Analytical and Written Communication Skills Rick Stoker CNSL/502- Graduate Portfolio 1 March 02‚ 2013 University of Phoenix Beth Combs Analytical and Written Communication Skills I was instructed by the facilitator to prepare a 10-page paper demonstrating my analytical and written communication skills. I was also instructed to explain my reasons for seeking a counseling degree. These reasons must be rational and well thought out. There are at least three reasons for me seeking a counseling
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Dave Mooring July 8‚ 2013 Drugs & Society Individual Short Paper Assignment From the list of selected books‚ the one that stuck out to me the greatest was Ronnie Steele’s‚ “My Own Worst Enemy: A Memoir of Addiction.” This book observes the parallels between addiction and self-image. This book takes the reader into the mind of Ronnie Steele and analyzed how he not only coped with his addiction but how the addiction made him who he was. The reason why I enjoyed this book over many other
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Abuse in Later Life This topic is one that I find very interesting and have a personal connection with. Growing up I only had one grandparent being by grandmother from my mother’s side and because of this I grew very close with my best friend’s grandmother who was being cared for in a nursing home. I looked at her as another grandparent‚ another person I could look up to. When she started becoming very ill that was when her family placed her in a nursing home very close to where they lived. The
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Child Abuse Even though child abuse is not fully recognized as a criminal act it does effect children both physically and mentally; to prevent child abuse talk with the authorities. “Child abuse is any recent act or failure to act‚ on the part of an parent or caretaker” (Peterson 8). Child abuse is broken down into four types of abuse. The four types of child abuse are physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ and neglect. There are a lot of causes of child abuse. Sometimes the effect it
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Physical Abuse September 17‚ 2009 Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation‚ pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm. Physical abuse can result in bruises‚ black eyes‚ knocked out teeth‚ broken bones‚ internal organ injuries‚ miscarriage‚ brain concussions‚ and even death. It applies to children‚ adults‚ and just as well as the elderly. Women or men who may have been physically abused by their partner in the past may feel surprised when
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Table of Contents Introduction I. Abuse and Neglect at Home A. Single Parent Home B. Step Parents Homes C. Nuclear Homes II. Forms of Abuse A. Physical Abuse B. Physical Neglect C. Emotional Abuse D. Sexual Abuse III. Forms of Punishment A. Physical Punishment B. Verbal Punishment IV. Abuse and Neglect in School V. Emotional Problems A. Suicide B. Crime C. Syndromes
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That is appalling‚ as children are also practicing this behavior. When children as young as three years of age are shooting their brothers and sisters; we have problems! Are they coming from the wombs angry? We must break the cycles of abuse! In order to save our children and future generations‚ the violence must be stopped! To do this‚ we have to stop violating them as well as to prevent them from seeing it. According to Gelles and Straus (who will be referred to as G&S)
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changes” (What is Addiction). The behavior change happens when the brain can no longer see the picture as the “big picture”‚ with out the drug substance. That is when a person that has an addiction starts depending on the drug substance to enhance their experiences. An addicted person’s brain depends so much on the drug that when not abusing the substance the addict craves the drug just as if they were starving. The addict then starts craving the drug more and more as if they needed the drug to act
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Child Abuse “Jane Eyre” Child abuse happens when a parent or other adult causes serious physical or emotional harm to a child. Child abuse is also a very delicate theme to talk about because of the many cases that have been reported in U.S and Puerto Rico. The causes of child abuse on infants‚ babies‚ and toddlers are catastrophic. There are several people who get abused from infancy to adulthood. Each person who gets abused and survives the trauma is left with horrible memories that will always
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View. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs‚ 22(1)(Nakken; Jaffee)‚ Nash‚ Madeline. (1997‚ May). Addicted: why do people get hooked> Mounting evidence points to a powerful brain chemical called dopamine. Time‚ 149(18)‚ 68(7). National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) http://www.nida.nih.gov/about/welcome/aboutdrugabuse/magnitude/ Rodgers‚ Joann E. (1994‚ September/October). Addiction: A Whole New View. Psychology Today‚ (1994)
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