After reading Chapter 5, which describes the application of empowering social work processes, answer the following questions in this paper:

How does the empowering approach incorporate an ecosystems perspective?
In what ways does the empowering approach reflect a commitment to social justice?
In what ways does the empowering approach reflect a strengths orientation?
How is the empowering approach a generalist approach to social work practice?
Generalist means that practice processes apply to different system levels - micro, mezzo, and macro. Considering each level of practice, describe how you would approach drug abuse prevention among adolescents. Explain the similarities and differences across the three system levels in the phases of generalist practice including dialogue, discovery, and development.
Micro level Intervention
Mezzo level Intervention
Macro level InterventionInstructions
The Empowerment Approach Response paper must be a minimum of 2 page

1. Case 4-8 Economic Consequences

The FASB has issued SFAS No. 106, Employers Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions (see FASB ASC 715), and SFAS No. 112, Employers Accounting for Postemployment Benefits (see FASB ASC 712). These pronouncements required companies to change from accounting for benefits, such as health care, that are paid to former employees during retirement on a pay-as-you-go basis to recognizing the expected cost of benefits during employment. As a result, companies must accrue and report expenses today, thereby reducing income and increasing liabilities. Some have argued that these pronouncements will cause employers to reduce or eliminate postretirement and postemployment benefits. It is not necessary for you to know the particulars of implementing either of these standards to address the issues described here.

Required:

a. Should financial reporting requirements affect managements decision-making process? Discuss. Should man

Instructions
For this assignment, you will need to visit and review the Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ) website, especially the Counselors for Social Justice Newsletter https://www.counseling-csj.org/interactive-blog . From this website/newsletter, you will choose an advocacy/social justice topic to highlight. This social justice topic must be counseling related and counseling focused; this is not a political opinion paper. Rather, the focus is on highlighting social justice issues that you were not aware of until exploring this weeks topic.

You will need to complete a 3 page APA style written summary. All written papers will need to adhere to guidelines outlined in the APA Manual 7th Edition and the rubric guidelines associated with this assignment.
Please include a professional paper (not student paper) title page, abstract, and reference page with a minimum of 4 peer reviewed articles.
You will write using the APA Manual 7th Edition professional paper format.

Instructions
In your initial post, please address the following questions:

1. Ellis, Beck, and Meichenbaum are all in the cognitive-behavioral (CBT) camp, yet they all have distinctive approaches to counseling. Which of these approaches are you most drawn to and why?
2. CBT provides for the use of a wide range of techniques. What techniques are you likely to incorporate in your work with clients? Why?
3. Cognitive-behavioral practitioners use a brief, active, directive, collaborative, present-focused, didactic, psychoeducational model of therapy that relies on empirical validation of its concepts and techniques. What are the potential advantages and disadvantages of this approach?
4. Explain three strengths and limitations of using the CBT model from a diversity (multicultural) perspective.
5. REBT interventions (psychotherapy, educational, or counseling interventions) are effective for various conditions, regardless of clinical status, age of the sample, and deli

Provide an example of a time when a problem arose because of ineffective communication and how SBAR, ICS, SOAP, CUS, or another communication modality would have prevented it from occurring. You may select a miscommunication that occurred within the nursing staff or between the nursing staff and the interprofessional team.

Describe any limitations with the communication model you selected.
How do you manage patient confidentiality with the selected modality?
What communication models do you use that are unique to your specialization?
How effective are they? How do they improve quality of care and patient safety?

In a response of at least 250-words, tell us how you think Krishnas character in the Mirabai comic book compares to his character in  The Gita? Do you think theres consistency in his character across both texts? How so? Or does the Krishna of The Gita seem different from Mirabais Krishna? Be sure to use textual evidence to build your case. Ultimately, do you believe there should be consistency in Krishnas character or does it not matter either way?
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2388/2388-h/2388-h.htm

Good communication between nurses, patients, and the interprofessional team is essential to patient safety and quality of care. Proponents of interprofessional collaborations encourage enhanced collaboration, where each professional's contribution is valued equally. Discuss the benefits and challenges of this concept in your workplace.

How does this affect patient care and patient handoff?
What are some effective strategies for improving interdisciplinary communications?

Discussion Board up. 

Directions:

How Media Literate do you feel yourself to be? 

Please answer the following:

Define media literacy.

Explain how mediated and nonmediated communication differ.

Read pages 34 to 56 Chapter 2

Ms. Whitley is a 26 year old female. She has a history of asthma since grade school, for the last 3 months she has had to use her Albuterol inhaler 3-4 times per week, sometimes at night. She states she has chronic knee pain from playing soccer in high school, no surgeries, takes Acetaminophen as needed. She also asks about starting a birth control method, currently using condoms. She asks what you think about medication to help with weight loss since she would like to drop the 20 lbs she gained in college.

1. What medication recommendations will you make? Include the drug class, generic and trade name and starting dose range. Provide rationale for your choices.
2. Discuss any potential side effects and drug interactions for this patient.
3. What non-pharmacological interventions would you suggest?
4. What patient education would you provide?

Initial Post:

Citations: At least two high-level scholarly references in APA from within the last 5 years

Choose one specific cultural group in the U.S. or elsewhere for which you have a particular interest (I chose the Arabic culture). Conduct a literature search for varied types of credible, peer-reviewed scholarly publications which may include journal articles, book chapters, white papers; government publications or sources such as credible professional nursing and healthcare organizations.

Required Content for the case study

1. What are the appropriate interdisciplinary interventions for hereditary, genetic, and endemic diseases and high-risk health behaviors within this culture?
2. What are the influences of value systems in this culture on childbearing and bereavement practices?
3. What are the sources of strength, spirituality, and magico- religious beliefs associated with health and health care within this culture?
4. What are the healthcare practices for this culture such as acute versus preventive care, barriers to healthcare, the meaning of pain and the