Course Assignments
1. Readings
· Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Community Psychology: A Common Sense Approach to Mental Health.
· Read the UOP material, "Paper on Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers."
· Read the UOP material, "Internet Search of Article and Written Report on the Design, Delivery, or Evaluation of a Human Service Program."
· Read UOP material, "Paper on a Future Trend of Crisis Intervention in the Human Services Delivery System."
· Read the following UOP Materials:
o "Learning Team Presentation on a Self-Help Support System."
o "Learning Team Presentation on a Crisis Intervention Situation."
· Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.
2. Learning Team Instructions
· Read the following items, available at http://ecampus.phoenix.edu:
o “Learning Team Charter”
o “Directions for Completing Learning Team Log”
o “Learning Team Log”
o “Directions for Completing the Learning Summary”
o “Learning Summary”
· Select Learning Team members who will work together throughout the course.
3. Learning Team Assignment
· After Week One, Learning Teams will meet for 5 hours to complete the following activities and assignments:
· Create the Learning Team Charter found on http://ecampus.phoenix.edu.
o Discussion of characteristics and skills brought to the mental health human services arena.
· As part of the development of your individual papers, Learning Team members will discuss various characteristics and skills which you feel people bring to a career in human services. Topics for the discussion should include:
o Which personal characteristics do you consider essential for a successful career in human services? Which characteristics should be considered detrimental?
o Are there specific skills which individuals need to have or develop before employment in the human services field? If so, which ones?
o Where and how can skills be developed to help in the formation of a successful human services worker?
o Is there such a thing as a "natural born helper"?
o Describe someone in your life you believe would be an exemplary human services worker. What characteristics and skills does he or she possess?
4. Learning Team Assignment: Internet Search for Article and Written Report on the Design, Delivery, or Evaluation of a Human Services Program
· Learning Team members will begin online searches for information on specific programs within the human services field. They may choose a program in either the private or public sector. Additionally, they may choose to focus on how the program was designed, methodologies of the program's service delivery, or how the program is evaluated.
· Refer to UOP Material, "Internet Search of Article and Subsequent Written Report on the Design, the Delivery, or the Evaluation of a Specific Human Service Program."
UOP MATERIAL
PAPER ON SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS of MENTAL HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES workers
The purpose of this individual paper is to allow students to consider what skills and characteristics they bring to the field of human services. The paper may be narrative in design, providing events or learning situations where they have developed skills or refined characteristics for a successful career.
The paper should be between 8-10 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. It will be graded on completeness, insight, flow of ideas, and grammatical correctness. The paper is due during Week Three.
UOP MATERIAL
Internet Search for Article and Written Report on The Design, Delivery, or Evaluation of a Human Service Program
The purpose of this search and report is to allow the student to use Internet or Online resources to investigate a human services program. The report should focus either on how the program was designed, how services are delivered, or how the program is evaluated.
The report should be between 5-8 pages in length not including the title and reference pages and will be graded on completeness, insights developed regarding the program, and grammatical correctness. The report will be due during Week Four.
UOP MATERIAL
Paper on a Future Trend of Crisis Intervention in the Human Services Delivery System
The purpose of this paper is to allow the student to report on a future trend of crisis intervention following a general discussion during Learning Team Three. The paper should be between 5-10 pages in length not including the title and reference pages. It should contain an overview of the trend, how the trend will impact the practice of crisis intervention within the human services field, what challenges the trend will need to be met as a result of the impact, and some of their suggestions as to how the human service worker needs to proactively deal with this trend.
The paper is due during Week Five. It will be graded on completeness, insights developed, and grammatical correctness.
UOP MATERIAL
Learning Team Presentation on a Self-Help Support System
The presentation will be divided into the portions outlined in the materials under Learning Team Meeting Two. Each presentation should be between 15-25 minutes in length. The presentations will take place during Week Three. They will be graded on completeness of the information presented, how the Learning Team coordinates its efforts, and insights developed from the group’s research into the self help program.
UOP MATERIAL
Learning Team Presentation on a Crisis intervention situation
The presentation will be prepared according to the instructions given in Learning Team Meeting Week Three. Each presentation should be 30 minutes in length and will be presented in either Week Four or Five depending on random assignment. The presentation will be graded on completeness of the information provided, how well the learning team worked together, and the insights developed by the team.
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