Basic life support

The book by Rachel Janney and Martha Snell titled, Behavioral Support, was a great read for any teacher, administrator, or other school staff member. Behavioral Support provided many suggestions for students who need more positive behavioral support in school to help them be successful. The text gave me more insight on how behavior is learned and can be changed. The text posed the following question, “Why do people act in ways that are difficult to understand, disturbing to others, and even…

Vollaire-Thomas, Jamilah Hicks, and Roslin Growe (2011) called “Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: An Interventional Approach to Improving Negative Student Behaviors”. The authors of this article discuss a program called Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, or PBIS, which is meant to create a school-wide environment in which positive behaviors are valued and encouraged. As a future school counselor, I will likely need to be well-versed in ways to…

Similarly, Hughes et al. (2013) argued that the life-design approach to narrative career counseling is a sufficient alternative to traditional career counseling approaches. Likewise, Savickas (2013) discussed the life-design approach for individuals who were already involved in a career. Specifically, Savickas (2013) stated that this model can potentially assist individuals to construct a new self, form a new identity, create a new career, and construct a new life. McIlveen and Patton (2007)…

It could be argued that technological progression drives development of new doctrine and practices for amphibious operations. The complexity and demand for the integration and co-operation of military personnel, logistics and fire support encourages implementing new concepts for amphibious operations. Further to this, the technology available will directly impact how any amphibious operations would be undertaken and drive the change in the doctrine and the forces that deploy. States spend money…

classified as decisions support systems (DSS) is a “specific class of computerized information system that supports business and organizational decision-making activities” (Marin, 2008, p. 513). DSS has become a multifaceted term that belongs to an enormous environment with multidisciplinary foundations, including database research, artificial intelligence, human computer interaction, simulation methods, software engineering and telecommunication (p. 513). In simple words, decision support…

In a study of breast cancer patients, Civan, McDonald, Unruh, and Pratt (2009) referred to patient expertise as the knowledge gained by managing and coping with disease, including practical everyday management, treatment decisions, side effects, social relationships, and daily responsibilities. Recognizing their need for information, breast cancer patients actively search for expertise from informal sources and personal networks of friends, family, other patients, or healthcare professionals…

College has put much stress on me and taught me how to seek for help, to which has made me value relationships. Having support systems while going through difficult times is a relief. College keeping me busy, has made me avail personal time. Like everyone says college is a time to find yourself and that perfect time to find yourself is when you’re exploring and learning about…

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM INTRODUCTION The interactive, flexible and adaptable tool used by the managers without any guidance from the computer experts is known as the Decision Support System (DSS). The DSS allows the managers to make intelligent decisions with all the required information. DSS is a well-established research and development section. The birth of DSS is the preceding work in two main research streams undertaken by Simon et al. during the late 1950s and early 60’s. DSS is considered…

imagine this: you’re in some war-torn desert overseas; rifle in hand, bullets are flying all over the place and you and your squad are pinned down! You have never been so scared in your life, you then realize your squad is outnumbered and you think to yourself; will I make it out alive? A call is made for close air support, you don’t know what aircraft is coming, but it just needs to get here fast. Now what would you want to have your back in a situation like that? A stealth fighter or a jet…

Introduction As a Facility Security Officer (FSO), my job is in constant turmoil. Bickering and disagreement between employees, upper management, managers and oh yeah, do not forget the Federal Government. Differences and variations in processes are parts of realities that are dealt with daily. One particular process or procedure that keeps everyone frustrated is the clearance process. FSOs are hired to manage the entire security program of a company and be the a liaison between the company…