In your continued journey as a Human Services Professional, professional development (this might include attending conferences, conducting research, joining organizations, and taking continuing education courses) can help enhance your culturally competent skills. Consider the next steps you will take in your professional development.Why you do feel it is important to stay abreast on issues that impact culturally diverse clients?How will this help in your cross-cultural work?What knowledge have you gained about culturally diverse groups and ways you have you experienced changes as a result of the newfound knowledge?Discuss three steps you will take in your professional development to become more effective in your cross-cultural work.Read Chapter 18 in your textbook Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services. Chapter 18 focuses on the importance of continuing education for Human Services Professionals in the work with clients of color. Human Services Professionals have many options of doing this such as staying aware of racial and ethnic politics, and participating in cultural activities in their communities. Also it is advantageous for Human Services Professionals to get support from other professionals in the form of peer groups and consultants in cross-cultural work.

Ramirez, O. (2013). Survivors of School Bullying: A Collective Case Study. Children & Schools, 35(2), 93-99. I attached the Case study. please list references APA style. After reading the above article, write a case study analysis that describes the micro and mesosystems of each child discussed. For each of the 5 individuals highlighted, discuss their individual dimensions, variables from their microsystems and mesosystems, and how their systems' connecting relationships affect how they cope with bullying.Use the case study analyses and what you know about an adolescent's physical, cognitive, and emotional/social development to provide suggestions to human services professionals when working with bullying among children.Here is an example in how it should look... thank you in advancedANALYSIS Case Study Analysis Tammie is a 12-year-old female African American in the sixth grade and a participant in the case study we read for class. She is shy, quiet, and sensitive. Bullies focus their attacks on her weight. They laugh and call her names. According to school records, Tammie has a history of transferring schools because of the bullying. She has no siblings and lives with her mother. Tammie has no contact with her father. She enjoys spending time on Facebook, watching cartoons, and playing board games (Ramirez 2013). Tammie’s microsystem would consist of mother, and her mesosystem would be classmates and teachers and her online presence with social media. Tamie’s coping strategy to deal with her bullies was to confide in her family and friends. Once she had a problem with a bully she would seek comfort from her friend in the form of needing a laugh. Tammie’s system affect how she copes with the bullying because she seeks comfort from close person in her life. The things she enjoys doing outside of the classroom can be found in the way she likes to seek comfort after being victimized by a bully. Another participant was Sandra. She is a 12-year-old female African American in the sixth grade. She was diagnosed with a specific learning disability. Sandra resides with her older brother and grandmother. Although her mother lives in the same town, Sandra has no contact with her. Sandra experiences verbal and physical abuse at school. Sandra enjoys watching comedy programs on television and playing with her dog (Ramirez 2013). Sandra’s microsystem would be her brother and grandmother and her dog, her immediate family. Her mesosystem would include the school environment she is a part of. Sandra responded very similar to bullies the way another participant, Iris, did. Iris is a 13-year-old female Hispanic in the seventh grade. Iris is quiet and aloof. She resides with her mother and younger sister in a three bedroom house. Iris has daily contact with ANALYSIS her father and feels supported by him. She enjoys watching comedy programs on television and listening to R6iB music on the radio (Ramirez 2013). Her microsystem would be her mom and sister and since she is Hispanic her extended family as well. Iris’ mesosystem would be her father, the music scene she relates to, and her classmates and teachers. Sandra and Iris reported using thought cessation and redirection. This strategy helped suppress and redirect negative thinking. This response can be directly related to their love of watching TV. They like to escape from reality when needed and think of something funny, interesting, etc. to get their mind off of what happened. Ricardo is one of the participants in the case study and he is an 11-year-old male Hispanic in the seventh grade. People classified Ricardo as being timid and aloof. He enjoys watching movies, playing video games, and playing sports with his friends. Ricardo lives with his mother and two sisters, and he has regular contact with his father (Ramirez 2013). Ricardo’s microsystem involves his mother and two sisters and his close friends that he plays sports with. His mesosystem would consist of his father, classmates, the ones who bully him, and his teachers. Since Ricardo lives in a house that is mainly made up of females he continuously tries to be liked and accepted by the bullies but they continue to attack him verbally and physically. This would be classified as using instrumental coping skills because Ricardo has the mindset that he could eventually befriend his bullies. The next participant was Aaron, and he is a 13-year-old male African American in the seventh grade. Classmates classified Aaron as having an outgoing personality. Aaron is bullied because he has a learning disability, they attack him both verbally and physically (Ramirez 2013). One main focus of attack for the bullies is to make fun of Aaron’s overbite. Aaron lives with his mother but has no contact with his father. I would classify Aaron’s microsystem as ANALYSIS being his mother. With Aaron being an only child he would have a special bond with his mother. His mesosystem would include his classmates, friends who he plays football and basketball with, and his teacher. The way that Aaron coped with bullying was to confide in a teacher or he would pay attention to his surroundings. I think that by being an only child and living with his mother it is natural for him to confide in an adult. Also by being an only child you learn more about paying attention to your surroundings because you don’t have a lot of distractions at home.

Discuss the problems that can arise in public policy when a politician uses subjective measures instead of objective measures in advocating new laws. Subjective meaning his or her own personal beliefs and biases while objective measures are facts based on research. Write a one to three page essay addressing this issue, using at least two sources. The essay must demonstrate awareness of audience and purpose, use appropriate and relevant content to develop ideas, and use appropriate grammar and punctuation. Extended for students with technical problems on Blackboard. However, students who did not submit a paper by the deadline will be penalized a letter grade for each day the paper is late.