BSHS 441 Entire Course NEW

BSHS/441-2 Version 3
Check this A+ tutorial guideline at
http://www.uopassignments.com/BSHS-441/BSHS-
441-Complete-Class
For more classes visit
http://www.uopassignments.com
BSHS/441-2 Version 3
BSHS 441 Week 1 DQ 1
BSHS 441 Week 1 Individual Specific Population and the
Advocate Role Paper

BSHS 441 Week 2 Individual Mediation and Advocacy
Literature Review
BSHS 441 Week 3 Individual Challenges of Being an
Advocate and Neutral Facilitator (Mediator) Paper
BSHS 441 Week 3 Learning Team Summary of Interview
With Social Service Agency Representative on Their Use
of Advocacy
BSHS 441 Week 4 Individual Concepts and Terms Quiz
BSHS 441 Week 4 Individual Literature Review Paper
With a Social Service Agency on Their Use of Mediation

With a Social Services Lobbyist
BSHS 441 Week 5 Learning Team Use of Mediation
Within an Agency Setting Presentation

441-Week-1-DQ-1
Define the following terms and describe the role of the
human services worker in regard to each function;
provide an example of how each might be used:
(1) Advocacy
(2) Mediation
(3) Arbitration
(4) Med-arb

441-Week-1-DQ-2
Describe three ethical issues involved when taking the
role of mediator and give examples of each.

441-Week-1-DQ-3
Identify three areas of interest for which you might wish
to advocate or three areas for which you would like to
know more about how advocacy works.

Advocate Role Paper
441-Week-1-Individual-Specific-Population-and-
the-Advocate-Role-Paper
Advocate Role Paper
Write a 1- to 2-page paper that addresses the issue of
advocacy in the human services field.
Choose a specific population, such as those who are
homeless, persons with disabilities, persons with AIDS,
and so on.
Include a personal perspective on how you as an
advocate may assist with problems such as housing,

treatment, short- and long-term medical care, education,
probation, and domestic violence.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

441-Week-2-DQ-1
Give short examples of how the following types of
persons would act in a conflict situation:
(1) Avoider
(2) Accommodator
(3) Competitor
(4) Compromiser
(5) Collaborator

441-Week-2-DQ-2
Please describe your personal style of conflict
resolution.

441-Week-2-DQ-3
Contrast an interest-based negotiation with a power-
and-rights-based negotiation.

Literature Review
441-Week-2-Individual-Mediation-and-Advocacy-
Literature-Review
Literature Review
Visit at least three websites and explore the information
available linking mediation and advocacy to human
services.
Refer to the website.
http://www.mediate.com/articles/boskey.cfm
Submit a summary of your review.

By way of submitting a summary of the websites,
identify the websites, summarize them, provide
reference citations to them and discuss the advantages
and disadvantages of what they offer to those who visit
their sites. These websites need to be serving people on
a national and/or international scale. Introduction and
Conclusion and be approximately 2-3 pages in length.

441-Week-3-DQ-1
Describe Win-Win negotiation and provide an example.

441-Week-3-DQ-2
Define BATNA and provide an example.

441-Week-3-DQ-3
Compare and contrast mediation with groups and
mediation with individuals.

441-Week-3-Individual-Challenges-of-Being-an-
Advocate-and-Neutral-Facilitator-(Mediator)-Paper
Write a 1- to 2-page paper in which you explore the
ethical, moral, and legal challenges of potential dual
relationships as an advocate or mediator. Please be
clear that this is not a paper on the challenges of merely
serving in the role as an advocate or mediator but the
challenges inherent in serving simultaneously in the
roles of both an advocate and a mediator.

Present your opinion on the integration of advocacy and
mediation within the human services field. Identify your
personal philosophy and individual approach to
advocating and mediating within a specific agency
setting, such as Planned Parenthood, Adult Probation,
the Department of Behavioral Health Services, or
Advocates for the Seriously Mentally Ill.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

of Advocacy
441-Week-3-Learning-Team-Summary-of-
Interview-With-Social-Service-Agency-
Representative-on-Their-Use-of-Advocacy
of Advocacy
Submit your summary for review and comments. Please
look at the Week 2 section of the syllabus and see what
was required for the interviews of advocates in social
service agencies which all individuals needed to have
done. As a team, summarize these interviews -
reporting on similarities, differences and trends -- and it
should not be a mere paste-up of all the interviews. It
should a 5-6 page paper, done in APA format with
sections as follows: Introduction, Brief Summary of

Interviews, Similarities, Differences, Trends, and
Conclusion. Also, please include a Reference Page upon
which all the interviews need to be listed, providing the
name of the person interviewed, her/his title, the
student interviewer’s name, where/how the interview
was conducted and the interview date. This same
format is the requirement for the Mediator and Lobbyist
Interview Summaries in Weeks 4 and 5.

441-Week-4-DQ-1
How would you, as a mediator, approach Assignment 4A,
"Gun Prohibition Case," at the end of Chapter 4 in
Conflict Resolution for the Helping Professions? Outline
a plan for conducting the mediation and avoiding
pitfalls.

441-Week-4-DQ-2
Describe how you would arrange the physical
environment for a mediation involving the case
described in Assignment 6A, at the end of Chapter 6
in Conflict Resolution for the Helping Professions.

441-Week-4-DQ-3
How does a human services worker integrate the use of
mediation, or third party neutrality, when he or she also
serves as an advocate for the client and is an employee
of the agency?

441-Week-4-Individual-Concepts-and-Terms-Quiz

441-Week-4-Individual-Literature-Review-Paper
Write a 2- to 3-page paper expanding on the literature
review submitted in Week Two.
Explore the existing integration of mediation and
advocacy within a human services agency on a national
and/or international level.
Summarize the findings from your three sources and
explain how these sources would be effectively utilized
in a human service agency which you are to identify.

Discuss how you would utilize advocacy and mediation
in an appropriate manner for the specific population(s)
to be served.

441-Week-4-Learning-Team-Summar-of-Interview-
With-a-Social-Service-Agency-on-Their-Use-of-
Mediation
Submit your summary to the instructor for review and
comments. Please look at the Week 2 section of the
syllabus and see what was required for the interviews of
advocates in social service agencies which all
individuals needed to have done. As a team, summarize
these interviews - reporting on similarities, differences
and trends -- and it should not be a mere paste-up of all

the interviews. It should a 5-6 page paper, done in APA
format with sections as follows: Introduction, Brief
Summary of Interviews, Similarities, Differences,
Trends, and Conclusion. Also, please include a
Reference Page upon which all the interviews need to be
listed, providing the name of the person interviewed,
her/his title, the student interviewer’s name,
where/how the interview was conducted and the
interview date.

441-Week-5-DQ-1
Who holds the power for creating social change within
the social service industry? Support your answer.

441-Week-5-DQ-2
In your opinion, what are the 10 most critical issues
challenging the human services agencies today? Rank
them from 1-10 in order of importance.

441-Week-5-DQ-3
Choose one of the 10 issues from your answer to DQ #14
and describe what might create substantive change for
the better. How might you, as an advocate, contribute to
that change? (Review your textbook and research for
ideas about the many ways to be an advocate for
change.)

441-Week-5-Learning-Team-Summary-of-
Interview-With-a-Social-Services-Lobbyist
Submit your summary of the team members’ lobbyist
interviews to the instructor for review and comments.
Please look at the Week 2 section of the syllabus and see
what was required for the interviews of advocates in
social service agencies which all individuals needed to
have done. As a team, summarize these interviews -
reporting on similarities, differences and trends -- and it
should not be a mere paste-up of all the interviews. It

should a 5-6 page paper, which was begun to be
prepared last week, done in APA format with sections as
follows: Introduction, Brief Summary of Interviews,
Similarities, Differences, Trends, and Conclusion. Also,
please include a Reference Page upon which all the
interviews need to be listed, providing the name of the
person interviewed, her/his title, the student
interviewer’s name, where/how the interview was
conducted and the interview date.

441-Week-5-Learning-Team-Use-of-Mediation-
Within-an-Agency-Setting-Presentation
Create a 30- to 45-minute presentation on the use of
mediation in an agency setting. There should be 20 – 25
slides.
Include your Internet search findings, interviews with
advocates, mediators and lobbyists and summarize with
a brief lecture on the future of mediation and advocacy

in this country and the role of the human services
worker in these processes.
Summarize the activities of the four Learning Team
meetings.
Prepare to present your findings on the use of mediation
and advocacy on both a local and national level within
an agency setting using PowerPoint® presentation.

BSHS 441 Entire Course NEW

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

Similar to BSHS 441 Entire Course NEW

Similar to BSHS 441 Entire Course NEW (20)

More from shyamuopiv

More from shyamuopiv (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (20)

BSHS 441 Entire Course NEW