• Prompt: Individual incentives are one (1) way to reward employees for their performance. If your current position offers incentives, explain what type of incentives you can receive and how it helps performance. If your current position does not offer incentives, do you believe your company or organization needs to add incentives? Explain why or why
• Requirements: 250 words minimum, APA Style

Due 9/8  8 p.m EST

1 page not including title & ref min 3 APA

 

Your Capstone committee has two primary responsibilities. One is to ensure that your Capstone meets academic and scholarly standards as defined by University and the academic field. The other is to mentor you throughout the Capstone process. Those who serve on your dissertation committee can provide valuable insight into how to structure and perform your CAPSTONE research. Thus, it is important to understand their roles and responsibilities.

The Assignment (1 page):

• Provide a description of the role of the Capstone Chair, committee member and URR. Explain the role of the content expert and the research methods expert. 
• Explain the ways that you could communicate with your Capstone Chair, including through the Capstone course and other methods you might find beneficial. What are your preferred methods of communication and why?  How will your preferred communication methods assist you in progressing toward successful achievement of your Capstone goals?

On two different paragraph Give your personal opinion to Casie Woodruff and  Havilah Dieterle 

 Havilah Dieterle 

In the united states, we spend more money per capita on healthcare than any other industrialized nation. yet, many of our public health outcomes measure significantly worse than these other countries. Why? Does it matter? would you be better served to live and receiving your healthcare services in another country?

The United States spends more money per capita on healthcare than any other industrialized nation, more than $3.2 trillion a year on healthcare, with estimates to spend $49 trillion over the next decade.” (U.S. Senate Sanders.) The public health outcomes are significantly worse than other 32 industrialized nations, this is because they have successfully implemented universal healthcare models that provide accessible government ran public health programs. 

Universal healthcare models make a huge impact on the success of other countries and their healthcare. The United States does little to control the prices of healthcare costs in relation to services and prescription drug prices, while other countries “keep hospitals on a fixed budget to control costs to reimburse doctors at a fee-for-service rate.” (The Balance) In addition, in a model with Government taking responsibility for universal healthcare, the cost of prescription drugs are kept down because their government officials argue for lower prices. If the United States were to implement a universal healthcare model it would aid in decreasing the costs of prescription drugs by up to $113 billion per year. (U.S. Senate Sanders.) 

Universal healthcare makes a huge difference in accessibility to care and the price of care, in some cases citizens would be better served to live in a country that offers universal healthcare. Those that are uninsured or underinsured within the United States could greatly benefit from the healthcare that they could receive in other countries. 

Citations

U.S. Senate Sanders. (n.d.). Options To Finance Medicare For All[PDF file]. Retrieved September 10, 2019 from https://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/options-to-finance- Medicare-for-all?inline=file

The Balance. (2019, June 25). Why America Is the Only Rich Country Without Universal Health Care. Retrieved from https://www.thebalance.com/universal-health-care-4156211

 

Casie Woodruff 

In the US we spend more money per capita on healthcare than any other industrialized nation. Yet, many of our public health outcomes measure significantly worse than these other countries. Why? Does it matter? Would you be better served living and receiving your healthcare services in another country?

We definitely need to make improvements with our healthcare system. Even though we seem to spend the most on healthcare costs, we definitely don’t have the same outcomes as other countries do. We have the largest per capita healthcare expenditures according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (US $9,024, Germany $5,119, Italy $3,620). The average is only around $3,207. We are way off! The US “spent almost three times on healthcare as the average of other countries”. According to the experts, there are two underlying reasons why the United States spends so much on healthcare: it uses expensive medical technology and prices for healthcare services, and goods are higher than other countries (Etehad & Kim, 2017). And it’s sad to say that we as Americans have shorter life spans than those of 30 other countries (United States, 79.3 years). This is one way that researchers look at how effective our healthcare system really is. The US as a whole has a higher rate of people who are uninsured when it comes to healthcare access. Although no two countries have the exact same healthcare system, many nations on the list—such as Sweden, Japan, and the Netherlands—provide their residents with a universal healthcare insurance plan (Etehad & Kim, 2017). This equals 100% from other countries that actually have healthcare coverage. A lot of governments play a role in creating the funds are this exchange of free healthcare to happen. Unfortunately, “the United States is the only wealthy country without universal coverage”. Back in 2013, there were a large number of individuals who died from preventable diseases.

With healthcare becoming so expensive, many Americans are flying across the world just for healthcare and procedures. This is known as “medical tourism”. This has expanded across the world over the last several years and is estimated to grow “25% over the next decade”. Individuals are traveling thousands of miles just to receive treatment that may not be approved in the US and they may have the opportunity to receive this care quicker if they travel to another country. This has become so popular that employers are offering these medical tourism benefits to their employees. Hospitals overseas can often charge lower prices because their doctors are paid less, and they may not have to carry the same medical malpractice insurance as American doctors (Braverman, 2016). You have to be careful with language barriers, counterfeit medications, and blood that may not have been screened properly. Also, people who are having surgery have to be cautious and think about their recovery. Are you going to be able to fly home safely? What if something happens and you need to file a malpractice suit against one of the providers? Unfortunately, you may not have protection like we do in the United States with HIPAA. If your current insurance won’t cover your trip for treatment, you may have to purchase a separate insurance called “medical complications insurance”. Do your research! You want to make sure you look into the hospitals and make sure they are use to taking care of international patients. It depends on what type of procedure you are having, but you could be in that country for several weeks. The CDC recommends that you not fly for at least 10 days after surgery due to the increased risk of blood clots (Braverman, 2016). From doing research for this discussion, I would personally look at my options here in the United States. You can most likely find affordable treatment instead of planning to go to another country.

Etehad, M. & Kim, K. 18 Jul 2017. Los Angeles Times: The U.S. Spends more on healthcare than any other country—but not with better health outcomes. Retrieved from URL address: https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-healthcare-comparison-20170715-htmlstory.html

Braverman, Beth. 17 Aug 2016. The Fiscal Times: 1.4 Million Americans Will Go Abroad for Medical Care This Year. Should You? Retrieved from URL Address: https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/08/17/14-Million-Americans-Will-Go-Abroad-Medical-Care-Year-Should-You

 

Substance Abuse Assessment and Intervention Plan

For your Final Project, you will apply the information you have learned in this course to critically analyze a specific case study (refer to the Week 1 Final Project area or the Course Info area under Course Home to download the case study) and develop a Substance Abuse Assessment and Intervention Plan based on it. Your Final Project must explain the choices you made in your plan and be supported with scholarly references from the professional literature (e.g., Addictive Behaviors, Drug and Alcohol Review, Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse).

Your Final Project should include all of the following sections:

1. Substances abused and implications of abuse

2. Biological predispositions

3. Family considerations

4. Cultural considerations

5. Therapy model

6. Assessment and diagnosis

7. Treatment plan and intervention strategies

8. Ethical and legal considerations

The Learning Resources in the course and the Discussion and Application assignments all will assist you in completing the Final Project.

Your Final Project must be presented via one of the following options:

• A 6- to 10-page (not including references), double-spaced, APA-formatted paper that is submitted to the online classroom

All Final Projects, regardless of format:

• Must include a minimum of five references (in addition to any course readings you may wish to reference)
• Must include each of the eight required sections
• Must explain the choices you made to create the Substance Abuse Assessment and Intervention Plan and, where necessary, make clear how the concepts presented in the course relate to the plan
• Are graded on a 20-point scale and are worth 20% of your final grade

Although the Final Project is not to be submitted until Day 4 of Week 11, you should become familiar with the case study and project requirements and have them in mind as you proceed through the course.

The Final Project will be evaluated according to all four indicators in the Application Assignment and Final Paper Writing Rubric located in the Course Info area. Be sure that the Final Project is written using APA format.

Information on scholarly writing may be found in the APA Publication Manual (6th ed.) and at the Walden Writing Center website. Also, refer to the Code of Conduct and Academic Integrity section of the Guidelines and Policies area of the course navigation menu.

The Final Project is due on Day 4 of Week 11. Refer to the Week 11 Final Project area for submission details.

Case Study Lisa

Lisa (32) is a heterosexual-identified Mexican American female and mother of twin boys (8) who has come to your agency to address substance abuse concerns at the suggestion of her defense attorney. In your initial session with Lisa, you learn that she began using marijuana and drinking alcohol at age 12, using cocaine at age 14, and shooting heroin at age 16. She claims that she has not used heroin in the last five years, although she continues to drink and to use methamphetamines.

She was referred to you because after a night of heavy drinking and methamphetamine use, Lisa had an argument with her boyfriend Charlie, pulled a knife on him, and threatened to kill him. Charlie was able to run to another room, where he called the police. Lisa attempted to stab him under the door, and finally tried to cut through the door, lodging the knife in the wood. Frustrated, she then got in her car and left. Police stopped her several blocks away, and she was charged with her third incident of driving under the influence (DUI).At the time of the incident, her sons were at her mother’s house. In addition to facing charges for driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, Lisa now faces the possibility of losing custody of her children.

Lisa lived in poverty her entire life, and grew up in the economically disadvantaged west side of San Antonio. Her father, who died of a drug overdose, used heroin as long as Lisa could remember, and beat Lisa’s mother. Lisa frequently intervened. Lisa’s father had wanted Lisa to be “tough,” so he and his brothers had her and her male cousins box each other while the men bet on which child would win. As Lisa grew older, she learned that her survival depended on fighting. She joined a gang in middle school, and has remained connected to the gang ever since.

Lisa blacks out at times when she experiences rage. Her blackouts may last from several minutes to several hours. Lisa has always experienced blackouts, although, because she has used drugs and alcohol nearly every day for 20 years, she is unable to tell you much about the correlation between the blackouts and her drug and alcohol abuse. When she recounts this last incident with Charlie, however, she shares that she acted “just like my dad did to my mom,” and that the last thing she remembers in her fight with Charlie was “my dad’s voice getting really loud,” even though her father has been deceased for 10 years.

• Course Text: Stevens, P. W., & Smith, R. L. (2018). Substance abuse counseling: Theory and practice (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
  • Chapter 1, “Introduction to Substance Abuse Counseling” (pp. 1-25)
• Article: Bullington, B. (2004). Drug policy reform and its detractors: The United States as the elephant in the closet. Journal of Drug Issues, 34(3), 687–721. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Article:Parry, C. D. H., Plüddemann, A., & Myers, B. J. (2005).Heroin treatment demand in South Africa: Trends from two large metropolitan sites (January 1997–December 2003). Drug & Alcohol Review, 24(5), 419–423. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases
• Web Sites
  • American Counseling Association (ACA). ACA Code of Ethics. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/docs/ethics/2014-aca-code-of-ethics.pdf?sfvrsn=4
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Approaches to Drug Abuse Counseling: A Psychotherapeutic and Skills-Training Approach to the Treatment of Drug Addiction (Sections 4 and 5 only)
    http://archives.drugabuse.gov/ADAC/ADAC13.htmll
• Course Text: Stevens, P. W., & Smith, R. L. (2018). Substance abuse counseling: Theory and practice (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
  • Chapter 3, “The Major Substances of Use and Their Effects on the Brain and Body” (pp. 49-75)
  • Chapter 4, “Etiology of Substance Abuse: Why People Use” (pp. 97-101 only)
  • Article: Prescott, C. A., Madden, P. A. F., & Stallings, M. C. (2006). Challenges in genetic studies of the etiology of substance use and substance use disorders: Introduction to the special issue. Behavior Genetics, 36(4), 473-482.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  • Article: Saxon, A. J., Oreskovich, M. R., & Brkanac, Z. (2005). Genetic determinants of addiction to opioids and cocaine. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 13(4), 218-232.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  • Course Text: Stevens, P. W., & Smith, R. L. (2018). Substance abuse counseling: Theory and practice (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
    • Chapter 6, “Treatment Setting and Treatment Planning” (pp. 143-159)
    • Chapter 7, “Individual Treatment” (pp. 166-183)
    • Chapter 8, “Group Treatment in the Continuum of Care” (pp. 185-201 only)

Media

• Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2008). Substance abuse counseling: Counseling techniques and treatment planning.Baltimore: Author.
  • with Dr. Tom Cargiulo
  • Readings
  • Course Text: Stevens, P. W., & Smith, R. L. (2018). Substance abuse counseling: Theory and practice (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
    • Chapter 9, “Family Treatment” (pp. 208-223 only)
  • Web Sites
  • American Counseling Association (ACA). ACA Code of Ethics. (2014). Retrieved fromhttp://www.counseling.org/docs/ethics/2014-aca-code-of-ethics.pdf?sfvrsn=4

 

Please read the following case study based on the real life case between Apple and Samsung and answer the questions based on the reading for this module (Chapter 5, 8 and 9 in the 6th edition and Chapters 7, 8, and 9 in the 5th edition) as well as your knowledge of negotiation up to this point in the course. Your answers should follow the rubric which I previously made available to you. You should use the rubric as a guide to writing a complete answer. In addition, the rubric will give you an idea of how I will grade your answer.  In April 2011, Apple filed a lawsuit accusing Samsung of copying the iPhone when the Korean company created its Galaxy line of phones.

Samsung countersued Apple for not paying royalties for using its wireless transmission technology. Since then, there have been multiple lawsuits in several countries regarding the patents of these products. The two companies have repeatedly accused each other of copying the appearance and functions of their smartphones and tablet devices.

Both companies have shown a willingness to compromise in an effort to avoid going to court. They cut the number of disputed patents in half and agreed to go to mediation to settle the case. However, Apple filed a motion asking the presiding judge to bar the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 on the grounds that the tablet unfairly copied Apple’s second-generation tablet.  

     Both sides have publicly stated that they wish to avoid a lengthy and costly legal battle. Samsung is one of Apple’s biggest suppliers, and both companies would like to resolve their dispute and strengthen their long and profitable partnership. Apple stands to lose millions in legal fees as well as lost profits, and the same can be said of Samsung.

1. The above dispute involves two large profitable corporations who have had a long standing relationship. Of course, both companies produce more than just cell phones and tablets but this technology is an important part of their portfolio. Assess the dispute based on the concepts found in Chapter 8–Finding and Using Power. Your answer should begin with which one of the two corporations you believe has the most power and what tactics the weaker corporation could utilize to counteract this power (review Chapter 8 subsection regarding “Dealing with Others Who Have More Power’). In other words what tactics could the weaker corporation employ to strengthen their position. (Please write approximately 1 page for 25 points)

      2. Next, analyze the sources of power found in chapter 9–informational, personality, position, relationship based, and contextual. Which of these sources of power do you theorize were in play in the Apple dispute? How could each corporation use its source of power to strengthen its position in the negotiation? Please be detailed in your answer based on the terminology and concepts from the chapter. Though you do not know all the facts in the case, you can base your answer on your knowledge of cell phones and tablets and the knowledge that the corporations need each other to produce these products for consumer use. (Approximately 1 page, 25 points)

3. We can assume that both companies believe that the other has been guilty of unethical behavior. Imagine being present at the mediation and Samsung begins to use deceptive tactics in order to gain an advantage in the negotiation. List some of the potential deceptive tactics that Samsung could use to get an advantage and how they would be advantageous and/or disadvantageous to Samsung. What would be the motivation to use these tactics and what might the consequences be? How could Apple counteract Samsung’s deception? You should use the concepts and terms found in Chapter 5 in your answer. (Approximately 1 page, 25 points)

4. As the case study suggests, the two companies have an interest in resolving the dispute and maintaining their relationship. The cell phone and tablet business is a multi-million dollar business which seems to be increasing its market every year. Based on Chapter 9, Relationships in Negotiation, analyze how trust would play a role in the negotiation. In addition, how could the companies repair the broken trust that we can assume exists between them now in order to continue their business relationship. (Approximately 1 page, 25 points)