The document discusses executive function deficits in students and how teachers can support students who struggle with executive functioning. It begins by introducing Ms. Miller, a special education teacher noticing more students struggling with organization, time management, and problem solving. The document then discusses executive functions and how deficits can impact students' ability to self-regulate and manage tasks. Finally, it provides strategies teachers can use to support students, such as organizing the classroom, explicitly teaching strategies, using checklists and calendars, breaking tasks into steps, and collaborating with other teachers. The overall goal is to help students with executive function deficits feel more in control and successful.
An essay circling around the ethical issues of the legalisation of payment for organ transplants. This was done for an assignment under the module "Ethical Dilemmas" in Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
The Crittenton Center in downtown Peoria has two pre-school classrooms, including the Firefly room for 18 at-risk 3-5 year olds. The brightly lit Firefly room follows DCFS and Illinois academic standards, with student artwork and educational posters on the walls that are two-thirds carpet and one-third tile. The Crittenton Center aims to provide support for at-risk pre-schoolers in accordance with state child welfare and education guidelines.
Write Research Proposal Research Proposal, WritinJessica Rinehart
The document provides instructions for creating an account and submitting a request for writing assistance on the HelpWriting.net website. It outlines a 5-step process: 1) Create an account with an email and password. 2) Complete a 10-minute order form providing instructions, sources, and deadline. 3) Review bids from writers and choose one based on qualifications. 4) Review the completed paper and authorize payment if satisfied. 5) Request revisions until fully satisfied, with the option of a full refund for plagiarized work.
This document discusses various issues related to organ donation, including ethical, biological, political/religious, and legal issues. Ethical issues include the gap between organ supply and demand, organ sale, and concerns around presumed consent policies. Biological issues center around the debate around using animal organs or fetal tissues for transplantation. Political and religious factors involve corruption influencing organ sourcing and varying views among religions. Legally, laws like the Human Tissue Act and Transplantation of Human Organs Act establish rules around consent and living donation to prevent exploitation.
Alex Tabarrock on Using Incentives to Increase Organ Donation. More at http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/05/changing-views-on-organ-prohibition.html
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to expand access to health insurance and reduce costs while improving quality of care. However, there are challenges to implementing interventions due to variances among populations. Some populations may benefit from new insurance options, standards of care, and access to community centers, but others may not utilize these opportunities. Further research is needed to determine which initiatives are most effective at promoting health for particular populations and environments.
This document provides a literature review comparing the healthcare systems of Thailand and the United States. It outlines the history and foundations of medicine in both countries, including key people like Hippocrates and developments like the establishment of Medicaid/Medicare in the US and universal healthcare in Thailand. The review compares statistics, coverage, costs, and challenges faced by each system, such as physician shortages. It concludes that both systems would benefit from efforts to improve wait times, increase the medical workforce, and enhance access and affordability of care.
An essay circling around the ethical issues of the legalisation of payment for organ transplants. This was done for an assignment under the module "Ethical Dilemmas" in Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
The Crittenton Center in downtown Peoria has two pre-school classrooms, including the Firefly room for 18 at-risk 3-5 year olds. The brightly lit Firefly room follows DCFS and Illinois academic standards, with student artwork and educational posters on the walls that are two-thirds carpet and one-third tile. The Crittenton Center aims to provide support for at-risk pre-schoolers in accordance with state child welfare and education guidelines.
Write Research Proposal Research Proposal, WritinJessica Rinehart
The document provides instructions for creating an account and submitting a request for writing assistance on the HelpWriting.net website. It outlines a 5-step process: 1) Create an account with an email and password. 2) Complete a 10-minute order form providing instructions, sources, and deadline. 3) Review bids from writers and choose one based on qualifications. 4) Review the completed paper and authorize payment if satisfied. 5) Request revisions until fully satisfied, with the option of a full refund for plagiarized work.
This document discusses various issues related to organ donation, including ethical, biological, political/religious, and legal issues. Ethical issues include the gap between organ supply and demand, organ sale, and concerns around presumed consent policies. Biological issues center around the debate around using animal organs or fetal tissues for transplantation. Political and religious factors involve corruption influencing organ sourcing and varying views among religions. Legally, laws like the Human Tissue Act and Transplantation of Human Organs Act establish rules around consent and living donation to prevent exploitation.
Alex Tabarrock on Using Incentives to Increase Organ Donation. More at http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/05/changing-views-on-organ-prohibition.html
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to expand access to health insurance and reduce costs while improving quality of care. However, there are challenges to implementing interventions due to variances among populations. Some populations may benefit from new insurance options, standards of care, and access to community centers, but others may not utilize these opportunities. Further research is needed to determine which initiatives are most effective at promoting health for particular populations and environments.
This document provides a literature review comparing the healthcare systems of Thailand and the United States. It outlines the history and foundations of medicine in both countries, including key people like Hippocrates and developments like the establishment of Medicaid/Medicare in the US and universal healthcare in Thailand. The review compares statistics, coverage, costs, and challenges faced by each system, such as physician shortages. It concludes that both systems would benefit from efforts to improve wait times, increase the medical workforce, and enhance access and affordability of care.
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1. Introversion
Score : 11 pts.
4 - 22 pts.
Feedback: Some people thrive in teleworking arrangements, whereas others discover that it is neither a satisfying nor productive work environment for them. This scale assesses three personal dispositions that are identified in the literature as characteristics of effective teleworkers: (a) high company alignment, (b) low social needs at work and (c) independent initiative.
Company alignment
Company alignment estimates the extent to which you follow company procedures and have values congruent with company values. The greater the alignment, the more likely that you can abide by company practices while working alone and with direct supervision. While some deviation from company practices may be appropriate, teleworkers need to agree with company values and provide work that is consistent with company expectations most of the time. Scores on this scale range from 4 to 20.
Extroversion
Score: 17 pts.
4 - 22 pts.
Feedback: Low individualism
Individualism refers to the extent that you value independence and personal uniqueness. Highly individualist people value personal freedom, self-sufficiency, control over their own lives, and appreciation of their unique qualities that distinguish them from others.
However, keep in mind that the average level of individualism is higher in some cultures (such as Australia) than in others.
2. Total score: 8 pts.
RANGE BASED FEEDBACK:
6-12 pts.
Feedback: Low work centrality
People with high work centrality define themselves mainly by their work roles and view non-work roles as much less significant. Consequently, people with a high work centrality score likely have lower complexity in their self-concept. This can be a concern because if something goes wrong with their work role, their non-work roles are not of sufficient value to maintain a positive self-evaluation. At the same time, work dominates our work lives, so those with very low scores would be more of the exception than the rule in most societies. Scores range from 6 to 36 with higher scores indicating higher work centrality. The norms in the following table are based on a large sample of Canadian employees (average score was 20.7). However, work centrality norms vary from one group to the next. For example, the average score in a sample of Canadian nurses was around 17 (translated to the scale range used here).
3. Total score: 32 pts.
RANGE BASED FEEDBACK:
28-32 pts.
Feedback: High need for social approval
The need for social approval scale estimates the extent to which you are motivated to seek favourable evaluation from others. Founded on the drive to bond, the need for social approval is a secondary need, because people vary in this need based on their self-concept, values, personality and possibly social norms. This scale ranges from 0 to 32. How high or low is your need for social approval? The ideal would be to compare your score with the collective results of other students in your class. Otherwi ...
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1. International financial investors are moving funds from Talona to other countries. This depreciation is causing even more disenchantment with this Talona's currency. Describe the affects will this have on the supply and demand curves for this currency on the foreign exchange markets?
2. Using a supply and demand diagram, demonstrate how a negative externality leads to market inefficiency. How might the government help to eliminate this inefficiency?
3. Briefly discuss the shortcomings of environmental command-and-control regulations.
4. Some data that at first might seem puzzling: The share of GDP devoted to investment was similar for the United States and South Korea from 1960-1991. However, during these same years South Korea had a 6 percent growth rate of average annual income per person, while the United States had only a 2 percent growth rate. If the saving rates were the same, why were the growth rates so different?
5. “Block Imports—Save Jobs for Some Americans, Lose a Roughly Equal Number of Jobs for Other Americans, and Also Pay High Prices.” Discuss this statement within the context of protectionism.
6. Steve and Craig have been shipwrecked on a deserted island in the South Pacific. Their economic activity consists of either gathering pineapples or fishing. We know Steve can catch four fish in one hour or harvest two baskets of pineapples. In the same time Craig can reel in two fish or harvest two baskets of pineapples.
Assume Craig and Steve both operate on straight-line production possibilities curves. What is Steve's opportunity cost of producing a basket of pineapples? Of a producing a fish? What is Craig's opportunity cost of producing a basket of pineapples? Of a producing a fish?
7. Provide examples of market-oriented environmental policies.
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SC PLAN
1. Describe the actions you will take to increase your net cash flows in the near future.
The first step is to reduce living expenditures. It is critical to lessen the amount spent on living expenses and other variables and save for future use. I will have to prevent luxuries such as vacation costs or keep them in check to avoid spending a hefty amount on them. I should check the option to cook for myself and avoid buying food. Also, I will choose a destination I can drive myself to save on rental car expenditures and airfare. I will have a detailed budget indicating the amount required for savings, debt repayment, and investment that will assist only to spend the money on essential expenditures. Further, the savings can help to start a business and become self-employed in the distant future.
I would have to look for a job that pays well or engage in a robust salary negotiation. The right time to negotiate for salary is during a performance review, compensation meeting, or job promotion (Bellon, Cookson, Gilje, & Heimer, 2020). I will ensure that I expand my education and technic ...
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1. Interventions/treatment
· The viral pinkeye does not need any medication
· The bacterial pinkeye is treated with ointment or eye droplets
2. Possible nursing diagnosis
· Checking the specific infection affecting the eye
· Identifying burning eyes
· Increased anxiety with red eyes
3. Sign and symptoms
· Eye irritation
· Eye tearing
· Eye redness
· Eye discomfort
4. Nursing Interventions
· Putting some droplets in the kid’s eye
· Using a antibiotic ointment
· Administering ibuprofen to the kid
5. Risk factors
· Allergies
· A women having an STD during pregnancy
· Exposing the child to areas with lots of bacteria
6. Pathophysiology
The infected eye shows through an inflammation that is swollen and red. The conjunctiva shows and this is the clear membrane seen in the part where the eye is white. It remains this way if not treated for a while before it ends with medication administered or just ends naturally.
7. Complications
· A scaring in the child’s eye if the conjunctivitis is caused by allergic reactions
· It can aggravate to cause different conditions such as meningitis
8. Diagnostic Procedure
· Administering the medicine using eye droplets
· Rubbing the eye area with the ointment
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1. Introduction and background information about solvatochromism using Reichardt’s dye? (400-500 words)
2. Discuss the properties of Reichardt’s dye that cause it to change its wavelength of maximum absorbance in the presence of solvents of differing polarities.
3. Discuss solvatochromism. Are there other dyes which exhibit this effect?
4. Would it be possible to use the wavelength of maximum absorbance in the presence of Reichardt’s dye to determine the water content of acetone solutions?
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1. Integrity, the basic principle of healthcare leadership.
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Integrity of any organization regardless whether it is in healthcare or business or government is paramount. Because of integrity comes trust. Having trust in a healthcare organization is nonnegotiable. It is the foundation of a world-class organization. Executives who ignore ethics run the risk of personal and corporate liability in today’s increasingly tough legal environment (Lynn S. Paine, 1994, Managing for Organizational Integrity, pp. 2-21)
First, the healthcare organization. The healthcare organization is the head or the governing body. It is charged of day-to-day functions, establish policies, guidance, business process, safety, security and all the administrative duties. Integrity is and must be the cornerstone of any healthcare organization. Without it, no clinicians or workers that would knowingly work for an organization that they cannot trust or feel safe. And most importantly, if the patients do not have trust in the organization, they will avoid that facility at all cost.
Second, the clinicians. The clinicians are what makes the organization or facility function. Whether they are the providers, nurses or staff it is important that they have the integrity to always do what is right not only for the healthcare team or the organization, but most specially for the patient. It starts with the clinical leaders building trust to their subordinate staff by having the integrity and values of what a leader should be. Once that is established, then it permeates throughout the entire team. Thereby improving the healthcare delivery.
Lastly, and the most important is the patient. At the center of the entire system needs to be the patient. Once the patient recognizes the integrity or values of the healthcare organization and the clinicians delivering healthcare, patient trust is established. The patient satisfaction also increases. According to Cowing, Davino-Ramaya, Ramaya, Szmerekovsky, 2009, pp.72, “if patients are satisfied with clinician-patient interactions, they are likely to be more compliant with their treatment plan, to understand their role in the recovery process, and to follow through with the recommended treatment”. Having integrity or values in the healthcare delivery is the basic principle of healthcare leadership.
Cowing, M., Davino-Ramaya, C. M., Ramaya, K., & Szmerekovsky, J. (2009). Health care delivery performance: service, outcomes, and resource stewardship. The Permanente Journal, 13(4), 72–78. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2911834/
Lynn S. Paine, 1994, Managing for Organizational Integrity. Harvard business review, 2-21. Retrieved from Managing for Organizational Integrity (hbr.org)
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Information organized and placed in a logical sequence (10 points)
Points Awarded
2.
Demonstrated knowledge of ethical dilemma presented by:
2a. Summarized the situation (10)
2b. Explained the ethical dilemma (5)
2c. Solved the problem as a professional RN (15)
3.
Responses supported with specific ANA Codes
(20)
4.
Visual aids professional, visually interesting
& aided in understanding material; proper grammar/spelling/punctuation-no more than 2 errors in presentation(10)
5.
Maintained eye contact of audience (10)
6.
Voice clear & audible (10)
7.
Encouraged class participation (5)
8.
Reference slide that includes references in APA
format (5)
Total points possible = 100
NSG 100
Case Study in-class Presentations Assignment
1): Moral Courage with a Dying Patient
Mr. T. is an 82-year-old widower who has been a patient on your unit several times over the past 5 years. His CHF, COPD, and diabetes have taken a toll on his body. He now needs oxygen 24 hours a day and still has dyspnea and tachycardia at rest. On admission, his ejection fraction is less than 20%, EKG shows a QRS interval of greater than 0.13 seconds, and his functional class is IV on NYHA assessment.
He has remained symptomatic despite maximum medical management with a vasodilator and diuretics. He tells you, "This is my last trip; I am glad I have made peace with my family and God. Nurse, I am ready to die." You ask about an advance directive and he tells you his son knows that he wants no heroics, but they just have never gotten around to filling out the form. When the son arrives, you suggest that he speak with the social worker to complete the advance directive and he agrees reluctantly. You page the physician to discuss DNR status with the son. Unfortunately, Mr. T. experiences cardiac arrest before the discussion occurs and you watch helplessly as members of the Code Blue Team perform resuscitation. Mr. T. is now on a ventilator and the son has dissolved into tears with cries of, "Do not let him die!"
2): Moral Courage to Confront Bullying
Melissa started on the unit as a new graduate 5 weeks ago. She is still in orientation and has a good relationship with her preceptor. The preceptor has been assigned consistently to Melissa for most of the last 4 weeks, but due to family emergency has not been available in the last week. Melissa has been told that she will be precepted by a different nurse for the remainder of her orientation. The new preceptor has not been welcoming, supportive, or focused on the educational goals of the orientation. In fact, this new preceptor has voiced to all who will listen her feelings about the incompetence of new BSN graduates. The crisis occurs when Melissa fails to recognize a patient's confusion as a result of an adverse medication effect. The preceptor berates Melissa in the nurses' station, makes sarcastic comments in shift report abou ...
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1. In our grant application, we included the following interventions as our evidence-based programs: Family Therapy (to promote family acceptance and support, a key factor for overall health outcomes for this population), Motivational Interviewing (to address higher co-occurrence of substance use concerns), Trauma-Focused Treatment (including EMDR Therapy and TF-CBT, to address higher rates of complex trauma including from systemic oppression), and CBT (a gold standard treatment modality, but adapted to meet the needs of our client population by incorporating elements of
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s-Focused or Narrative approaches to make it more strengths-based).
For questions 2-4, you would need to do some of your own research in the literature on these treatment modalities and determine for yourself if there were best practices that should be incorporated into the plan used at the agency.
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1. I believe that the protagonist is Nel because she is the one that goes through different changes throughout the book. I also think she is the protagonist because most people can relate to her more. Nel was done wrong by Sula and her husband Jude Green. Sula did the one thing that a best friend should never do and, that is sleep with your best friend's husband. Even though Sula did a terrible thing Nel still cares about her best friend because she goes and visits her when she is sick even after all the pain she caused her. Nel is also deeply saddened when she visits Sulas grave. That is not the only thing that happened to Nel. Nel not only had to deal with the affair but also accepted her guilt in Chicken Little's drowning. But in the end, Nel realized she enjoyed watching him drown.
Everything changed when Sula came back to Nels life. Nel was happy before. She was happy with her family and her husband, but when Sula came back that all changed. After the affair and Sulas death, Nel was alone. Nel became a single mother and, she no longer has a good relationship with another man.
2. I believe that although the title of the story is Sula, the main protaginist of the story is Nel. Nel is kept until the end of the story and Sulay passes away and exit's the story. I think in this pivitol moment is when the author wanted to make Nel the main character. Nel contained her emotion until towards the end of the story when she has a conversation with Eva, Nel nervously comments "Who told you all these lies? Miss Peace? Who told you? Why are you telling lies on me?" I believe the author wanted us to feel the anxiousness and wonder that Nel found out that somebody finally knew about the little boy being thrown. I believe this admission of guilt to Eva brings closure to Nel. Nel was trying to hide her emotions the entire time and it wasn't after being confronted that she broke down about it and visited Sulay's grave. Nel even stated "I don't know. No." when asked whether somebody saw the boy being thrown into the river. This shows that Nel was not sure at all in the moment it happened whether somebody knew. Nel wanted to not think about what happen forever and try to mute the situation but Eva bringing it up, made Nel feel terrible about what happened which is why she ended up visting Sulay's grave. I think muting herself from knowing the little boy was thrown was still not a 'good' way to look at it, from her end. She wanted to believe a lie by just pretending it never happened. It wasn't after someone brought up the situation to her that her feelings change.
3. Although the novel is titled Sula, the real protagonist is Nel because she is the one who is transformed by the end. Sula and Nel were very great friends and were very dedicated to each other. But they were also very different. Nel was known as the more mature and "good person" while Sula is more impulsive. "Nel is the product of a family that believes deeply in social conventions, hers is a st ...
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The document provides 11 math word problems related to profit, costs, revenue, supply and demand functions, and other economics topics. Students are asked to solve the problems by finding break-even points, maximum or minimum values, equilibrium quantities and prices, and other values. The problems cover concepts like profit maximization, optimal production levels, and using equations to model economic relationships.
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1. How does CO2 and other greenhouse gases promote global warming? Discuss your opinion on the use of geoengineering measures to mitigate the effects of global warming.
Your response should be at least 250 words in length.
2. How does CO2 and other greenhouse gases promote global warming? Discuss your opinion on the use of geoengineering measures to mitigate the effects of global warming.
Your response should be at least 250 words in length.
Raw DataNamePayResponsibilitiesSupervisionGenderDepartmentRudolph211MaleAccountingOlga211FemaleAccountingInstructionsErnest211MaleAccountingEmily211FemaleAccountingThe sheet labeled "Raw Data" lists 366 employees and their rating (1-5) of their satisfaction with their Pay, Responsibilities, and Supervision. A rating of 5 is the highest satisfaction.Bobby211MaleAccountingRaw Data also includes the Gender and Department for each employee.Benjamin211MaleAccountingBeatrice211FemaleAccountingInsert a new column in EKeith211MaleAccountingLabel this new column "Overall Satisfaction Rating"Hilda211FemaleAccountingFor each employee, compute the Overall Satisfaction Rating as the Average of Pay, Responsibilities, and Supervision.Leslie311MaleAccountingFormat Overall Satisfaction Rating to one decimal place.Curtis311MaleAccountingAlice311FemaleAccountingOn a New sheet titled Results, create a Pivot Chart & Pivot TableSophie311FemaleAccountingAssign Gender to Columns, Department to rows, and Pay to Values. Change the value field setting from Sum to Average if necessary.Sally311FemaleAccountingSort the departments in descending order of satisfaction.Melvin311MaleAccountingCreate a title for the chart, which includes your last namePearl411FemaleAccountingBe sure your chart includes a legend for male & female employees, change male color to blue and female to orangeJohnny411MaleAccountingBe sure to include axis titlesEunice411FemaleAccountingFormat the vertical axis for a max of 5 and major tick marks at 1 and one decimal place.Opal212FemaleAccountingJulia212FemaleAccountingCreate a new sheet titled "Graphs".Jimmie212MaleAccountingCopy & Paste as Picture your graph of Pay SatisfactionEsther212FemaleAccountingAlbert212MaleAccountingAlter your Pivot chart/table to display Responsibilities Satisfaction. Change titles as needed.Mike212MaleAccountingPaste this chart on the Graphs sheetMarion212MaleAccountingJosephine212FemaleAccountingAlter your Pivot chart/table to display Supervision Satisfaction. Change titles as needed.Ida212FemaleAccountingPaste this chart on the Graphs sheetGerald212MaleAccountingCaroline212FemaleAccountingAlter your Pivot chart/table to display Overall Satisfaction. Change titles as needed.Alberta212FemaleAccountingPaste this chart on the Graphs sheetLeroy312MaleAccountingLeave Results sheet with the Pivot Table & Chart displaying the Overall Satisfaction.Anita312FemaleAccountingMildred412FemaleAccountingBeulah412FemaleAccountingAda412FemaleAccountingClayton212MaleAccountingWayne312MaleA ...
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1. How do you think communication and the role of training address performance gaps or training needs as it relates to how Adults learn?
2. There are many ways – or methods – available to gather data during a need’s assessment. Each one has advantages and disadvantages. What is important is to select the appropriate method based on your business problem. The most common methods for data gathering are:
· Document reviews or Extant Data Analysis – reviewing existing material like process maps, procedure guides, previous training material, etc.,
· Needs Assessment
· Interviews
· Focus groups
· Surveys
· Questionnaires
· Direct Observations
· Testing
· Subject Matter Expert Analysis
Select one of these data gathering methods to discuss and share what you see as the advantages and disadvantages associated with using the selected method.
1. Team teaching
In team teaching, both teachers are in the room at the same time but take turns teaching the whole class. Team teaching is sometimes called “tag team teaching.” You and your co-teacher teacher are a bit like co-presenters at a conference or the Oscars. You don’t necessarily plan who takes which part of the lesson, and when one of you makes a point, the other can jump in and elaborate if needed.
Team teaching can make you feel vulnerable. It asks you to step outside of your comfort zone and allow another teacher to see how you approach a classroom full of students. However, it also gives you the opportunity to learn about and improve your teaching skills by having a partner who can provide feedback and — in some cases — mentorship.
In team teaching, as well as the five other co-teaching models below, a teacher team may be made up of two general education teachers, two special education teachers, or one of each. Or, in some cases, it may be a teacher and a paraprofessional working together. Some IEPs specify that a student’s teaching team needs to include a general education teacher and a special education teacher.
Here’s what you need to know about the team teaching method:
What it looks like in the classroom
Both teachers teach at the front of the room and move about to check in with students (as needed).
Benefits
· Provides both teachers with an active instructional role
· Introduces students to complementary teaching styles and personalities
· Allows for lessons to be presented by two different people with different teaching styles
· Models multiple ways of presenting and engaging with information
· Models for students what a successful collaborative working relationship can look like
· Provides more opportunities to pursue teachable moments that may arise
Challenges
· Takes time and trust for teachers to build a working relationship that values each teacher equally in the classroom
· Necessitates a lot of planning time and coordination of schedules
· Requires teachers to have equal involvement not just in planning, but also in grading, which means assignments need to be evaluated ...
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1. How brain meets its requirement for its energy in terms of well-fed and during starvation or fasting?
2. Explain the utilization of different sources of energy in muscle during anaerobic and aerobic conditions of high physical activity and resting?
3. Why and how adipose tissue and kidney are significant for fuel metabolism?
4. Explain in detail why liver is significant for metabolism of mammals and how does it coordinate the different metabolic pathways essential for organism?
5. Explain the Cori cycle and glucose-alanine cycle for interorgan fuel metabolism?
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1. Give an introduction to contemporary Chinese art (Talk a little bit about some of the major changes in Chinese art)
2. Read the article that is provided. Do some research on the artist, Xu Bing. According to the article, give some background information about Xu Bing, and investigate the body of work.
3. Select one piece of his artwork to write about. It could be a traditional work of art, such as drawing, painting, or sculpture, or something more experimental like performance art, body art, or installation art.
4. Write a 3-page analysis of the artwork you select. The paper should have a short introduction and conclusion, but the body should focus on your analysis of the artwork. Some of the questions that you might want to work through in the paper include: Why is the work important? In what ways does it challenge the viewer? Is there an allegorical meaning to the work? How is it in dialogue with Western art traditions or earlier Chinese art traditions? Does it engage with Chinese history? Etc.
5. Be sure to include an image of the work you select into the paper, and the paper must be grammatically correct.
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1. For this reaction essay is a brief written reaction to the readings. It may be somewhat informal (and I would encourage you to be personal), but it must be well-written and well-organized. It must not be more than 2 pages, use 12-point font, single-spaced, at least 1" margins. You will react to the results of this systematic review article on Telemedicine " Effectiveness of Telemedicine A Systematic Review of Reviews.pdf
Focus on the results of the synthesis only, react to the authors' conclusions- do you agree or disagree with their synthesis? Discuss your opinion, are there faults in their conclusions?
Telemedicine is increasingly being suggested as an alternative for an in-person visit, especially with emergent diseases that call for person-to-person distancing. What are the potential concerns with this suggestion? What are in the authors' synthesis and conclusions underscore the limitations of this suggestion?
2. The next day a representative from Bristol Myers Squibb visits your office and tells you that Plavix® (clopidogrel) decreases cardiovascular events by 8.7% compared to aspirin. That sure sounds good to you, as you have many elderly patients at risk of heart attacks and strokes and many are already on aspirin. The brochure quotes the CAPRIE study, and you decide to investigate this further. A review of the 1996 article reveals that study patients on Plavix® experienced cardiovascular events 9.78% of the time compared to 10.64% of the time with aspirin. Plavix® was approved by the FDA based on this one study. Cost of Plavix/day=$6.50. Cost of aspirin/day = $1.33
• What was the NNT?
• How much does Plavix® cost monthly?
• What meaning do these values have for this problem?
• Be sure to include your actual calculations/math
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Effectiveness of telemedicine: A systematic review of
reviews
Anne G. Ekeland a,∗, Alison Bowes b, Signe Flottorp c,d
a Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, P.O. Box 6060, N-9038 Tromsø, Norway
b Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
c Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
d Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 23 April 2010
Received in revised form
11 July 2010
Accepted 29 August 2010
Keywords:
Telemedicine
Telecare
Systematic review
Effectiveness
Outcome
a b s t r a c t
Objectives: To conduct a review of reviews on the impacts and costs of telemedicine services.
Methods: A review of systematic reviews of telemedicine interventions was conducted. Inter-
ventions included all e-health interventions, information and communication technologies
for communication ...
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1. Find something to negotiate in your personal or professional life. Examples include: redistribution of household chores, a personal or professional purchase, a contract at work, asking for a raise, booking a vacation, hiring a contractor, etc. The deal does not have to be implemented for the purposes of this class (e.g. you can finalize the price for something you’re thinking of buying without following through on the purchase right now). The scenario you choose should be significant enough to allow you to do substantial research and detail for your paper. Submit a five page paper (minimum), double spaces, utilizing proper grammar and spelling, which summarizes the following:
1. Your Preparation – Describe the process you used and results of your preparation. You should also discuss your strategies, targets, and negotiating plan. Make sure you do your research, working on both your BATNA and the other party’s. (Consider newspapers, bookstores, libraries, the internet, and personal calls and visits as possible sources of information). This is the most important step, so being thorough is critical.
1. The Negotiating Process – Describe what happened in the negotiation itself. List he sequence of events and how you reacted/adjusted to the other party’s position. What was the negotiation style of the other party? What “tricks” did they try? How did you react? Were there any other influencing factors (e.g. cultural differences, misperceptions, emotion, etc.)?
1. The Outcome – What was the outcome and how did you feel about it? What worked well? What would you have done differently? Do you feel the result you arrived at was better than it would have been if you hadn’t taken the class? Why/Why not?
Your understanding of the appropriate preparation and process steps to take in negotiating this deal is more important than the final outcome.
Be sure to cite your sources, and include copies of necessary quotes/documentation.
1.
Find something to negotiate in your personal or professional life. Examples include:
redistributi
on of household chores, a personal or professional purchase, a contract at work,
asking for a raise, booking a vacation, hiring a contractor, etc. The deal does not have to be
implemented for the purposes of this class (e.g. you can finalize the price for
something you’re
thinking of buying without following through on the purchase right now). The scenario you
choose should be significant enough to allow you to do substantial research and detail for your
paper. Submit a five page paper (minimum), double
spaces, utilizing proper grammar and
spelling, which summarizes the following:
2.
Your Preparation
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Describe the process you us
ed and results of your preparation. You should
also discuss your strategies, targets, and negotiating plan. Make sure you do your research,
working on both your BATNA and the other party’s. (Consider newspapers, bookstores, libraries,
the internet, and p
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1. FAMILY
My 57 year old mother died after a short illness last June. She was a wonderful mother and my 66 year old father
adored her. They had been married for 38 years. He is finding it extremely difficult to cope without her. To make
matters worse, he retired just two months before she died and is at a loss to fill his days.
He is disorganized and has not established any pattern in his life. I invite him for meals and outings, but he is
detached and depressed. He doesn’t seem to be part of the world any more. I am terribly worried about him. How
long will he be like this? I am 34 and have small children. I thought being with the children would help him, but it’s
as though he doesn’t see or know them. He just sits and stares into space for much of the day. He seems locked
into his grief.
2. FAMILY
One of our 17 year old son’s best friends took his life several months ago. Our son didn’t say much at the time, but
he was very shaken. Since then he has gradually “retired” into himself. He stays in his room most of the time
listening to rock music.
He is unemployed and no longer sees his former schoolmates. We are very worried about him. How do we get him
out of himself? He has always been a quiet guy but his present behavior is beyond “quiet.” We have two other
children, girls aged 13 and 10, but our son now just ignores them.
3. FAMILY - rural
Ken is a 67 year old farmer who lives with his wife Margaret. Ken and Margaret had hoped to retire late in their 60s
and move to the west coast to be closer to their children, reluctantly selling the family property that has been
struggling financially. They have limited investment funds set aside to support their retirement and have been told
it is unlikely that they would be successful in selling their farm. Ken also suffers chronic back pain from a previous
farm injury. A neighbor has become concerned about Ken’s ability to cope with his property, and has visited Ken
and Margaret a number of times due to problems with his stock and pasture management. Margaret believes the
farm is “too much for them now,” but feels she can’t talk to Ken about this. Ken has become withdrawn and
refuses to discuss the issue. He talks about there being “no way out of this,” and that it “might as well be over.” He
sees his physician infrequently, having difficulty traveling the 60 miles to the nearby town.
4. FAMILY - rural
Jason is 34 years old and lives with his wife Jenny and their two children (8 and 3 years old). After completing a
mechanical trade apprenticeship in Boston, he has returned home with plans to build his future as a farmer. He has
become increasingly irritable and frustrated with what he believes is his failure to “get on top of things” on the
farm, and they are struggling to manage financially.
Jason is drinking heavily, mostly at home, but still drives his car into town. Jenny is angry and worried about this.
She is feeling isolated, having few friends in the area, and relying on Jas ...
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1. Explain the four characteristics of B-DNA structure? Differentiate between the A-DNA and Z-DNA structural features?
2. Describe the supercoiled DNA with its properties and how naturally occurring DNA under wound?
3. What are topoisomerases? Explain the two types of topoisomerases with their mechanism of action?
4. Explain the three interactions that are required to stabilize nucleic acids? How DNA denatures and renatures?
5. What are ribozymes and explain their properties?
Case 20 Restructuring
General Electric
The appointment of Larry Culp as the chairman and CEO of the General Electric
Company (GE) on October 1st, 2018 was a clear indication of the seriousness of the
problems that had engulfed the company. Culp, the former CEO of the highly-successful
conglomerate, Danaher Corporation, had been appointed a GE director only six months
previously and was the first outsider to lead GE—every one of GE’s previous CEOs had
been a career manager at the company. On the same day as Culp’s appointment, GE
abandoned its earning guidance for the year and announced a $23 billion accounting
charge arising from a write-down of goodwill at its troubled electrical power division.1
Culp’s predecessor, John Flannery had been CEO for a mere 14 months—a sharp
contrast to GE’s two previous CEOs: Jeff Immelt (16 years) and Jack Welch (20 years).
Flannery’s tenure at GE has coincided with of the company’s most difficult periods in its
entire 126-year history. In November 2017, amidst deteriorating financial performance,
Flannery announced a halving of GE’s quarterly dividend, the proposed sale of its
lighting and locomotive units—two of GE’s oldest businesses—and the elimination of
12,000 jobs in the power division.
In 2018, the situation worsened. In January, GE announced that it would be paying
$15 bn. to cover liabilities at insurance companies it had sold 12 years previously. In
February, GE confirmed suspicions over its dubious accounting practices by restating its
revenues and earnings for the previous two years, while also announcing the likelihood
of legal claims arising from its its subprime mortgage lending over a decade earlier.
The outcome was a precipitous fall in GE’s share price (see Figure 1) that culminated
in GE’s dismissal from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). Until June 2018, GE
was the sole surviving member of the DJIA when it was created in 1896.
The crisis at GE presented the board with two central questions. First, should GE
be broken up? Second, if GE was to continue as a widely-diversified company, how
should it be managed?
As a diversified corporation that extended from jet engines, to oil and gas equipment,
to healthcare products, to financial services, GE was an anomaly. For three decades, con-
glomerates—diversified companies comprising unrelated or loosely related businesses—
had been deeply unfashionable. CEOs, Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt, had claimed that,
by virtue of its integrated m ...
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1. examine three of the upstream impacts of mining. Which of these do you think would be most difficult to estimate in a life cycle assessment?
Your response should be at least 250 words in length.
2. Discuss the pollutants that are emitted during the operation stage of a life cycle assessment for a fossil fuel source.
Your response should be at least 250 words in length
Body Ritual among the Nacirema
H O R A C E M I N E R
University of Michigan
HE anthropologist has become so familiar with the diversity of ways iq T which different peoples behave in similar situations that he is not a p t to.
be surprised by even the most exotic customs. I n fact, if all of thelogically
possible combinations of behavior have not been found somewhere in the
world, he is a p t to suspect that they must be present in some yet undescribed
tribe. This point has, in fact, been expressed with respect to clan organization
by Murdock (1949: 7 1 ) . I n this light, the magical beliefs and practices of the
Nacirema present such unusual aspects that i t seems desirable t o describe
them a s an example of the extremes to which human behavior can go.
Professor Linton first brought the ritual of the Nacirema to the attention
of anthropologists twenty years ago (1936:326), but the culture of this people
is still very poorly understood. They are a North American group living in the
territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico,
and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles. Little is known of their origin, al-
though tradition states that they came from the east. According to Nacirema
mythology, their nation was originated by a culture hero, Notgnihsaw, who is
otherwise known for two great feats of strength-the throwing of a piece of
wampum across the river Pa-To-Mac and the chopping down of a cherry tree
in which the Spirit of Truth resided.
Nacirema culture is characterized by a highly developed market economy
which has evolved in a rich natural habitat. While much of the people’s time
is devoted to economic pursuits, a large part of the fruits of these labors and a
considerable portion of the day are spent in ritual activity. The focus of this
activity is the human body, the appearance and health of which loom a s a
dominant concern in the ethos of the people. While such a concern is certainly
not unusual, its ceremonial aspects and associated philosophy are unique.
The fundamental belief underlying the whole system appears to be that the
human body is ugly and that its natural tendency is t o debility and disease.
Incarcerated in such a body, man’s only hope is to avert these characteristics
through the use of the powerful influences of ritual and ceremony. Every house-
hold has one or more shrines devoted to this purpose. The more powerful in-
dividuals in the society have several shrines in their houses and, in fact, the
opulence of a house is often referred to in terms of the num ...
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1. Examine Hofstede's model of national culture. Are all four dimensions still important in today's society as it relates to the success of the multinational manager? Why, or why not? Which do you think is the least important as it relates to multinational management? Why?
2. More companies are seeking to fill multinational management positions due to the influx of business growth abroad. If you were offered and accepted a position as a multinational manager, what would you do to personally prepare for the culture of a different country? Where would you seek information? What overall responsibilities would you expect of the job? How do you think the managerial responsibilities would be different from those you would face in the United States?
3. Multinational managers encounter many levels of culture. Which of the culture levels do you think might be the most difficult to manage? Why? Share an example. Which culture level do you think might be the easiest to understand? Why? Give an example of this.
4. In your own words, what is your perception of free trade? Think about the advantages of free trade; what are two benefits that result from free trade? There is also a downside to free trade; what are two disadvantages resulting from free trade? Provide reasoning for your choices.
5. What are the three major economic systems that nations utilize, and what is the role of each? How does each affect and influence individuals, multinational managers, and corporations?
6. How would you define ethical convergence? What are the four basic reasons for ethical convergence? Which might be the most difficult for multinational companies to follow, and why?
7. Describe the four major world religions. What are the impacts of each religion type on an economic environment? What do you think makes religion a concern in societies?
8. If you were a multinational manager, and you encountered an ethical dilemma within the multinational company, what heuristic questions would you use to decide between ethical relativism and ethical universalism? Of the different heuristic questions, which one do you think is most important? Explain your reasoning.
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Week Two Instructor’s Notes
PHIL 1103 Summer
This week you will be learning in detail about the four different moral perspectives that
we will use to analyze moral questions.
Notice two things right at the start. First, because normative ethics is our main focus this
term, we are not going to attempt to settle the question of whether any moral perspective at all
could be correct or known to be correct—that is a task for metaethics. Our task in this second
week is to learn in some detail about four different kinds of consideration or value that often
seem relevant when we try to decide what is morally right or wrong in particular cases, namely:
(1) Respect for the rights and autonomy of the persons involved
(2) Increasing the overall well-being of the most individuals possible
(3) Asking wha ...
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1. IntroversionScore 11 pts.4 - 22 pts.Feedback Some peopMartineMccracken314
1. Introversion
Score : 11 pts.
4 - 22 pts.
Feedback: Some people thrive in teleworking arrangements, whereas others discover that it is neither a satisfying nor productive work environment for them. This scale assesses three personal dispositions that are identified in the literature as characteristics of effective teleworkers: (a) high company alignment, (b) low social needs at work and (c) independent initiative.
Company alignment
Company alignment estimates the extent to which you follow company procedures and have values congruent with company values. The greater the alignment, the more likely that you can abide by company practices while working alone and with direct supervision. While some deviation from company practices may be appropriate, teleworkers need to agree with company values and provide work that is consistent with company expectations most of the time. Scores on this scale range from 4 to 20.
Extroversion
Score: 17 pts.
4 - 22 pts.
Feedback: Low individualism
Individualism refers to the extent that you value independence and personal uniqueness. Highly individualist people value personal freedom, self-sufficiency, control over their own lives, and appreciation of their unique qualities that distinguish them from others.
However, keep in mind that the average level of individualism is higher in some cultures (such as Australia) than in others.
2. Total score: 8 pts.
RANGE BASED FEEDBACK:
6-12 pts.
Feedback: Low work centrality
People with high work centrality define themselves mainly by their work roles and view non-work roles as much less significant. Consequently, people with a high work centrality score likely have lower complexity in their self-concept. This can be a concern because if something goes wrong with their work role, their non-work roles are not of sufficient value to maintain a positive self-evaluation. At the same time, work dominates our work lives, so those with very low scores would be more of the exception than the rule in most societies. Scores range from 6 to 36 with higher scores indicating higher work centrality. The norms in the following table are based on a large sample of Canadian employees (average score was 20.7). However, work centrality norms vary from one group to the next. For example, the average score in a sample of Canadian nurses was around 17 (translated to the scale range used here).
3. Total score: 32 pts.
RANGE BASED FEEDBACK:
28-32 pts.
Feedback: High need for social approval
The need for social approval scale estimates the extent to which you are motivated to seek favourable evaluation from others. Founded on the drive to bond, the need for social approval is a secondary need, because people vary in this need based on their self-concept, values, personality and possibly social norms. This scale ranges from 0 to 32. How high or low is your need for social approval? The ideal would be to compare your score with the collective results of other students in your class. Otherwi ...
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1. International financial investors are moving funds from Talona to other countries. This depreciation is causing even more disenchantment with this Talona's currency. Describe the affects will this have on the supply and demand curves for this currency on the foreign exchange markets?
2. Using a supply and demand diagram, demonstrate how a negative externality leads to market inefficiency. How might the government help to eliminate this inefficiency?
3. Briefly discuss the shortcomings of environmental command-and-control regulations.
4. Some data that at first might seem puzzling: The share of GDP devoted to investment was similar for the United States and South Korea from 1960-1991. However, during these same years South Korea had a 6 percent growth rate of average annual income per person, while the United States had only a 2 percent growth rate. If the saving rates were the same, why were the growth rates so different?
5. “Block Imports—Save Jobs for Some Americans, Lose a Roughly Equal Number of Jobs for Other Americans, and Also Pay High Prices.” Discuss this statement within the context of protectionism.
6. Steve and Craig have been shipwrecked on a deserted island in the South Pacific. Their economic activity consists of either gathering pineapples or fishing. We know Steve can catch four fish in one hour or harvest two baskets of pineapples. In the same time Craig can reel in two fish or harvest two baskets of pineapples.
Assume Craig and Steve both operate on straight-line production possibilities curves. What is Steve's opportunity cost of producing a basket of pineapples? Of a producing a fish? What is Craig's opportunity cost of producing a basket of pineapples? Of a producing a fish?
7. Provide examples of market-oriented environmental policies.
Running head: SC PLAN 1
SC PLAN 4
SC PLAN
Student’s Name
Institution Affiliation
SC PLAN
1. Describe the actions you will take to increase your net cash flows in the near future.
The first step is to reduce living expenditures. It is critical to lessen the amount spent on living expenses and other variables and save for future use. I will have to prevent luxuries such as vacation costs or keep them in check to avoid spending a hefty amount on them. I should check the option to cook for myself and avoid buying food. Also, I will choose a destination I can drive myself to save on rental car expenditures and airfare. I will have a detailed budget indicating the amount required for savings, debt repayment, and investment that will assist only to spend the money on essential expenditures. Further, the savings can help to start a business and become self-employed in the distant future.
I would have to look for a job that pays well or engage in a robust salary negotiation. The right time to negotiate for salary is during a performance review, compensation meeting, or job promotion (Bellon, Cookson, Gilje, & Heimer, 2020). I will ensure that I expand my education and technic ...
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1. Interventions/treatment
· The viral pinkeye does not need any medication
· The bacterial pinkeye is treated with ointment or eye droplets
2. Possible nursing diagnosis
· Checking the specific infection affecting the eye
· Identifying burning eyes
· Increased anxiety with red eyes
3. Sign and symptoms
· Eye irritation
· Eye tearing
· Eye redness
· Eye discomfort
4. Nursing Interventions
· Putting some droplets in the kid’s eye
· Using a antibiotic ointment
· Administering ibuprofen to the kid
5. Risk factors
· Allergies
· A women having an STD during pregnancy
· Exposing the child to areas with lots of bacteria
6. Pathophysiology
The infected eye shows through an inflammation that is swollen and red. The conjunctiva shows and this is the clear membrane seen in the part where the eye is white. It remains this way if not treated for a while before it ends with medication administered or just ends naturally.
7. Complications
· A scaring in the child’s eye if the conjunctivitis is caused by allergic reactions
· It can aggravate to cause different conditions such as meningitis
8. Diagnostic Procedure
· Administering the medicine using eye droplets
· Rubbing the eye area with the ointment
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1. Introduction and background information about solvatochromism using Reichardt’s dye? (400-500 words)
2. Discuss the properties of Reichardt’s dye that cause it to change its wavelength of maximum absorbance in the presence of solvents of differing polarities.
3. Discuss solvatochromism. Are there other dyes which exhibit this effect?
4. Would it be possible to use the wavelength of maximum absorbance in the presence of Reichardt’s dye to determine the water content of acetone solutions?
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1. Integrity, the basic principle of healthcare leadership.
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Integrity of any organization regardless whether it is in healthcare or business or government is paramount. Because of integrity comes trust. Having trust in a healthcare organization is nonnegotiable. It is the foundation of a world-class organization. Executives who ignore ethics run the risk of personal and corporate liability in today’s increasingly tough legal environment (Lynn S. Paine, 1994, Managing for Organizational Integrity, pp. 2-21)
First, the healthcare organization. The healthcare organization is the head or the governing body. It is charged of day-to-day functions, establish policies, guidance, business process, safety, security and all the administrative duties. Integrity is and must be the cornerstone of any healthcare organization. Without it, no clinicians or workers that would knowingly work for an organization that they cannot trust or feel safe. And most importantly, if the patients do not have trust in the organization, they will avoid that facility at all cost.
Second, the clinicians. The clinicians are what makes the organization or facility function. Whether they are the providers, nurses or staff it is important that they have the integrity to always do what is right not only for the healthcare team or the organization, but most specially for the patient. It starts with the clinical leaders building trust to their subordinate staff by having the integrity and values of what a leader should be. Once that is established, then it permeates throughout the entire team. Thereby improving the healthcare delivery.
Lastly, and the most important is the patient. At the center of the entire system needs to be the patient. Once the patient recognizes the integrity or values of the healthcare organization and the clinicians delivering healthcare, patient trust is established. The patient satisfaction also increases. According to Cowing, Davino-Ramaya, Ramaya, Szmerekovsky, 2009, pp.72, “if patients are satisfied with clinician-patient interactions, they are likely to be more compliant with their treatment plan, to understand their role in the recovery process, and to follow through with the recommended treatment”. Having integrity or values in the healthcare delivery is the basic principle of healthcare leadership.
Cowing, M., Davino-Ramaya, C. M., Ramaya, K., & Szmerekovsky, J. (2009). Health care delivery performance: service, outcomes, and resource stewardship. The Permanente Journal, 13(4), 72–78. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2911834/
Lynn S. Paine, 1994, Managing for Organizational Integrity. Harvard business review, 2-21. Retrieved from Managing for Organizational Integrity (hbr.org)
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Information organized and placed in a logical sequence (10 points)
Points Awarded
2.
Demonstrated knowledge of ethical dilemma presented by:
2a. Summarized the situation (10)
2b. Explained the ethical dilemma (5)
2c. Solved the problem as a professional RN (15)
3.
Responses supported with specific ANA Codes
(20)
4.
Visual aids professional, visually interesting
& aided in understanding material; proper grammar/spelling/punctuation-no more than 2 errors in presentation(10)
5.
Maintained eye contact of audience (10)
6.
Voice clear & audible (10)
7.
Encouraged class participation (5)
8.
Reference slide that includes references in APA
format (5)
Total points possible = 100
NSG 100
Case Study in-class Presentations Assignment
1): Moral Courage with a Dying Patient
Mr. T. is an 82-year-old widower who has been a patient on your unit several times over the past 5 years. His CHF, COPD, and diabetes have taken a toll on his body. He now needs oxygen 24 hours a day and still has dyspnea and tachycardia at rest. On admission, his ejection fraction is less than 20%, EKG shows a QRS interval of greater than 0.13 seconds, and his functional class is IV on NYHA assessment.
He has remained symptomatic despite maximum medical management with a vasodilator and diuretics. He tells you, "This is my last trip; I am glad I have made peace with my family and God. Nurse, I am ready to die." You ask about an advance directive and he tells you his son knows that he wants no heroics, but they just have never gotten around to filling out the form. When the son arrives, you suggest that he speak with the social worker to complete the advance directive and he agrees reluctantly. You page the physician to discuss DNR status with the son. Unfortunately, Mr. T. experiences cardiac arrest before the discussion occurs and you watch helplessly as members of the Code Blue Team perform resuscitation. Mr. T. is now on a ventilator and the son has dissolved into tears with cries of, "Do not let him die!"
2): Moral Courage to Confront Bullying
Melissa started on the unit as a new graduate 5 weeks ago. She is still in orientation and has a good relationship with her preceptor. The preceptor has been assigned consistently to Melissa for most of the last 4 weeks, but due to family emergency has not been available in the last week. Melissa has been told that she will be precepted by a different nurse for the remainder of her orientation. The new preceptor has not been welcoming, supportive, or focused on the educational goals of the orientation. In fact, this new preceptor has voiced to all who will listen her feelings about the incompetence of new BSN graduates. The crisis occurs when Melissa fails to recognize a patient's confusion as a result of an adverse medication effect. The preceptor berates Melissa in the nurses' station, makes sarcastic comments in shift report abou ...
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1. In our grant application, we included the following interventions as our evidence-based programs: Family Therapy (to promote family acceptance and support, a key factor for overall health outcomes for this population), Motivational Interviewing (to address higher co-occurrence of substance use concerns), Trauma-Focused Treatment (including EMDR Therapy and TF-CBT, to address higher rates of complex trauma including from systemic oppression), and CBT (a gold standard treatment modality, but adapted to meet the needs of our client population by incorporating elements of
Solution
s-Focused or Narrative approaches to make it more strengths-based).
For questions 2-4, you would need to do some of your own research in the literature on these treatment modalities and determine for yourself if there were best practices that should be incorporated into the plan used at the agency.
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1. I believe that the protagonist is Nel because she is the one that goes through different changes throughout the book. I also think she is the protagonist because most people can relate to her more. Nel was done wrong by Sula and her husband Jude Green. Sula did the one thing that a best friend should never do and, that is sleep with your best friend's husband. Even though Sula did a terrible thing Nel still cares about her best friend because she goes and visits her when she is sick even after all the pain she caused her. Nel is also deeply saddened when she visits Sulas grave. That is not the only thing that happened to Nel. Nel not only had to deal with the affair but also accepted her guilt in Chicken Little's drowning. But in the end, Nel realized she enjoyed watching him drown.
Everything changed when Sula came back to Nels life. Nel was happy before. She was happy with her family and her husband, but when Sula came back that all changed. After the affair and Sulas death, Nel was alone. Nel became a single mother and, she no longer has a good relationship with another man.
2. I believe that although the title of the story is Sula, the main protaginist of the story is Nel. Nel is kept until the end of the story and Sulay passes away and exit's the story. I think in this pivitol moment is when the author wanted to make Nel the main character. Nel contained her emotion until towards the end of the story when she has a conversation with Eva, Nel nervously comments "Who told you all these lies? Miss Peace? Who told you? Why are you telling lies on me?" I believe the author wanted us to feel the anxiousness and wonder that Nel found out that somebody finally knew about the little boy being thrown. I believe this admission of guilt to Eva brings closure to Nel. Nel was trying to hide her emotions the entire time and it wasn't after being confronted that she broke down about it and visited Sulay's grave. Nel even stated "I don't know. No." when asked whether somebody saw the boy being thrown into the river. This shows that Nel was not sure at all in the moment it happened whether somebody knew. Nel wanted to not think about what happen forever and try to mute the situation but Eva bringing it up, made Nel feel terrible about what happened which is why she ended up visting Sulay's grave. I think muting herself from knowing the little boy was thrown was still not a 'good' way to look at it, from her end. She wanted to believe a lie by just pretending it never happened. It wasn't after someone brought up the situation to her that her feelings change.
3. Although the novel is titled Sula, the real protagonist is Nel because she is the one who is transformed by the end. Sula and Nel were very great friends and were very dedicated to each other. But they were also very different. Nel was known as the more mature and "good person" while Sula is more impulsive. "Nel is the product of a family that believes deeply in social conventions, hers is a st ...
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The document provides 11 math word problems related to profit, costs, revenue, supply and demand functions, and other economics topics. Students are asked to solve the problems by finding break-even points, maximum or minimum values, equilibrium quantities and prices, and other values. The problems cover concepts like profit maximization, optimal production levels, and using equations to model economic relationships.
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1. How does CO2 and other greenhouse gases promote global warming? Discuss your opinion on the use of geoengineering measures to mitigate the effects of global warming.
Your response should be at least 250 words in length.
2. How does CO2 and other greenhouse gases promote global warming? Discuss your opinion on the use of geoengineering measures to mitigate the effects of global warming.
Your response should be at least 250 words in length.
Raw DataNamePayResponsibilitiesSupervisionGenderDepartmentRudolph211MaleAccountingOlga211FemaleAccountingInstructionsErnest211MaleAccountingEmily211FemaleAccountingThe sheet labeled "Raw Data" lists 366 employees and their rating (1-5) of their satisfaction with their Pay, Responsibilities, and Supervision. A rating of 5 is the highest satisfaction.Bobby211MaleAccountingRaw Data also includes the Gender and Department for each employee.Benjamin211MaleAccountingBeatrice211FemaleAccountingInsert a new column in EKeith211MaleAccountingLabel this new column "Overall Satisfaction Rating"Hilda211FemaleAccountingFor each employee, compute the Overall Satisfaction Rating as the Average of Pay, Responsibilities, and Supervision.Leslie311MaleAccountingFormat Overall Satisfaction Rating to one decimal place.Curtis311MaleAccountingAlice311FemaleAccountingOn a New sheet titled Results, create a Pivot Chart & Pivot TableSophie311FemaleAccountingAssign Gender to Columns, Department to rows, and Pay to Values. Change the value field setting from Sum to Average if necessary.Sally311FemaleAccountingSort the departments in descending order of satisfaction.Melvin311MaleAccountingCreate a title for the chart, which includes your last namePearl411FemaleAccountingBe sure your chart includes a legend for male & female employees, change male color to blue and female to orangeJohnny411MaleAccountingBe sure to include axis titlesEunice411FemaleAccountingFormat the vertical axis for a max of 5 and major tick marks at 1 and one decimal place.Opal212FemaleAccountingJulia212FemaleAccountingCreate a new sheet titled "Graphs".Jimmie212MaleAccountingCopy & Paste as Picture your graph of Pay SatisfactionEsther212FemaleAccountingAlbert212MaleAccountingAlter your Pivot chart/table to display Responsibilities Satisfaction. Change titles as needed.Mike212MaleAccountingPaste this chart on the Graphs sheetMarion212MaleAccountingJosephine212FemaleAccountingAlter your Pivot chart/table to display Supervision Satisfaction. Change titles as needed.Ida212FemaleAccountingPaste this chart on the Graphs sheetGerald212MaleAccountingCaroline212FemaleAccountingAlter your Pivot chart/table to display Overall Satisfaction. Change titles as needed.Alberta212FemaleAccountingPaste this chart on the Graphs sheetLeroy312MaleAccountingLeave Results sheet with the Pivot Table & Chart displaying the Overall Satisfaction.Anita312FemaleAccountingMildred412FemaleAccountingBeulah412FemaleAccountingAda412FemaleAccountingClayton212MaleAccountingWayne312MaleA ...
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1. How do you think communication and the role of training address performance gaps or training needs as it relates to how Adults learn?
2. There are many ways – or methods – available to gather data during a need’s assessment. Each one has advantages and disadvantages. What is important is to select the appropriate method based on your business problem. The most common methods for data gathering are:
· Document reviews or Extant Data Analysis – reviewing existing material like process maps, procedure guides, previous training material, etc.,
· Needs Assessment
· Interviews
· Focus groups
· Surveys
· Questionnaires
· Direct Observations
· Testing
· Subject Matter Expert Analysis
Select one of these data gathering methods to discuss and share what you see as the advantages and disadvantages associated with using the selected method.
1. Team teaching
In team teaching, both teachers are in the room at the same time but take turns teaching the whole class. Team teaching is sometimes called “tag team teaching.” You and your co-teacher teacher are a bit like co-presenters at a conference or the Oscars. You don’t necessarily plan who takes which part of the lesson, and when one of you makes a point, the other can jump in and elaborate if needed.
Team teaching can make you feel vulnerable. It asks you to step outside of your comfort zone and allow another teacher to see how you approach a classroom full of students. However, it also gives you the opportunity to learn about and improve your teaching skills by having a partner who can provide feedback and — in some cases — mentorship.
In team teaching, as well as the five other co-teaching models below, a teacher team may be made up of two general education teachers, two special education teachers, or one of each. Or, in some cases, it may be a teacher and a paraprofessional working together. Some IEPs specify that a student’s teaching team needs to include a general education teacher and a special education teacher.
Here’s what you need to know about the team teaching method:
What it looks like in the classroom
Both teachers teach at the front of the room and move about to check in with students (as needed).
Benefits
· Provides both teachers with an active instructional role
· Introduces students to complementary teaching styles and personalities
· Allows for lessons to be presented by two different people with different teaching styles
· Models multiple ways of presenting and engaging with information
· Models for students what a successful collaborative working relationship can look like
· Provides more opportunities to pursue teachable moments that may arise
Challenges
· Takes time and trust for teachers to build a working relationship that values each teacher equally in the classroom
· Necessitates a lot of planning time and coordination of schedules
· Requires teachers to have equal involvement not just in planning, but also in grading, which means assignments need to be evaluated ...
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1. How brain meets its requirement for its energy in terms of well-fed and during starvation or fasting?
2. Explain the utilization of different sources of energy in muscle during anaerobic and aerobic conditions of high physical activity and resting?
3. Why and how adipose tissue and kidney are significant for fuel metabolism?
4. Explain in detail why liver is significant for metabolism of mammals and how does it coordinate the different metabolic pathways essential for organism?
5. Explain the Cori cycle and glucose-alanine cycle for interorgan fuel metabolism?
...
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1. Give an introduction to contemporary Chinese art (Talk a little bit about some of the major changes in Chinese art)
2. Read the article that is provided. Do some research on the artist, Xu Bing. According to the article, give some background information about Xu Bing, and investigate the body of work.
3. Select one piece of his artwork to write about. It could be a traditional work of art, such as drawing, painting, or sculpture, or something more experimental like performance art, body art, or installation art.
4. Write a 3-page analysis of the artwork you select. The paper should have a short introduction and conclusion, but the body should focus on your analysis of the artwork. Some of the questions that you might want to work through in the paper include: Why is the work important? In what ways does it challenge the viewer? Is there an allegorical meaning to the work? How is it in dialogue with Western art traditions or earlier Chinese art traditions? Does it engage with Chinese history? Etc.
5. Be sure to include an image of the work you select into the paper, and the paper must be grammatically correct.
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1. For this reaction essay is a brief written reaction to the readMartineMccracken314
1. For this reaction essay is a brief written reaction to the readings. It may be somewhat informal (and I would encourage you to be personal), but it must be well-written and well-organized. It must not be more than 2 pages, use 12-point font, single-spaced, at least 1" margins. You will react to the results of this systematic review article on Telemedicine " Effectiveness of Telemedicine A Systematic Review of Reviews.pdf
Focus on the results of the synthesis only, react to the authors' conclusions- do you agree or disagree with their synthesis? Discuss your opinion, are there faults in their conclusions?
Telemedicine is increasingly being suggested as an alternative for an in-person visit, especially with emergent diseases that call for person-to-person distancing. What are the potential concerns with this suggestion? What are in the authors' synthesis and conclusions underscore the limitations of this suggestion?
2. The next day a representative from Bristol Myers Squibb visits your office and tells you that Plavix® (clopidogrel) decreases cardiovascular events by 8.7% compared to aspirin. That sure sounds good to you, as you have many elderly patients at risk of heart attacks and strokes and many are already on aspirin. The brochure quotes the CAPRIE study, and you decide to investigate this further. A review of the 1996 article reveals that study patients on Plavix® experienced cardiovascular events 9.78% of the time compared to 10.64% of the time with aspirin. Plavix® was approved by the FDA based on this one study. Cost of Plavix/day=$6.50. Cost of aspirin/day = $1.33
• What was the NNT?
• How much does Plavix® cost monthly?
• What meaning do these values have for this problem?
• Be sure to include your actual calculations/math
i n t e r n a t i o n a l j o u r n a l o f m e d i c a l i n f o r m a t i c s 7 9 ( 2 0 1 0 ) 736–771
j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . i n t l . e l s e v i e r h e a l t h . c o m / j o u r n a l s / i j m i
Effectiveness of telemedicine: A systematic review of
reviews
Anne G. Ekeland a,∗, Alison Bowes b, Signe Flottorp c,d
a Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, P.O. Box 6060, N-9038 Tromsø, Norway
b Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
c Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
d Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 23 April 2010
Received in revised form
11 July 2010
Accepted 29 August 2010
Keywords:
Telemedicine
Telecare
Systematic review
Effectiveness
Outcome
a b s t r a c t
Objectives: To conduct a review of reviews on the impacts and costs of telemedicine services.
Methods: A review of systematic reviews of telemedicine interventions was conducted. Inter-
ventions included all e-health interventions, information and communication technologies
for communication ...
1. Find something to negotiate in your personal or professional liMartineMccracken314
1. Find something to negotiate in your personal or professional life. Examples include: redistribution of household chores, a personal or professional purchase, a contract at work, asking for a raise, booking a vacation, hiring a contractor, etc. The deal does not have to be implemented for the purposes of this class (e.g. you can finalize the price for something you’re thinking of buying without following through on the purchase right now). The scenario you choose should be significant enough to allow you to do substantial research and detail for your paper. Submit a five page paper (minimum), double spaces, utilizing proper grammar and spelling, which summarizes the following:
1. Your Preparation – Describe the process you used and results of your preparation. You should also discuss your strategies, targets, and negotiating plan. Make sure you do your research, working on both your BATNA and the other party’s. (Consider newspapers, bookstores, libraries, the internet, and personal calls and visits as possible sources of information). This is the most important step, so being thorough is critical.
1. The Negotiating Process – Describe what happened in the negotiation itself. List he sequence of events and how you reacted/adjusted to the other party’s position. What was the negotiation style of the other party? What “tricks” did they try? How did you react? Were there any other influencing factors (e.g. cultural differences, misperceptions, emotion, etc.)?
1. The Outcome – What was the outcome and how did you feel about it? What worked well? What would you have done differently? Do you feel the result you arrived at was better than it would have been if you hadn’t taken the class? Why/Why not?
Your understanding of the appropriate preparation and process steps to take in negotiating this deal is more important than the final outcome.
Be sure to cite your sources, and include copies of necessary quotes/documentation.
1.
Find something to negotiate in your personal or professional life. Examples include:
redistributi
on of household chores, a personal or professional purchase, a contract at work,
asking for a raise, booking a vacation, hiring a contractor, etc. The deal does not have to be
implemented for the purposes of this class (e.g. you can finalize the price for
something you’re
thinking of buying without following through on the purchase right now). The scenario you
choose should be significant enough to allow you to do substantial research and detail for your
paper. Submit a five page paper (minimum), double
spaces, utilizing proper grammar and
spelling, which summarizes the following:
2.
Your Preparation
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Describe the process you us
ed and results of your preparation. You should
also discuss your strategies, targets, and negotiating plan. Make sure you do your research,
working on both your BATNA and the other party’s. (Consider newspapers, bookstores, libraries,
the internet, and p
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1. FAMILYMy 57 year old mother died after a short illness MartineMccracken314
1. FAMILY
My 57 year old mother died after a short illness last June. She was a wonderful mother and my 66 year old father
adored her. They had been married for 38 years. He is finding it extremely difficult to cope without her. To make
matters worse, he retired just two months before she died and is at a loss to fill his days.
He is disorganized and has not established any pattern in his life. I invite him for meals and outings, but he is
detached and depressed. He doesn’t seem to be part of the world any more. I am terribly worried about him. How
long will he be like this? I am 34 and have small children. I thought being with the children would help him, but it’s
as though he doesn’t see or know them. He just sits and stares into space for much of the day. He seems locked
into his grief.
2. FAMILY
One of our 17 year old son’s best friends took his life several months ago. Our son didn’t say much at the time, but
he was very shaken. Since then he has gradually “retired” into himself. He stays in his room most of the time
listening to rock music.
He is unemployed and no longer sees his former schoolmates. We are very worried about him. How do we get him
out of himself? He has always been a quiet guy but his present behavior is beyond “quiet.” We have two other
children, girls aged 13 and 10, but our son now just ignores them.
3. FAMILY - rural
Ken is a 67 year old farmer who lives with his wife Margaret. Ken and Margaret had hoped to retire late in their 60s
and move to the west coast to be closer to their children, reluctantly selling the family property that has been
struggling financially. They have limited investment funds set aside to support their retirement and have been told
it is unlikely that they would be successful in selling their farm. Ken also suffers chronic back pain from a previous
farm injury. A neighbor has become concerned about Ken’s ability to cope with his property, and has visited Ken
and Margaret a number of times due to problems with his stock and pasture management. Margaret believes the
farm is “too much for them now,” but feels she can’t talk to Ken about this. Ken has become withdrawn and
refuses to discuss the issue. He talks about there being “no way out of this,” and that it “might as well be over.” He
sees his physician infrequently, having difficulty traveling the 60 miles to the nearby town.
4. FAMILY - rural
Jason is 34 years old and lives with his wife Jenny and their two children (8 and 3 years old). After completing a
mechanical trade apprenticeship in Boston, he has returned home with plans to build his future as a farmer. He has
become increasingly irritable and frustrated with what he believes is his failure to “get on top of things” on the
farm, and they are struggling to manage financially.
Jason is drinking heavily, mostly at home, but still drives his car into town. Jenny is angry and worried about this.
She is feeling isolated, having few friends in the area, and relying on Jas ...
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1. Explain the four characteristics of B-DNA structure? Differentiate between the A-DNA and Z-DNA structural features?
2. Describe the supercoiled DNA with its properties and how naturally occurring DNA under wound?
3. What are topoisomerases? Explain the two types of topoisomerases with their mechanism of action?
4. Explain the three interactions that are required to stabilize nucleic acids? How DNA denatures and renatures?
5. What are ribozymes and explain their properties?
Case 20 Restructuring
General Electric
The appointment of Larry Culp as the chairman and CEO of the General Electric
Company (GE) on October 1st, 2018 was a clear indication of the seriousness of the
problems that had engulfed the company. Culp, the former CEO of the highly-successful
conglomerate, Danaher Corporation, had been appointed a GE director only six months
previously and was the first outsider to lead GE—every one of GE’s previous CEOs had
been a career manager at the company. On the same day as Culp’s appointment, GE
abandoned its earning guidance for the year and announced a $23 billion accounting
charge arising from a write-down of goodwill at its troubled electrical power division.1
Culp’s predecessor, John Flannery had been CEO for a mere 14 months—a sharp
contrast to GE’s two previous CEOs: Jeff Immelt (16 years) and Jack Welch (20 years).
Flannery’s tenure at GE has coincided with of the company’s most difficult periods in its
entire 126-year history. In November 2017, amidst deteriorating financial performance,
Flannery announced a halving of GE’s quarterly dividend, the proposed sale of its
lighting and locomotive units—two of GE’s oldest businesses—and the elimination of
12,000 jobs in the power division.
In 2018, the situation worsened. In January, GE announced that it would be paying
$15 bn. to cover liabilities at insurance companies it had sold 12 years previously. In
February, GE confirmed suspicions over its dubious accounting practices by restating its
revenues and earnings for the previous two years, while also announcing the likelihood
of legal claims arising from its its subprime mortgage lending over a decade earlier.
The outcome was a precipitous fall in GE’s share price (see Figure 1) that culminated
in GE’s dismissal from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). Until June 2018, GE
was the sole surviving member of the DJIA when it was created in 1896.
The crisis at GE presented the board with two central questions. First, should GE
be broken up? Second, if GE was to continue as a widely-diversified company, how
should it be managed?
As a diversified corporation that extended from jet engines, to oil and gas equipment,
to healthcare products, to financial services, GE was an anomaly. For three decades, con-
glomerates—diversified companies comprising unrelated or loosely related businesses—
had been deeply unfashionable. CEOs, Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt, had claimed that,
by virtue of its integrated m ...
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1. examine three of the upstream impacts of mining. Which of these do you think would be most difficult to estimate in a life cycle assessment?
Your response should be at least 250 words in length.
2. Discuss the pollutants that are emitted during the operation stage of a life cycle assessment for a fossil fuel source.
Your response should be at least 250 words in length
Body Ritual among the Nacirema
H O R A C E M I N E R
University of Michigan
HE anthropologist has become so familiar with the diversity of ways iq T which different peoples behave in similar situations that he is not a p t to.
be surprised by even the most exotic customs. I n fact, if all of thelogically
possible combinations of behavior have not been found somewhere in the
world, he is a p t to suspect that they must be present in some yet undescribed
tribe. This point has, in fact, been expressed with respect to clan organization
by Murdock (1949: 7 1 ) . I n this light, the magical beliefs and practices of the
Nacirema present such unusual aspects that i t seems desirable t o describe
them a s an example of the extremes to which human behavior can go.
Professor Linton first brought the ritual of the Nacirema to the attention
of anthropologists twenty years ago (1936:326), but the culture of this people
is still very poorly understood. They are a North American group living in the
territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico,
and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles. Little is known of their origin, al-
though tradition states that they came from the east. According to Nacirema
mythology, their nation was originated by a culture hero, Notgnihsaw, who is
otherwise known for two great feats of strength-the throwing of a piece of
wampum across the river Pa-To-Mac and the chopping down of a cherry tree
in which the Spirit of Truth resided.
Nacirema culture is characterized by a highly developed market economy
which has evolved in a rich natural habitat. While much of the people’s time
is devoted to economic pursuits, a large part of the fruits of these labors and a
considerable portion of the day are spent in ritual activity. The focus of this
activity is the human body, the appearance and health of which loom a s a
dominant concern in the ethos of the people. While such a concern is certainly
not unusual, its ceremonial aspects and associated philosophy are unique.
The fundamental belief underlying the whole system appears to be that the
human body is ugly and that its natural tendency is t o debility and disease.
Incarcerated in such a body, man’s only hope is to avert these characteristics
through the use of the powerful influences of ritual and ceremony. Every house-
hold has one or more shrines devoted to this purpose. The more powerful in-
dividuals in the society have several shrines in their houses and, in fact, the
opulence of a house is often referred to in terms of the num ...
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1. Examine Hofstede's model of national culture. Are all four dimensions still important in today's society as it relates to the success of the multinational manager? Why, or why not? Which do you think is the least important as it relates to multinational management? Why?
2. More companies are seeking to fill multinational management positions due to the influx of business growth abroad. If you were offered and accepted a position as a multinational manager, what would you do to personally prepare for the culture of a different country? Where would you seek information? What overall responsibilities would you expect of the job? How do you think the managerial responsibilities would be different from those you would face in the United States?
3. Multinational managers encounter many levels of culture. Which of the culture levels do you think might be the most difficult to manage? Why? Share an example. Which culture level do you think might be the easiest to understand? Why? Give an example of this.
4. In your own words, what is your perception of free trade? Think about the advantages of free trade; what are two benefits that result from free trade? There is also a downside to free trade; what are two disadvantages resulting from free trade? Provide reasoning for your choices.
5. What are the three major economic systems that nations utilize, and what is the role of each? How does each affect and influence individuals, multinational managers, and corporations?
6. How would you define ethical convergence? What are the four basic reasons for ethical convergence? Which might be the most difficult for multinational companies to follow, and why?
7. Describe the four major world religions. What are the impacts of each religion type on an economic environment? What do you think makes religion a concern in societies?
8. If you were a multinational manager, and you encountered an ethical dilemma within the multinational company, what heuristic questions would you use to decide between ethical relativism and ethical universalism? Of the different heuristic questions, which one do you think is most important? Explain your reasoning.
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Week Two Instructor’s Notes
PHIL 1103 Summer
This week you will be learning in detail about the four different moral perspectives that
we will use to analyze moral questions.
Notice two things right at the start. First, because normative ethics is our main focus this
term, we are not going to attempt to settle the question of whether any moral perspective at all
could be correct or known to be correct—that is a task for metaethics. Our task in this second
week is to learn in some detail about four different kinds of consideration or value that often
seem relevant when we try to decide what is morally right or wrong in particular cases, namely:
(1) Respect for the rights and autonomy of the persons involved
(2) Increasing the overall well-being of the most individuals possible
(3) Asking wha ...
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1 The Organ Shortage Demands Change Inser
1. 1
The Organ Shortage Demands Change
Insert your information
General Purpose: To persuade
Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech I hope that The
Organ Transplant Act of 1984
be changed so that compensation in some form be allowed to
donors
2. which would increase donations and reduce the number of
people still
waiting for organs.
2
Central Idea: The Organ Transplant Act of 1984 is a U.S.
federal legislation that
prohibits the sale or any type of payment to the donors of
organs. This Act
applies to every situation no matter the case. I believe that the
Act should be
changed to allow donors to be compensated in some way that is
regulated by
the Government which would likely reduce the number of
people still waiting
for someone to donate. There is a shortage of donors and the
current system
is failing to provide the necessary things needed to the people
waiting for
organs and to the donors themselves.
I. Introduction
3. a. A quote from the United Network for Organ Sharing says
“without the
organ donor, there is no story, no hope, no transplant. But when
there is
an organ donor, life springs from death, sorrow turns to hope,
and a
terrible loss becomes a gift.”
b. Give the audience a reason to listen: Some of you may have
experienced
or known someone who has needed an organ transplant, and if
not, I
know that you can still recognize that it is something that
people deal
with in their daily lives.
c. Establish your credibility: As someone who is aspiring to be
in the
medical field one day and has also seen a person pretty close to
me go
through the experience and process, I feel that this is a topic
worth
thinking about and seeing if change to the current legislation
would be
better for society.
4. 3
d. Reveal the law: The legislation is called the Organ Transplant
Act of 1984
and it prohibits the sale or compensation of organs from donors.
e. Preview the speech: So today, I will explain more about the
Organ
Transplant Act, I will propose the changes that should be
implemented
within the Act and the benefits that it can bring to society, I
will explain
some of the opposing viewpoints which prevent the Act from
being
changed, and finally, I will be giving the audience a certain plan
that they
can do to help change this Legislation.
II. Body
a. According to Barbara Mantel’s article (2011, April 15)
“Organ Donations”
written for CQ Researcher, more than 110,000 Americans are on
the
5. waitlist for organ-transplants. She states that kidneys account
for about
60 percent of those on the waitlist but can take up to 5 years
until they
find one.
i. Not only that but since 2000 the waiting list has doubled and
will
only continue to do so unless things change.
b. Some organs are given based off of a score patients receive
depending on
their chance of survival but for kidneys it’s determined by how
long you
wait.
i. This system does not help diminish the shortage that is
occurring
c. In 2012, Alex Tabarrok wrote in his article “Around the
World, Innovative
Programs Boost Organ Donations” that Iran is the only country
that has
4
6. eliminated the shortage of transplant organs, but they do have a
legal
system of paying for donations.
i. They began in 1988 and stopped the shortage by 1999
d. In another article called the “Great Debate: Should Organ
Donors Be
Paid?” (2009, August 10) written by Rachael Rettner, it says
that keeping
a patient on dialysis is expensive and can cost around $65000 to
$75000
per year and it would benefit the government to just pay for the
transplant and incentive for the donors.
e. According to the article “Step One in Solving the Organ
Shortage: Become
an Organ Donor”, 95 percent of people support the concept of
organ
donation but only 54 percent sign up to donate when they die
Transition: These statistics and facts show that many people in
the united states are in
need of a transplant, but the shortage stops that from happening
while the number continues
to grow. This shortage and the unnecessary death of people can
be prevented but, in order to
7. do this, the legislation must be changed.
f. Thus, I propose that there should be some form of
compensation for
those who are willing to donate so that they can also benefit
from this
procedure and potentially increase the amount of people willing
to give.
g. If the Organ Transplant Act can be changed, the amount of
people that
could be helped would increase and there would be no shortage
because
of an increase in donors.
i. According to Amy L Friedman (2006), an associate professor
of
surgery, wrote in her article “Payment for living organ donation
5
should be legalized” that donors not only have to pay for
transportation to the site of surgery, but they get no
compensation
8. for lost wages at work either. She believes that these reasons
might be stopping many from donating.
1. Compensating would allow everyone from the donor to the
patient to receive something and be treated equally.
ii. In Alex Tabarrok’s article (2012), Nobel Laureate economist
Gary
Becker and Julio Elias estimated that if only 15000 were given
to
donors, there would be no shortage of kidneys in the U.S but the
Federal Gov would have to pay so there would be no inequality.
iii. The National Kidney Foundation (2017) also agreed that
compensation should be given to donors to make it cost neutral
and pay for things like travel expense, wages, medical care, and
follow up care for donors.
1. Giving to the families of those who donate in some form
could also work.
iv. The US could even save up to $46 billion a year according
to
Robert Gebelhoff in his article, “Compensation for organ
donors: A
9. primer” written in 2015.
1. All of these reasons would likely increase the amount of
donations and reduce the shortage of organs.
6
Transition: A change in the federal legislation that includes the
modifications I have
proposed, can save the lives of those who are still waiting for a
donor and a transplant.
However, there are still some people who oppose this change of
legislation.
h. Some of the opposing views to changing the legislation
includes the belief
that doing this would in turn exploit the poor.
i. But there are many ways to prevent this from happening
ii. In the article written by Dr. Joseph Fins (2009, February 9)
called
“Should Organ Donors Be Compensated?”, another Dr. Sally
Satel,
an organ donor herself, states within that same article that to
10. protect the poor and desperate there should be compensation
that
would not appeal to these groups, specifically, no cash for
kidneys.
1. However, instead they could compensate in the form of a
401k contribution, or even a Medicare voucher which
would stop them from making any hasty decisions.
2. Or they could prevent the poor from contributing at all
unless they were completely healthy and checked by
doctors first.
3. Also, everything would need to be regulated and
compensated by the Gov. to keep everything equal from
paying to who ends up receiving the donation.
iii. Another opposition is that altruistic or religious giving
would stop.
1. According to the article “Financial Incentives for Or gan
Donation” written for the US department of Health and
7
11. Human Services, altruistic giving has been going on for
about 30 years, but it might be time for a new approach,
and it would be ethical because of concern for patients and
saving lives.
a. The current altruistic system of donations is just not
providing enough.
2. Barbara Mantel’s article for CQ Researcher, says that a
study found that poor people were more willing to donate
with no payment than people who were wealthier.
Introducing payments to that did nothing to change the
outcome.
a. It also concluded that altruistic donation would not
be affected either.
III. Signpost: As you can see, there are many views regarding
this topic and legislation. Those
who oppose it, oppose it due to their fear of problems and
implications that could arise;
however, we must also think about those that are suffering and
have waited for such a long
12. time and think about more ways to help them.
IV. Plan of action:
a. In order to reduce the amount of people still on the waitlist
for those
organs, I believe that a change to the legislation could be a
possible way
to make it work.
b. All of us can aid in this by doing different things.
8
c. The National Kidney Foundation (2017) states that a way to
help is to
educate families, friends, and patients on how to find donors
when they are
struggling to do so.
i. Not only that but learning more about the issue in general
ii. They also state that peer mentoring from a donor to potential
donors could be beneficial
d. Another step is to educate yourself and consider, even if only
a little bit,
13. to become a donor yourself.
i. When you renew your license, you can also put that you
would be
an organ donor if anything happens as well.
ii. Whether we are compensated or not the act itself is still
something
that takes a lot of courage from all who donate.
e. These are just some things we can think about and do in our
own lives to
help the issue at hand. But we still need to try to get the
legislation
changed to see more of an impact.
V. Conclusion
a. To reiterate, I propose that the Organ Transplant Act be
changed and
should include compensation for anyone that is willing to
donate any
organ at any point in their lives whether it be money or even
just paying
for their expenses which would raise donation rate and reduce
the
shortage over time.
14. 9
i. Research shows that not only could this raise donation rate
and
finally stop the shortage, but it saves the US a lot of money as
well
and everyone would benefit.
ii. Although there are those who oppose the Act from changing,
there
are many ways that the US Government could regulate the
compensations in a way that is safe and would benefit all.
iii. Finally, I discussed a plan of action that I hope can be
accomplished and something we can all do to bring awareness to
the issue.
b. If we do this many more people who die unnecessarily and
suffer from
this could live, and finally be free from hoping that one day,
they will be
able to receive what they desperately needed. All we need to do
is to take
15. the first step and see where it can take us.
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Executive Function
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Ms. Miller is an experienced special
education teacher at Huntley Middle
School. This year, she has several
students on her caseload demonstrating
22. difficulties that she did not notice
during her first year of teaching.
Students are losing assignments,
turning in homework late, missing
scheduled practices, and continuing to
exhibit ineffective problem-solving
strategies, even after receiving feedback.
Verbal reminders and loss of points on
late assignments have not been
effective. Ms. Miller is at a loss for how
to help these students.
The struggles these students are
experiencing are not unique to Ms.
Miller’s classroom. Special and general
education teachers experience similar
challenges on a daily basis. As any
teacher will tell you, reminders and
lectures to stay focused or to apply
oneself are not enough for many
children who have deficits in their
executive functioning skills. Executive
functions are often referred to as the
chief operating system of the brain.
Currently, there is no one agreed-upon
definition for the term executive
functions, but it is most often used as
an umbrella term for a set of processes
or subskills needed for higher-level
cognitive functioning (Suchy, 2009).
Executive function subskills include
task initiation, sustained attention,
working memory, and inhibition. These
skills are often referred to as self-
discipline or self-control by the general
public. Additionally, executive
23. functions are related to subskills
necessary for higher-order thinking
skills, such as planning, organizing,
goal setting, and problem solving. All
of these skills develop most rapidly
during the preschool years but
continue to develop during adolescence
and beyond (Zelazo & Carlson, 2012).
Students with diagnoses of autism
spectrum disorder (ASD), emotional
and behavioral disorders, specific
learning disabilities (LD), and attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
commonly demonstrate deficits in
executive function skills (Cole, Usher,
& Cargo, 1993; Martinussen & Tannock,
2006; Mattison & Mayes, 2012). In fact,
Barkley (2012), a leading expert on
ADHD, states that, at its base, ADHD is
an executive functioning disorder.
Deficits in executive functions can
lead to many difficulties for students
with disabilities. Research has shown a
strong correlation between deficits in
executive functions and deficits in
academic performance and social-
emotional functioning (e.g., Best, Miller,
& Naglieri, 2011; Clark, Prior, & Kinsella,
2002). In addition, results of a
longitudinal study reported that a
self-control assessment given to children
3 to 11 years old predicted physical
health, substance dependence,
socioeconomic status, and the likelihood
24. of a criminal conviction by age 32, even
after controlling for social class of origin
and IQ score (Moffitt et al., 2011).
Deficits in self-control were correlated
with poorer outcomes later in life.
Difficulty with impulsivity, problem
solving, and planning also affect an
individual’s ability to make and
maintain friendships (Diamantopoulou,
Rydell, Thorell, & Bohlin, 2007). With
executive function skills affecting so
many aspects of a student’s life, it is
important for teachers to find ways to
mediate these deficits in the classroom.
With state testing requirements,
response to intervention (RTI), and
positive behavior interventions and
supports (PBIS), teachers have more
responsibilities than ever before.
Adding one more skill set for teachers
to address may seem overwhelming;
however, deficits in executive function
skills are often related to academic and
behavior problems that lead to
referrals to the RTI or PBIS team.
Improving executive function skills
also increases students’ abilities to
perform academic, social, and daily
living tasks and decreases off-task and
challenging behaviors (Best et al., 2011;
Clark et al., 2002). Executive function
skills can also be addressed on a
student’s individualized education
25. program. Data can be collected in the
same manner as data are collected on
academic goals. If students are able to
plan, organize, stay on task, and
problem solve, they may not need
additional interventions that would
otherwise be required.
Ms. Miller attended a teacher
preparation program that was known
for its strong application of applied
behavior analysis and prides herself on
her ability to apply behavioral
principles in her classroom. She runs a
well-structured classroom that includes
clear behavioral expectations, classwide
and individual reinforcement systems,
and individual supports for challenging
behaviors. Despite the structure Ms.
Miller provides for her students, she is
frustrated by her inability to help
students with executive function
deficits to stay organized, manage their
time, and problem solve in their daily
lives.
For example, one of Ms. Miller’s
students, Samantha, has difficulty
bringing the correct materials to math
class. She will often show up to class
without her calculator, protractor, or
graph paper. Samantha always appears
embarrassed and apologizes for
forgetting her materials, but her
behavior has not changed. Ms. Miller
26. allows Samantha to retrieve her items
from her locker, but, in turn, Samantha
misses the first 5 minutes of instruction.
After speaking with Samantha’s other
teachers, Ms. Miller learns that this a
common problem for Samantha. She is
also forgetting to bring her textbook,
homework, and materials to her
English, social studies, and physical
education (PE) classes. Samantha’s
grades are suffering due to her difficulty
with staying organized. She is failing
PE because she often forgets her gym
clothes at home or leaves them in her
locker.
Improving executive function skills also increases
students’ abilities to perform academic, social,
and daily living tasks and decreases off-task and
challenging behaviors.
374 CounCil for ExCEptional ChildrEn
Fortunately for Ms. Miller, she
already has the tools needed to help
Samantha and her other students
struggling with similar difficulties. The
behavioral principles she uses to
prevent and address challenging
behavior can also be applied to assist
students with executive function
deficits.
How Do I Teach Executive
27. Functioning Skills Using
Behavioral Principles?
From the behavioral perspective,
executive function skills involve
selecting, monitoring, and revising
behavioral strategies. These strategies
are then used to develop (and revise)
an appropriate plan (Borkowski &
Muthukrishna, 1992, as cited in Hayes,
Gifford, & Ruckstuhl, 1996). Executive
function skills allow students to (a) set
goals and engage in behaviors that lead
to achieving those goals, (b) engage in
behaviors that are consistent with the
chosen goals and avoid behaviors that
are not, and (c) self-evaluate behavior
and change course if the plan is not
leading to the desired outcome. All of
these behaviors are observable and
measurable and can be taught using
behavioral strategies.
Step 1: Define the Behavior
Before beginning the process of
teaching new skills, teachers must first
determine what it is they want to
teach—they must define the target
behavior. Defining the target behavior
simply means stating what the student
should do and describing the behavior
in observable and measurable terms.
For example, stating that Samantha
needs to be more organized is not an
observable or measurable statement.
28. What does it mean to be organized?
How can her teacher measure it? What
is meant by more? Instead of saying,
“Be more organized,” Samantha’s
teacher could state, “Samantha will
bring all her materials to class.” Her
teacher can create a list of the
materials needed and observe and
measure how often Samantha brings
those materials to class.
Step 2: Provide Reinforcement
One of the most important steps in
teaching a new behavior is providing
reinforcement. Reinforcement involves
adding or subtracting something from
the environment immediately after a
behavior that increases future
frequency of the behavior under similar
circumstances (Cooper, Heron, &
Heward, 2007). Therefore, if the
reinforcer does not increase the
student’s behavior, it is not a reinforcer
for that student. It is crucial that
reinforcers are individualized for each
student—what is reinforcing for one
student may not be for another. For
example, Amber’s behavior may be
reinforced by social praise, whereas
Russell’s behavior may be reinforced
by extra opportunities to play on the
computer. In addition, reinforcers may
change over time, especially for
younger students and students with
short attention spans. It is important to
29. collect data on each student’s behavior
and adjust the reinforcers as needed.
Ms. Miller and Samantha discuss
reinforcer options and decide that
Samantha will earn buckeye bucks to
spend at the school store. Samantha
will have the opportunity to shop at the
school store on Fridays. Ms. Miller
knows that for some students, it may be
best to make the exchange period
(when the students can spend their
money) indiscriminable. In other
words, students do not know which day
of the week they will get to visit the
school store. This approach is best for
students who may engage in the desired
behaviors only toward the end of the
week or right before they are able to
cash in for the terminal reinforcer.
Samantha is able to wait until Friday to
shop at the store. In addition, her
behavior is also reinforced by the
positive praise she receives when she
earns the buckeye bucks.
Step 3: Create a Task Analysis
After the target behavior is defined, the
teacher can begin teaching the new
behavior. The first step is to analyze
the behavior by creating a task
analysis. A task analysis involves
breaking down complex or multistep
skills into smaller, easier-to-learn
30. subtasks (Heward, Alber-Morgan, &
Konrad, 2017). The number of steps
required will be determined by each
student’s individual needs and skill set.
Task analysis can be used to teach a
variety of skills, from cleaning tables
(R. Smith, Collins, Schuster, & Kleinert,
1999) to training teachers to teach
literature (Browder, Trela, & Jimenez,
2007). For example, Bryan and Gast
(2000) taught students with high-
functioning autism on-task and
on-schedule behaviors using a task
analysis and picture schedule system.
Figure 1 provides an example of a
task analysis that could be used to teach
Samantha to bring her materials to
class. This task analysis was designed
specifically for Samantha and may need
to change if used with another student.
For example, a teacher may add
additional steps, combine steps, or
exclude steps that are not needed.
Step 4: Create a Chaining Plan
Once the task analysis is complete,
chaining can be used to teach the new
Figure 1. Task analysis for Samantha
Task: Samantha will bring her materials to class.
1. Go to locker after each period.
31. 2. Take out checklist of needed materials for your next class
(hung on locker
door with magnetic clip).
3. Check off each item on checklist as you put them into your
book bag.
4. Put checklist back on top shelf of locker and close locker.
5. Walk directly to class with bookbag and materials.
TEACHING ExCEptional ChildrEn | May/JunE 2019 375
set of behaviors. Chaining involves
individually teaching each step of the
task analysis to create a chain or set of
behaviors and has been used to teach
functional and academic skills to
individuals of all ages (Purrazzella &
Mechling, 2013; Rao & Kane, 2009; Test,
Spooner, Keul, & Grossi, 1990). Most, if
not all, higher-order thinking skills
involve multiple steps and, therefore,
will probably be taught using a chaining
procedure. Chaining can be useful for
students who do not know how to
complete some steps, miss or skip steps,
or complete some steps incorrectly.
There are three types of chaining
procedures that are commonly used: (a)
forward chaining, (b) backward
chaining, and (c) total task chaining
(Cooper et al., 2007). In forward
32. chaining, the student is required to
complete only the first step in the chain
before earning a reinforcer (e.g., prize,
reward, praise). Once the first step is
mastered, the student is required to
complete the first and second steps in
order to earn the reinforcer. This pattern
continues until the student has
completed the entire chain.
Backward chaining follows a similar
process; however, the teacher begins
with having the student complete only
the last step in the chain in order to
earn the reinforcer. Once the student
has mastered the last step, he or she is
required to complete the last two steps
in the chain to earn the reinforcer, and
so on. Last, total task chaining involves
working on the entire chain from the
start—the student receives training on
each behavior in the chain during each
session.
There are a few points for teachers
to consider when deciding which
chaining method is best for their
student (see Slocum & Tiger, 2011, for
an experimental comparison of forward
and backward chaining). First, if the
student can already complete the first
couple steps in the chain, the teacher
may want to begin with forward
chaining. For instance, if a student
completes the first few steps of the
33. classroom morning routine (e.g., hang
up coat, take lunch out of book bag,
hang up book bag) but consistently
forgets to take homework out of the
book bag and turn it in, the teacher
may want to begin with forward
chaining. However, if the last step must
be completed, for example, in
Samantha’s case (she must bring all
her materials to class), the teacher may
want to use backward chaining
(Najdowski, 2017). The student is
responsible for independently
completing only the last step, and the
teacher can prompt or assist the
student through the beginning of the
chain.
Last, total task chaining is best for
students who have the skills needed to
complete the entire behavior chain but
require additional motivation to do so.
For example, total task chaining may be
used with a high school student who
has the ability to fill out a planner every
day but needs some extra motivation (or
reinforcement) to do so. Total chaining
is not the best option for students who
are easily frustrated with long tasks
(Najdowski, 2017). See Figure 2 for a
summary of chaining options.
Ms. Miller sits down with her team
to create a plan to assist Samantha
with bringing her materials to class.
The plan includes the use of chaining,
34. prompting, reinforcement, fading
prompts, and self-management
strategies.
The first component involves
teaching Samantha the behavior chain
described in the task analysis in Figure
1. Ms. Miller’s teaching assistant, Ms.
Gebhardt, will walk Samantha through
Steps A, B, C, and D. In order to earn
the reinforcer, Samantha is responsible
only for independently walking to class
Figure 2. Forward, backward, and total task chaining
376 CounCil for ExCEptional ChildrEn
with her materials (Step D). After she
reaches some set criteria for
independently completing Step D (e.g.,
independently walks to class with
materials for 3 consecutive days), she
will be required to put her checklist
away (Step C) and walk to class with
her materials (Step D) to earn the
reinforcer.
Step 5: Select Prompts
Once the task analysis is complete and
the chaining procedure has been
selected, the teacher must determine
what types of prompts the student will
need in order to engage in the
35. behavior. Prompting involves providing
some type of assistance in order to
evoke a target behavior. For instance, if
the teacher asks the entire class to line
up and one student does not do so, the
additional verbal direction or gesture
given to that student is a prompt. As
with the other steps, the number and
types of prompts required will be
individualized for each student. Using
prompts in the classroom is a
successful strategy for assisting
students with LD, autism, and other
disabilities (Garfinkle, & Schwartz,
2002; Moore, Anderson, Glassenbury,
Lang, & Didden, 2013; Rouse, Alber-
Morgan, Cullen, & Sawyer, 2014).
Figure 3 provides examples of prompts
for a target behavior.
Ms. Miller has decided that Ms.
Gebhardt will use verbal and visual
prompts to assist Samantha in learning
to bring her materials to class. Ms.
Miller and Samantha will create a list
of the steps Samantha must follow to
assure she brings her materials to class
(i.e., task analysis). Additionally, they
will create lists of the materials she
needs for each class. These lists will be
posted in her locker. Last, Ms. Gebhardt
will meet Samantha at her locker and
provide verbal prompts as she learns
each step in the behavioral chain. Ms.
Gebhardt’s assistance will be faded as
36. Samantha becomes more independent.
Step 6: Create a System for Data
Collection
In addition to consistently providing
reinforcement, data must be collected
when teaching a new skill. Collecting
and analyzing data is the only way to
determine if the student is learning the
new skill. Data also help in making
decisions regarding when to add or
fade prompts, change the teaching
method (e.g., forward chaining vs. total
task chaining), or begin teaching a new
skill. Including the student in the data
collection and analysis can add extra
motivation for the student. Most
students enjoy seeing their progress in
graph form.
The task analysis created for
Samantha will also serve as the data
collection form (see Figure 4) Ms.
Gebhardt will use to collect data on
Samantha’s progress. Ms. Gebhardt will
circle the type of prompt needed for
each step in the chain. For example, if
Samantha forgets to walk to her locker
after class and needs a verbal prompt to
do so, Ms. Gebhardt will circle the V for
verbal prompt. If Samantha requires
only a gestural prompt for the next step,
Ms. Gebhardt will circle the G. Last, if
Samantha is able to complete a step
37. without any prompts, Ms. Gebhardt will
circle the I to indicate Samantha
completed the step independently. Once
Samantha has independently completed
the determined step(s) for 3 consecutive
days, the next step will be added to the
chain.
Step 7: Prevent Prompt
Dependency (Fading and
Self-Management)
The ultimate goal of teaching any
skill, whether it be academic, social,
or related to executive functions, is to
Figure 3. Example of prompts that may be used when teaching a
new skill
Target: Complete morning routine.
1. Hang up backpack.
2. Put lunch in bin.
3. Take out bell work, notebook, and pencil.
Prompt Type Definition Examples
Verbal Involves spoken or written words for
hints, cues, reminders
“Sheri, please take out your morning routine checklist.
Remember, your first step is to hang up your book bag.”
Visual Visual cue or reminder of desired
behavior
Sheri has a checklist on her desk that contains words
38. and/or pictures that represent each step in the chain.
Gestural Pointing or moving eye gaze towards
the item
The teacher points to the checklist to show Sheri which
step is next.
Modeling Demonstrating the behavior for the
student
The teacher hangs up Sheri’s book bag and then has
Sheri hang up the book bag herself.
Additional Auditory/
Tactile Prompts
Devices that can prompt the start of
a behavior or shorten/lengthen the
duration of a behavior
The teacher sets a timer and vibrating device (e.g.,
MotivAider®) and has Sheri complete all the steps before
the timer goes off.
TEACHING ExCEptional ChildrEn | May/JunE 2019 377
have the student be able to complete
the task independently. Many times,
the steps are put into place, but
teachers forget to slowly fade the
prompts and thin the schedule of
reinforcement. Fading prompts
involves decreasing the number of
39. prompts given for a particular step or
set of steps. If prompts are withdrawn
too quickly, the student may regress in
his or her progress; however, if
prompts are not faded at all, the
student may become prompt
dependent and demonstrate the target
behaviors only when prompted.
Thinning the reinforcement schedule
means increasing the requirements for
receiving reinforcement. For example,
initially Samantha may earn a buckeye
buck for every class period she brings
her needed materials. The teacher
could thin her reinforcement schedule
by requiring her to bring her materials
to all of her classes in order to earn
the buckeye buck. The decision to
fade prompts and thin reinforcement
should be made based on the
student’s data.
As prompts are faded, teachers
should work with the student to create
a self-management plan. Self-
management is defined as “the
personal application of behavior
change tactics that produces a desired
change in behavior” (Cooper et al.,
2007, p. 578). Self-management is often
used as a blanket term to cover a group
of behaviors including self-monitoring
(self-recording), self-evaluation, and
self-delivered reinforcement (Cooper
et al., 2007). Self-management
40. interventions can improve an
individual’s awareness of his or her
behavior, minimize the need for
external supports, and increase
maintenance and generalization of
behavior change (Cooper et al., 2007).
It is important to transfer the
responsibility of prompting and
reinforcing the behavior to the student,
as the student is the only one who is
always present when the behavior is
exhibited. In addition, learning
self-management skills will increase
independence and reduce reliance on
the teacher. A recent meta-analysis
(Lee, Simpson, & Shogren, 2007) found
that self-management interventions for
individuals with ASD successfully
increased appropriate behaviors across
several domains (e.g., problem
behavior, academic performance, daily
living skills). Additional research has
found similar results for students with
ADHD, LD, and emotional and
behavioral difficulties (Alsalamah,
2017; for a review, see Briesch, &
Briesch, 2016). For easy-to-use
self-management strategies, see Joseph
and Konrad (2009).
Once Samantha independently
completes the entire behavior chain, the
verbal prompts from her teacher will be
faded. Samantha will keep the list of
materials for each class in her locker
41. and independently use them when
needed. Additionally, Samantha will
need to bring all of her needed
materials to class in order to earn her
buckeye buck. As Samantha increases
her independence, the number of
consecutive days she is required to bring
her materials in order to earn the
buckeye buck will gradually increase.
Ms. Miller has helped Samantha and
her other students strengthen their
executive functioning skills by applying
behavioral procedures. She is confident
her students have learned the skills
needed to successfully transition into
high school. Ms. Miller’s students will
use their self-management plans to stay
organized, set goals, and problem solve
for years to come.
Putting It All Together
The steps for teaching executive
function skills are versatile—they can
be used to teach of range of skills to a
range of students. Here is an example
Figure 4. Data sheet for Samantha
Week of: Day:
Step Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Notes
Go to locker after class. I G V I G V I G V I G V I
G V
42. Take out checklist of
materials for your next class.
I G V I G V I G V I G V I G V
Check off each item on
checklist as you put them
into your book bag.
I G V I G V I G V I G V I G V
Hang checklist back on door
and close locker.
I G V I G V I G V I G V I G V
Walk directly to class. I G V I G V I G V I G V I G
V
Total
I_____
G____
V____
I_____
G____
V____
I_____
G____
V____
I_____
G____
V____
43. I_____
G____
V____
Prompt Key: I: Independent G: Gesture V: Verbal
378 CounCil for ExCEptional ChildrEn
of how to put all the steps together.
This scenario follows Nathan, a student
who is struggling with staying
organized and managing his time, as
he works with his guidance counselor
to develop a plan.
Nathan is an 11th grader who is
involved in many activities at school.
He is on the soccer team and hopes to
receive a scholarship to play soccer in
college. Nathan’s school counselor
advised him to become involved in
other school activities to increase his
chances of receiving a college
scholarship. This school year, Nathan
has joined the yearbook club, is active
in the gaming club, and volunteers at
the local food bank. In addition to these
activities, he receives academic tutoring
three times a week. Over the past
semester, Nathan has started missing
practices, meetings, and assignments.
Nathan and his teachers agree that he
needs to create a plan to assist him in
44. managing all of his responsibilities.
1. Define the target behavior. Nathan
will complete his planner checklist
at the end of each school day.
Although Nathan may have more to
work on than just writing in his
planner, this skill is currently the
top priority. Nathan admits that he
cannot remember when his
assignments are due, the dates of
his club meetings, or what time he
has practice. Completing his planner
each day will allow him to keep
track of all of his responsibilities.
Once he has mastered this skill, the
team can create a plan to work on
related skills.
2. Determine reinforcement plan. Mr.
James, Nathan’s guidance
counselor, will provide verbal praise
when Nathan independently
completes steps on his checklist.
Additionally, Nathan will receive
naturally occurring social
reinforcement from his coaches and
teachers when he decreases the
number of missing assignments and
practices. Additional tangible
reinforcement (e.g., snacks, school
store bucks, gift cards) can be added
if needed.
3. Create a task analysis (planner
45. checklist). Nathan and Mr. James
create a planner checklist for
Nathan to complete each day (see
Figure 5). Mr. James knows that if
Nathan writes down his meetings,
practices, and assignments, he will
be more likely to remember them
and, in turn, attend and complete
them. Nathan is responsible for
deciding which details he needs to
record for each activity (e.g., time of
event, materials needed, length of
activity).
4. Decide on a chaining plan. Mr.
James determines that total task
chaining will be used to assist
Nathan with completing this
checklist. Nathan has the skills to
complete each step but requires
additional prompts to write in his
planner each day.
5. Select a prompting procedure.
When the plan is first implemented,
Mr. James will sit with Nathan at
the end of each school day to
complete his checklist. Mr. James
will provide verbal prompts only for
the steps that Nathan does not
complete on his own. Verbal
prompts may include information
on the activity (e.g., due date,
practice start time) or reminding
him where to look for certain
46. information. For example, if Nathan
does not have any after-school
activities listed, Mr. James may tell
Nathan to check his e-mail for his
volunteer schedule or to check his
Figure 5. Checklist for Nathan
Directions: Complete the checklist at the end of each school
day. Mark yes if the step is complete; mark no if
the step is not complete or if Nathan needs prompts to complete
the step. Total the yes and no responses at the
bottom of the checklist.
Task Yes No
1. Each academic subject is listed for today and tomorrow
2. Each subject has an assignment listed and includes the
following information
a. The name of the assignment
b. The due date of the assignment
c. The estimated amount of time needed to spend on the
assignment each night
3. Completed assignments are crossed off
4. After-school activities are listed and include the following
information
a. The time of the activity
47. b. The location of the activity
c. Supplies and equipment needed
Total
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soccer team’s web site for his
practice and game schedule.
6. Collect data. Data will be collected
using the task analysis/checklist in
Figure 5. Each day, Mr. James and
Nathan will count the number of
responses of yes and no and graph
the totals. If either total stays
stagnant or moves opposite of the
desired direction, additional
interventions (e.g., additional
prompts or reinforcement) will be
introduced.
7. Fade prompts and develop self-
management plan. When Nathan
has completed all the steps on the
checklist, without prompts, for 3
consecutive days, Mr. James and
Nathan will decrease their meetings
from 5 to 4 days each week. The
number of meetings a week will
continue to decrease until Nathan is
able to independently complete the
48. checklist.
When Nathan becomes independent
with the checklist, the team may want to
create a new plan to assist Nathan in
managing his time. This plan could
include creating a daily schedule that
specifically indicates the time of day and
duration of time Nathan will spend on
each activity. For additional information
on teaching time management skills, see
the resources listed for Teaching
Executive Functions in Figure 6.
Conclusion
When students struggle with executive
function skills in the classroom, it
affects all aspects of their learning.
Fortunately, teachers can use behavioral
principles to teach their students the
skills they need to be successful. When
target behaviors are clearly defined, a
task analysis is created, appropriate
reinforcers are selected and delivered, a
chaining plan and prompt procedures
are put in place, data are collected, and
responsibility for implementing the plan
is slowly transferred to the student,
independence can be achieved. By
following the steps outlined in this
article, teachers can teach their students
to independently organize, plan, and
Figure 6. Additional resources
Topic Resource Description
49. Reinforcement
Perle, J. G. (2016). Teacher-provided positive attending to
improve student behavior. TEACHING Exceptional Children,
48, 250-257.
A practitioner paper with practical
strategies for implementing positive
attending in the classroom
Smith, K. (2016, December 2). Positive reinforcement in
the classroom: Tips for teachers. Retrieved from https://
cehdvision2020.umn.edu/blog/positive-reinforcement-
teacher-tips/
A teacher tip sheet for implementing
positive reinforcement in the classroom
National Center on Intensive Intervention (February, 2016).
Reinforcement strategies. Washington, DC: U.S. Department
of Education, Office of Special Education Programs,
National Center on Intensive Intervention. Retrieved from
https://intensiveintervention.org/sites/default/files/
Reinforcement_Strategies_508.pdf
A tip sheet describing positive
reinforcement strategies
Self-
management
Joseph, L. M., & Konrad, M. (2009). Have students self-
manage their academic performance. Intervention in Schools
and Clinic, 44, 246-249.
50. A practitioner paper with 10 easy to use
self-management tools
Schulze, M.A. (2016). Self-management strategies to support
students with ASD. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 48,
225-231.
A practitioner paper with strategies for
implementing self-management with
students with ASD.
Teaching
Executive
Functions
Najdowski, (2017) A. C. Flexible and focused: Teaching
Executive Function Skills to Individuals With Autism And
Attention Disorders
A manual that includes ready-to-
implement lessons for executive
functioning skills
Dawson, P., & Guare, R. (2009) Smart But Scattered: The
Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids
Reach Their Potential
A book that provides information on
identifying, assessing and teaching
executive function skills to children
https://cehdvision2020.umn.edu/blog/positive-reinforcement-
teacher-tips/
https://cehdvision2020.umn.edu/blog/positive-reinforcement-
teacher-tips/
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https://intensiveintervention.org/sites/default/files/Reinforceme
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manage their time. Mastering these
skills will allow students to succeed in
school and life.
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