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Respond to two of your colleagues by sharing additional insights or alternative perspectives. Respond to colleagues who selected different significant changes than you did.

Reminder: Be sure to support your posting and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and/or current literature. Use APA

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Week 1

Main Discussion Post

From a very young age I often expressed the interest of wanting to make a difference in the world by helping others. My main interest is helping others by focusing on and improving population health. My love of wanting to help others led me to complete medical school and practice as a physician internationally. In moving to the United States I took an active role in helping members in my community by volunteering in a nonprofit organization. My interest in the nonprofit sector and community health led me to recently complete a Masters in Healthcare Administration with Walden University. I believe that these degrees accompanied by an understanding in human and social services will allow me to effectively understanding the needs of my community and it will give me insight on how to successfully implement change. My initial interest in community health and nonprofit organizations came from realizing that health disparities played a major role in the high amount of preventable illnesses that affected my community. Reid Mandell and Schram (2012) explain that people that find it difficult to receive help in any area typically have internal and external barriers that prevent them from receiving help. I believe that focusing on the external barriers to decrease health disparities and being mindful of any internal barriers one might have will have a positive effect on the surrounding population and the community as a whole.

In reviewing the timeline it is apparent that all of the developments have had a profound impact on Human Services in general. In my opinion one of the most influential developments in history was the creation of the Charity Organization Society. According to Laureate Education (2011) the Charity Organization Society focused on poverty and was created in the hopes of improving the living conditions of the poor. I believe that this was an important moment in human services because it placed emphasis on the most vulnerable members of society. This organization also focused on aiding the poor on improving their condition in order to establish members that were stable and not completely dependent on assistance (Laureate Education, 2011). This organization played an important role in the development of human services because it focused on empowering the less fortunate to grow and essentially work towards gaining stability.

I believe that this was a notable part in the development of human services because it tried to gain an understanding of why individuals were poor and worked towards finding a solution. There were negative aspects of this organization; Hasenfeld and Garrow (2012) explain that this organization was not completely effective is providing self-efficiency and many members felt that it threatened their autonomy. Although there were negative aspects of the Charitable Organization Society, I believe that the underlying mission of empowering the poor to become self-efficient is one that is frequently utilized in society now. Many organizations focus on empowering individuals by providing teaching tools and emphasizing the importance of being knowledgeable of their daily activities. This will play a role in my work as a human services professional because it will allow me to focus on educating those around me and helping them become self-efficient. My interest in community health is based on ensuring that patients are knowledgeable over their own health in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle and the idea of using education to promote self-efficiency will be beneficial.

References

Hasenfeld, Y., & Garrow, E. E. (2012). Nonprofit human-service organizations, social rights, and advocacy in a neoliberal welfare state. Social Service Review, 86(2), 295-322. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/666391?origin=…

Laureate Education (Producer). (2011). Historical Timeline [Interactive Media]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Reid Mandell, B., & Schram, B. (2012). An introduction to human services: Policy and practice (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.

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RE: Week 1 – Discussion

COLLAPSE

Main Discussion Post

My area of interest within human services is mostly focused on children. Specifically, children in foster care and adoption who have suffered from abuse and/or neglect. Fostering and adoption has its rewards, but it also comes with its challenges. I would like to work with these children to better help them transition into their new homes, with better guidance and more assistance on their emotional needs.

This area is of most interest to me because of my two children. When my daughter was only three years old and my son was six months old, my husband and I adopted them from a home where there was abuse (both physical and sexual), neglect, drug exposure, and trauma. After fighting for my children in court, I realized that this was an area I was passionate about. I’ve seen my daughter suffer from her traumatic past with emotional outbursts, learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and personality disorders and I want to be someone who is there for my kids and other children to offer understanding. I would like to prevent things like this from happening, but I understand that’s not always possible. That’s why I want to work with these children to make sure they are placed in the proper homes and that they receive the proper treatments.

After reading the historical timeline media, I believe that the Post-Depression from the 1930’s-1950’s is the most significant change in human services (Laureate Education, 2011). It was during this time that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. This act “established federal benefits for the elderly and enabled the states to make more adequate provisions for laws regarding children, the disabled, public health, and unemployment compensation” (History, 2015). I believe these changes were significant because they not only helped these individuals, but they increased the expectations and outcomes in human services. This significant change can inform my work as a human services professional because it opened up a gate to the laws regarding children, many of which we still use today. I know that I will be using these while focusing on my specific area of interest.

History. (2015). HISTORY. American Public Human Services Association. Retrieved on Aug. 29, 2017 from http://www.aphsa.org/content/APHSA/en/the-associat…

Laureate Education (Producer). (2011). Historical timeline [Interactive media]. Retrieved on Aug. 29, 2017 from https://class.walden.edu

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