Competency evaluation of intellectually disabled people

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feedback Carlene:   I appreciate your writing and the... | Psychology

I appreciate your writing and the part that stood out to me was that Thorndike’s goal was that learning should lay a foundation for evidence-based educational practice. The thing I appreciate about educational psychology is that researchers study a subject, find an answer and then recognize that time changes things so they study it again a little differently or with a new component added to it.   In your paper, you stated, “Psychologists can apply this knowledge to optimize teaching methods, identify and address learning difficulties, and create supportive environments for students”. I am wond...

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week 6 discussion program evaluation

Explain the statistical analyses that you will use to analyze the data in order to answer each of your evaluation questions. How will you determine which statistical analyses you will use to answer your evaluation question? In your response, explain how you will decide between a paired samples t-test and the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test. This includes checking whether your pre–post difference scores meet basic assumptions (such as approximate normality) and then selecting the test that best fits your data. Is your dataset in final form? If not, what additional steps still need attention? Conside...

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A and T: Watch the video on Intake and... | Psychology

Watch the video on Intake and Assessment below. Before we can examine the assessment procedures and general principles of appraisal techniques, it is important to understand our values on communication with both individuals and groups during the treatment and planning process. Intake and assessment require the substance abuse counselor to use effective communication skills. These skills include the ability to hear and understand verbal and nonverbal messages and to listen responsively to both kinds of messages within an empathic context. Watch the application video and write well-organized par...

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Discussion: Governance and policy heavily influence... | Psychology

Governance and policy heavily influence health care practice. After reading Shi & Singh’s chapter 13 on health policy, consider a health care topic that draws your interest (possibly your future research topic).  Consider how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) (ACA) facilitates your idea to improve health or how the act challenges your idea for improved health outcomes.  Explain the effects of the ACA on a health care topic in your area of professional interest. Describe ways the ACA will influence you as a scholar, practitioner, and leader.  2, you will choose a health car...

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Critical Thinking- Intelligence

Objective: Psychology students, after reading and studying the lesson on Intelligence will demonstrate their ability to summarize information gleaned from a website visit as well as present a well-thought opinion piece on their own views on intelligence and how it is measured.  Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their critical thinking and evaluation skills. Steps: The lesson on intelligence presents the range of intelligence quotient scores in relation to the Normal Distribution and discusses the extremes of intelligence on either side of the curve.  While we hear a lot about ‘...

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Is Health Care a Right?

What are three or more situations in which state or federal government provides financial support for medical services, and what reasons can be used to justify taxpayer funding of these services?

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Cultural Immersion Project

CO547CulturalImmersionPaper.pdf Page 1 of 3 Cultural Immersion Paper General Instructions Use textbooks, class materials, outside sources, and use APA format (Note: first person expression is expected). Reflect on your experiences and your prior preconceived ideas. Which of those preconceived ideas are now open to re-interpretation and why? What have you learned about yourself and “them” now that the immersion is over? Take what you have learned about this group and yourself and apply it in a counseling context. Assume you have a client from this group and discuss each of the...

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Psychology Homework:    PowerPoint Presentation Topic: Child... | Psychology

PowerPoint Presentation Topic: Child and Adolescent Mental Health For this assignment the student will develop a 5 to 10 minute PowerPoint presentation to be uploaded to BlackBoard. In this presentation, the student will discuss a service need in relation to a specific population (e.g. long term care for frail elders; child care and single working parents; affordable housing for low wage working families; case management for refugees) within an arena/community in which the student is either placed in field or in which they have lived, worked or volunteered. Once the need, population and arena...

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Psychology: Homework help on two worksheets | Psychology

Homework help on two worksheets