Unit 6 assignment week 6

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Cultural competence is an important value in many aspects of ABA, including functional behavioral assessments. For the Unit 7 Assignment, you will evaluate and analyze a case study. The case study will provide you with information gained from a week of continuous recording. In the case study presentation you will see a specific client, but you are required to create your own hypothetical client with a specific cultural or linguistic identity, age, gender, and other relevant details. So, even though you see a girl in the case study, you can create a boy or an older person, for examples. Make sure you describe the cultural, linguistic, gender, age and other details explicitly.

For your hypothetical client, you will watch the case study provided, observe and quantify the problem behaviors, interpret the data, and create a descriptive functional behavioral assessment (see figure 24.2 for reference). Even though you have created your own client, use the data from the case study. Also, create a visual display of the data (see figure 24.1 for reference). Then, identify an appropriate target behavior and select an intervention. Be sure to discuss behaviors using observable, measurable terms. Evaluate the data in at least two peer-reviewed research studies, cite them, and use that evaluation to support your strategy. Discuss your culturally or linguistically diverse client and how his/her culture might affect the perception of his/her behavior. Last, discuss how diverse family systems affect the planning, execution, and results of interventions.

Your Assignment should be typed in a Word document, double-spaced in 12 point Times New Roman font, meeting the length requirements (6-8 pages) for your work (not including the title page and reference page).

Your Assignment must be your original work. Make sure to correctly cite all sources used in your Assignment in proper APA format. If you need help with APA citations, see the APA Quick Reference Guide in Course Home or visit the Writing Center. You must credit authors when you:

  1. Summarize a concept, theory or research
  2. Use direct quotes from the text or articles

Plagiarism is not tolerated in this class.

See PDF of the Assignment details attached.

Your Assignment will be due at the end of Unit 7. Submit your work via the Unit 7: Assignment Dropbox.

A Radio Pilgrimage with Thich Nhat Hahn

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For this week’s discussion, view the podcast entitled “A Radio Pilgrimage with Thich Nhat Hahn” and discuss at least two points he makes about mindfulness and the Buddhist approach toward anger and suffering.  The transcript of the podcast is posted in the announcements for this week for your convenience.

Really short answer for a discussion board…..

National Security Essay

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Assignment Instructions

This is part one of the class project assessments. [ Click here to see the overview of the assignments.]

An important purpose of this assignment is to examine what the different branches and layers of government do to address a policy using a current issue to illustrate it.

Complete a research essay on the government and national security. Remember this is being written for the president to read.

Here are the aspects and questions to address for this essay:

  1. Identify a current issue being debated about American national security.
  2. Explain two competing solutions to this problem.
  3. Evaluate which one is preferable.
  4. Address the responsibilities of each level of government, which are federal, state, and local. (Most of the essay will be about the federal government).
  5. Address the responsibilities of each of the three branches of the federal government.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • 500 word minimum and 600 word maximum length, not including references listed at the end or footnotes if used.
  • Incorporation of concepts and terms from the required readings.
  • Inclusion of facts from a recent news article about the topic/solution.
  • Correct spelling, grammar, and formatting, whether it’s APA, MLA, or Chicago/Turabian.
  • See the essay rubric for further details on grading.

Writing tips:

1) Write concisely! More is not necessarily better if the required points from the rubric are missed. A 500-word essay can earn an “A,” while a 700 word essay may lose points for going too long.

2) Essays should be written in the third person perspective. (Avoid using “I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, you, your”).

Influences on Behavior and Psychological Disorders, Psychology Assignment Homework Help

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Create an outline for the Influences on Behavior and Psychological Disorders Presentation, due in Week 5. The outline is an initial plan and structure for the final Week Five presentation. An outline is not a partially completed PowerPoint presentation. It is expected that the final content of the Week Five presentation may change with additional research and preparation. Examples of standard outlines are provided at:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/03/

Click on the “Media File: Types of Outlines and Samples” gold colored link immediately below the main title heading to open to the samples.

Include the following in your initial outline: 

  • Introduction
  • All introductory points
  • Thesis statement
  • Body
  • Main topics and subtopics
  • Conclusion, including preliminary concluding statements
  • Reference list, including four references formatted consistent with APA guidelines

real estate

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  1. Suppose you own a vacant but developable land parcel on the outskirts of the metropolitan area. This land produces no income but owes 2% of its value per year in property taxes. Meanwhile, typical income properties are yielding 9% (that is, they have a current cash yield, or “cap rate,” of 9%). If inflation is expected to be around 3% per year, and you expect your land will appreciate at 10% per year, what should you do with this land parcel? (Be specific and please explain why you should do what you say.
  1. Consider the following fully-amortizing 5-year ARM (contract interest rate can change once every 60 months) with 15- year maturity, monthly payments. The ARM has initial interest rate 6.5% with 2 points; caps are 2% per jump, 5% lifetime, the margin is 300 basis points, the index is Treasury Bonds that are currently yielding 6.0%. The loan amount is 100,000. Under the “straight line” assumption about future interest rates (i.e., assuming the market rate on the index remains constant), what is the yield to maturity? (Show your work)
  1. Consider a $4,000,000, 7%, 25-year mortgage with monthly payments and a 7-year maturity with a balloon. If the market yield is 7.5% (BEY), how many disbursement discount points must the lender charge to avoid doing a negative NPV deal from a market value perspective?
  1. Why is it that construction loans are almost always used to finance all or most of the construction costs in development investment, even when the investor has plenty of cash that could be used to pay for construction?
  1. Suppose a property can be bought for $2,500,000 and it will provide $200,000/year net cash flow forever, and you can borrow a perpetual interest-only mortgage secured by that property at a 7% interest rate, up to an amount of $950,000. (a) Does this present “positive” or “negative leverage,” and (b) why? (c) Do you think that the use of leverage, in this case, will increase the NPV of the investment for the equity investor in the property? (d) Why or why not?

Ownership and Stakeholder Theories

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Question A

Ownership and Stakeholder Theories

  • Which theory (Ownership and Stakeholder) do you feel has more of an impact on the business environment? Provide an example from current events in the past 6 months that supports your position.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Do you agree or disagree with their position? Provide at least one reason that is different from what they posted.


Question B

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Global Citizenship

  • Define corporate social responsibility (CSR) in your own words. Once you have defined CSR, conduct research on your favorite Fortune 500 company and determine just how (or if) the company ranks from a CSR perspective. Provide the name of the company and a link to at least one reference from your research. Do your findings change the way you will support the company in the future?
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. How do you think the company your classmate selected could improve its CSR? Provide at least one strategy and reason why you chose it.


Question C

“The Other Half” Please respond to the following:

  • Based on the lecture, address the following:

According to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), over one billion people in the world today are caught in the poverty trap. Identify key economic, social, or political reasons why some people within the developing world live on $1 a day. Next, determine at least three (3) possible economic, social, or political steps that developing countries overall can take to extricate their poor citizens from this dilemma.

Case Report: What does the research say?

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Details:

In this assignment, learners are required to write a case report. The report should demonstrate a depth and breadth of the knowledge and skills gained in the current course and potentially solve an identified real-world practice problem.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

  • Use at least two additional scholarly research sources published within the last 5 years. Provide citations and references for all sources used.
  • Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
  • This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
  • You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Identify a particular real-world problem using a PICOT template that you have used in previous courses. Include the particular clinical setting and potential health/disease issue you will examine. Identify and fully describe the research that has taken place within the last 5 years.

Your case report must include the following:

  1. Introduction with a problem statement.
  2. Brief synthesized review.
  3. Description of the case/situation/conditions.
  4. Proposed solutions describing the validity and reliability of the research you have read.
  5. Conclusion.

Apply Rubrics

Case Report: What Does the Research Say?

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Unsatisfactory
0.00%

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Less Than Satisfactory
74.00%

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Satisfactory
79.00%

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Good
87.00%

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Excellent
100.00%

70.0 %Content

10.0 %Introduction and Problem Statement

An introduction with problem statement is not present.

An introduction with problem statement is present but incomplete.

An introduction with problem statement is present but rendered at a perfunctory level.

An introduction with problem statement is present, clear, and thorough. Discussion is thorough and defines specific elements but not as complete as expected. Information presented is from scholarly but dated sources.

An introduction with problem statement is clearly present. Discussion is convincing and defines specific elements. Discussion is insightful and forward-thinking. Information presented is from current scholarly sources.

10.0 %Brief Literature Review

A brief literature review is not present.

A brief literature review is present but incomplete.

A brief literature review is present but rendered at a perfunctory level.

A brief literature review is clearly present but not as complete as expected. Information presented is from scholarly but dated sources.

A brief literature review is clearly present in full. Discussion is convincing and defines specific elements. Discussion is insightful and forward-thinking. Information presented is from current scholarly sources.

10.0 %Description of the Case, Situation, or Conditions

A description of the case, situation, or conditions is not present.

A description of the case, situation, or conditions is present but incomplete.

A description of the case, situation, or conditions is present but rendered at a perfunctory level.

A description of the case, situation, or conditions is thorough and defines specific elements but not as complete as expected. Information presented is from scholarly but dated sources.

A description of the case, situation, or conditions is clearly present. Discussion is convincing and defines specific elements. Discussion is insightful and forward-thinking. Information presented is from current scholarly sources.

10.0 %Detailed Explanation of the Synthesized Literature Findings

A detailed explanation of the synthesized literature findings is not present.

A detailed explanation of the synthesized literature findings is present but incomplete.

A detailed explanation of the synthesized literature findings is present but rendered at a perfunctory level.

A detailed explanation of the synthesized literature findings is thorough and defines specific elements but not as complete as expected. Information presented is from scholarly but dated sources.

A detailed explanation of the synthesized literature findings is clearly present. Discussion is convincing and defines specific elements. Discussion is insightful and forward-thinking. Information presented is from current scholarly sources.

10.0 %Case Summary

A case summary is not present.

A case summary is present but incomplete.

A case summary is present but rendered at a perfunctory level.

A case summary is thorough and defines specific elements but not as complete as expected. Information presented is from scholarly but dated sources.

A case summary is clearly present. Discussion is convincing and defines specific elements. Discussion is insightful and forward-thinking. Information presented is from current scholarly sources.

10.0 %Proposed Solutions to Remedy Identified Technology Gaps, Inefficiencies, or Other Issues

Proposed solutions are not presented.

Proposed solutions are presented but are incomplete.

Proposed solutions are presented but are rendered at a perfunctory level.

Proposed solutions are clearly presented and thorough. Discussion is convincing and defines specific elements but not as complete as expected. Information presented is from scholarly but dated sources.

Proposed solutions are clearly presented and thorough. Discussion is insightful, forward-thinking, and detailed. Information presented is from current scholarly sources.

10.0 %Conclusion

A conclusion is not presented.

A conclusion is presented but is incomplete.

A conclusion is presented but is rendered at a perfunctory level.

A conclusion is clearly presented and thorough. Discussion is convincing and defines specific elements but not as complete as expected. Information presented is from scholarly but dated sources.

A conclusion is clearly presented and thorough. Discussion is insightful, forward-thinking, and detailed. Information presented is from current scholarly sources.

20.0 %Organization and Effectiveness

7.0 %Thesis Development and Purpose

Paper lacks any discernible overall purpose or organizing claim.

Thesis and/or main claim are insufficiently developed and/or vague; purpose is not clear.

Thesis and/or main claim are apparent and appropriate to purpose.

Thesis and/or main claim are clear and forecast the development of the paper. It is descriptive and reflective of the arguments and appropriate to the purpose.

Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive. The essence of the paper is contained within the thesis. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear.

8.0 %Argument Logic and Construction

Statement of purpose is not justified by the conclusion. The conclusion does not support the claim made. Argument is incoherent and uses noncredible sources.

Sufficient justification of claims is lacking. Argument lacks consistent unity. There are obvious flaws in the logic. Some sources have questionable credibility.

Argument is orderly, but may have a few inconsistencies. The argument presents minimal justification of claims. Argument logically, but not thoroughly, supports the purpose. Sources used are credible. Introduction and conclusion bracket the thesis.

Argument shows logical progressions. Techniques of argumentation are evident. There is a smooth progression of claims from introduction to conclusion. Most sources are authoritative.

Clear and convincing argument that presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and compelling manner. All sources are authoritative.

5.0 %Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)

Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction are used.

Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register), sentence structure, and/or word choice are present.

Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are used.

Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. A variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech are used.

Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.

10.0 %Format

5.0 %Paper Format (Use of appropriate style for the major and assignment)

Template is not used appropriately or documentation format is rarely followed correctly.

Appropriate template is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken. A lack of control with formatting is apparent.

Appropriate template is used. Formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present.

Appropriate template is fully used. There are virtually no errors in formatting style.

All format elements are correct.

5.0 %APA Format

Required format is rarely followed correctly. An appropriate number of topic-related scholarly research sources and related in-text citations are not present. No reference page is included. No citations are used.

Required format is attempted, but some elements are missing or mistaken. A lack of control with formatting is apparent. Some sources are not scholarly research or topic-related. Reference page is present. Citations are inconsistently used.

Required format is used correctly, although some minor errors may be present. Scholarly research sources are present and topic-related, but the source and quality of some references is questionable. Reference page is included and lists sources used in the paper. Sources are appropriately documented, although some errors may be present.

Required format is fully used. There are virtually no errors in formatting. Scholarly research accounts for the majority of sources presented and is topic-related and obtained from reputable professional sources. Reference page is present and fully inclusive of all cited sources. Documentation is appropriate and citation style is usually correct.

The document is correctly formatted to publication standards. All research presented is scholarly, topic-related, and obtained from highly respected, professional, original sources. In-text citations and a reference page are complete and correct. The documentation of cited sources is free of error. The paper could readily be accepted for publication.

100 %Total Weightage

Avoiding Time Management Pitfalls

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For this assignment, please complete the following:

Step 1: Track how you spend your time for three days. You can make a chart, or you can track the hours you spend on different activities using the following tool: http://www.studygs.net/schedule/.

*You do not need to submit the chart.*

Please be honest. Only your instructor will read this assignment. Reviewing the ways you spend your time may surprise you.

Step 2: After you have charted how you spent your time for three days, please create a 250 word document that addresses the following:

  • On
    average over three days, how many hours per day do you spend for
    studying, homework completion, and other academic requirements?
  • On
    average over three days, how many hours per day do you spend for
    personal care/grooming, meal preparation/eating, and exercise/sport?
  • On average over three days, how many hours per night do you spend sleeping?
  • On average over three days, how many hours per day do you spend relaxing, such as playing video games or watching TV?
  • On average, how many hours per day do you spend working on your short-term or long-term goals?
  • Write a minimum 250 word
    paragraph that describes the top three time management pitfalls you
    face, and describe the specific ways you plan to avoid these pitfalls.

Propose an Amendment to the Constitution, political science homework help

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Propose an Amendment to the Constitution

Please respond to EACH of the following discussion topics and submit them to the discussion forum as a single post. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length. Then, make at least two thoughtful responses to your fellow students’ posts. If you haven’t recently, please review the Rules of Discussion.

After reviewing what you have learned in this course, especially the text of the United States Constitution, propose to the class an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Be sure to make an argument supporting your proposed amendment. Why should this change be made? How will it benefit the lives of Americans across the country? Why does this issue need a Constitutional Amendment and not just a state or federal law change?

For your follow up posts critique the argument of a peer’s proposed amendment or respond to the questions from your peers regarding your proposed amendment.

Please Note: You may not just copy and paste the text of your assignment for your initial discussion post. Your initial discussion post should be made prior to writing your paper and just be a brief paragraph or two presenting your proposed change. You may not submit their assignment text as their discussion post. You may summarize your text, similar to writing an abstract in an academic paper. Feel free to incorporate your peers follow up posts and feedback into your paper as their ideas and questions may help you consider new ideas while you write your paper.

Prevention and Diversion Presentation

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Final Project: Prevention and Diversion

Review the scenario below and then create a 10–15 slide (excluding the title page) PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following:

Evaluate prevention and diversion programs used to prevent or deter juvenile delinquency, abuse, and neglect.

Scenario

You are applying for a position with the juvenile court as a prevention specialist. As part of the interview, the juvenile judge has asked you to put together a 10–15 slide PowerPoint evaluating three current prevention and diversion programs used to prevent or deter juvenile delinquency, abuse, and neglect. Use three of the slides to create an outline of a new program that may work based on your evaluations. Your project should provide an analysis of the three programs you will reference. This includes a detailed overview of each program. Be sure to use your notes pages for any lengthy information. Include an overview of the statistics. How successful is the program? This is determined by looking at recidivism or relapse/return rates. Evidence based practice should drive your individual program.

(PLEASE NOTE: This project may require outside research)

  • The PowerPoint should contain a title slide and a list of references in APA format.
  • All internal citation of outside sources plus the listing of all references should also adhere to APA format.
  • Your 10-15 slide requirement excludes your introduction and reference slides.
  • Use one basic slide design and layout.
  • Limit slides to between 6 and 8 lines of content.
  • You may use pictures, charts and graphs to supplement your material as long as they do not take up the entire slide.
  • Use bullets for your main points.
  • Use speaker notes to fully explain what is being discussed in the bullet points as though you are presenting to an audience.

You may consult the Online Library, the internet, the textbook, other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations in APA style.