counselors: Skills And Characteristics
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5 pages in length. Counseling is a profession whereby one must possess myriad skills and characteristics not necessarily required in a number of other occupations. Given the extent to which this area of human services necessitates a greater capacity for empathy, emotional guidance and patience, an individual entering this particular field must already possess these characteristics inasmuch as these innate qualities simply cannot be taught. The skills associated with such inherent characteristics form the basis upon which counselors learn to channel their compassion and guiding abilities through the aspect of therapeutic alliance. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCCounsSkil.rtf

Couples Counseling: Review Of Three Articles
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9 pages in length. The writer reviews three articles relating to marriage, addressing sex, religion, violence and dyadic perspectives. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: TLCcoupl.rtf

Crises in Family Life/Old Age & Death
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A 6 page research paper, of which three pages is devoted to a discussion of issues that pertain to family crises dealing with caring for aging parents and end of life issues and three pages are devoted to a annotated source list of senior services that are located in and around Medford, Oregon. The first section of the paper cites 3 sources. The second section lists 7 annotated sources.
Filename: kholddy.rtf

Critical Practitioner Principles and Social Work Requirements
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This is a 7 page paper discussing critical practitioner principles and social work requirements in regards to their application. The components involved in modern social work which involve the fair distribution of service based on economic, cultural and effective factors among many others are issues which also must be considered during an assessment an implementation of a program by a critical practitioner. The critical practitioner must take into account cultural and social factors and discourse with a multidisciplinary team regarding all levels of program implementation. In addition, social work agencies and critical practitioners must be educated in regards to political, changing policies and economics in order to promote the possibilities of future services. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJcritp1.rtf

Critique of article by Quayle
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A critique of an article by Dan Quayle, in which he revisits his social commentary of a decade ago and reiterates his commitment to Christian traditional values as the most positive way of redressing social dysfunction.
Filename: JLquayle.rtf

Critique of Client Presented with Multiple Substance Abuse, Physical and Mental Health Problems
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This is a 5 page paper giving a critique of a client who was assessed with multiple substance abuse, physical and mental health problems. A client was presented to the counseling team who was assessed to have multiple substance abuse, physical and mental health problems. The female client is 25 years of age, of Hispanic origin, homeless and currently unemployed. Assessment of the client found that she is HIV positive, bipolar, has a sexual addiction and also abuses cocaine and alcohol. The client was uncooperative during initial assessment with the counselor. In a critique of the client, it must be determined the possible causes of her afflictions and to what end the counseling team can offer assistance through an education of her symptoms. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJclienC1.rtf

Cultural Competence
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The definition and basic reason for human services is the need for social cooperation and assistance. This 7 page paper identifies and discusses a number of issues that are of importance for the worker involved in working for an agency such as Suffolk's County Children And family Services. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KTcutcom.rtf

Culturally Competent Social Work Among Malaysian Women That Have Immigrated to the U.S.
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A 14 page paper reviewing the importance of recognizing communication characteristics among Malaysian women. This paper reviews the various factors that affect these women's communication. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPswMala.rtf