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Select one (1) developing country, and discuss the fundamental actions that the leadership of the selected country is — ...
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Select one (1) developing country, and discuss the fundamental actions that the leadership of the selected country is — or is not — taking to improve the living standards of its people. Next, using this same country, cite one (1) specific example of progress or regress that its government is making in terms of the economy, the political system, and the environment.
James ?Antecedents Behavior and Consequences Chart Discussion
Antecedents, Behavior, and ConsequencesFor this assignment, use the case study about James on page 263-276 in your Functio ...
James ?Antecedents Behavior and Consequences Chart Discussion
Antecedents, Behavior, and ConsequencesFor this assignment, use the case study about James on page 263-276 in your Functional Assessment text. Create a blank Functional Analysis Observation Form (FAOF) using page 264-265 in your Functional Assessment text as a guide to document the behaviors of James.The disruptive target behaviors for this analysis include James':Hits and kicks adults when confronted for inappropriate behavior.Noncompliant behavior.Off-task behavior.Disruptive Behavior.Property Destruction.You will also target his cooperative behavior.Use the table you have created to record:The antecedents (A) that trigger the behavior.The consequences (C) that follow the behavior.The setting events (SE) that may be affecting behavior.Remember that there may not be setting events for each instance of behavior, but they may be present throughout the activity. Antecedents and consequences may also occur across paragraphs.Once you have completed the table:Use the space below the table to list the patterns or consistencies in antecedents and consequences that appear to be related to the disruptive behaviors.Develop a summary statement concerning antecedents, disruptive behaviors, and consequences. Then develop a summary statement concerning antecedents, cooperative behavior, and consequences.Explain the importance of conducting assessments prior to the implementation of intervention. How does this ensure effective treatment?Assignment RequirementsYour assignment should meet the following requirements:Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style guidelines.Describe the antecedents that trigger specific behaviors.Describe the consequences that follow specific behaviors.Select the setting events that may be affecting specific behaviors.Analyze patterns or consistencies in antecedents and consequences that may be related to disruptive behaviors.Summarize the antecedents, disruptive behaviors, and consequences.Summarize the antecedents, cooperative behaviors, and consequences.Explain the importance of conducting assessments prior to the implementation of intervention to ensure effective treatment.Resources: A sufficient number of scholarly or professional resources.Length: 2–3 double-spaced pages.Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.CASE STUDY: Identify Generalization and Maintenance and Prevention Strategies and Identify Additional Strategies to EmployCase Study Provided by Edward CancioJamesJames is a third-grade student who is attending Port Washington Elementary School. He is a student identified with emotional and behavior disorders (E/BD). James is receiving special education services in a self-contained classroom for students with E/BD.James has consistently struggled with academic tasks and does not like school or his teachers. His cognitive ability is within the average range. When he is successful while working in one-to-one situations, he is compliant and he can complete his class work. Additional strengths include athletic ability, positive peer interactions outside of the special education classroom (e.g., P.E., lunchroom activities, assemblies, recess), and he can ignore the inappropriate behaviors of other students when he is academically focused. James’s favorite classes are P.E., art, and music.In addition to E/BD, James has been diagnosed with a learning disability (LD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (combined type). The related services that James receives are social work and nursing services. The classroom is staffed by one full-time special education teacher and one full-time paraprofessional. The program serves 13 students with E/BD. James’s primary teacher, Ms. Butke, has requested behavioral consultation to more effectively deal with James’s disruptive and aggressive behavior. Ms. Butke indicates that James exhibits the following challenging behaviors at various times throughout the day:• Hits and kicks adults when confronted for inappropriate behavior• Noncompliant behavior• Off-task behavior• Disrupts the classroom by roaming around the room, trying to distract students from their academic activities• Throws objects in class• Destructive toward propertyMs. Butke is concerned with the safety of the other individuals in the classroom (both students and staff) and the effect of James’s behaviors on the amount of instructional time he and his classmates miss. Ms. Butke feels that if the staff can teach James more self-control and assist him in asking for help when it is needed, his aggressive, noncompliant, disruptive, and off-task behavior will substantially decrease.The district’s behavioral consultant observed James in various settings and was able to see many of the behaviors identified by Ms. Butke. The consultant was able to observe examples of prosocial behavior. In addition, the consultant noted the contexts in which James’s challenging behavior occurred (antecedents and setting events) and potential consequences for those behaviors. These are described on the following ABC recording chart.Antecedents and Setting EventsBehaviorConsequenceJames reported to reading class 20 minutes late (reading follows lunch hour)After teacher explained what James needed to work on, he sat for 20 minutesTeacher did not respond to off-task behaviorSitting in seat during reading classAfter 20 minutes of off-task behavior, James wanders around the classroomTeacher did not respond to out-of-seat behaviorReading classTakes marker off teacher’s desk, scribbles on the teacher’s edition of the reading bookTeacher ignores behaviorReading classTakes ruler out of teacher’s desk, walks to bulletin board, and slides ruler from the top of the classroom rules poster and catches ruler at the bottom of the posterTeacher does not respond to behaviorReading classTears classroom rules poster off the board, rips up poster, and throws pieces across the roomTold to return to his seatTold to return to his seatRefusesTeacher tells him he will have to go to the officeTold he would have to go to the officeTumbles a room dividerTeacher calls the office for assistance, the assistant principal removes James from class, suspended for 5 daysWritten language lesson, working with teacherOn task, compliantPraise, awarded bonus pointsCorrecting written language assignment in groupsWorks cooperatively with groupPraise to group, group receives 5 minutes free timeFree-time activityPlays board game with peersPraiseMath assignment, independent workThrows wadded-up pieces of paper at classmatesTold he would miss class movie after mathMath assignment, independent workLeaves desk, moves to teacher’s desk, tips over room divider on top of teacherRemoved from class, suspended for 7 daysAnalysis of the ABC recording form indicates that the antecedent conditions that are in effect when James engages in appropriate behavior are situations in which he understands the concepts of the lesson, when he works one-on-one with the teacher or paraprofessional, when he works in group activities, or when he participates in social activities with his peers.In contrast, circumstances that precede his challenging behavior typically include situations in which he doesn’t understand concepts presented during instruction, when he works independently, when he is left alone for periods of time, or when he is confronted for inappropriate behavior (e.g., off-task behavior, roaming around the room).The function of James’s challenging behavior is negative reinforcement. His behavior results in escape and avoidance from academic activities or assignments. The negative reinforcement function was primarily selected because James engages in challenging behavior during academic-related tasks. James has had a chronic history of academic failure. For James, difficult academic tasks are aversive, and he demonstrates challenging behaviors when presented with these tasks. The consequences for his behaviors (e.g., conflicts with staff, then left alone) effectively terminate aversive antecedent tasks, activities, or assignments.The negative reinforcement function was also identified because James does not engage in these behaviors during social and nonacademic-related activities (e.g., social interactions with peers, P.E., lunch, music, and art). Rather, during nonacademic antecedent conditions, he engages in prosocial behavior. Consequently there are apparent differences in the types of antecedent/setting event conditions that trigger prosocial versus challenging behavior.In addition to negative reinforcement, James’s challenging behavior is also maintained by positive reinforcement. The consequences for both prosocial and challenging behavior usually provide some form of attention from peers, teachers, or paraprofessionals. Conditions that precede James’s challenging behavior often **The table is included in the case study**
ENG 2205 Troy University Demystifying Poetry Beowulf Discussion
Background:See the Introduction to the poem in the Anthology for more, but Beowulf is the start of literature in the root ...
ENG 2205 Troy University Demystifying Poetry Beowulf Discussion
Background:See the Introduction to the poem in the Anthology for more, but Beowulf is the start of literature in the root language of Modern English called Norse or Old English. (Old English is not the language of Shakespeare, though people sometimes think this is the case--Shakespeare wrote and spoke modern English, though pronunciation styles have changed since the 17th century.)Old English or Norse is strikingly different from the language of Chaucer (from the 12th century) which shows the tremendous influence of French and its Latin roots through the Norman Invasion of England in 1066. To our ears, Old English may sound quite Germanic or Scandinavian depending on if you've heard those languages before.Here is the opening of the poem in OE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFFZxuMc3Ig&list=PLLLrFjrIlZK_gkoOXEvEAafKZq1NBmu4m&index=92 Seamus Heaney, the Nobel Prize winning Northern Irish poet, offers us a striking translation into Modern English, and he tried to encompass many of the original features of the poem, which was written in a language and style that would have been old fashioned but understandable to the first people to hear it. When the manuscript that contains Beowulf was written, about 1000 CE, the poem was quite old, and so Heaney attempts to get that sense of this being a poem of the oldest days in memory. Among the features that Heaney uses in his translation is extensive use of alliteration, old Anglo-Saxon words still in use in Northern Ireland and Scotland, and literal translations of images like 'whale-road' at line 10 for 'the sea.'The poem is set in Southern Sweden and northern Denmark, so it would have been exotic, of a sort, to its original listeners, but familiar enough as the Germanic tribes had been coming from that part of Europe to England during the 5th through 9th centuries. It is a pre-Christian poem, though Christianity had come to England by the time of the poem's commitment to paper.Themes in Beowulf:As with Gilgamesh and The Iliad, we again see themes like Honor and Glory, the Testing of the Hero, Warfare and Conflict as means of characterization, and the Journey of the Hero.How does Beowulf engage these themes for you?Additionally, we see a much stronger theme of Kings and their Subjects in this poem along with the power and fidelity of Kinship being highlighted in the work--how do these themes stand out to you?God(s): A single God is mentioned in the poem--but this is for the listener/reader of the poem--there's no sense that Beowulf or the characters in the poem believe in the God of Abraham or Christ--how does the poem compare in this respect to the three readings we've encountered so far?Beowulf's Three Battles:We first encounter the titular character as a brash young man--already a legend for his fighting, swimming, and other abilities, the Geats' hero comes to Hrothgar's hall "Heorot" when it is under siege from Grendel, the monstrous figure who comes in the night to kill and consume the Danes. Beowulf brags of his abilities--how is this behavior like Gilgamesh and Achilles' (both of those characters would have been unknown to Beowulf's creators and audience) actions and boasts?Swords, armor, and special weapons, again as in The Iliad, are highlighted here--what does the focus on such weapons mean to us here?The fight with Grendel is the 'easiest' of the three--Beowulf fights him/it without a sword, tearing off the monster's arm and hanging it in Heorot as trophy--what details in the fight stand out to us?Grendel's Mother is even more frightening and ferocious than her son--Beowulf enters this fray with a special weapon, 'Hrunting' but it proves useless against this fiend--he must kill her with a magical sword he finds among the hoard in the lair under the lake. How does the use of such weapons play out to us in the poem?After this battle, Beowulf goes north to Geatland and becomes King for fifty years--how does his reign come across in the poem--what kind of king is he, especially compared with Gilgamesh, Priam, and other kings we've seen so far?As Beowulf becomes aged, a new threat comes: a dragon. Here, Beowulf must gather a full complement of warriors, special armor, and another hoard of weapons--how does this final battle work for us? Does Beowulf's victory, aided by Wiglaf a loyal warrior, seem justified within the world of the poem given the cost of Beowulf's life? How does his death compare to Hector's and Achilles'?Loss in the Poem:How does this poem handle loss--of friends, warriors and companions, of Grendel the son, of Beowulf himself? How do these losses compare to the loss of Enkidu, Patroclus, or others we've seen lose their lives in the previous readings? Does this poem seem more modern in its sense of loss, or still ancient to you?Finally, as with Gilgamesh, why does this poem persist?
SOWK 7338 Our Lady of the Lake Problem Assessment in Social & Cultural Contexts Essay
o synthesize the information in this week's readings to analyze a situation from a more holistic perspective.InstructionsR ...
SOWK 7338 Our Lady of the Lake Problem Assessment in Social & Cultural Contexts Essay
o synthesize the information in this week's readings to analyze a situation from a more holistic perspective.InstructionsRefer to each of this week’s readings and respond to the following: • Discuss how the major dimension of "Problem assessment in social and cultural contexts" helps in understanding Juana’s situation from a critical social work perspective; • In your responses to your peers, compare and contrast your peers' discussion of "Problem assessment in social and cultural contexts". Where do you agree? Where do you disagree? Why? Is there another perspective? • To receive full credit for the assignment, please refer to all of the assigned sources for this week. This allows you to demonstrate that you have read and understood the assigned readings. Cite all sources, including the Grande novel. Please proofread your posts for spelling, grammar, and APA concerns. Points will be deducted for errors in these areas.
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Select one (1) developing country, and discuss the fundamental actions that the leadership of the selected country is — ...
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Select one (1) developing country, and discuss the fundamental actions that the leadership of the selected country is — or is not — taking to improve the living standards of its people. Next, using this same country, cite one (1) specific example of progress or regress that its government is making in terms of the economy, the political system, and the environment.
James ?Antecedents Behavior and Consequences Chart Discussion
Antecedents, Behavior, and ConsequencesFor this assignment, use the case study about James on page 263-276 in your Functio ...
James ?Antecedents Behavior and Consequences Chart Discussion
Antecedents, Behavior, and ConsequencesFor this assignment, use the case study about James on page 263-276 in your Functional Assessment text. Create a blank Functional Analysis Observation Form (FAOF) using page 264-265 in your Functional Assessment text as a guide to document the behaviors of James.The disruptive target behaviors for this analysis include James':Hits and kicks adults when confronted for inappropriate behavior.Noncompliant behavior.Off-task behavior.Disruptive Behavior.Property Destruction.You will also target his cooperative behavior.Use the table you have created to record:The antecedents (A) that trigger the behavior.The consequences (C) that follow the behavior.The setting events (SE) that may be affecting behavior.Remember that there may not be setting events for each instance of behavior, but they may be present throughout the activity. Antecedents and consequences may also occur across paragraphs.Once you have completed the table:Use the space below the table to list the patterns or consistencies in antecedents and consequences that appear to be related to the disruptive behaviors.Develop a summary statement concerning antecedents, disruptive behaviors, and consequences. Then develop a summary statement concerning antecedents, cooperative behavior, and consequences.Explain the importance of conducting assessments prior to the implementation of intervention. How does this ensure effective treatment?Assignment RequirementsYour assignment should meet the following requirements:Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style guidelines.Describe the antecedents that trigger specific behaviors.Describe the consequences that follow specific behaviors.Select the setting events that may be affecting specific behaviors.Analyze patterns or consistencies in antecedents and consequences that may be related to disruptive behaviors.Summarize the antecedents, disruptive behaviors, and consequences.Summarize the antecedents, cooperative behaviors, and consequences.Explain the importance of conducting assessments prior to the implementation of intervention to ensure effective treatment.Resources: A sufficient number of scholarly or professional resources.Length: 2–3 double-spaced pages.Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.CASE STUDY: Identify Generalization and Maintenance and Prevention Strategies and Identify Additional Strategies to EmployCase Study Provided by Edward CancioJamesJames is a third-grade student who is attending Port Washington Elementary School. He is a student identified with emotional and behavior disorders (E/BD). James is receiving special education services in a self-contained classroom for students with E/BD.James has consistently struggled with academic tasks and does not like school or his teachers. His cognitive ability is within the average range. When he is successful while working in one-to-one situations, he is compliant and he can complete his class work. Additional strengths include athletic ability, positive peer interactions outside of the special education classroom (e.g., P.E., lunchroom activities, assemblies, recess), and he can ignore the inappropriate behaviors of other students when he is academically focused. James’s favorite classes are P.E., art, and music.In addition to E/BD, James has been diagnosed with a learning disability (LD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (combined type). The related services that James receives are social work and nursing services. The classroom is staffed by one full-time special education teacher and one full-time paraprofessional. The program serves 13 students with E/BD. James’s primary teacher, Ms. Butke, has requested behavioral consultation to more effectively deal with James’s disruptive and aggressive behavior. Ms. Butke indicates that James exhibits the following challenging behaviors at various times throughout the day:• Hits and kicks adults when confronted for inappropriate behavior• Noncompliant behavior• Off-task behavior• Disrupts the classroom by roaming around the room, trying to distract students from their academic activities• Throws objects in class• Destructive toward propertyMs. Butke is concerned with the safety of the other individuals in the classroom (both students and staff) and the effect of James’s behaviors on the amount of instructional time he and his classmates miss. Ms. Butke feels that if the staff can teach James more self-control and assist him in asking for help when it is needed, his aggressive, noncompliant, disruptive, and off-task behavior will substantially decrease.The district’s behavioral consultant observed James in various settings and was able to see many of the behaviors identified by Ms. Butke. The consultant was able to observe examples of prosocial behavior. In addition, the consultant noted the contexts in which James’s challenging behavior occurred (antecedents and setting events) and potential consequences for those behaviors. These are described on the following ABC recording chart.Antecedents and Setting EventsBehaviorConsequenceJames reported to reading class 20 minutes late (reading follows lunch hour)After teacher explained what James needed to work on, he sat for 20 minutesTeacher did not respond to off-task behaviorSitting in seat during reading classAfter 20 minutes of off-task behavior, James wanders around the classroomTeacher did not respond to out-of-seat behaviorReading classTakes marker off teacher’s desk, scribbles on the teacher’s edition of the reading bookTeacher ignores behaviorReading classTakes ruler out of teacher’s desk, walks to bulletin board, and slides ruler from the top of the classroom rules poster and catches ruler at the bottom of the posterTeacher does not respond to behaviorReading classTears classroom rules poster off the board, rips up poster, and throws pieces across the roomTold to return to his seatTold to return to his seatRefusesTeacher tells him he will have to go to the officeTold he would have to go to the officeTumbles a room dividerTeacher calls the office for assistance, the assistant principal removes James from class, suspended for 5 daysWritten language lesson, working with teacherOn task, compliantPraise, awarded bonus pointsCorrecting written language assignment in groupsWorks cooperatively with groupPraise to group, group receives 5 minutes free timeFree-time activityPlays board game with peersPraiseMath assignment, independent workThrows wadded-up pieces of paper at classmatesTold he would miss class movie after mathMath assignment, independent workLeaves desk, moves to teacher’s desk, tips over room divider on top of teacherRemoved from class, suspended for 7 daysAnalysis of the ABC recording form indicates that the antecedent conditions that are in effect when James engages in appropriate behavior are situations in which he understands the concepts of the lesson, when he works one-on-one with the teacher or paraprofessional, when he works in group activities, or when he participates in social activities with his peers.In contrast, circumstances that precede his challenging behavior typically include situations in which he doesn’t understand concepts presented during instruction, when he works independently, when he is left alone for periods of time, or when he is confronted for inappropriate behavior (e.g., off-task behavior, roaming around the room).The function of James’s challenging behavior is negative reinforcement. His behavior results in escape and avoidance from academic activities or assignments. The negative reinforcement function was primarily selected because James engages in challenging behavior during academic-related tasks. James has had a chronic history of academic failure. For James, difficult academic tasks are aversive, and he demonstrates challenging behaviors when presented with these tasks. The consequences for his behaviors (e.g., conflicts with staff, then left alone) effectively terminate aversive antecedent tasks, activities, or assignments.The negative reinforcement function was also identified because James does not engage in these behaviors during social and nonacademic-related activities (e.g., social interactions with peers, P.E., lunch, music, and art). Rather, during nonacademic antecedent conditions, he engages in prosocial behavior. Consequently there are apparent differences in the types of antecedent/setting event conditions that trigger prosocial versus challenging behavior.In addition to negative reinforcement, James’s challenging behavior is also maintained by positive reinforcement. The consequences for both prosocial and challenging behavior usually provide some form of attention from peers, teachers, or paraprofessionals. Conditions that precede James’s challenging behavior often **The table is included in the case study**
ENG 2205 Troy University Demystifying Poetry Beowulf Discussion
Background:See the Introduction to the poem in the Anthology for more, but Beowulf is the start of literature in the root ...
ENG 2205 Troy University Demystifying Poetry Beowulf Discussion
Background:See the Introduction to the poem in the Anthology for more, but Beowulf is the start of literature in the root language of Modern English called Norse or Old English. (Old English is not the language of Shakespeare, though people sometimes think this is the case--Shakespeare wrote and spoke modern English, though pronunciation styles have changed since the 17th century.)Old English or Norse is strikingly different from the language of Chaucer (from the 12th century) which shows the tremendous influence of French and its Latin roots through the Norman Invasion of England in 1066. To our ears, Old English may sound quite Germanic or Scandinavian depending on if you've heard those languages before.Here is the opening of the poem in OE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFFZxuMc3Ig&list=PLLLrFjrIlZK_gkoOXEvEAafKZq1NBmu4m&index=92 Seamus Heaney, the Nobel Prize winning Northern Irish poet, offers us a striking translation into Modern English, and he tried to encompass many of the original features of the poem, which was written in a language and style that would have been old fashioned but understandable to the first people to hear it. When the manuscript that contains Beowulf was written, about 1000 CE, the poem was quite old, and so Heaney attempts to get that sense of this being a poem of the oldest days in memory. Among the features that Heaney uses in his translation is extensive use of alliteration, old Anglo-Saxon words still in use in Northern Ireland and Scotland, and literal translations of images like 'whale-road' at line 10 for 'the sea.'The poem is set in Southern Sweden and northern Denmark, so it would have been exotic, of a sort, to its original listeners, but familiar enough as the Germanic tribes had been coming from that part of Europe to England during the 5th through 9th centuries. It is a pre-Christian poem, though Christianity had come to England by the time of the poem's commitment to paper.Themes in Beowulf:As with Gilgamesh and The Iliad, we again see themes like Honor and Glory, the Testing of the Hero, Warfare and Conflict as means of characterization, and the Journey of the Hero.How does Beowulf engage these themes for you?Additionally, we see a much stronger theme of Kings and their Subjects in this poem along with the power and fidelity of Kinship being highlighted in the work--how do these themes stand out to you?God(s): A single God is mentioned in the poem--but this is for the listener/reader of the poem--there's no sense that Beowulf or the characters in the poem believe in the God of Abraham or Christ--how does the poem compare in this respect to the three readings we've encountered so far?Beowulf's Three Battles:We first encounter the titular character as a brash young man--already a legend for his fighting, swimming, and other abilities, the Geats' hero comes to Hrothgar's hall "Heorot" when it is under siege from Grendel, the monstrous figure who comes in the night to kill and consume the Danes. Beowulf brags of his abilities--how is this behavior like Gilgamesh and Achilles' (both of those characters would have been unknown to Beowulf's creators and audience) actions and boasts?Swords, armor, and special weapons, again as in The Iliad, are highlighted here--what does the focus on such weapons mean to us here?The fight with Grendel is the 'easiest' of the three--Beowulf fights him/it without a sword, tearing off the monster's arm and hanging it in Heorot as trophy--what details in the fight stand out to us?Grendel's Mother is even more frightening and ferocious than her son--Beowulf enters this fray with a special weapon, 'Hrunting' but it proves useless against this fiend--he must kill her with a magical sword he finds among the hoard in the lair under the lake. How does the use of such weapons play out to us in the poem?After this battle, Beowulf goes north to Geatland and becomes King for fifty years--how does his reign come across in the poem--what kind of king is he, especially compared with Gilgamesh, Priam, and other kings we've seen so far?As Beowulf becomes aged, a new threat comes: a dragon. Here, Beowulf must gather a full complement of warriors, special armor, and another hoard of weapons--how does this final battle work for us? Does Beowulf's victory, aided by Wiglaf a loyal warrior, seem justified within the world of the poem given the cost of Beowulf's life? How does his death compare to Hector's and Achilles'?Loss in the Poem:How does this poem handle loss--of friends, warriors and companions, of Grendel the son, of Beowulf himself? How do these losses compare to the loss of Enkidu, Patroclus, or others we've seen lose their lives in the previous readings? Does this poem seem more modern in its sense of loss, or still ancient to you?Finally, as with Gilgamesh, why does this poem persist?
SOWK 7338 Our Lady of the Lake Problem Assessment in Social & Cultural Contexts Essay
o synthesize the information in this week's readings to analyze a situation from a more holistic perspective.InstructionsR ...
SOWK 7338 Our Lady of the Lake Problem Assessment in Social & Cultural Contexts Essay
o synthesize the information in this week's readings to analyze a situation from a more holistic perspective.InstructionsRefer to each of this week’s readings and respond to the following: • Discuss how the major dimension of "Problem assessment in social and cultural contexts" helps in understanding Juana’s situation from a critical social work perspective; • In your responses to your peers, compare and contrast your peers' discussion of "Problem assessment in social and cultural contexts". Where do you agree? Where do you disagree? Why? Is there another perspective? • To receive full credit for the assignment, please refer to all of the assigned sources for this week. This allows you to demonstrate that you have read and understood the assigned readings. Cite all sources, including the Grande novel. Please proofread your posts for spelling, grammar, and APA concerns. Points will be deducted for errors in these areas.
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