Choose a person to interview. Explain that the interview will take approximately one hour and the purpose is to help you better understand the processes involved in special education and the experiences and educational philosophies of a teacher or caregiver who works with young children who have special needs. The following is additional guidance for planning your interview:

Confirm the best way to conduct the interview—face to face, by phone, or by e-mail. Agree on a date and time. Be sure you have the meeting address, phone number, or e-mail address, as well as permission to do the interview.
Ask the age and category(ies) of special needs of the child or children the teacher or caregiver works with, to help you prepare for the interview.
Review the readings from this week and related readings from Week 1 on early intervention.
Read the section or sections in your text that cover the specific category or categories that pertain to the child or children in the teacher or caregiver’s setting. (You may need to read ahead.) Try to tune into any overgeneralizations and stereotypes that you do not want to bring to the conversation.
If you plan to tape-record the interview, test your recorder to be sure it works.

Interview:

Click on the link below to download and print out the document, which provides detailed guidance for the interview:

Interview with a Teacher or Caregiver (in Microsoft Word .doc format)

Listen carefully to the person’s answers. You may need to ask additional questions to better understand a point. Keep in mind the following guidelines:
Remember that this is one person’s experience and perspective.
Be respectful of the person’s time and be sure to thank the person for his or her cooperation.
Remember that this interview experience is a chance for you to learn; not a time to criticize or offer advice or information.

Reflect: Review your notes or listen to the recording of the interview. Then submit:

A summary of the interview experience including insights and new thinking you gained from talking with this teacher or caregiver about children with special needs, as well as any personal stereotypes, assumptions, or misconceptions this interview helped to dispel.
How this experience will help with your future work as a child development professional.

Assignment length: 2 pages

Note: Use fictitious names for the teacher or caregiver as well as the children and families. You do not need to include the interview form as part of this Applicat

Read the questions below and formulate a response to each that is at least one hundred words in length.  Please cite the textbook and external resources to support your answer (Wikipedia sources are not permitted).  List each resource used at the end of paper in the reference list section.  Please remember that you may utilize LIRN to help you search for resources.  You can visit the Academic Resource Center for a guide on how to utilize LIRN successfully.

 

1. Describe three features of shamans.

 

2. Describe one way that rites of passage and rites of intensification are similar.

 

3. What are three ways that magic is similar to religion?

 

4. What is religion?  Discuss the problems of defining religion cross-culturally.

 

5. Describe the basic functions of supernaturalism.

 

6. List and briefly describe two features of Upper Paleolithic cave paintings that are also found in contemporary paintings.

 

7. What are the distinguishing characteristics of Cuna (Kuna) molas?

 

8. List and describe three cross-cultural functions of body art.

 

9. How can the examples of expressive arts be used to illustrate the concept of culture?

 

10. Using either the example of wood carvings of northern California native peoples or the molas of the Cuna (Kuna) Indians of Panama, describe how expressive art is integrated into the everyday lives of a society.

 

 

PART II: Journal

 

 

Using a minimum of two resources (Wikipedia.com is not an option) write a 1 to 2 page paper in APA format to describe the features of revitalization movements.  Recount an example of such a movement and point out how it exhibits the features common to such movements

This paper will be a persuasive paper. You will identify which type of research model you feel is best for evidenced-based research and nursing practice.

Content

1. Identify and explain all components of the research you chose.

2. Explain why (in your opinion) it lends best to evidenced based research.

3. Provide one example of the type of research you chose and how it was applied to nursing practice.

(Managerial Accounting)

 

Managerial Accounting:

 

Pretend you are a manager of your favorite manufacturing company (from the Module Three discuss

Complete the following for this assignment:

• Use the comparative analysis below for S&J Plumbing, Inc. to determine if S&J Plumbing’s return on assets is comparable to its competitors in the same industry.
• Use the library and other resources to research competitors.
• Support your answers

Copy and paste the following examples (A–F below), then respond by classifying each of the following variables as either: nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. Provide a brief explanation where indicated.

A researcher studying lifespan categorizes individuals into single, married, divorced, or widowed. What type of variable measurement is this?
A cognitive scientist places her subjects into categories based on how anxious they tell her that they are feeling: “not anxious,” “mildly anxious,” “moderately anxious,” and “severely anxious,” and she uses the numbers 0, 1, 2 and 3 to label categories where lower numbers indicate less anxiety. What type of variable measurement is this? Are the categories mutually exclusive?
A Physician diagnoses the presence or absence of disease (i.e., yes or no). What type of variable measurement is this?
A person weighing 200 lbs. is considered to be twice as heavy as a person weighing 100 lbs. In this case, what type of measurement is body weight?
A nurse takes measurements of body temperature on patients and reports them in units of degrees Farenheit as part of a study. What type of variable measurement is this?
Patients rate their experience in the emergency room on a five point scale from poor to excellent ( 1 = very poor, 2 = not very good, 3 = neither good nor bad, 4 = quite good, and 5 = excellent). What type of variable measurement is this? Is the difference between a 1 and a 2 necessarily the same as the difference between a 3 and a 4? Explain briefly.

Part 2: Statistics (1/2 page)

Given what you’ve learned in this module about the meaning of “statistics,” choose one of the examples from Part I (A-F), and raise a relevant question of your own that could be answered by a statistician. Then without answering your own question, explain how a pattern could be studied or a useful prediction made based on data that are to be collected.

Part 3: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data (approximately 1–1.5 pages)

A health scientist wishes to measure how well participants diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are coping. Explain how a variable such as coping could be measured quantitatively or qualitatively.
Assignment Expectations

Use the information in the modular background readings as well as resources you find through ProQuest or other online sources. Please be sure to cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of the paper. Submit the paper as a Word document through the link provided for the assignment.

Length: 2–3 pages typed and double-spaced. With 1 inch margins

Cook, A., Netuveli, G., & Sheikh, A. (2004). Basic Skills in Statistics: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals. London, GBR: Class Publishing.. Available in Ebrary, accessed via Trident’s online library.

Norman, G., and Streiner, D. (2008). Chapter The First: The Basics. (pages 2-6). Biostatistics The Bare Essentials. 3rd Edition. BC Decker Inc. PMPH USA, Ltd. Shelton, CT

4-Page APA paper: There is an ever-increaseing appreciation by business in every part of the world, that remote organization and global events affect a corporation’s activities. For example, corporate leaders and/or chief executives find themselves faced with various strategtic alternatives for engaging in global competition. How do remote organizations and global events affect the leaders of your company on a day-to-day basis? Which activities do you see your company (or other major companies) adjusting to meet current global competition. Minimum of three refernces required

Please see attached for additional informatio

Using the theory or model that you selected in Week Four, develop an intervention thataddresses one of the levels of prevention for your aggregate. 

Describe the intervention plan and how it may be actualized. Include the following:

• Formulate one outcome goal and various objectives (as appropriate) and explain why these are appropriate

• Explain the intervention plan (including the steps and resources needed)

• Identify organizations within the community that may be able to assist with the intervention and explain why they are appropriate to partner with.

• Explain how you plan to evaluate the intervention. Include methods and why they are appropriate

Develop a presentation using one of the following formats:

• Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® Presentation including 15-20 slides with detailed speaker’s notes

1st Posting Due by Day 3. Prioritizing. Read the Forbes article, “A Simple Model for Business Planning.” Financial decisions must be made continuously by entrepreneurs. After reading the Parrish article, you will be aware of several financial concerns faced by business owners. Place yourself in the role of an entrepreneur. Taxes are due in three days and employee paychecks must be issued in five days. However, the company does not have enough money to cover both expenses. Discuss how you would handle this situation. How will you solve this financial crisis? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

2. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. International Entrepreneurship. Research two countries in the same region of the world (e.g., Europe, Middle East). Identify the levels of entrepreneurial activity and the challenges/problems that may be faced by an entrepreneur in those countries (e.g., laws, financing). Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings.

1. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Balanced Scorecard. Visit the Balanced Scorecard Institute. If you were to develop a balanced scorecard for your entrepreneurial venture, identify one objective for each of the four perspectives. Why did you select that objective? How will it be measured? Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings.

2. 1st Posting Due by Day 3. Influence of Context. Read the three web chapters in Part Six of the text on how the environmental context (technology, small business and non-profit) influences the strategic management process. Identify two key factors from each context that you believe would be the most influential on the process. Indicate why you selected those factors. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings

What do you think? Does this case present an ethical issue? If so, to which party (or parties)? If you could act as the ultimate authority on this situation, what would you do?

PART1: Present the side of the issue that is an ethical issue: please explain the issue and present a solution. (600-800 words)

PART2: Present the side of the issue that is not an ethical issue: please explain why there is no ethical issue and how the industery should present the situation to show patients or interested parties that no ethical dilemma exists. (600-800 words)

Present from the viewpoint of a financial manager, using financial thought process.

Trigon Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Copayments)

When most people are told they owe a coinsurance payment on a medical bill, they simply grimace and write a check; not Gerald Haeckel, a retiree from Richmond, Virginia. He wanted proof that he was not paying more than the 20 percent portion that his health insurance policy required. When his insurer, Trigon Blue Cross/Blue Shield, balked, the retiree besieged state and federal officials with demands for an investigation.

Gerald’s problem with the insurer-provider negotiated discounts began when he became confused by a bill sent by Trigon Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The bill was for Gerald’s wife’s lumpectomy, which is an outpatient surgery to remove a tiny breast tumor. Trigon’s benefits- explanation form stated that the surgery had cost $950, that Trigon paid 80 percent, or $760, and that Gerald owed a 20 percent copayment of $190. But then Gerald received a list of charges from the surgery center indicating that Trigon’s share of the bill had been more than halved to $374 because of a “contractual adjustment.” Gerald assumed that a mistake was made in the surgery center’s statement because if it were correct his $190 copayment would exceed a third of actual cost, instead of the 20 percent called for in his insurance policy.

Ultimately, Gerald’s scrutiny of the $950 surgery bill led to a surprising discovery. Although insurance companies frequently complain about being duped by fraudulent policyholders and providers, Trigon and dozens of other health insurers and managed care companies stand accused of a scheme to siphon off millions of dollars from their policyholders. How does the alleged scheme work? For surgery priced at $1,000, the typical plan might call for the insurer to pay 80 percent, or $800, which leaves the patient with a $200 copayment. But if the insurer has negotiated a 50 percent discount from the provider and does not pass any of it along to its policyholders, the patient’s $200 copayment becomes 40 percent of the $500 actual bill, and the insurer’s portion drops to only $300.

Trigon’s responses to Gerald’s queries stirred up more questions than they answered. Norwood H. Davis, Trigon’s CEO, assured Gerald that he did indeed owe the $190, and added that the details of any Trigon’s provider discounts were “proprietary.” In another letter, Norwood made a distinction between Trigon actually paying its $760 share of the bill and “discharging” it. Norwood added that although Trigon might try to persuade a provider to accept less than its $760 portion of the bill, a policyholder, such as Gerald, was free to try to persuade the provider to accept something less than the required $190 copayment. Gerald, who by that point was incensed, replied “suggesting that an individual policyholder negotiate with a provider for price concessions borders on the insulting!” and he threatened to take the matter up with state regulators.

At a time when consumers are expected to take more responsibility for their own healthcare, undisclosed discounts raise questions about the accuracy and honesty of information provided by the insurers and employers. Indeed, providers often are contractually prohibited from disclosing discounts. The insurance industry argues that hiding discounts is not widespread. The Chicago-based Blue Cross/Shield Association notes that no court has ruled for plaintiffs in a discounts-related case. It adds that none of its affiliates that settled such cases admitted to wrongdoing. Furthermore, Blue Cross/Shield executives argue that the discounts benefit policyholders by reducing premiums. In some situations, they add, employers who share in the savings ask that discounts not be disclosed to their own employees. “We’re not lining our pockets with anything because there is nothing to line our pockets with,” said Joel Gimpel, a Blue Cross/Shield Association attorney