Wearing the “Adult” Hood Being a young person I’ve heard many a great debate over the word “Adult”. Most specifically between the kids and parents of my family‚ and these arguments are always the same. “You’re not an adult I still pay your bills”‚ and the most common “you’re not an adult you still live with mom and dad”. But those arguments don’t really give us a clear description of what makes someone an adult. There all good points on what an adult does but are they requirements? I don’t believe
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Adult Learning Today December 2‚ 2012 INFT 101 Summary Adult learning has become the number one priority in everyone’s lives. The motivation and drive that is brought on by dreams and goals is phenomenal. Adult learners must be motivated to want to further their education. “Back in the 20th century various individuals‚ such as John Dewey‚ Eduard Lindeman‚ and Martha Anderson all pursued theories about Andragogy which was first used by Alexander Kapp in 1833” (Abela J‚ 2009). Andragogy means
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Running head: Juveniles in adult prisons Juveniles in adult prisons 8 May 2011 Juveniles in Adult Prisons Introduction Misbehaving juveniles are often not spared the incarceration process for their criminal activities. As a result‚ they are punished with the corresponding penalties for their criminal actions. There are however‚ major issues raised in the incarceration of juveniles‚ especially if their incarceration is in adult prisons. One of these issues is the fact that juveniles
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Older adults often work with their spouses who need to be cared for due to long term illnesses up until their death‚ as well as grandchildren and foster children. Many older people take care of their grandchildren because their own children have to go to work or because they have been granted custody due to abuse or incarceration of their children. Many older people who have been given the responsibility of raising another child so late in their life are faced with additional health issues‚ psychological
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PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS 1 UNDERSTAND WHY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS 1.1 IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT REASONS WHY PEOPLE COMMUNICATE People communicate for different reasons‚ to portray their feelings‚ emotions‚ pain‚ opinions etc.‚ the communication should be professional (formal) or personal (informal) it is important within a social work environment that information is recorded‚ as it may be called upon for legal reasons‚ all
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constant battle for any working adult to pursue education. How can one not only survive in this multi-tasking realm but thrive and be successful? It heavily depends on how to convey the personal accountability into education. Especially for multi-tasking adult students‚ personal accountability translates to college success by promoting a good discipline and teamwork. This paper examines what it means to be accountable‚ how accountability is relate to college success and how to practice accountability
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WITNESSING OF ADULT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Jeffrey L. Edleson University of Minnesota The author wishes to thank Susan Schechter and Andrea Bible for their helpful feedback provided on earlier versions of this manuscript. Running head: Children’s Experience of Domestic Violence Abstract Social service professionals are more frequently identifying children who witness adult domestic violence as victims of that abuse. This article expands common definitions of how children witness violence‚ and adult domestic
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Introduction The purpose of the Communications Management Plan is to define the communication requirements for the project and how information will be distributed. The Communications Management Plan defines the following: What information will be communicated—to include the level of detail and format How the information will be communicated—in meetings‚ email‚ telephone‚ web portal‚ etc. When information will be distributed—the frequency of project communications both formal and informal Who is
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topic my group choose was Communication. Now when we thought about this we knew that this was such a broad topic. It can range from how people communicate‚ communication barriers‚ social networks‚ different forms of communication‚ how it can be used in the work place to how different genders react towards communication. Since me and my team members all originated in different generations we allotted different communication topics based upon how important they were to us or how they played a big role
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Motivating the Adult Learner Another aspect of adult learning is motivation. At least six factors serve as sources of motivation for adult learning: Social relationships: to make new friends‚ to meet a need for associations and friendships. External expectations: to comply with instructions from someone else; to fulfill the expectations or recommendations of someone with formal authority. Social welfare: to improve ability to serve mankind‚ prepare for service to the community‚ and improve
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