Each student curator is required to produce a formal research paper for their particular “room.” This is much like a museum catalog paper or chapter providing a specific research argument about the exhibition to add to a catalogue (I suggest that you look at a recent museum exhibition catalogue for writing samples).  These individual research papers must form specific arguments connecting the choice of artworks to […]

  Motivational Interviewing Research Paper: An Overview of Motivational Interviewing  The purpose of this paper is to research, examine and provide an overview of Motivational Interviewing and the benefits and challenges to this approach.  The paper should include the following:  What is Motivational Interviewing (including the history, purpose, and underlying spirit)?  What are the four core principles of Motivational Interviewing?   Provide a brief […]

The purpose of this assignment is to ensure that you understand the difference between Human Resources Management (HRM)–a “line” manager–and the Human Resources Department (HRD)–a “staff” function. It is important to understand that these functions are different; one provides direction to an organization and the other provides support. As you work on this assignment, consider different components within the role of a human resources manager […]

Review the qualification levels for the use of psychological assessment presented in Naugle’s “Counseling and Testing” in this unit’s study activity. Compare these qualifications to the professional activities covered in the license or certification you intend to seek. Keeping in mind that these rules vary from state to state, describe the types of assessments that you may be qualified to administer with appropriate training and […]

When we hear about the gender “wage gap“, we usually get a broad average figure, but what we don’t get a good sense of is how the wage gap varries by level of education, by age, or how it has changed over time. Using the attached data, discuss the wage gap across level of education and for different age groups. Where is the gap widest, […]

You have been assigned a specific diagnosis. For test 4 you will need to develop a comprehensive case study that illustrates the diagnosis as you would expect it to be presented in the DSM V. You can be as creative with this as you would like. However, you should develop a case that is complete and includes the necessary information (in story format) to allow […]

A colleague reaches out to you requesting information on a client. You do not have a lot of information, as you have only interviewed the client one time. They are working with the client’s spouse, who is also seeking help from your agency. Your colleague asked if you could just send over what you have and it’s just for her purposes. It won’t be shared […]

In all of your previous courses in this program, you have engaged with the ideas and approaches that comprise a professional background in human services. Have you had the opportunity to think about how all of your learning fits together? Could you readily explain how well prepared you are for each aspect of the human services role? One goal of this assignment is to prepare […]

Society shapes life stages and individual experiences of aging. Americans place high value on a sense of individual achievement and responsibility, and so it is often difficult for us to embrace the notion that our destinies are not completely the product of our individual actions and choices. In our society it is very popular to focus on individual attitudes, the power of positive thinking, and […]

Topic: Based on the interview videos you have viewed, summarize what you believe the 3 most prominent characteristics of a human service professional should be. How do these characteristics compare to those desirable for Christians, as described in Scripture? Which of these characteristics do you see in yourself and what will you work on to obtain essential characteristics you may not have acquired yet? Include at […]