answers the following questions‚ based on the case provided. Josie is an 11-year-old bi-racial “at-risk” adolescent who lives with her single mother. Josie has a history of learning and behavioral problems in school. She attends a large suburban school and is struggling in sixth grade. Josie can be a behavioral problem in the home and community and has been referred to your agency for advocacy services. She has been asked not to return to her soccer team because of her behavior and is no longer
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pg.71). As an advocate for Josie‚ due to her learning and behavioral problems‚ I will suggest to approach the school or support her mother on approaching the school to obtain a specified plan for Josie to help her with her classroom studies. I will also assist Josie on planning and advocating for her voice and opinion to be heard therefore‚ my goal will be to pressure the school system to work better for or with Josie situations (Summers‚ 2011). The key advocacy issues or risk factors impacting
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Client ’s Advocate Client ’s Advocate The client Miguel Poor was referred to my office from Veteran Affairs. The Veteran Affairs Representative provided background information pertaining to the client. The client is unable to utilize any Benefits from the Veterans Affairs Office due to his discharge status; hence the referral to an out-of-network therapist. The client was dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2002 for disclosing his sexual orientation. The client reported
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Youth At-Risk: Preventing Student Dropouts and Facilitating Reintegration A State of Israel Experience Full Paper Melfi M. Caranto Overview of Israel’s Educational System The wellbeing of the youth is being taken as a serious national issue in Israel and they have done concrete actions about it. First of all‚ Israel has a very good educational structure and system. Education is free and compulsory from 1st to 12th grade. There is no private school in Israel because almost all of the school
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Running Head: BASIC FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY AND MICROSKILLS Basic Family Systems Theory and Microskills Used by the Helper Basic Family Systems Theory and Microskills Used by the Helper In terms of a system‚ the meaning is a consistent arrangement of things connected to form unity or to operate as a whole. These systems are dated back in origins to the 1950’s and 1960’s. In this theory we must understand an individual’s family and how it works for that family daily in the community‚ neighborhood
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ALTERNATIVES TO EDUCATION FOR AT-RISK-YOUTH AND JUVENILE DELIQUENCY By Robert Yokeley Submitted to Dr. Jerry Wells Human Resource Management Section B-02 Spring Semester‚ 2014 March 2‚ 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction …………………………………….....................................................................3 Annotated Review ………………………………………………………………………...3-10 Evaluation of the California Linked Learning .........................................................................3 The
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Introduction The philosophy of Alternate Dispute Resolution systems is well-stated by Abraham Lincoln: “discourage litigation; persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the normal winner is often a loser in fees‚ expense‚ cost and time.” Litigation does not always lead to a satisfactory result. It is expensive in terms of time and money. A case won or lost in court of law does not change the mindset of the litigants who continue to be adversaries and go on fighting
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At Risk Youth Basketball Diaries Liberty University May 8‚ 2014 Abstract At-risk youth is an epidemic in society and an issue that not only is troublesome for the at-risk teens themselves but affects their family systems‚ their peer clusters and the broader community that they live in. It is not necessary to look far to find at-risk youth in your own community‚ but the media is also filled with examples of at-risk youth. We can look to the media as a case-study of sorts
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A Survey of Agile Development Methodologies Agile development methodologies are emerging in the software industry. In this chapter‚ we provide an introduction to agile development methodologies and an overview of four specific methodologies: • Extreme Programming • Crystal Methods • Scrum • Feature Driven Development Plan-driven methods work best when developers can determine the requirements in advance . . . and when the requirements remain relatively stable‚ with change rates on the order of one
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Forgetting is the inability to recall or recognise information that was once stored in the memory and is now not available or cannot be accessed. There are four main theories to forgetting; trace decay‚ cue dependant‚ displacement and interference. Displacement seeks to explain forgetting in the short term memory. According to Shiffrin and Atkinson’s model of memory‚ the short term memory has certain characteristics such as limited capacity so if information is not rehearsed‚ it would be forgotten
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