When you begin work with couples and families, you likely will conclude after only a few cases that all couples and families are different in at least a few ways. Members of these couples and families individually belong to many different population subgroups, with each group exerting cultural influence. Based on conflict resolution traditions or power distance index of a certain culture, for instance, you may need to modify the theoretical approach you take with a client with that background.Keep in mind that the classroom study of theory and intervention integration cannot provide a description of how to modify or tailor your theory to all the potential relational and cultural presentations you will see. It should, however, provide you with a solid foundation and a toolbox with which to work.For this Discussion, select a cultural consideration (related to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) and think about how this consideration may impact the application of your theoretical orientation when working with couples and families. Then, reflect on how you might modify interventions in professional work in which this consideration is present.By Day 4Post a brief description of the cultural consideration you selected. Then, explain two challenges of applying your theoretical orientation to address this cultural consideration when working with couples and families. Explain how you might modify evidence-based interventions to be more culturally sensitive and responsive. Justify your response using evidence-based articles.Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources.Read a selection of your colleagues' postings.Gurman, A. S. (2010). Clinical casebook of couple therapy. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. Chapter 5, "Therapy with a Gay Male Couple: An Unlikely Multisystemic Integration” (pp. 90–110)Chapter 13, "Searching for Mutuality: A Feminist/Multicultural Approach to Couple Therapy” (pp. 281–306)Harway, M., Kadin, S., Gottlieb, M. C., Nutt, R. L., & Celano, M. (2012). Family psychology and systemic approaches: Working effectively in a variety of contexts. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 43(4), 315–327.Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.Snyder, D. K., & Halford, W. (2012). Evidence‐based couple therapy: Current status and future directions. Journal of Family Therapy, 34(3), 229–249.Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Submit the thesis statement and topic sentences for the body paragraphs of your Drama Analysis Paper. You should complete "The Box" revision technique on them in your submission, revising any topic sentences that need to have their language more aligned with thesis's to ensure unity. Provide two different techniques (thought-provoking questions, expert opinions, famous quotes, startling facts/stats, pertinent examples, brief anecdotes, and so on) that you might use as attention-grabbers at the beginning of your introduction. Provide two different techniques (thought-provoking questions, expert opinions, famous quotes, startling facts/stats, pertinent examples, brief anecdotes, and so on) that you might use to leave the reader thinking in your conclusion. Be specific--for example, don't just say that you might use a quote to start your paper; actually provide the exact quote you may use. Submit two body paragraphs on which you perform the "Circle the Details" revision technique. Explain what changes you plan to make to each paragraph based on completing the technique. Submit two body paragraphs of your Drama Analysis Paper for which you completed the "Underline the Transitions" revision technique. Where do you think you need to add transitions based on completing the technique?Submit a paragraph for which you completed the "Who does what?" revision technique on every sentence. Make any corrections you need to based on the technique. Provide the original paragraph and the revised one. Find two sentences in your paper that could use the "Paramedic Method" revision technique. Provide the original sentences and how you revised them using the technique.

The questions below are based on the following three case studies of information systems projects/initiatives –"Information Systems Use as Strategy Practice – A Multi-Dimensional View of Strategic Information System Implementation and Use," (.pdf file), published in Journal of Strategic Information Systems "Better Data Brings a Renewal at the Bank of England," (.pdf file), published in MIT Sloan Management Review "Failure of Large Transformation Projects from the Viewpoint of Complex Adaptive Systems: Management Principles for Dealing with Project Dynamics," (.pdf file), published in Information Systems Frontiers QUESTIONSWhat internal and/or external factors drove the initiatives at each company? Were these initiatives put in place as responses to challenges or to opportunities? How were business value, competitive advantage, risk, and organizational change considered in each project? Should they have been handled any differently? In terms of organizational information integration, does each company appear to be pursuing the correct technological path? Suggest alternatives, additional initiatives, and/or next steps for each.