Habilitation

If someone told me a year ago that I would have the post-graduate job I currently hold today, I would have probably laughed. I am a habilitation technician, which is essentially a fancy title for an aid that assists children and young adults with special needs. Like many people, I grew up feeling a twinge uncomfortable in the presence of disabled individuals—not because I looked down upon or disliked them, but simply because I feared acting awkwardly or saying the wrong thing around them. When…

attempt to gather as much research and conduct as many experiments as possible to the victim. Josef Mengele was fascinated with twins and did most of the experiments during his life time on twins. Mengele hoped to use his research to obtain his “habilitation”, a title required to become a professor in German speaking lands.…

Early Childhood & Early Life Kurt Friedrich Godel was born on April 28, 1906, in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic. At the time of his birth, it was a fabric-producing city in the Austro-Hungarian area of control/area of land of Moravia and was known as Brunn. His father, Rudolf Godel, was, at first, a fabric worker. Later, he became the manager and eventually the part owner of the Friedrich Redlich fabric factory. His mother, Marianne Godel (nee Handschuh) was educated at a…

University of Maryland School of Social Work Office of Admissions Personal Statement 1. As a future Social Worker being trained to address the daily struggles and challenges of those who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty, particularly those with disabilities would be most rewarding. People with disabilities experience stigma and scrutiny due to a lack of public awareness. Many times people with disabilities will choose to not reveal their disability to the general public, although…

I am doing my practicum at High bridge park recreation center. The recreation center is a place that provides services for adults over 21 who have intellectual and other developmental disabilities. The staff work together to help individuals overcome the challenges they face every day to live an independent and meaningful life in the community. The organization I am working with is AHRC, which is a family governed organization that works with people with intellectual and other developmental…

POLITICAL GRIEF The great leader unexpected, expires in his sleep, and the preparations for his funeral have begun Funeral parade, eulogies, etc. There is a policy of mourning where the people are ranked in accordance with their station in life. The high officials are located in the rear, yet in elevated seating. They may prefer to weep are not. This may be that they show power to control their emotions, and thus the reason of the high positional seating. They are the strong wall that remains…

I completed my volunteer work at three different organizations, The Center, King 's Harvest and North Star Community Center. The first organization I volunteered at was The Center which is a non profit organization that has been around since 2009. Its mission is to alleviate and minimize the pain and suffering of those facing oppression. They focus on three main groups the youth, the homeless and community development. The center focuses on using a holistic approach to helping these underserved…

homeless. This program provides financial assistance to states to support services for homeless individuals who have serious mental illness and substance abuse. It also provides outreach services, screening and diagnostic treatment services, and habilitation and rehabilitation services. Services in Supportive Housing is a program that prevent and reduce chronic homelessness by funding services. This program is for people that have a substance abuse disorder and experiencing homelessness. These…

Cochlear implants, also known as the “bionic ear”, are devices that help provide aid for those hard-of-hearing. These devices are extremely complex and contain parts that are forced to work as a functioning unit. I will be going into more in depth with cochlear implants as well as defining what a cochlear implant actually is. I will also explain the costs that are involved, who the “best candidate” would be for implantation, and the risks and benefits involved with the implant. According to the…

Structural Frame The structural frame of an organization is how the work within a company is divided and coordinated. It focuses on the architecture of the company. According to Bolman and Deal (2013), this includes the goals, roles, policies, technologies and the environment of the company. The structural frame has six presumptions: Organizations exist to achieve certain goals and objectives. Efficiency is increased by specialization and appropriate division of labor. Certain types of controls…