oom Size Matters in Behavioral Health Outpatient Facilities
Importance/elevance of Problem

Patient housing facilities have a crucial role to play in their smooth recovery, in both nursing homes and hospitals. Outpatient healthcare clinics' residential and consultation room sizes have specific standards to meet. The proposed research is justified on grounds of a growth in number of hospitalized patients requiring home care following discharge. The diverse age groups patients needing space belong to and their unique health situations (in case of patients requiring rehabilitation) make it clear that there is a need to consider spatial aspects of healthcare facilities' environment. The very same environment has to satisfy the needs of diverse clients having diverse healthcare needs, without any problems. This study will examine the maximum and minimum space needed to cater to the entire range of healthcare situations expected at a facility (Craig, Dixon, & Gannon, 2013).

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References

Coleman EA, et al. (2004). Posthospital care transitions: patterns, complications, and risk identification. Health Serv Res. 39(5):1449-65

Craig, L., Dixon, L., & Gannon, T. A. (2013). What Works in Offender Rehabilitation: An Evidence-Based Approach to Assessment and Treatment?

Ellenbecker, C. H., Samia, L., Cushman, M., & Alster, K. (2008). Patient Safety and Quality in Home Health Care. In H. RG, Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. Rockville: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (U.S.).

Holahan, C., & Saegert, S. (1973). Behavioral and attitudinal effects of large-scale variation in the physical environment of psychiatric wards. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 82, 454-462

Activities
Activity #1: Discuss the pros and cons of testing from two perspectives: (1) as a test-taker and (2) as a test-giver

From the point-of-view of the test-taker, the 'cons' of taking a test seem obvious. Besides the nerves and the fear of being put under pressure, from the test-taker's point-of-view being tested requires subjecting something quite unique, namely their individual human mind, to an objective test that cannot take into consideration adverse circumstances, from a lack of engagement with the material, poor teaching, or an eccentric learning style. Testing can thus discourage creativity and a sense of fun in learning for the test taker. Test can also encourage students to learn how to take a particular teacher's tests, rather than to truly learn and actively engage with the material on an individual basis like a research paper.

This is also the downside of testing from the teacher's perspective as well. However,…...

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Works Cited

ABC Teach. (2004). "Charlotte's Web." Retrieved on July 13, 2004  http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/literature/charlottes_web/ 

Bloom's Taxonomy. (2004) Retrieved on July 13, 2004  http://www.fgcu.edu/onlinedesign/designDevd.html 

College Board. (2004) Retrieved on July 13, 2004 at collegeboard.com

Fair Test. (2004) Retrieved on July 13, 2004 at  http://www.fairtest.org/facts/nratests.html

Mathematics is closely connected to economics, commerce and business modelling, as well as systems for military weapons. Due to the widespread of its use, it was noted that students in the U.S. were beginning to perform a little worse in mathematics than children from other countries worldwide. Mathematical knowledge among citizens was considered a very important factor for a country to be a leading world power. Assessment activities have been a continuing focus of academic research for more than twenty-five years. In that period, there have been new tools developed. In addition, the curriculum has shifted its focus to the results of learning. The shift of focus in the theory of learning to constructivism from behaviourism has greatly influenced the learning and teaching of mathematics. Conventional tests are only centred on the mathematical procedures and skills of students. Thus, application of authentic tools for assessment to measure the learning of…...

Group Activities as Formative Assessment in Mathematics Classroom
The modern educational system is characterized by an increase demand for accountability and high-stakes testing. The demand for such accountability and testing is demonstrated in the quest for the use of summative assessments that provide a summary of the learning progress of students. Generally, the push for increased accountability and high-stakes testing has contributed to the use of different kinds of assessments that are administered at the state, district, school, and national levels. The use of these various kinds of assessments is not only geared towards realization of increased accountability but also act as a means for comparing and ranking students and schools. An example of the type of assessments that can be used in this process is formative assessments for various topics such as mathematics. Formative assessments are defined as systematic procedures of collecting evidence regarding students' learning to inform teaching…...

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References

Benjamin, A. (2013). Math in plain English: literacy strategies for the mathematics classroom.

New York, NY: Routledge.

Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (1998, March). Assessment and Classroom Learning. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 5(1), 1-65.

Callingham, R. (2010). Mathematics Assessment in Primary Classrooms: Making it Count.

Special Education
Assessment Options

There were a number of eminent points and observations regarding the methodology of assessment utilized within Maryellen Weimer's article, "Making exams more about learning," which initially appeared in The Teaching Professor in 2011. This article essentially functions as a case study in which an undergraduate instructor, Thomas Smith, employed a number of unusual methods to assist his students with the process of assessment. Among the measures that Smith adopted was grading the examinations students took individually with each student, as well as allowing them access to previous examinations on the same topic. While analyzing Smith's methodology, the author makes note of both positive and negative points that can aid additional instructors who want to incorporate some of Smith's techniques in the future. The overall effect is that readers and pedagogues are able to get a practical, compressive overview of alternate assessment methods that can easily be incorporated…...

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References

Osborn, J. (1998) "Assessing gifted children." Understanding Our Gifted Open Space Communications, Inc. 9-12. Retrieved from  http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10221.aspx 

The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement. (no date). "Using classroom assessment to improve teaching." Education.com. Retrieved from  http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Using_Classroom/ 

Reschley, D.J. (1996). "Identification and assessment of students with disabilities." The Future of Children. 6 (1): 40-52. Retrieved from  http://www.princeton.edu/futureofchildren/publications/docs/06_01_02.pdf 

Weimer, M. (2011). "Making exams more about learning." The Teaching Professor. 25 (2): 5. Retrieved from  http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/educational-assessment/making-exams-more-about-learning/

Activities to Reduce Inappopiate Behavios Displayed by Childen With Autism and Othe Developmental Disabilities
The pupose of this dissetation study is to test the effectiveness of an eveyday activities-based potocol (Holm, Santangelo, Fomuth, Bown & Walte, 2000) fo managing challenging and disuptive behavios of 13- to 23-yea-old esidential students (male and female) with Autism who live at Melmak Homes, Inc., of southeasten Pennsylvania, and attend school o adult day pogams. Applied behavio analysis and a focus on eveyday occupations (activities) will be combined duing the intevention phase. Reinfocement will be fo subtask completion and duation of paticipation, NOT fo absence of taget maladaptive o disuptive behavios. Behavio analysts, howeve, will document the fequency/duation of the taget behavios duing each condition. Inteventions will occu daily, Monday though Fiday. A single-subject, multiple-baseline, acoss-subjects design with nine subjects will be used to evaluate change in behavios unde altenating conditions. Data will be analyzed…...

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references, and favorites)

Child and Family Assets

(Abilities, strengths, skills, accomplishments, and capabilities)

Functional and Meaningful Interactions

(Purposeful interactions; ways interests and assets are used in everyday life)

therapy is usually applied in cases such as the one exhibited by Kong, following the loss of a loved one. The procedure is outlined below:
The Semi-Structured Clinical Interview

The informal assessment of individuals faced with the effects of the loss of a loved one such as Kong's case is the semi structured interview. This approach allows the therapist to classify victims according to the symptoms that they exhibit. The approach allows for the recording of changes in profile symptoms demonstrated over time. The information below should be collected from a client.

One's bio-data

The mental illness history of the family

Ones medical history

Any past visits or interactions with a psychiatrist

One's social history

Varying aspects of one's specific information should be collected regarding the loss of a loved one

There is need to focus the interview details on the secondary and primary characteristics of the death of the son. More questions…...

activities, the services we will be proposing will deal with a certain set of activities that a working individual has less and less time for and will be tempted to turn to a specialized company that will help him deal with such kind of activities. Paying bills, shopping for groceries and other needed products in the house, requiring information to the banks for credits or payment options, going with the car to the car service -- these are the sort of activities that the modern individual has less and less time for and is more and more inclined to simply outsource.
As such, our company will deal with providing all these types of services for our customers, services that are likely to create more leisure time for the working individual and remove the unnecessary hours spent dealing with the home administrative problems.

This introduction already gives a little insight in the…...

With respect to the McGuckin studies neither randomization nor sample selection is ever discussed. In fact sampling per se is not presented except for cursory mention in the results section. Again, without proper identification as to the sampling method implemented, the reader is ever cautious as to how legitimate the results will be. Not wanting to pre-empt the discussion on statistical methodology, mention must be made at this time with respect to the Poisson egression statistical tool selected for use in these two studies in terms of sampling. This particular regression technique, if utilized properly, requires the sample size to be determined on the basis of the square root transformation of the Poisson random variables. More specifically, the formula for calculating the sample size of the Poisson variables is as follows:
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The data received from this calculation will give the research investigator the number of sampling units per group…...

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References

Armitage P. And Berry, G. (1994) Statistical Methods in Medical Research (3 rd edition).

London: Blackwell Publishing.

Connor, E.F., Hosfield, E., Meeter, D. And X. Nui. (1997). Tests for aggregation and size-based sample-unit selection when sample units vary in size. Ecology 78: 1238 -1249.

Corning, S.P. (2002). Profiling and developing nursing leaders. Journal of Nursing

Differentiated Learning
Simply because a teacher treats all students 'the same' does not mean that all of his or her students are being treated fairly. For example, expecting a child with dyslexia to read an assignment as quickly, without support, as his or her non-dyslexic peers, does not promote the child's ability to learn. This is why differentiated instruction is so essential. "Differentiation is a philosophy that enables teachers to plan strategically in order to reach the needs of the diverse learners in the classrooms today to achieve targeted standards. As individuals come to school with varying learning styles and numerous intelligences, differentiated instruction becomes a means of addressing the learning needs of everyone in the classroom" (Assessment strategies, 2011, BOE). Differentiated instruction requires teachers to use a variety of strategies and have a flexible lesson plan.

Teachers must have many different pedagogical 'tools' on hand to teach. For example, when teaching…...

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References

Assessment strategies. (2011). BOE. Retrieved December 15, 2011 at http://boe.ming.k12.wv.us/teachers/di/di_rubrics/introduction%20to%20DI%20assessment.htm

Chalupa, Eric. (2004). The effects of differentiated learning on gifted and talented students.

Published dissertation. Retrieved December 15, 2011 at  http://www.graceland.edu/pdf/soe/Eric_Chalupa.pdf 

Differentiated learning. (2011). National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).

Kacke et al. (2011). The fist pupose of the study is to measue the level of satisfaction associated with the cuent (at the time of witing) activities povided veteans at a VA CLC. The second pupose is to identify past/pesent "activity pefeences" in ode to povide guidance fo futue activities development fo veteans at the VA CLC. Activities included a ange of execises -- fom eating to paying.
The methodology used in this study was that of the suvey method. The sample was selected fom the veteans population fom five of the six lage VA CLC in the sububan notheasten U.S. Veteans at the VA CLC wee thee fo "shot-tem ehabilitation, shot-tem tansition, o LTC sevices" and the demogaphics of the veteans population wee 19 males fo evey 1 female. Total numbe of veteans at the CLC was 200. The suvey was sent to evey vetean. The acial demogaphics of…...

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references and satisfaction among older adults in a veterans administration long-term care facility. Clinical Gerontologist, 34: 103-116.

Diagnosis
The relevance of maintaining healthy communities cannot be overstated. In basic terms, communities should be designed and maintained in a way that promotes the well-being of their inhabitants. In so doing, such communities could end up realizing not only the economic but also the social benefits of a happier, healthier, and more productive society. There is therefore a need to assess and diagnose the key health problems specific to various communities. This way, lasting and innovative solutions can be sought and implemented to rein in the identified health problems.

Community

For this particular assignment, I will concern myself with North Las Vegas which also happens to be one of the largest cities in Nevada. In terms of governance, the city falls under the administration of a mayor who is assisted in this role by four members of the council. When it comes to city life, it is important to note that…...

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References

American Casino Guide (2013). Las Vegas Casinos. Retrieved from:  http://www.americancasinoguide.com/casinos-by-city/las-vegas-casinos.html 

Castellani, B. (2000). Pathological Gambling: The Making of a Medical Problem. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Casino-History (2009). Las Vegas Casino History: The History of Gambling in Sin City. Retrieved from:  http://www.casino-history.com/las-vegas-casino-history/ 

Healthy People (2013). 2020 Topics and Objectives -- Objectives A -- Z. Retrieved from:  http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/

Treatment of Criminal Offenders
As a clinician, how can you apply the knowledge you gained from this course to more effectively serve your clients?

A connection has been established by researchers between brutal and violent susceptibility to impair a particular area of the brain. Till date, several evidence, have assisted to bring into limelight the shady aspect of human attitude and might pave the way for important interference. For instance, several types of spontaneous aggression might be a result of defective balancing of emotion within the prefrontal cortex of the brain, the centre of superior intellectual activities like judgment, analysis and substantial control of impulses. The degree of malfunctions in the core circuits of the brain related to aggressive behavior and if these circuits are capable of being repaired is of course debatable. esearchers have mentioned that individuals inclined to violence have structured blueprints in the brain that can be reported…...

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References

Allen, Harry E; Simonsen, C.E. (1998) "Corrections in America" New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Company.

Gendreau, P & Goggin, C. (1996) "Principles of Effective Programming with Offenders" Forum on Corrections Research, Volume: 8; No: 3, pp: 38-40.

Hoge, R.D. & Andrews, D.A. (1996) "Assessing the Youthful Offender: Issues and Techniques" New York: Plenum.

Jacobs, B. L; Azmitia, E.C. (1992) "Structure and function of the brain serotonin system" Physiological Reviews. Volume: 72; pp:165-229.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- A Case Study
Case study 'Monique.'

Case presentation and history

Monique, a female aged 30, possesses a history of depression and chronic fatigue syndrome, starting at the age of 16 to 17, together with suicide attempts (entailing overdosing), in addition to a long record of anxiety. During baseline evaluation, she reported continuous constant fatigue as well as anhedonia. She also expressed dense retrograde amnesia following a 12-week program of bi-weekly electroconvulsive therapy early in 2006 (she asserts that has no memory of any occurrences preceding this). In late 2006, Monique was also diagnosed with ADHD, however, trusts that she has had continuous problems with distractibility and vagueness. At one point, dexamphetamine was experimented on her, which, even though enhanced her attention, also reduced her mood and hence it was discontinued. Monique also reported that when she was 2 years old, she cracked her skull consequent to falling from the…...

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References

Canadian Mental Health Association, 2015. Mood Disorders. [Online]

Available at:   / [Accessed 19 September 2015].https://www.cmha.ca/mental-health/understanding-mental-illness/mood-disorders 

APA, 2010. Anxiety Disorders and Effective Treatment. [Online]

Available at: [Accessed 19 September 2015].http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/anxiety-treatment.aspx

Budget Management Analysis
The main purpose of this report is to establish the necessities as well as the costs of iPatientCare HE software to the already existent record keeping system of Home Health Care Agency. Home Health Care Agency is an organization that offers health care to patients in their homes in its targeted region. The agency provides both medical and non-medical services for adult patients in their places of residence. The agency is attributed to provide specified home care and private nursing. The health care services which are provided by the agency are split into two broad classifications which are skilled nursing and therapeutic services. This particular report will reveal the finance costs and also the deemed benefits of the capital expenditure item.

The issue at hand is that in the past number of years, Home Health Care Agency has had a healthy financial performance but the organization has constantly been…...

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References

Sachdev, R., Pendelton, A., Gustafson, J. (N.D). Compliance In The Age Of Electronic Medical Records. Retrieved from:  http://www.thehealthlawpartners.com/files/compliance_and_electronic_health_records_jlg.pdf 

Rodak, S. (2011). Key Compliance Considerations When Implementing EMRs. Becker's Health IT and CIO Review. Retrieved from:  http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/key-compliance-considerations-when-implementing-emrs.html 

Kaplan, R.S., & Norton, D.P. (2001). The strategy-focused organization. Strategy and Leadership, 29(3), 41-42.

Ruther, M., & Helbing, C. (1988).Use and cost of home health agency services under