Examine what lobbying is and provide at least two examples of how lobbying can be beneficial in the work human service professionals do with children and their families. Explore how lobbying fits in with advocacy. Describe when human service professionals should lobby for issues related to children and families. Research advocacy programs either in […]

  What topic did you choose? What key words did you notice as you scoped out your topic? [You are answering Step 1 and Step 2, #2.] A good research question will be open-ended and will narrow the topic in some way. Please share your research question and explain briefly how you developed it. [You […]

 This unit’s reading explores the concept of crisis as both a danger and opportunity. Please think of a time that you were confronted with a crisis. What made that crisis a danger or an opportunity? (You are not required to share the details of this crisis). 

  Explore the role grassroots movements play with regard to advocacy. Share an example of how a grassroots movement would be beneficial when advocating for children and their families. Describe the steps a human service professional would need to take to implement a grassroots movement. Analyze two of the benefits of grassroots movements as they […]

 Explain how the introduction of psychotropic medication and the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill influenced current crisis intervention and the provision of mental health services. 

  Consider a current or previous employer and identify an organizational issue or strategic goal that was significant for the employer (for example, low employee engagement, high turnover, issues with finding talent, pay equity, and so forth). Briefly describe the issue and develop a response using these guiding questions: What strategic initiatives did HR implement […]

1.  After viewing the video about the Cocoanut Grove survivors, explain how people are impacted by a crisis. How does this crisis affect them in terms of the short-term impact and long-term impact? 

With significant operations around the world, Savannah Engineering, Inspection and Insurance Company (SEIIC) is truly a global company. Its most significant international operations are in the European Union (EU) countries and Asia. Growth in China has been particularly rapid over the last five years. Because of the highly technical nature of its business, SEIIC has […]

The HRM function is quite complex with multiple legal, relational, technological, and environmental factors to navigate. Select any one of the following starter bullet point sections. Review the important themes within the sub questions of each bullet point. The sub questions are designed to get you thinking about some of the important issues. Your response […]

  Formal Advocacy Snow (2013) defines advocacy as the process of “eliminating oppressive forces in clients’ lives and working at a systems level towards achieving a more just and fair society” (p. 6). Advocacy often requires advanced human services professional practitioners to make an argument about why a specific service user—or group of service users—need […]