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Advocacy for the Counseling Profession, 2006.
This paper describes the need for advocacy for the counseling profession and the consequences of insufficient advocacy.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 22.95
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The paper explains why advocacy is so vital for the counselling profession and illustrates this by listing effects that will arise if there is a lack of it, for example, there will be a reduction in effectiveness in the practice of the counselor and problems in the personal life of the individual. The paper explains the Masters-Level Counselor Education Program and how it may incorporate advocacy training into its curriculum and extra-curricular activities. The writer concludes that the counseling profession needs a more structured curriculum focused towards the establishment of a framework that integrates all aspects of the profession into one uniform standard for all to base their practice on.
Contents:
Objective
The Need for Advocacy
Consequences of Insufficient Advocacy for the Counseling Profession
Masters-Level Counselor Education Program
Summary
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"The need for advocacy cannot be understated in relation to the provisions of such to the counseling profession. The stress that is inherent to this profession has many complicating factors when the factors and elements of the individual life and indeed the world at large are factored into the subject at hand. Stated in the work entitled: "Advocacy for Counseling and Counselors: A Professional Imperative" by Lee (1998) is that the definition of advocacy is defined as "the process or act of arguing or pleading for a cause or proposal (p.8). Within this context he recommended that counselors become agents of social change, intervening not just in the lives of their clients but in the world around them as well. It is a necessity that this type of advocacy be applied among professional counselors as a service to one another in combating the specific factors professional counselors may be subject to due to the nature of their work."
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Advocacy and the Counseling Profession, 2006.
An analysis of the impact of advocacy on the counseling profession.
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 13 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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This paper studies how advocacy has infiltrated the counseling profession and affected the practice of talk therapy. The paper first defines advocacy within the counseling field and then examines the findings of a number of studies into its efficacy and applicability. The paper also calls for a new model of advocacy, which includes community involvement and developmental advocacy to help strengthen counselor's ability to improve patient's outcome for the future. The paper calls on counselors to help clients amend the communities in which they live, so that the community in turn also supports itself and the counselor's potential clients.
Introduction
New Framework For Advocacy
Research Supporting Premise
Conclusions
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"For one to promote a framework of advocacy in the counseling profession it is first important to understand what advocacy is. Home & Martin (1998) define advocacy as a method "based on the belief that individual or collective action must be taken to right injustices or improve conditions for the benefit of individuals or groups" (284). Lee (1998) also defines advocacy as "the process or act or arguing or pleading for a cause or proposal" (8). It requires that counselors take action. In recent years the issue of advocacy in counseling has drawn much attention. Much of this attention is meant to change the role of a counselor from a static to a functional agent responsible for changing any practices that might limit their client's opportunities for success (Lee, 2001). Many believe the idea of advocacy and the counseling profession is not compatible (Myers, Sweeney & White, 2002)."
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Self-Advocacy, 2004.
This paper discusses self-advocacy as a survival tool for ?normal? children and, especially, ?special needs? children.
7,690 words (approx. 30.8 pages), 20 sources, APA, £ 116.95
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This paper explains that self-advocacy is the state of knowing what one wants, what one is entitled to, and how one can effectively craft a path that will lead one to accomplish one?s own goals within the limitations of those entitlements. The author points out that the key to determining how well a student is serving as an advocate for himself or herself is first to understand the key dimensions that make up a person?s ability to speak up for himself or herself and then to determine how to measure progress along each one of these vectors. The paper recommends that students who are learning to be an active part of the educational process and to serve as their own advocates should be able to demonstrate an increasing level of skill in areas such as communicating with others, identifying needed accommodations and supports, and expressing hopes and wants. Long quotes.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Literature Review
Importance and Limitations of IEPs
Parents as Advocates
Unity in the Face of a Common Enemy
Operationalizing Self-Advocacy
And a Child Shall Lead
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"This is one of the key issues that must be addressed: How does one serve as the most effective advocate for oneself without infringing the rights of others? This is one of the most difficult tasks that those working with special needs children ? and especially teachers ? face. School districts are designed (both in terms of culture as well as in terms of their ability to serve children with a range of abilities on a limited budget) to force parents to become aggressive to secure rights for their children. And once they become so aggressive, they are unable to find their footing on the very narrow line between advocacy and belligerence."
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Consumer Advocacy Model Program, 2005.
Presents a review of the Consumer Advocacy Model Program (CAM).
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 30.95
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The Consumer Advocacy Model Program (CAM) is a substance abuse program offered by the Substance Abuse Resources and Disabilities Issues program (SARDI) and the University Medical Services Association. It is a consumer-oriented program, with a team approach. This paper is an on-site evaluation and review of CAM. The paper argues that CAM does provide a valuable resource for the disabled population, but the success rate needs improvement before it can be called a viable treatment provider.
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"The person that I interviewed was Melissa Jones, CCDC-IIIE, clinical director at the program. Ms. Jones has a number of different certifications and professional qualifications, including a Masters of Rehabilitation Counseling (MRC). Program and Services Provided CAM is a consumer-oriented outpatient program that is also community based. According to the website, this program offers a large number of services to its clients, including "advocacy, support, case management, vocational services, and chemical dependency treatment for people with disabilities who are concurrently experiencing alcohol or other drug-use problems" (What is CAM?, 2003, par. 2)."
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Television Advocacy Groups, 1993.
A look at the background, major issues, moral majority, impact, goals and the Black Anti-Defamation coalition regarding television advocacy groups.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, £ 27.95
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"Television is a mass medium with a particularly intrusive personality. It comes into the home and changes the lives of the people viewing it, changing the way they live, the activities in which they engage, and the products they buy. Children watch a great deal of television, and they are affected by what they watch. Since the 1950s, various controversies have swirled around television, from the quiz show scandals to the recent flap over NBC setting fire to GM trucks to show how dangerous they were. Television has become the target of a number of advocacy groups which see how important a role television plays and believe that television as present constituted is not fulfilling its role. The power of these groups varies greatly, and, with new technologies altering how television is received in the home, these groups have found all the more reason to protest what they..."
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Advocacy for Children with Disabilities, 2005.
A look at the battle for advocacy and inclusion for children with disabilities.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper examines how accessibility and inclusion are primary issues of concerns for people with disabilities in our society. It discusses how given that increasingly our public spaces are actually private spaces accessed by the public for business and consumption, for example shopping malls or sports venues, it is clear that the implementation of greater accessibility and inclusion is complex and requires a critical analysis of a variety of competing agendas.
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Sequoia Community Health Foundation, 2006.
A risk assessment of a farm worker's advocacy group called the Sequoia Community Health Foundation.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, £ 30.95
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The Sequoia Community Health Foundation is an organization that began as an advocacy group for farm workers in Fresno, California. Within two years the organization evolved into a functional health care center, treating farm workers and their families in the Fresno area. Since this time the Sequoia Community Health Foundation has expanded repeatedly in answer to the growing population in the area. Currently the organization serves families and individuals that are comprised of approximately 93% of patients that are either uninsured, under-insured or rely on the California Medicaid program to assist with medical expenses. This paper provides a risk analysis of this organization in relation to a projected 2-3% increase of the uninsured/under-insured population it would serve over the next five years, suggesting that the risk increase would not be significant.
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The Ontario Coalition against Poverty (OCAP), 2005.
This paper discusses an advocacy group Ontario Coalition against Poverty (OCAP).
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 9 sources, £ 36.95
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This paper explains that the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is an advocacy group, which works to protect the interests of impoverished and working class individuals in Ontario. The author points out that, through direct action and casework, OCAP helps many poor people. The paper relates the reasons why people would want to work for OCAP.
From the Paper
"The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is an advocacy group that works to protect the interests of impoverished and or working class individuals in Ontario. According to Jeff Shantz in Fighting to Win, The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is a direct action anti-poverty organization which, since 1989, has fought governments of all stripes in Ontario, left (so-called), right and centre to defend the needs of poor people and to work for a future where people are able to live decently (Shantz 2002: 1). Although this mission statement seems to be relatively straightforward the reality of the situation needs to be explained in detail."
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Controversy and the Non-Profit Organization, 2006.
An analysis of the activities of non-profit organizations and their advocacy of controversial issues.
1,866 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 14 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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This paper examines various controversial issues and the role non-profit organizations played in their advocacy. A discussion of moral obligation to help the less fortunate is presented, followed by a listing of various issues. Additionally, the role of the non-profits for bringing these issues into the forefront of contemporary awareness is debated.
Introduction
The NGO Controversy
References/Bibliography
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"All major religions of the world implore their followers to help in reducing human suffering. The world has come a long way from the injustices of the past. Slavery, apartheid, racial discrimination would still be in practice if free and conscientious people had not taken up these causes and had not become 'mouthpiece' for the sufferers of these indignities. The racist government of South Africa had to agree to an end to apartheid due to the economic sanctions [4] against the regime. Racial discrimination in United States, the country that proclaims that all men are born equal, required Martin Luther King [5] and his black and white followers to launch a campaign against this social ill. "
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Privacy Rights - A Supreme Court Authority, 2005.
Questions whether the Supreme Court of the US has the power to limit President Bush in his advocacy.
737 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 18.95
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There is much conflict over the issue of privacy in the US government today. Though much of the conflict revolves around the right to an abortion without parental or spousal notification, the right certainly applies to other aspects, like the Patriot Act and Civil Rights movement, in the lives of its constituents. Through the use of various amendments, cases and other resources, this essay examines these aspects and proves that a right to privacy exists in the Constitution, although not stated explicitly, and argues for the Supreme Court authority to undermine the Congress.
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"The right against unsanctioned intrusion of the government in the lives of its constituents is a fundamental, unalienable right of human beings to privacy. However, governments often create law enforcement agencies specifically designed to override this right in order to maintain security within the country. Civil rights libertarians strongly criticize such intervention, arguing, with proof, that such designs allow governments to become repressive regimes and prosecute people for political dissent. The issue does not concern whether a right to privacy is important, which it undoubtedly is, but whether the Supreme Court has been granted enough authority by the US Constitution to enforce this right."
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National Audubon Society, 1997.
Environmental group's purpose, philosophy, values (land ethic, advocacy, interdependence), accomplishments, projects in 1990s & future.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, £ 32.95
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"The Audubon Society was founded in 1886 to prevent the extinction of birds (Backman 98-100). The catalyst for founder George Bird Grinnell was the senseless slaughter of birds associated with the plume trade. The new society was named after John James Audubon who was Grinnell?s boyhood idol.
Mission, Goals, and Philosophy
Rooted in more than a century of activism on behalf of birds, the National Audubon Society maintains the traditions of its founders (Flicker 6). Just as threats to birds have evolved, so have the methods applied by the National Audubon Society to effecting change on their behalf. No longer is the organization fighting the hunters of commerce. Today, threats to birds are less ..."
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Affirmative Action, 1995.
Discussion of the practice of government mandated affirmative action. Includes advocacy of a libertarian, free market approach as an alternative.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, £ 38.95
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"More than three decades after President Johnson's Executive Order 11246 and subsequent U.S. Department of Labor regulations requiring reports on the inclusion of minorities and women in government agencies were put into effect, the political debate continues over whether affirmative action programs should remain a national policy. The controversy has escalated in the past few years and pitted whites against minorities and males against females as many European.American male workers begin to speak of lowered standards and reverse discrimination.
Although the intentions of affirmative action programs were merely to make more opportunities available to minorities and women by encouraging employers to set goals and timetables for achieving diversity, the reality of affirmative action has strayed significantly from the intent. Few would argue that the task of ..."
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American Geriatrics Society, 1997.
History, evolving mission, membership, publications, organization, advocacy activities and effectiveness.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, £ 49.95
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" Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss the American Geriatrics Society (AGS). To this end, the discussion covers four basic dimensions: (1) AGS history, mission, and objectives; (2) AGS current organizational structure;
(3) Characteristic AGS advocacy activities; and (4) AGS' organizational degree of success.
AGS History, Mission, and Objectives
According to Meyer (1992), the AGS was originally formed in 1942 by a group of thirty physicians as an advocacy organization with the mission of promoting research in geriatric medicine. In an effort to fulfill this mission, the society formulated the following objectives:
(1) Encourage and direct physicians and researchers to more.."
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"From the Deep Woods to Civilization" by Charles Eastman, 1993.
A critical review of the American-Indian's autobiography and his advocacy of Christianity mixed with Indian traditions.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, £ 32.95
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"Eastman, Charles A. From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of An Indian. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1977.
Eastman's autobiography is the story of the "civilizing" of a "pagan," in the author's own words. Eastman tries to bring together the best of the Indian's and white man's world, and it is a difficult task he has set for himself. He declares that
I stand before my own people still as an advocate of civilization. Why? First, because there is no chance for our former simple life any more; and second, because I realize that the white man's religion is not responsible for his mistakes (195). "
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