EDU647 Using a Storybook to Involve Families – Wk 2 assign

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Review the Harvard Family Research Project Storybook Corner.  Read the overview regarding the Family Involvement Network Project and the Family Involvement Storybook Project. Read Tomasito’s Mother Comes To School and the accompanying activities. Choose a book from Harvard Family Research Project: Family Involvement Storybook Selections or from Reading is Fundamental: Multicultural Booklist to create a lesson to engage children and their families. 

  • Include a summary of the text itself, why you chose the book and what you hope to accomplish by using it with your students and their families.
  • Create a family letter about your chosen story book and inviting families to attend school to take part in group activities related to the book. 
  • Create at least five (5) discussion questions to use with your students and their families. 
  • Create two (2) different activities that can be completed by families and their children in the classroom. 
  • Create one (1) activity that can be completed by the family at home. 
  • Create an evaluation form to solicit feedback from parents and students to assess the value of this program.

Assessment of Child’s Behavior

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A thorough assessment of a child’s behavior is a very important and involved task. Too many times individuals look at the child’s behavior and label the child as angry, aggressive, troublesome, etc. In this assignment, you will begin to apply many of the different dynamics that could be in play in a child’s life. Analyze the following case study and create an assessment of a child’s behavior by identifying the child’s role in the family, school, and peer groups:

Brandy is a Caucasian girl, who just celebrated her sixth birthday, and is one of the youngest kids in her first grade class.  Most of the school year has gone fairly well, but she lately has been having trouble at school.  Last week she disrupted class and threw her pencil across the room.  

The teacher explained to the parents that she has been a bit “emotional” lately, but did not know why.  Her mom wondered if it was because she has recently transitioned from graduate school to a new job that keeps her away from home a bit more than before.

Brandy generally likes school, but gets pulled out once or twice a week for special speech therapy as she occasionally has some problems with a lisp.  Her parents were hesitant about Brandy being pulled out of class, but when she reported she was getting picked on at school by some classmates, they agreed to the speech therapy.

At home, she has a supportive family and siblings (younger and older) with whom she gets along well.  Occasionally she will get into trouble for lying, but most often feels pretty badly about it once she is caught.  Her father also has a master’s degree with a full-time job, and she and her siblings attend an after-school daycare program for a couple hours.  She plays with the neighborhood kids and her siblings; however sometimes Brandy has communication struggles with other due to her lisp.  She loves sports, and just finished playing soccer and is set to start t-ball within the next week or two. 

In this evaluation, you will ascertain the possible determinates of his or her behavior given what you have learned about the influences on a child such as family, peers, school, and community. You will review what type of role he or she may be playing in the family as well as in the school based on these dynamics. Keep in mind that this is an assessment of an individual in a community and not an introspective psychological type of assessment. Support your answers with information cited from at least two peer-reviewed academic sources and your textbook.

  • Present the case above by explaining the child’s behavior in light of your understanding of the ecology of the child. Give special attention to the following:
    • Family and social environment
    • Economic circumstances
    • Health care access
    • Physical environment and safety
    • Behavior
    • Education
    • Health

    Apply your knowledge of these indicators to explain possible determinates of various aspects of the stated behaviors in the case study.

  • Given your understanding of the ecology of the child, of the family, and of socialization, identify the top three areas that seem to be the most influential in this child’s behavior. Support your answer with professional information from the text and two peer-reviewed research articles.
  • Review the role this child plays in his or her family and how that correlates with the expressed behavior.
  • Analyze the different theories of macrosystem and microsystem influences including parenting orientation and parenting style and how that impacts children. Then apply the theory that might best fit your selected case study.
  • Review the role this child plays in his or her school and peer group and how that correlates with the expressed behavior. Analyze the impact of the school and the peer group as a socializing agent, and identify the key areas of impact of both in this case study.

Write a 6–8-page paper (in addition to the title page and references page) in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources, including use of in-text citations and full references. Academic sources could include your textbook, required readings for this module, or academic journal articles found in the Argosy University online library. Make sure you write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

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Writing: Hammurabi’s Code

Complete the following writing assignment and submit it to your teacher.

Questions

What form of government was in Babylon during the time of Hammurabi? What was the main idea of the Code of Hammurabi? What methods did this government use to teach the people of Babylon?

Was the code appropriate for the time? Would it work today? Why or why not?

Instructions

In two paragraphs, answer the questions above. To support your answer, use:

  • Information from this lesson.
  • Your knowledge of government systems.
  • Extra information from Internet research. Use search terms like Babylon, Hammurabi, government, Hammurabi’s Code, and any other terms you can use from this lesson.

Use the Writing: Hammurabi’s Code Rubric to guide your writing.

Art Appreciation Test Questions

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How did Vermeer celebrate his profession?

How does the Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew reflect Spanish
taste?

Briefly describe the Dutch school of painting.

What is the Baldacchino?

How did Jacques Callot impact 17th century France?

Describe the development of portraiture in Dutch 17th
century society. How does this genre reflect the society and the country? Use
examples to support your essay.

Describe the representation of Bernini’s David. How has it
evolved from the earlier works of Donatello, Verrocchio, and Michelangelo? How
does it mirror the Counter-Reformation efforts of the Church?

Readiness and Stakeholder Analysis

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Part 1: Using the “Resistance Reducer” form below click on the link, articulate a change strategy under consideration for the change you have identified in the first two written assignments (links are below). Use the Resistance Reducer to rate each indicator related to preventing resistance, minimizing resistance, and tolerating resistance. Report your results in an organized chart for each of the three sections of the assessment. 

Part 2: Need to utilize 2 outside sources to discuss the following:

a. Three ways to prevent resistance in the change situation you have identified in your first and second assignment

b. Three ways to minimize resistance in your change situation

c. Three ways to tolerate resistance in your change situation

d. Two specific mistakes you will need to avoid in the context of your change situation.

The paper should be three to four pages and should use APA format and for all citations and references. Please include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Use at least two outside sources 

W1 Assignment “Short Paper on Socrates”

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Socrates compared Athenians to a dazed, sluggish horse that could possibly be awakened by the persistent biting of an (annoying!) fly. This idea of Socrates as a transformative “philosophical gadfly” inspired many who have read about Socrates’s life and death.

Your formal writing assignment this week is to write a 600-900 word essay that answers each of the following questions:

  1. Did Socrates’s philosophical lifestyle have the potential to “wake up” Athenians in a way that could have been useful to that society?
  2. Does the importance of being awoken in that way justify the extreme manner that Socrates chose to live and die?
  3. Do you agree that (to use a famous phrase from the eighteenth century Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant), awakening an individual–or an entire society–from “dogmatic slumbers” is a constructive and useful role of raising probing philosophical questions? Is there a significant opportunity for philosophers or others to play this kind of constructive role in our own society?

Please ensure that your essay addresses each component of the assigned questions and that your answer is well-organized, uses excellent, college-level prose, and makes judicious use of textual evidence.

Outline of the Final Paper

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Outline of the Final Paper

For this assignment you are to examine a topic of lifespan development connecting research and life. Below is a list of topics from which you are to select one for the Outline of the Final Paper and the Final Paper. Make sure that the topic you select is different from the topics you selected for the Week Two and Week Three assignments.

  • How much credit or blame do parents deserve for the way we are? Select at least one of the main domains of human development (physical, cognitive, or social-emotional) for your answer.
  • To what extent are the lives of adolescents and young adults shaped by parental and peer influences?
  • Why do we have a need to belong (to affiliate with others)?
  • How do our bodies and minds change from early to late adulthood?
  • What are the factors that affect our well-being as middle aged and older adults?
  • Why are some people attracted to members of their own sex whereas others are attracted to members of the opposite sex?  
  • How do memory and intelligence change as we age?
  • Does an infant’s temperament shape his/her cognitive and socio-emotional development?  
  • Are babies pre-wired for survival?
  • Are adolescents more likely to engage in risk-taking behavior than older adults?
  • Can physical exercise affect cognitive performance in old age? Consider the time of occurrence of physical exercise (i.e., earlier in life or during old age) in your answer.
  • Does bilingualism improve brain functioning?
  • Why do students in the United States tend to under-perform in math and science?

Once you have chosen your topic, examine the various theories of human development learned in the course and choose one or two that best assist you to understand the issues involved in your topic.

For this outline, address the following:

  • Examine various theories of human development, describing relevant terminology, and addressing how the theory assists in the understanding of issues involved in the selected topic.
  • Identify and describe at least two domains of human development (physical, biological, emotional, cognitive, and/or social) and how they are impacted by the chosen topic.
  • Identify and describe the stages of development that are affected by the chosen topic.
  • Describe the cultural and historical perspectives of the chosen topic, demonstrating an understanding of how the topic has been perceived over time and by other cultures. Provide relevant examples.


Writing the Outline for the Final Paper

The Outline:

  1. Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  2. Must include a title page with the following:
    1. Title of paper
    2. Student’s name
    3. Course name and number
    4. Instructor’s name
    5. Date submitted
  3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
    1. Begin with an introduction to the selected topic in which you define all concepts that will be discussed in the paper.
    2. For example, if you select “How do memory and intelligence change as we age?”, as your topic, then you will need to define the terms memory, intelligence and aging.
  4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
    1. Conclude with an answer to the selected question. Did the evidence you surveyed answer the question satisfactorily? Include your analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the available evidence.
    2. If possible, suggest the course that future research should take if answers to the selected question are less than conclusive.
  6. Must use at least five scholarly sources, all of which must come from the Ashford University Library or Google Scholar.
    1. It is important that you ask yourself if the articles specifically address the selected topic. It is not always easy to find the right articles. Thus, give yourself some time to search before you finalize your selection.  
    2. You may reference your textbook and other required materials from the course; however, these will not fulfill the resource requirement.
  7. Must briefly summarize each article including the purpose of the investigation, its methodology, and results.
    1. If possible, select peer-reviewed articles that summarize the evidence available in a given field of study (e.g., meta-analysis combines the findings of different studies to uncover trends, commonalities and differences).
    2. Order the articles in the way you think you will discuss them in your paper. Then develop a summary of the scientific evidence that answers the question you selected.
  8. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  9. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
    1. The reference section will be the final page of the paper.

Carefully review the 
Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Prepare for an Interview

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Prepare for an Interview

Assume you are employed as a counselor at your local high school. You need to conduct a 30-minute interview with a student who has suddenly had a dramatic decline in her grades. Prior to conducting any interview, it is extremely important to plan its structure, the type of information you hope to acquire, the timing and sequencing of the interview, and the types of questions you might want to ask. To prepare for the interview, analyze the structure of the interview and present a summary including the following reasons for your choices:

  • Purpose of your interview
  • Discuss the topics you plan to cover and the sequence in which you will cover them
  • Questions you will use to obtain the information
  • Opening techniques to build rapport with the volunteer
  • Types and examples of questions you want to avoid

In your discussion, please be sure you cite, at a minimum, the online course and the text book for the course. Your paper should be 2–3 pages (not counting the cover and reference pages), be APA formatted, and include a reference page. 

ECE 354 Assessment & Intervention During Early Childhood D2

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As Wortham (2012) states:

When teachers and other professionals conduct assessments with infants and young children, they need to be sensitive to the special requirements of working with very young children. They also need to be constantly aware of professional ethics that are necessary when conducting assessments with all children (p. 47)

For this reason, it is necessary for teachers or caregivers to understand and have a plan for meeting each guideline.  For this discussion, you will complete the
Assessment Planning Table with specific examples or ideas you have for meeting each of the numbered guidelines.  Post your Assessment Planning Table as an attachment.

I need help coming up with a research question

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I have to write an extended essay . I choose World War 2 because my great grandfather was a polish soldier in the war. My first research question was to what extend did the world war cause PTSD within combat vets? But my teacher said that was obvious and i need an argumentative research question. My great grandfather was captured by the soviets and taken to a concentration camp where he escaped. He had severe PTSD after the war and screamed at night and what not. So I want to write about him but i need an argumentative topic