Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal discuss four frames through which organizations can be viewed: structural, human resources, political, and symbolic. Each of these frames have very different characteristics, but can be present at the same time within an organization. The structural frame focuses on how an organization is structured, including the various rules and procedures organization members must follow in their daily operations. The human resources frame focuses on the interrelationships…
Why you want to be a school psychologists At first, I was interested in being a school counselor like my mom. I really admired how students would come to her with all kinds of problems and she would listen and offer help. I would often think “How lucky to have someone to talk to, when things appeared hopeless. Many times, friends of mine would come to me and talked about their problems. Like my mom, I felt I have a special gift of listening to people talk about their problems. I would sit…
Education for middle school students have programs to prevent eating side orders but they found that educational interventions with peers learning how to identify the signs have lead to a reduction of full-blown eating disorders among the students in a school…
Red, white, and blue are the colors of the United States of America. Within the nation there is a courageous group of men and women protecting those colors and everything those colors represent. America’s military is looking for brave young people to help the nation stay strong and protect the values and traditions founding fathers helped establish. The benefits people receive from America’s military are highly valued. Three important benefits the military has to offer are monetary benefits,…
school psychologist is expected to be knowledgeable in the matters of federal and state policies and should know the following. Under Education Code §48900 a student may not be expelled unless student is found to be in possession of a dangerous object, such as the knife that Drake brought (Educ. code §48900 (b)). However, under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), a MD meeting must be held when a student with a disability violates a code of school conduct and a…
23rd of January in 2013 was a historic day for women in the United States, because the Department of Defense lifted the ban that didn’t allow women to fight in combat. During the 2012-13 year, over 214,098 women were serving in illegally. On this day, they were finally allowed to serve in combat positions. After the 23rd of January 2013, the Department of Defense recognized the contributions that women have made to the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and have since realized that we don’t…
place to deal with regional crises and natural disasters”, also “regional and global military power and aggression remain in check.” (Larson, 1993) In addition to this new strategy, a new defense program was created, International Military Education and Training Program (IMET). This program “promotes good will, mutual trust and confidence, and provides interoperability with foreign militaries.” (Larson, 1993) The foundation of the program is to encourage mutually beneficial relationships and…
military life, my parents were enlisted in the Air Force for 23 years. During that time we were stationed at Lakenheath Air Force Base, England, where I was born and lived there for ten years. Then we moved to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland shortly before my parents retired. Now, my husband, Kevin, is a warrant officer in the Army and has been enlisted for over 14 years. He has been on numerous deployments and is currently…
Humans are all equal right? That is what most people say no discrimination, no difference in gender and men and women are not different then why do men have greater opportunities then women or as a matter of fact they cannot even try many things. Is it not laughable how hypocrite humans can be? The battle field a place filled with trauma, death, violence, blood, a place where you fight for what you believe up close and personal the great front lines. Then if that is the case then why do we never…
With all the events in Ferguson this past year, this has created a large argument on the militarization of police. Crime and police brutality is not escapable and there won 't be any way to stop it completely. Most would say that would hurt more than help the situation, on the contrary, militarization may help. The days when Andy Griffith’s biggest problem was dealing with the town drunk is gone. Now were dealing with billion dollar terror groups like ISIS and mentally insane people with assault…