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HSM 210 Entire Course

• HSM 210 week 1 CheckPoint Deinstitutionalization
  of the Mentally Ill
• HSM 210 week 1 Discussion Question 1 2
• HSM 210 week 2 Checkpoint ResearcingHuman
  Services Agencies
• HSM 210 week 2 Assignment Contemporary Problems
• HSM 210 week 3 Discussion Question 1 2
• HSM 210 week 4 Checkpoint Differentiating Between
  Public and Private Organizations
• HSM 210 week 4 Assignment Examining Government
  Regulations

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HSM 210 week 1 CheckPoint Deinstitutionalization
of the Mentally Ill

• CheckPoint Deinstitutionalization of the
  Mentally Ill
• One of the most significant historical events to
  impact the evolution of human service work was
  the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill in
  the 1960s. Your text examines some positive and
  negative outcomes of deinstitutionalization.
• Resources Ch. 3 (p. 144) of Human Services in
  Contemporary America and the University Library
• Due Date Day 5 post to the Individual forum
• Locate at least one article from the University
  Library that demonstrates the impact of
  deinstitutionalization on local communities.

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HSM 210 week 1 Discussion Question 1 2

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 post to the Main forum
• Post your response to the following What have
  been the most significant changes in human
  services over the past 50 years? How has
  societys responsibility to individual needs
  changed in the last 10 years? What do you think
  the role of human service workers will be in the
  future?
• Discussion Question 2
• Due Date Day 4 post to the Main forum
• Search the University Library or the Internet for
  reputable

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HSM 210 week 2 Assignment Contemporary Problems

• Assignment Contemporary Problems
• Resources Ch. 1 (pp. 27-57) of Human Services in
  Contemporary America and Appendixes C and G
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Review your list of local city and state agencies
  (or the two agencies you compared) and select a
  target population. Examples of target populations
  are the poor, unemployed, children, elderly,
  people with disabilities, persons with mental
  illness, substance abusers, criminals, homeless,
  and persons living with HIV/AIDS. Once you have
  selected a group, research a current issue or
  problem affecting this target population.

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HSM 210 week 2 Checkpoint Researcing Human
Services Agencies

• CheckPoint Researching Human Service Agencies
  One of the best ways to learn about how various
  human service organizations meet human needs is
  to research and study agencies within your city
  or state.
• Resources Appendixes B, C, and G
• Due Date Day 3 Individual forum
• Compile a list of the human service agencies in
  your city or state.

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HSM 210 week 3 Discussion Question 1 2

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following Research an
  existing human service program in your city or
  state that affects the target population and
  issue you chose. Briefly describe the program and
  determine which theoretical model most influences
  the delivery of this program or service. Which
  theoretical model least influences the delivery
  of this program or service?

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HSM 210 week 4 Assignment Examining Government
Regulations

• Assignment Examining Government Regulations
• Resource Ch. 7 of Human Services in Contemporary
  America
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Use the information you gathered for the Week Two
  assignment and research government regulations
  and standards that affect the policy and target
  population you chose. You can research your
  states legislative department or the Web sites
  listed in Appendix G, for example, for laws,
  regulations, and standards impacting human
  service organizations

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HSM 210 week 4 Checkpoint Differentiating Between
Public and Private Organizations

• CheckPoint Differentiating Between Public and
  Private Organizations
• Resources Ch. 1 (pp. 12, 14, and 15) 7 of
  Human Services in Contemporary America and
  Appendix G
• Due Date Day 3 Individual forum
• Describe a social policy that may affect your
  future position as a human services worker.
• Compare and contrast how a public versus a
  private organization might address this policy
  differently. Include an explanation of how the
  delivery system of a public organization would be
  different than that of a private organization.
  For example,

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HSM 210 week 5 Discussion Question 1 2

• Discussion Question 1
• Resources Ch. 5 (pp. 226-32) of the text and
  Appendix G.
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following Describe a
  community program or service in your city or
  state that you think needs more public or
  government support. Why does this issue deserve
  attention? What type of advocacy is most
  appropriate for this program or service? What
  strategies would you employ to promote it?
• 3. Discussion Question 2
• Due Date Day 4 Main forum
• Review the situations on pp. 338-9 in Ch. 9 of
  the text.

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HSM 210 week 5 Exercise Critical Thinking
Exercises

• Exercise Critical Thinking
• Part of the responsibility of working as a human
  service provider is being aware of both sides of
  the issue. Often times we allow our personal
  convictions to guide our delivery of human
  services. When presenting an argument for or
  against a specific policy (or listening to
  someone else present an argument) we need to be
  aware of persuasive techniques.
• Due Day 5 Individual forum
• Complete the Recognizing Deceptive Arguments
  exercise on pp. 292-4 in Ch. 7 of the text.

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HSM 210 week 6 Assignment Prevention

• Assignment Prevention
• Resource Ch. 8 of Human Services in Contemporary
  America
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Choose a prevention strategy and explain how it
  is applicable to the issue or problem you chose
  for your Week Two assignment.
• Suggest a solution for improving the problem or
  resolving the issue.
• Answer the following questions

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HSM 210 week 6 Checkpoint Determining levels of
prevention

• CheckPoint Determining Levels of Prevention
• Resources Ch. 8 of Human Services in
  Contemporary America and Appendix E
• Due Date Day 3 Individual forum
• Post a 200- to 300-word response to the
  following Analyze the scenarios in Appendix E
  and describe the level of prevention each
  scenario addresses. Do you think the prevention
  strategy used in the scenario is effective? If
  not, what would you do differently?

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HSM 210 week 7 Checkpoint Comparing Values

• CheckPoint Comparing Values
• Resource Ch. 5 (p. 211) of Human Services in
  Contemporary America
• Due Date Day 3 Individual forum
• Post a 200- to 300-word response to the
  following Answer any four of the questions on p.
  211 in Ch. 5 of the text.

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HSM 210 week 7 Discussion Question 1 2

• Discussion Question 1
• Americans have different opinions when it comes
  to quality of life issues. There are several
  American values listed on p. 340 in Ch. 9 of the
  text. Although the text presents this as a group
  activity, complete the assignment individually,
  focusing only on Step 3. You will compare your
  answers with your classmates as part of the
  discussion question.
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Complete Step 3 of the Ranking American Values
  exercise on p. 340 in Ch. 9 of the text.
• Post your response to the following Explain your
  rankings. How do you think your rankings

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HSM 210 week 8 Assignment Characteristics and
Skills

• Assignment Characteristics and Skills
• For this assignment, imagine that you will be
  attending a career fair consisting of human
  service organizations from the following
  professions
• Generalist human services work
• Creative arts therapy
• Counseling
• Social work
• Note You may find it helpful to search the
  Internet for human service agencies or
  organizations in the area that most interests you

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HSM 210 week 8 Checkpoint Evaluating
Communication Strategies

• Resource Ch. 5 (pp. 195-210, 214-20, 223-6) of
  Human Services in Contemporary America
• Due Date Day 3 Individual forum
• Consider the following scenario You are working
  as a human service worker at a local United Way
  agency that serves several multicultural clients.
  In addition to the multicultural aspect, the
  agency also serves children, women, the elderly,
  and the homeless. Your manager has asked you to
  decide the best communication approach for each
  of these clients.
• Answer the following questions

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HSM 210 week 9 Capstone DQ

• Due Date Day 3 Main forum
• Research a career path within the human service
  industry that interests you. You may explore the
  Web sites listed in Appendix G or search the
  Internet using the name of a particular career as
  a keyword.
• Post your response to the following Which career
  trends do you find the most appealing?
  Considering the topics discussed in this course,
  what opportunities and obstacles do you expect to
  encounter in your chosen career? What concepts or
  strategies discussed in this course do you think
  will be the most useful to you in your chosen
  career?

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HSM 210 week 9 Final Substance Abuse and the
Native American Population

• Final Project Reflection Presentation
• At the beginning of this course, you selected a
  target population and a specific issue or problem
  related to that population to research.
  Throughout the course, you examined the
  population and issue from a variety of
  perspectives such as theory, policy, government
  regulations and standards, and prevention
  measures.

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