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Historical Development of Human Services: An Introduction
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Week One: The Foundation of Human Services
Details Due Points
Objectives 1.1 Identify the four themes of human services.
1.2 Identify professional disciplines that influence human services.
1.3 Explain how societal viewpoints have influenced human services
over the past three centuries.
1.4 Explain how political and legislative changes have impacted
client care.
Reading Read Ch. 1 of An Introduction to Human Services.
Reading Read Ch. 2 of An Introduction to Human Services.
Participation Participate in class discussion. 3
Discussion
Questions
Respond to weekly discussion questions. 3
Learning Team
Instructions
Learning Team
Charter
Create the Learning Team Charter.
Learning Team
Instructions
Weekly Team
Review
Review the Week One objectives and discuss insights and questions
you may have.
Individual
Foundations of
Human Services
Worksheet
Resources: Ch. 1 & 2 of An Introduction to Human Services
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Foundations of Human
Services Worksheet located on the student website.
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Individual
Mental Health
Facilitator
Assessment
Complete the Mental Health Facilitator Assessment located on your
student website.
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Week Two: Models of Service Delivery
The Role of the Human Service Professional
Details Due Points
Objectives 2.1 Compare human service delivery models.
2.2 Describe why professionals choose to enter the helping field.
2.3 Identify the characteristics that human service professionals
typically possess.
2.4 Identify the various types and roles of human service
professionals.
2.5 Describe the role of mental health facilitators in human services.
Reading Read Ch. 4 of An Introduction to Human Services.
Reading Read Ch. 6 of An Introduction to Human Services.
Reading Resource: “Helpful People” and “Local Mental Health Needs”
handouts located on the student website.
View the Mental Health Facilitator module: Investing in Mental Health
located on the student website.
Participation Participate in class discussion. 3
Discussion
Questions
Respond to weekly discussion questions. 3
Learning Team
Instructions
Learning Team
Charter
Submit the Learning Team Charter.
Learning Team
Instructions
Weekly Team
Review
Review the Week Two objectives and discuss insights and questions
you may have.
Individual
Week Two Quiz
Complete the Week Two Quiz. 2
Individual
Informational
Brochure
Access the Brochure Builder located on the student website.
Create an informational brochure, with a minimum of 350 words that
you could present to someone who is not familiar with the field of
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human services but is contemplating a degree in the field.
Include the following information in your brochure:
 Identify the characteristics human service professionals typically
possess.
 Identify the various types and roles of human service
professionals.
Learning Team
Helping Field
Summary
Discuss, as a Learning Team, why you chose to enter the helping
field.
Provide a 350-word summary in which you describe why
professionals choose to enter the helping field.
Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.
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Week Three: Engaging Clients
Details Due Points
Objectives 3.1 Identify the range of problems facing human services clients.
3.2 Describe the stages of the helping process.
3.3 Explain how human service professionals engage clients and the
community in the helping process.
3.4 Explain how client personal history and perceptions influence
access and engagement of services.
3.5 Identify the specific helping skills that can be used with clients.
Reading Read Ch. 5 of An Introduction to Human Services.
Reading Read Ch. 7 of An Introduction to Human Services.
Participation Participate in class discussion. 3
Discussion
Questions
Respond to weekly discussion questions. 3
Learning Team
Instructions
Weekly Team
Review
Review the Week Three objectives and discuss insights and
questions you may have.
Individual
Week Three
Quiz
Complete the Week Three Quiz. 2
Individual
Client Paper
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you identify the
following:
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 The range of problems facing human services clients
 The specific helping skills that can be used with clients
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Learning Team
Case Scenarios
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Case Scenarios
Worksheet located on the student website.
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Week Four: The Role of Collaboration
Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals
Details Due Points
Objectives 4.1 Describe the role of collaboration in human services.
4.2 Explain how collaboration in human services promotes social,
political, and economic change.
4.3 Summarize the role legislative policies have on human services
code of ethics.
4.4 Describe how to use the ethical decision-making model as a
human service professional.
4.5 Identify client rights that must be protected by human service
professionals.
Reading Read Ch. 8 of An Introduction to Human Services.
Reading Read Ch. 9 of An Introduction to Human Services.
Participation Participate in class discussion. 3
Discussion
Questions
Respond to weekly discussion questions. 3
Learning Team
Instructions
Weekly Team
Review
Review the Week Four objectives and discuss insights and questions
you may have.
Individual
Interoffice
Memo
Imagine that it is 1976, and you are an administrator in a human
services organization. You have just learned of the ruling in the case,
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California.
Write a 350- to 500-word summary in which you create an interoffice
memo for all employees that explains this legislation. In your memo,
also include the following information:
 How the Tarasoff case has affected ethical decision making for
human service professionals
 How the case affects the human services code of ethics.
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Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.
Individual
Ethical Decision
Scenario
Worksheet
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Ethical Decision
Scenario Worksheet located on the student website.
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Learning Team
The Role of
Collaboration
Presentation
Assign roles to each team member of various human services
workers.
Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft
®
PowerPoint
®
presentation in
which you do the following:
 Describe the role of collaboration in human services.
 Identify how the roles assigned to each team member would
serve a common purpose.
 Explain how collaboration in human services promotes social,
political, and economic change.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Note. Online students must include speaker notes with their
presentation.
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Week Five: Current Trends Within the Human Services
Details Due Points
Objectives 5.1 Explain how human service delivery settings are influenced by
evolving client needs.
5.2 Explain how client services are changing due to trends in
technology.
5.3 Relate economic and political events to current trends in the
human services field.
5.4 Identify demographic trends that will influence future needs in the
delivery of human services.
Reading Read Ch. 3 of An Introduction to Human Services.
Participation Participate in class discussion. 3
Discussion
Questions
Respond to weekly discussion questions. 3
Learning Team
Instructions
Weekly Team
Review
Review the Week Five objectives and discuss insights and questions
you may have.
Individual Create a 5- to 10-slide Microsoft®
PowerPoint®
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Client Needs
and Services
Presentation
you include the following:
 Explain how human service delivery settings are influenced by
evolving client needs.
 Explain how client services are changing due to trends in
technology.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Note. Online students must include speaker notes with their
presentation.
Learning Team
Trends Paper
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you relate economic and
political events to current trends in the human services field.
Identify demographic trends that will influence future needs in the
delivery of human services.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Week 1 DQ 1
What are the four major themes of human services? Which theme do you think is most critical for human
service professionals?
Week 1 DQ 2
· Discuss the role of psychology, sociology, and anthropology in the human services field. Which of these
disciplines has had the largest effect on human services? Explain why.
Week 1 DQ 3
· What are the major characteristics of helping those in need in America? What do you think has been the
biggest change over the past three centuries?
Week 2 DQ 1
· Why is investing in mental health important to your role as a human service professional?
Week 2 DQ 2
· Compare the different human service delivery models. Do you think one model is better than the others?
Explain your response.
Week 2 DQ 3
· What was your motivation for entering the human services field?
Week 3 DQ 1
Week Identify the range of problems that may affect individuals. Which problem would you like to work with or
improve?
Week 3 DQ 2
How does a client’s personal history and perception of services influence his or her overall level of engagement?
Week 3 DQ 3
Discuss the specific helping skills you can use with clients. Which skill do you think is most critical when helping

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clients?
Week 4 DQ 1
How do human service professionals collaborate with others to meet client needs? What are the benefits of
collaboration?
Week 4 DQ 2
Discuss the role that human service professionals have in protecting client rights. Is the moral or legal obligation
more important?
Week 4 DQ 3
Read through the Ethical Standards of Human Service Professionals located in Box 9.6 on p. 276 (Ch.9) of your
text. Choose a minimum of three areas you think are vital for professionals to adhere to. Why do you think these
areas are important?
Week 5 DQ 1
How has evolving technology and social media affected client needs and service delivery?
Week 5 DQ 2
How has managed care affected service delivery for clients? In your opinion, has it improved client care?
Week 5 DQ 3
How will demographic trends in America influence service delivery within the human services?