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ABS 200 Innovative Educator

• ABS 200 Entire Course
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• ABS 200 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Applied Behavioral
  Science
• ABS 200 Week 1 DQ 2 Values and Ethics Guiding
  Generalist Practice
• ABS 200 Week 2 DQ 1 Empowerment
• ABS 200 Week 2 DQ 2 Theories on Groups
• ABS 200 Week 2 Critical Thinking Evidence Based
  Practice (EBP) and Person-In-Environment (PIE)
• ABS 200 Week 3 DQ 1 Types of Groups
• ABS 200 Week 3 DQ 2 Organizations and Power
• ABS 200 Week 3 Step One of Final Paper
• ABS 200 Week 4 DQ 1 Neighborhoods and
  Communities
• ABS 200 Week 4 DQ 2 Community Building
• ABS 200 Week 5 DQ 1 Global Issues
• ABS 200 Week 5 DQ 2 Social Advocacy and Justice

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ABS 200 Innovative Educator

• ABS 200 Final Guide
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• Focus of the Final Paper
• Select a short video from the list below about a
  specific social problem such as
• Poverty 1. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?
• Poverty 2. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?
• Poverty 3. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?
• Crime. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?
• Gangs. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?vLbN8sEzig-M.
• Obesity 1. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?
• Obesity 2. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?
• Obesity 3. Retrieved on July 7, 2010 from
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?

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• ABS 200 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Applied Behavioral
  Science
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• www.abs200.com
• What is Applied Behavioral Science? Review the
  video, Science Can Answer Moral Questions,
  readings in Chapter 1, and the power point
  slides. In a 250-300 word post
• Describe your understanding of the field of
  Applied Behavioral Science including an overview
  of the generalist perspective of practice.
• Discuss the types of career directions that an
  individual may follow and which are of most
  interest to you personally and why, including any
  applicable personal example.
• How does this fit with your understanding of
  the term science? How are science and
  behavioral science the same and how might they
  seem different?

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• ABS 200 Week 1 DQ 2 Values and Ethics Guiding
  Generalist Practice
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• www.abs200.com
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• Values and Ethics Guiding Generalist Practice.
  Review the readings in Chapter 2, and the power
  point slides. In 250- 300 words, supporting your
  comments with scholarly references, please
  summarize the professional values and ethics that
  guide the Generalist Practice. Select one area of
  practice that stands out as an area of particular
  strength for you and one which you want to
  strengthen in yourself, describing how you might
  become more informed, aware or aligned with this
  principle. Respond to a minimum of two of your
  classmates.

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• ABS 200 Week 2 Critical Thinking Evidence Based
  Practice (EBP) and Person-In-Environment (PIE)
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• Critical Thinking Evidence Based Practice (EBP)
  and Person-In-Environment (PIE). In a 3 to 4
  page paper
• Review Critical thinking, as described in the
  text.
• What does it have to do with science?
• Review the articles about Evidence-based
  practice and the Person-In-Environment
  Perspective and Classification system.
• What is EBP (Evidence-Based Practice)?
• How does EBP view the Person-in-Environment
  perspective?

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• ABS 200 Week 2 DQ 1 Empowerment
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• Empowerment. Watch Why to Believe in Others and
  in 250 300 words, supporting your comments with
  scholarly references,
• Discuss Empowerment and Empowerment Theory, The
  Strengths Perspective, and Resiliency and why
  this focus is a vital concept in the Generalist
  Practice.
• Discuss how the understanding of this focus
  intersects with working with diverse groups and
  populations, particularly those who are
  oppressed.
• How can a focus on strengths enable an
  individual, group or other system to cope with
  adversity and survive? Please respond to a
  minimum of two of your classmates.

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• ABS 200 Week 2 DQ 2 Theories on Groups
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• Theories on Groups. Of all the theories discussed
  in Chapter 3 (field, social exchange, learning
  psychoanalytic, systems, empowerment, and
  feminist), which one helps you understand best
  how groups function? In 250 300 words, discuss
  your rationale for selecting this theory and the
  concepts of the theory that make it seem most
  relevant to your understanding. Support your
  comments with a minimum of one reference from
  scholarly sources and respond to a minimum of two
  of your classmates.

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• ABS 200 Week 3 DQ 1 Types of Groups
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• Types of Groups. Select one of the types of
  groups Task group, Team, Treatment, Support,
  Committees, etc., giving an example of how it
  functions, its purpose, goals, and relevance to
  the individuals that participate in the group.
  What kinds of variables might act as barriers to
  the successful outcomes of this group? What
  factors might work to empower the group to
  achieve its goals? Please use 250-300 words to
  discuss this topic, and include a minimum of one
  scholarly reference. Respond to a minimum of two
  of your classmates.

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• ABS 200 Week 3 DQ 2 Organizations and Power
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• Organizations and Power. Discuss the dynamics and
  concept of power in organizations, for example,
  are they gender-based, is power at odds with the
  provision of services, and does politics or cost
  enter in? What is power and what does it have to
  do with the goals of the organization? What are
  the pros and cons to the ways in which power is
  distributed within and between groups and
  organizations? Please discuss in 250-300 words,
  and include one scholarly reference. Respond to a
  minimum of two of your classmates.

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• ABS 200 Week 3 Step One of Final Paper
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• Step One of Final Paper. The Final Paper is due
  at the end of the course (Week Five). In order to
  ensure that you have time to write a good paper
  and receive sufficient guidance from your
  instructor, an outline is to be submitted this
  week. Before you begin Step One, please consult
  the complete instructions for the Final Paper
  which can be found in Week Five of your online
  course or in the Components of Course
  Evaluation section of this guide.
• The outline of the Final Paper
• 1. Must be two to three double-spaced pages in
  length, and formatted according to APA style as
  outlined in the Writing Center.
• 2. Must include a title page with the following
• a. Title of paper
• b. Students name

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• ABS 200 Week 4 DQ 1 Neighborhoods and Communities
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• Neighborhoods and Communities. What does it take
  to make a community? What is the difference
  between a neighborhood and a community? Who has
  the power in communities? Examine the
  significance of power in communities, who has it
  and why. Your post should be 250-300 words and
  include one scholarly reference to support your
  comments. Please respond to a minimum of two of
  your classmates.

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• ABS 200 Week 4 DQ 2 Community Building
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• www.abs200.com
• Community Building. Watch the PBS report titled,
  The Economy of a Tent City. What are the primary
  principles involved in community building?
  Describe what is meant by enhancing a communitys
  strengths and what kinds of efforts would be
  involved in working toward positive change.
  Discuss how these principles are either working
  or not working in the PBS report about Haitis
  rebuilding efforts. Discuss this topic in 250-300
  words, supporting your comments with a minimum of
  one scholarly reference. Please respond to a
  minimum of two of your classmates.

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• ABS 200 Week 5 DQ 1 Global Issues
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• Global Issues. Whether by natural disaster or
  economic issues, poverty remains an issue in
  other countries such as Haiti. Watch The Aid
  Dilemma video and discuss whether you think that
  our efforts, though well intentioned, are doing
  what we intend. What are the pros and cons to the
  way we give aid, or apply behavioral science
  principles to such countries as Haiti? In 250
  300 words, discuss the statement Global
  problems are everyones problems. Support your
  discussion with a minimum of one scholarly
  reference and respond to a minimum of two of your
  classmates.

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• ABS 200 Week 5 DQ 2 Social Advocacy and Justice
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• www.abs200.com
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• Social Advocacy and Justice. Select one of the
  three video segments on social advocacy and
  fighting for social injustice
• Bill Clinton on Rwanda
• Majora Carters Tale of Urban Renewal
• Peter Gabriel Fights Injustice with Video
• Review the concept of social justice, define
  human rights and discuss the significance of
  these concepts as they relate to your video
  selection. Discuss your thoughts on the
  statement, All people, regardless of their race,
  culture, or national origin, are entitled to
  basic rights, protection, opportunities,
  obligations, and social benefits

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