2. In what 3 ways do the purposes and approaches to general education, multicultural education, and special education differ in the United States? Explain
3. Name the 3 ways in which differing sociocultural customs may affect the manner in which parents become involved in the educational process.
4.Indicate two areas that require particular attention in the development of an individualized education program (IEP) fro a student from a culturally and linguistic diversity (CLD)
.5. Identify 3 different ways in which a mother, a father and siblings respond to a child with a disability.
6. Describe five behaviors that skilled and competent professionals exhibit when interacting with and relating to families that include children with disabilities.
a description of at least one role that a forensic psychology professional performs related to police professionals and racial profiling. Then, evaluate the value and ethics of using racial profiling to prevent terrorism. Support your responses with references to the Learning Resources and the research literature.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
Learning Resources
Readings
- Course Text: Psychology and Policing
- Chapter 10, "Hostage Taking and Negotiation"
- Article: Chandley, M. (2001). Before the experts arrive: Best practice considerations for early-stage hostage negotiation. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 39(6), 1220. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
- Article: Feldmann, T. B. (2004). T
an explanation of the relationship between sleep and stress, including any impact the relationship may have on stress hormones. Then explain how sleep deprivation and stress might contribute to the development of an illness. Finally, explain two concepts you might include in sleep hygiene education and explain why. Be specific.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
Read a selection of your colleagues postings.
Readings
- Book Chapter: Spaulding, D.T. (2008). . In Program evaluation in practice: Core concepts and examples for discussion and analysis (pp. 335). San Francisco, CA: JosseyBass.
Program Evaluation in Practice: Core Concepts and Examples for Discussion and Analysis, 1st Edition by Spaulding, D.T. Copyright 2008
Individual Skills Assignment
Industries and organizations are comprised of individuals who are established at the individual, team, leadership, and organizational levels. As an I-O psychologist, you will be expected to design training programs that will increase the effectiveness of the business that you either coach or are a part of.
Use at least two other sources, outline a training program that will help increase effectiveness from an individual perspective. For example, you may focus on individual resilience and organize a training program that increases individual hardiness, which would reduce attrition rates and sick days.
As part of your explanation, include how an I-O psychologist can specifically assist in increasing effectiveness at an individual level. Please focus on I-O psychology specifically rather than focusing on psychology in general.
The paper should be two pages in length and include an introdu
Write a 300-word reaction to this material. What are your impressions of this subject? What points have been most helpful?
Some topics discussed in this unit you want to write about:
What is hypnosis?
How an understanding of hypnosis can help you study/concentrate better in school
what is trauma?
how the mid places meaning on things
why it is impossible for someone to offend you or for you to offend someone
why positive thinking doesnt work
Getting agreement with your mind instead of disagreeing
Watch the videos
https://youtu.be/3XQPCAWbIr8
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
There are different developmental theories that seek to explain how individuals develop and change over time. This week you reviewed theories related to cognitive and moral development. Consider the elements that play a role in each of these types of development, and reflect on Piaget's theory of cognitive development and Kohlberg's theory of morality.
How would you explain the role of culture in cognitive and moral development? How might this role vary across cultures, given the research presented in Ch. 4 of Culture and Psychology?
Use the Electronic Reserve Readings, the University Library, or other resources to locate at least three articles concerning intelligence testing.
Create a brochure for a local elementary school. Consider your audience, as this information would likely be distributed during meetings where a child might have received an intelligence test. Your brochure would be given to parents, guardians, and others to help them better understand the purpose of intelligence testing.
Include the following in your brochure:
- Provide a brief overview of at least two theories of intelligence related to the content of your selected articles to help your audience understand what intelligence testing accomplishes.
- Discuss methods of measuring intellectual functioning.
- Discuss how the concept of intelligence is different from academic achievement.
Include <
Assignment 1: "What Makes ______ the Best Place to Work and Why?"
Due Week 3 and worth 100 points
Choose 1 company that you believe would be an ideal company to work for based on working conditions, salary, opportunity for advancement and work involved. Go to to research.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
- Evaluate the fundamental driving forces that shape the organizational environment of the selected company. Be sure to address the following: competing in a global marketplace, workforce diversity, ethics and morality, and technological innovation.
- Examine the selected company's specific practices or policies. Speculate on the major influences that these practices or policies have on individual and organizational outcomes.
- Determine which practices related to work attitudes in U.S. organizations are most strongly affected by diversity and suggest a strategy to address the effects.
Instructions
For this task, create a scenario in which an aggressive act has occurred. Use the concepts of cognitive dissonance, cognition and arousal, and heuristics to view the reasons for the aggressive act from each perspective. The goal of this assignment is to illustrate the theory in action. Describe the case on 1 page. Then, complete the tables below for pages 2 and 3.
Length: 1-page case description, and 2 to 3-page chart
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
virst, select the program evaluation model that you will be using (Chyung,
- Next, use Steps 14 in Table 2 of the Chyung, Wisniewski, Inderbitzen, and Campbell article (2013, p. 93) to identify:
- Wisniewski, Inderbitzen, & Campbell, 2013, p. 92), and offer your rationale for choosing this model in one paragraph.The evaluand (the hypothetical program to be evaluated).
- The overall purpose and type of evaluation to be conducted.
- The stakeholders of the program.
- Finally, develop a one-page logic model for the hypothetical program you are evaluating, and upload it with your discussion post. Use the video you viewed earlier in this unit to develop your understanding of logic models. The Program Logic Model (Chyung, Wisniewski, Inderbitzen, & Campbell, 2013, p. 97) offers an example of a clear but succinct way to present a logic model for a program.irst, select the program evaluation model t
