Reflective Writing Assignment #2: Demian Rubalcaba At the beginning of the presentation, Demian told the class that he was a heroin and methamphetamine addict. Through his struggles with addiction, the field of social work began to become familiar to him and he began to gravitate toward that profession. Although he works with adolescents and young adults who struggle with addiction, he emphasized that having personal experience isn’t enough to help clients.
Summary For the outside resource for my topic, I did a ride-along with the UW-Whitewater campus police officers. Through this process, I also used the department site as a source it should that they even have programs for drug awareness for students to go (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, n.d.). Something that I had never known was that the school has a special program that if a student gets caught underage drinking or caught with drugs they can pay to go to a course instead of getting it on their permanent record that they were ever in trouble. The ride-along was from 8 to 12 and the time was separate between two different officers. For the first half, it was your basic ride-along we drive around and went on a couple of calls and worked
BACKGROUND NCAA Team Works represents the ongoing community outreach efforts of the NCAA National Office staff, partners and local organizations. The Team Works brand was developed in 2012 with the goal of providing an umbrella brand to encompass all NCAA community outreach efforts. The NCAA has a corporate and social responsibility throughout the communities in which we host championships. Through initiatives such as service learning projects, school engagement, legacy restorations, and disaster relief, NCAA Team Works engages youth and communities that might not have the opportunity to attend the championship, but participate in activities tied to those events. Specific NCAA Team Works projects include youth clinics, backpack and school
Anuvia Prevention & Recovery Center provides outpatient treatment for individuals suffering from alcoholism and drug abuse. The organization provides treatment to both adults and adolescents. The organization 's volunteer program is open for anyone who would like to participate. Some clients are recommended to the organization from the courts, many of those individuals also receive community service which must be completed within a certain amount of time. Having the volunteer program within the organization offers a convenient option for this issue.
Their purpose is to inform people about their informational luncheon where they can work on life skills. They
I believe HSSP is a substance free community because it wants to show individuals of the seriousness of wanting to send and prepare students into the pre-health side. Another reason could be trying to prepare students for how to stay healthy and to treasure their own health as well as others. Their goal is to create a pre-professional Environment and to prepare them in the academics, I sustain the capacity to assist others in creating different events that would help support the substance-free environment. An Example could be in the beginning of the year, have an event in which parents are also invited and discussion would be organized to help students realize why it’s so important for HSSP in being a substance-free environment.
Purpose of Proposed Evaluation The purpose of this evaluation of the Ohel-Bais Ezra Outpatient Substance Abuse Program is to provide information to the agency Executive Director, David Mandel, the six current program directors and Chief Financial Officer, Howard Lorch. Mr. Mandel requested this evaluation, and he has specifically requested it to focus most specifically on the number of patients/clients served and determining if the program goals and objectives have been met. Another area of concern Mr. Mandel voiced to the evaluation team leader, Marcia Kesner was concern of the likely relatively high cost per patient/client served and determining if the program might provide similar services more cost effectively. Mr. Mandel was also
This program can help with improving residents overall quality of life by building those friendships and feeling that sense of connection when speaking to someone. Although this program
The community based prevention programs for the most part are very good and do a good job in the prevention of problems. As always there are good and bad, but it’s been my experience that all in all they work and keep kids out of trouble and the ones that do get in trouble help out of trouble. One in particular in my town is the Boys & Girls Club of Rutherford County; it has been in existence for over twenty-five (25) years and has been a large part of the youth development in this community. Its main goal it to work with the disadvantage monetary families to give them quality programs and amenities; it has show to make them more successful in school and gives the kids a way out troubled situations and helps the at risk children.
There is also the fact that it provides a place that help removes a person from being in an unhealthy home environment and gives them a safer option ("Addiction
For example, they provide the elderly with a health insurance program, special discounts on their automobile, credit union, and travel services. It also sponsors community-service programs such as crime prevention, defensive driving, consumer affairs, adult education, and counseling of widowed people. In addition to this it introduced a retirement planning program to the elderly so that they will be prepared for their finances in the future. Finally, it also offers a health topic, which gifts the elderly participants with the opportunity to exercise according to an activity schedule provided. Find a competing group (either a group on the opposite side of the issue or a group that is competing with them for resources) and describe them.
In that time that the adult attends the program, they can experience activities inside/outside of the center (cooking, working, trips, apple picking, knitting, etc.), as well as attend academic classes to help develop
We also believe that the program will decrease the crime rate and youth gang violence in Downtown Wilmington. When these outcomes are reached Downtown Wilmington will be a safer and more connected community. Also, the participants will create a more educated and prepared
It allows members of the centre to develop a strong bond with each other that will be necessary for them to recovery from substance abuse. Not only will they aid and
Research shows that a good percentage of people that take that program stop using drugs. Another program is the Midwestern Prevention Project which targets middle school students. The program has 5 major parts that take course over 4 years: mass media program, school program, parent education and organization, community organization, and local health policy. The school program is the foundation of the project. This project has shown to reduce smoking and marijuana
