This is to be a 3 page word document in APA format addressing all info requested below.

As a probation officer, you have been asked by the principle of the local high school to present information during the weekly assembly on chemical addiction and treatment options.

Explain the effects of substance addiction on adolescents and young adults. For example, what are the behaviors like? What is the thought process? What physical changes occur? Do the addicts develop new friends and lose old ones? Is their employment negatively impacted?

Assignment

• Provide an overview of the effects of substance abuse on adolescents from the following perspectives:
  • Behaviorally
  • Psychologically
  • Physically
  • Socially
• Explain the importance of treatment, and detail the different types of treatment options available for substance addiction.  
• Explain the benefits of inpatient treatment and a 12-step program.

. In order to synthesize the learning, make a list of the top three points that you have learned and how you will use them moving forward in your college career.  

EXAMPLE:

The three key take-aways from this course for me personally were:

1. How to develop an Academic Plan to stay on track. 

2. The importance of a Cover Letter.

3. Persistence is the key to success with anything in life. 

One key take-away was how important it is to understand the program requirements and map out a path to successfully complete the program coursework. This plan will be helpful for when I get overwhelmed with life. I can look at what I have accomplished and what I still have left to do, and I can use this as a motivation tool to keep my goals in mind. Another thing I took from this course was the importance of a cover letter and what should be included in a covert letter. The one we read was just horrible. I want to present myself as a professional. I also learned how important it is to stay in the struggle. Persistence pays off with assignments, applying for jobs, and in the workplace. Employers like employees who do a good job and follow it through to the end. 

For the second (and final!) writing assignment, you get to select one of the six articles below (each of which is posted as a pdf file in Module 14). Take a brief look at each of the articles to see which one appears the most interesting to you.  As with the previous written assignment, read the selected article and write a 3-4 page paper (double-spaced, 10-12 pt font, 1000-1500 words) for submission.

Each paper should consist primarily of a very detailed review of the article (tell me what the article was about), with a short discussion section at the end (1/2 page). Do not cut-n-paste from the text or other sources, and do not quote text from the article (synthesize and paraphrase- I know what the author said, I want to know what you think they said!). 

For the discussion section, pick out and discuss some aspect of the article that you found to be the most interesting, surprising, and/or problematic. Please discuss why this topic was noteworthy to you.  Feel free to express your personal opinions, including agreement or disagreement with the arguments (and your reasoning behind these stances).

Again, don’t worry about a particular ‘style’ (e.g., APA, Chicago), but do use college-level grammar, paragraph and sentence formatting, punctuation, etc. because that will be graded along with content.

Pick one of the following articles to review:

What’s Love Got to Do with it?

Scavenger Hunt

Hard Times Among the Neanderthals

The Gift of Gab

Dr. Darwin & The Coronavirus and Evolution

Learning Goals

L1. Identify and describe goal-setting strategies that you can use in your life
L2. Explain how and why various goal-setting strategies work, and how they can help you
L3. Explain the importance of planning and preparing to accomplish your goals
L4. Explain why it is important to have alternate plans when setting goals
L5. Identify areas in your life that need planning, and alternate planning, and begin to make plans for success

Description:

In this challenge, you will complete a daily journal recording your daily efforts to set and achieve a goal. Following the 7-day challenge, write a one-page summary of your experiences and hand both your journal and experience summary in.

Along with your own personal goals, you are tasked with LISTENING and NOTETAKING for the podcast titled ‘The Slight Edge’ By Jeff Olsen.

This unit focuses on ways to make effective decisions, researching thoroughly and effectively and achieving success. Therefore, I believe it is key to make use of other people’s knowledge about these topics in order to learn about the kinds of strategies that may be of use to you in achieving success academically and in your own career(s).

Instructions:

1. A) Using what you have learned about goal-setting, choose a goal to accomplish for each of the next 7 days.

B) In order to begin listening to THE SLIGHT EDGE you will need to access the internet. Once you are on the internet, you will need to use SOUNDCLOUD, a free application where you can listen to music and other kinds of auditory materials. Once on SOUNDCLOUD please search for ‘THE SLIGHT EDGE’ by JEFF OLSEN. This podcast has been downloaded by many people, you can choose the first option that appears. 

Course – Infotech in Global economy

Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study.