How do you think the insurance adjuster’s training cost concerns impact the decision-making process? What action would you take next?

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Belynda is a 32-year old single African American woman who lives alone in a loft apartment in the Atlanta area. She lives about two hours away from her family, consisting of two brothers and her mother, who enjoy the quiet life in a rural town in Georgia. Her father is deceased. Belynda graduated from high school and completed a certification program as a Child Care Worker. From 2001 to 2013, she was employed as Nurse Assistant at City Hospital. Before that (i.e., 1996-2001), she worked as a Child Care Assistant. From 1994 to 1996, she served as a volunteer student helper with a Head Start program. Although she has a driver’s license, she prefers to use the MARTA system. She is an active member of the Freewill Pentecostal church serving as Church Clerk and a member of the choir.

 

Description of the presenting problem:

On September 13, 2013, Belynda sustained a low back injury while working as a Nurse Assistant. She was earning $16.91/hour at the time of her work injury. O*Net classifies a Nurse Assistant at the medium exertion level, occasionally requiring a person to lift/carry 20 to 50 pounds, and 10 to 25 pounds frequently. Belynda was required on occasion, when no one else was there to assist her, to lift patients 75-100 pounds or more. Belynda received physical therapy services augmented with a home exercise program designed to minimize pain and maximize activity tolerance. Belynda was then referred for a functional capacity evaluation that indicated that she does not qualify for all the critical exertion demands of full-time work as a Nurse Assistant. She was released to work part-time (4 hours/day) with light-duty restrictions. However, she was terminated since her employer was unable to offer permanent, gainful alternate or modified work within Belynda’s physical capacity. Dr. Martinez, her treating physician, recommended that she should be able to return to work at the sedentary level, requiring 15-minute break/rest periods every two hours. Work restrictions include lifting up to ten pounds, occasional stooping, squatting, crouching, limited climbing, mild exposure to extreme temperature or humidity changes and dust/fumes, and moderate exposure to unprotected heights/uneven surfaces.

A follow-up independent medical evaluation report by Dr. Tibbs indicated that Belynda is at maximum medical improvement, and she requires no further formal medical intervention. Her insurance adjuster then referred her for career services to assist her in finding comparable employment with little or no training requirements. Belynda participated in vocational exploration activities to identify potential jobs that were consistent with her residual functional capacity. Assessment tests included the O*Net Ability Profiler, the O*Net Work Values and Interest tests, and the Wide Range Achievement Test Version-3 (WRAT). The O*Net Ability Profiler showed average to above average skills in all areas tested, with the exception of verbal and spatial ability and finger dexterity. The WRAT showed post-high school level reading, high school level spelling, and math skills at the 7th-grade level.

Because of Belynda’s work values, interests, aptitude levels, and the current labor market, what types of jobs appear to be most readily available?

In which jobs might Belynda’s transferable skills be a better match?

How do you think the insurance adjuster’s training cost concerns impact the decision-making process?

What action would you take next?

Discuss the advantages of other career assessment tools you would have used with Belynda.

How might your viewpoints regarding role socialization affect your work in the decision-making process with Belynda?

. Briefly recap the case and identify the most important target behavior. Provide a clear definition and why it is important to target this behavior.

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For this Assignment all answers must be original, no plagarism as Turnitin will automatically check. Please read carefully before responding.

 

1: Determine the best behavior modification techniques to apply in different scenarios.

2: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English.

3: Conduct oneself to reflect the characteristics and culture of a given work setting.

 

Ethics for Behavior Analysts

 

This Assignment consists of an analysis of questions related to two separate case studies. Each case presents a problem that you, the future behavior analyst, will need to assess. In order for you to accomplish this, you will design an effective (hypothetical) behavior modification program based on your hypothesized function of the target behavior and a plan to evaluate this modification program. You will draw upon the scientific method of inquiry to guide you in this Assignment.

 

Prepare for the analysis questions by completing the following for each case study:

  • Provide a full and accurate description of the target behavior for each case and the rationale for selection.
  • For each case, provide a hypothesis of the reinforcement contingencies maintaining the behavior. Based on this hypothesis, discuss why the previous interventions may not have been successful.
  • Next, use operant conditioning techniques to provide an accurate and thorough behavior modification for each case based on the hypothesis above. Be sure to discuss this in the context of the use single-subject designs in behavior analysis and how the individual serves as his or her own control.
  • Finally, you will discuss the assessment of each behavior modification plan by describing how you will determine if the selected behavior modification plan was effective (be sure to outline the dimension of behavior(s) you are measuring and how you will make a data-based conclusions on the progress)

Each case covers the theories, concepts, and research that you have learned about this term. Your written Assignment should consist of information mainly from the two texts. If necessary you may use supplemental readings. All supplementary material should be from peer-reviewed behavior analytic journals only.

After reading each case and conducting the analysis as guided above, please fully provide the information listed below.

Your answers should be 3 to 4 pages for each case in order to address all required parts of the Assignment.

 

Case 1: The Case of Emily

 

1. Briefly recap the case and identify the most important target behavior. Provide a clear definition and why it is important to target this behavior.

 

2. Discuss which inadvertent reinforcement strategy may have contributed to Emily’s school refusal and why. Formulate a hypothesis regarding what intervention will result in a specific level and direction of desired change in the target behavior

 

3. Choose an effective behavior modification program to help Emily’s parents to help her improve her target behavior and to test your previously stated hypothesis. Discuss why you chose that program and how you would implement the strategy.

 

4. Discuss how you will monitor the program and analyze the results. Make sure to include what you would consider to be a successful intervention. Discuss changes you could make to the plan if the expected outcome was not attained.

 

Case 2: The Case of Mr. Smith

 

1. Briefly recap the case and identify the most important target behavior. Provide a clear definition and why it is important to target this behavior.

 

2. Discuss why Mr. Smith’s previous interventions may not have been successful. Formulate a hypothesis regarding what intervention will result in a specific level and direction of desired change in the target behavior.

 

3. Choose an effective behavior modification program to help Mr. Smith with his company and to test your previously stated hypothesis. Discuss why you chose that program and how you would implement the strategy.

 

4. Discuss how you will monitor the program and analyze the results. Make sure to include what you would consider to be a successful intervention.

For this Assignment, you will identify a problem that affects populations that social workers serve. Some examples of social problems include poverty, child welfare/abuse, and homelessness.

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For this Assignment, you will identify a problem that affects populations that social workers serve. Some examples of social problems include poverty, child welfare/abuse, and homelessness.

(The populations is the homelessness)

Assignment (2-4 double-spaced pages in APA format): In addition to a minimum of six scholarly references, which may include electronic government documents and reputable websites, your paper should include:

  • A description of the social problem you selected and any known causes or explanations for the problem
  • A description of the problem’s prevalence in society
  • A description of the specific population impacted by this social problem, if any. If the social problem you selected does affect a specific population, include an explanation of why that might be the case.
  • An explanation of the theories that support the problem and approaches scholars and policy analysts use to address the problem
  • resources   

Popple, P. R., & Leighninger, L. (2015). The policy-based profession: An introduction to social welfare policy analysis for social workers. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

  • Chapter 3, Social Welfare Policy Analysis❠(pp. 35-55)
  • Chapter 3, Social Welfare Policy Analysis (pp. 35-55)

 

Assignment (2-4 double-spaced pages in APA format): In addition to a minimum of six scholarly references, which may include electronic government documents and reputable websites, your paper should include:

  • A description of the social problem you selected and any known causes or explanations for the problem
  • A description of the problem’s prevalence in society
  • A description of the specific population impacted by this social problem, if any. If the social problem you selected does affect a specific population, include an explanation of why that might be the case.
  • An explanation of the theories that support the problem and approaches scholars and policy analysts use to address the problem

Social Problem: Homelessness

Describe what you feel are the least and most effective styles of leadership, providing an example describing an effective leader that you admire and/or one for whom you have less admiration.

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Leading Groups, Facilitating Groups, and Reading People

Complete the assigned readings, and in this final discussion for HUM 6100, instruct the class regarding:

  • What have you learned about effective facilitation that will help your peers facilitate groups of consumers in the future?
  • What have you learned about nonverbal communication and body language?

Include the following in your initial post:

  • Describe what you feel are the least and most effective styles of leadership, providing an example describing an effective leader that you admire and/or one for whom you have less admiration.
  • Provide one or more resources that will help your peers continue to grow as facilitators of small and/or large groups.
  • Describe three ways of communicating nonverbally and explain how this communication is harmful or helpful in your relationship with human services consumers.

Substantively respond to a minimum of two peers by Day 7 of Week 6. Critically evaluate your classmates’ presentations, offering constructive criticism and recommendations.

The main discussion post should consist of 450-650 words. Please cite and reference your main post in APA format.

  • Present your research question as two or three versions, based on the different approaches you have explored that seem most appropriate to your research problem and purpose.
  • Make a case for why each approach would work.
  • Identify the approach you believe best fits your research question. Then, re-formulate the question based on the approach you selected.
  • Describe how the approach you selected will direct the procedures you will later develop.
  • Summarize your choice of theoretical framework for your prospectus. Justify how your choice aligns with your current choice of research question and approach. If they are not aligned, choose a more appropriate framework.
  • Given your choice of approach, describe what data collection tools will be most appropriate to consider. Note: This is not a commitment to use all of the tools you identify; rather, it is meant to be a reflection on what is possible given your choice of approach.