BSHS 305 ENTIRE COURSE

BSHS 305 Week 1 Individual Assignment Foundations of Human Services Worksheet

PART I: Refer to the Human Services Program Orientation Presentation to complete this portion
of the worksheet.

Answer, in a 50- to 100-word response, each of the following questions:

1. What does the Licensure Disclosure Statement say beyond providing a general
foundation of human services theory and application coursework for students at entry levels in
the helping professions?

2. If the Human Services program does not prepare you for licensure in your state do
you need to take the Human Services-Board Certified Practitioner examination to graduate
from this program? Why or why not? What advantage might this give you for job prospects?

3. List some of the examples that are not a BSHS worker occupational focus. Then, list
some of the Human Service worker job titles you envision yourself pursuing after you obtain
your degree? Why are you interested in those particular occupations?

4. What does the Human Services degree require in terms of criminal conviction and field
experience service hours?

5. What is the preferred exit exam for Human Services Professionals? How might it help
your particular career prospects? Where can you obtain a practice exam?

PART II:

Answer, in a 50- to 100-word response, each of the following questions:

1. Identify the four themes of human services.

2. Identify professional disciplines that influence human services.

3. How have societal viewpoints concerning mental illness or health influenced human
services over the past three centuries?

4. How have societal viewpoints concerning child welfare influenced human services over
the past three centuries?

5. How have societal viewpoints concerning incarceration and probation influenced human
services over the past three centuries?

6. Explain how political and legislative changes have affected client care.
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BSHS 305 Week 1 DQ 1

What are the four major themes of human services? Which theme do you think is most critical for
human service professionals?
BSHS 305 Week 1 DQ 2
What are the major characteristics of helping those in need in America? What do you think has been
the biggest change over the past five decades?

BSHS 305 Week 2 Individual Quiz

Complete the Week Two Quiz.

Directions: Select the correct answer for each question.

1. Information about models of service delivery is important to human service professionals

because
2. Three basic models of service delivery include traditional psychiatry, the public health
approach, and the

3. The goal of the public health model is to

4. Which of the following represents the problem-solving approach?

5. Integrated services reflect work with the client that is

6. Which of the following is the process that assists helpers with understanding their own
attitudes and feelings?

7. Which of the following responses is not an example of empathy?

8. One of the largest categories of specialists is

9. Providing direct service to clients, one of three areas of responsibility for human service
professionals, is illustrated by which roles?

10. The difference between frontline workers and administrators is basically one of

BSHS 305 Week 2 Learning Team Helping Field Summary

Discuss,as a Learning Team, why you chose to enter the helping field.
Provide a 350-word summary in which you describe why professionals choose to enter the helping
field.
Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.

BSHS 305 Week 2 DQ 1

Why is investing in mental health important to your role as a human service professional?
BSHS 305 Week 2 DQ 2
Which of the five characteristics listed in the text for human service professionals do you think is most
important? Explain why.
BSHS 305 Week 3 Individual Quiz

BSHS 305 Week 3 Individual Assignment Client Paper

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you identify the following:
The range of problems facing human services clients
The specific helping skills that can be used with clients
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

BSHS 305 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Case Scenarios

Complete the University Material: Case Scenarios Worksheet located on the student website.
You will complete this worksheet collectively as a team and submit one team copy to the assignment
section.

BSHS 305 Week 3 DQ 1

How does a clients personal history and perception of services influence his or her overall level of
engagement?

BSHS 305 Week 3 DQ 2

Discuss the specific helping skills you can use with clients. Which skill do you think is most critical
when helping clients?

BSHS 305 Week 4 Individual Assignment Interoffice Memo

Imagine that it is 1976, and you are an administrator in a human services organization. You have just
learned of the ruling in the case, Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California.
Write a 350- to 500-word summary in which you create an interoffice memo for all employees that
explains this legislation. In your memo, also include the following information:
How the Tarasoff case has affected ethical decision making for human service professionals
 How the case affects the human services code of ethics.
Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.

BSHS 305 Week 4 Individual Assignment Ethical Decision Scenario Worksheet

Complete the University Material: Ethical Decision Scenario Worksheet located on the student
website.

BSHS 305 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment The Role of Collaboration Presentation
Assign roles to each team member of various human services workers.
Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
Describe the role of collaboration in human services.
Identify how the roles assigned to each team member would serve a common purpose.
Explain how collaboration in human services promotes social, political, and economic change.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Note. Online students must include speaker notes with their presentation.

BSHS 305 Week 4 DQ 1

How do human service professionals collaborate with others to meet client needs? What are the
benefits of collaboration?

BSHS 305 Week 4 DQ 2

Discuss the role that human service professionals have in protecting client rights. Is the moral or legal
obligation more important?

BSHS 305 Week 5 Individual Assignment Client Needs and Services Presentation
Create a 5- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation in which you include the following:
Explain how human service delivery settings are influenced by evolving client needs.
Explain how client services are changing due to trends in technology.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Note. Online students must include speaker notes with their presentation.

BSHS 305 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Trends Paper

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you relate economic and political events to current
trends in the human services field.
Identify demographic trends that will influence future needs in the delivery of human services.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

BSHS 305 Week 5 DQ 1

How has managed care affected service delivery for clients? In your opinion, has it improved client
care?

BSHS 305 Week 5 DQ 2

How will demographic trends in America influence service delivery within the human services?

BSHS 305 Human Service Professionals and Helping Skills Paper

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that explains how human Services professionals engage clients
and the com using specific skills to influence client to engagement of services. Include the following
paper :

Explain how human services professionals engage clients and the community in the helping
process.
Describe the stages of the helping process.
Identify the specific helping skills that can be used with clients.
Explain how client personal history and perceptions influence access and engagement of
services.

Provide a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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BSHS 305 Team Assignment Human Service Today and Tomorrow
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