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Write a three to four-page paper discussing your opinion of the extent to which students with disabilities should be educated in regular classrooms. Should students with disabilities be fully included in regular classrooms for the Entire school day or just learn part of the day?

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A historical geotechnical failer that happened on February 9, 1971, had a massive earthquake in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California, causing severe damage to the lower Van Norman Dam. so please focus on the lower van norman dam failure. 
1) what happened?
2) why did it happen? that is, what were the technical causes of the failure? 
3) were there other contributing factors such as managerial decisions or operator error?
4) what were the costs of the failure in lives and economic damage?
5) what changes were made because of the failure?
6) what lessons can we draw from the failure?

use resources from the internet but don't just copy-paste and please put the references

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Module 4 - Case
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: GROUP IDENTITY AND GROUP DYNAMICS
Assignment Overview
In 2004 there were allegations of abuse and human rights violations that occurred in the Abu Ghraib prison. There have been many interpretations of what happened, and there are many aspects of Social Psychology that could have been at play in this situation. For this Case Assignment you are to familiarize yourself with three examples of famous social experiments—The Stanford Prison Experiment, Asch’s Conformity Experiment, and the Milgram Obedience  Experiment, and apply the concepts and theories associated with one of these to the Abu Ghraib prison situation.

Case Assignment
Your paper should give a synopsis of the experiment you chose to use, and you need to explain how it is similar to what took place at Abu Graib, and what Social Psychology factors and theories you felt were involved. You should also comment on what has been done or might be done to prevent this from occurring again.

Assignment Expectations
Your paper should be 4-5 pages in length, should include 4-6 references, and should be in APA format.

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BONUS QUESTION


Reflecting on the four modules completed this session, provide suggestions and advice to those taking this course in subsequent sessions. What would you have done differently a second time around? The same? If your goal is to provide the necessary tools for success for your fellow student, think of the top five suggestions and explain each with specific details and examples from the course.

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Module 4 - Case
PERSUASIVE SPEAKING AND METHODS OF PERSUASIVE SPEAKING
Case Assignment
Prepare and deliver a persuasive speech that would be approximately two minutes (equates to two typed pages) in length in which you persuade your audience to be either for or against a fact, value, or policy; or to act/do something. Often, a more controversial issue will provoke an audience more than one that no one really cares about. Be sure to steer clear of topics that are overdone. These include abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia, etc.

Before recording, please view an example to guide you in your preparation and delivery of a persuasive speech.

Nishiyama, S. (2014). Persuasive Speech Exemplar - 'Nap Time.' Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEDSF15HVBc

A minimum of two references are required and must be included and credited within the speech.

It is recommended that you complete a speech outline to aid in your delivery.

This speech must be submitted in video format (Webcam or Smart Device). Please make sure to stabilize your camera before recording and filter any background noise. Your speech should be a minimum of 2 minutes in length. If your speech is more than 4 minutes long or 85 MB, you will need to compress your files before uploading. Please submit an e-ticket from the TLC homepage if you have problems uploading due to file size.

MyTLC Courses only supports the following media formats: SWF, MPG, MPEG, RM, MP3, MP4*, M4V*, M4A*, AVI, WAV, RAM, ASF, MOV, and RA.

You may use 4 x 6 note cards and deliver your remarks extemporaneously (not read word for word).

Please stand for your speech delivery and be aware that your dress is important to speech delivery. In some cases, your attire can act as a visual aid. Inappropriate and distracting clothing (e.g., text printed on shirt, graphics, and loud colors) and accessories (e.g., sparkly and noisy jewelry) can prevent your speech from being received well or interpreted correctly, and can hinder the establishment of the speaker/audience relationship.  

Assignment Expectations
Create a two-minute persuasive speech and record in video format (Webcam or Smart Device). Upload your video to the Case 4 dropbox.


*bonus question it to be written at the end with its title stating bonus question*


View Ash Beckham’s speech, http://www.ted.com/talks/ash_beckham_we_re_all_hiding_something_let_s_find_the_courage_to_open_up and respond to the following:

Discuss whether or not Beckham opens her speech with an effective attention-getter.
What is Beckham’s thesis (main point or “message”)?
List some of Beckham’s main points as well as the details/examples she uses as support.
Is Beckham’s conclusion effective? Explain why or why not.
Discuss the “takeaway” for you in this speech. Were there any memorable lines or moments? What “message” might you take and use in your everyday life?

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Describe the effect of the No Child Left Behind policy on diverse student populations in the last 10 years

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Assignment #1: Schemas. Visit www.amazon.com and find a product that is of interest to you. Read two conflicting reviews for the product. 
1) Describe the schema you might form about the product after reading the first review.
2) Describe the schema you might form about that same product after reading the second review. 
3) Do you think that the person who wrote the first review would change his/her opinion if he/she read the second review? 
4) What problems can arise when schemas are used? 
5) Do you think reviews on sites like Amazon influence people’s perceptions? If so, how? 

Provide the URL for the product from which you are obtaining the reviews. Submit your assignment (with your responses and the URL of the reviews) via E-campus by typing your assignment into the “Submission” textbox (or pasting it from a word document into the textbox. You assignment should be approximately 2-3 pages, typed and double spaced (not including reviews or references).

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Is Alcoholism an addiction or illness?

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Assessment

Part One: Discussion Forum

All students are expected to regularly contribute to the discussion forums. At the end of the course, students will be asked to select one of their own posts from the academic forum contributions for this course and justify how this post added value to the discussion (no more than 200 words). An image of the post and a justification will be submitted for marking. The course lecturer will consider the quality of the submission in determining the final grade. Instructions for taking the image and some hints on what makes valuable addition to the conversation are in Academic Skills.

Part Two: Report – Planning and Assessment Documentation

Noticing and recognising: Observe a group of children at your early childhood centre, for the first week, to identify and document their interest.

Responding and evaluating: In the second week, plan, implement and evaluate one learning experience to further support the identified interest. Your planning (responding) is to be informed by sociocultural theory.

Your report should include the following documentation:

1. Notice: Identify and discuss the children’s interest.
2. Recognise: Discuss why the interest is significant to this group of children. Include the number of children and their age ranges. Make relevant links to Learning Outcomes from Te Whāriki and The New Zealand Curriculum.
3. Respond: Your planning documentation should include:
a. Details of the resources and the teaching strategies used to plan and implement the experience.
b. Consideration of how aspects of a particular curriculum approach from this course may have influenced your planning.  Consider the curriculum approaches discussed in section 4 of the Course Guide.
4. Evaluate:
a. How your planning and implementation of the learning experience is linked to the vision, and learning outcomes of Te Whāriki, The New Zealand Curriculum and, where relevant, Te Whatu Pōkeka.
b. Which aspects of the implementation of the planned learning experience were more effective and which aspects were less effective. 

Note:

* The notice, recognise, respond, and evaluate occurs in the two-week period.
* A Parental Consent Form showing that you have obtained permission to observe your selected child is to be signed and kept in your Field Practice Folder. 
Please do not disclose the name of the early childhood centre or names of the children involved.

LO1, LO2

(1800 words)

Part Three: Essay – Self-Review /Internal Evaluation

Explain how the internal self-review process is used as a tool to evaluate and improve Learning and Teaching, Collaboration and Governance and Management practices, to ensure quality early childhood education. Consider how early childhood education services involve families/whānau and children in the self-review process of preparing, gathering, making sense of information, and deciding.

LO3

(500 words)

Course required readings must be used as well as additional literature to inform your assessment. Reference list must be attached.

Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3

    
LO1: Develop an understanding of observation, planning and assessment processes towards quality sociocultural framework to support meaningful learning for infants, toddlers and young children

    
LO2: Reflect on a range of educational philosophies and perspectives that underpin different curriculum approaches and models

    
LO3: Examine and critically reflect on the planning processes for a review, in order to evaluate and improve programs and pedagogies within early childhood settings.

Part One - Discussion Forum: 200 Words
Part Two: Report – Planning and Assessment Documentation: 1800 Words
Part Three: Essay – Self-Review /Internal Evaluation: 500 Words
(Total Word Count: 2500 words)
*15% leeway above or below word limit

REMINDER:  this is a level 7 course… so make sure to maintain good academic presentation standards with excellent referencing throughout.

Referencing Style: APA 6th Edition with page numbers a must

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Main post 

Ancient histories have brought us foundational principles which are still active today in therapeutic consulting rooms, with or without critical attention to them, and with important consequences for how we care for others.  For instance, whether the self is a think or a process, how the relation of matter and form, or physicality and spirit, shape how we understand body and mind, whether causation is inherent as a law of nature or imposed on it, the relation of inner experience and the objective world, and what is considered the good life. Pick one ancient concept, whether Western, Eastern, Caribbean, African, Indigenous, and discussion how you see it ‘live’ today. 




Steve’s respond to the post 

There are a number of interesting connections between ancient philosophies and the modern philosophical notions of psychology. One that initially stands out to me is the connection between the profound philosophies of the Vedics and Western psychology.

In the ancient Vedic texts of India there is much discussion around the complexity of the spirit, and the manifestation of the mind. In that tradition it’s believed that there are four fundamental elements to the mind: Ego; Unconscious; Senses; Conscience. This tradition is believed to go back to at least 3,000BCE (Rama, 2007).

In Sanskrit, ahamkara is most closely translated as “I-maker” (in Western culture, ego is the most apt translation),In Sanskrit, ahamkara is most closely translated as “I-maker” (in Western culture, ego is the most apt translation), and its functionality within the mind manifests the possibility to see the world from the dualistic perspective (Perlmutter, 2005). Because of the ahamkara, there is the possibility for there to be a ‘me’, and ‘world’ for interaction. Otherwise, according to the philosophy, there would never be a notion of a self, or even the perception that anything is other than unified – taken to its most extreme, there wouldn’t even be language because there would be no inclination to communicate individualistic ideas; this is also referred to by both Aristotle and Aquainas, and this sense of being is what is the root of the traumas that Western psychology seeks to remedy (Scalambrino, 2018, p. 35).  In Western psychology we can see the use of the word ‘ego’, most obviously in the Freudian use. It isn’t necessarily used in the same context as the Vedics, however similar elements of individuality, the rise of fear, and selfishness to align with the Vedic use (Rama, 2007).

Within the unconscious mind, or chitta, lies all of our past habits and conditioning, along with our evolutionary responses (Perlmutter, 2005, pp. 279 ). With the Jungian perspectives we see the use of the unconscious, which for all intents and purposes aligns rather well with the Vedic use of the word. What is more, we can consider evidence of this in Behaviorist theory as well, where the unconscious responses to the external world being largely determined as a result of conditioning, be it from a conditioned or unconditioned stimulus.

Manas, to some extent is considered our movement towards that which is pleasurable and our repulsion from that which is not. While using the sense, manas (also considered mind in some translations) navigates the content of our experiences and presents the findings for consideration by the other functions of the mind (Perlmutter, 2005). In a rough translation, you might be able to find comparisons to ‘logos’ in the Aristotelian sense, or the application of his value of principles, but in Vedic philosophy, the process of applying logic is determined more by the ahamkara, chitta, or buddhi (Scalambrino, 2018, pp. 33).

Buddhi is the higher conscience in the Vedic tradition. This could compare to the Freudian super-ego in a certain sense, but it’s important to acknowledge that buddhi is not a culturally relative conscience (Perlmutter, 2005). It’s a higher conscience that reflects the wisdom of the soul, which derives its power from the One, Divinity, Brahma, God-head (Rama, 2007, pp. 230). Certain elements of the Jungian archetypes might reflect buddhi traits. The voice of the buddhi can be heard, guiding the person towards the words and actions that help lead to individuation, self-actualization, awakening, enlightenment. This theory is also evident in Wilber’s Great Nest of Being, as we navigate from the material world towards the spiritual, non-dualistic (Wilber, 1999, pp. 2)



REFERENCES

Perlmutter, L., & Perlmutter, J. C. (2005). The Heart And Science of Yoga: A Blueprint for Peace, Happiness And Freedom from Fear. Averill Park, N.Y: AMI Publishers.

Rama, S. (2007). Perennial Psychology of the Bhagavad-Gita. Honesdale, Pa: Himalayan Institute Press.

Scalambrino, F. (2018). Philosophical Principles of the History and Systems of Psychology: Essential Distinctions. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Walsh, R. T. G., Teo, T. & Baydala, A. (2014). A critical history and philosophy of psychology: Diversity of context, thought and practice. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0521691260

Wilber, K. (1999). Spirituality and Developmental Lines: Are There Stages? The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 31(1), 1–10.

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Develop a primary post (approx. 150 words) that responds to the following prompt by Thursday, 11:59pm. 

What is the relationship between culture and identity? Anzaldúa and Yang are both interested in how an individual experiences culture. They explore the ways that an individual comes into contact with culture—through language, but also music, movies, stories, food, family, physical environment, etc.—and thus how culture shapes or affects one’s sense of self. Use a passage from Anzaldúa or Yang’s essay to respond to the question above.

Conclude your post with a specific, open-ended question for the group. Your question should develop logically from your response to the prompt. You are welcome to pose a question about something in the reading that intrigued or confused you, or to bring in Williams’ theory or the culture you analyze.

Be sure to quote from Anzaldúa or Yang’s essay! Do give some explanation/ interpretation after the quote to situate it in your discussion point.
Attached is the reading.

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Explore the incredible challenges that arise when someone attempts suicide, and even more challenging, if a client dies by suicide. For the first part of the paper, describe how you would apply what you have learned about grief counseling to a client whose family member, partner, or close friend of someone who has died by suicide. Incorporate scholarly resources in your assignment of how you would begin counseling with the client, what interventions you would utilize, and what ethical and cultural considerations would be applicable.

In the second part of the assignment, you will put yourself in the position of being a counselor who has lost a client to suicide. Based on your own insights and self-reflection, discuss the impact this loss would have on you as a counselor and person. What do you expect your primary and secondary emotions might be? How would you handle working with your other clients? How would you reach out for support, to whom you would reach out (people and organizations), and what might get in the way of you doing so? Finally, include a paragraph on what you can do from this point forward to help yourself to prepare for this devastating occurrence (e.g. training, supervision, self-care). Please note, this paper will likely be quite challenging to write and may bring up difficult emotions and reactions. Please be mindful of these reactions and intentional about your self-care practices while completing this assignment.

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Watch a movie that highlights a character who is dying or has died.
and identify:
(1) who is in experiencing grief or bereavement (there may be more than one, but highlight the primary one)
(2) what are the traditions, attitudes, beliefs, and understandings about the loss expressed in the film
(3) describe the course of the grief
(4) the impact the grief or bereavement had on the individual/group/family
(5) identify potential resources needed
(6) discuss the person’s attempt at coping with the grief or bereavement (whether effective or not)
(7) identify potential issues that the grieving person might need to address in counseling, or with other professionals– and why. Some latitude will be given for interpretation, as this is just a hypothetical situation and an opinion of how you might proceed as a professional.