Discussion-2-wk-6  Can I have this by tomorrow–Please! 4 to 5 sentences with 1-citing and 1-reference. Please! respond to Allison and Jamesenna—Thank you!

Self-CareYvette Lunday6/8/2017 7:51:57 PM 

Self-care involve involuntary activities performed by an individual in order to help manage stress, for mental development, body fitness, environmental awareness and for spiritual uplift. Every individual need a well set structure of self-cares daily so the holistic health living is enhanced. The plans need to be SMART fashioned with necessary ingredients, concrete methodologies, measurable and activities that are attainable (Salloum et al., 2015).

Personally, as a caregiver I am involve in various self-care duties daily. I indulge in the physical, psychological, professional, social and spiritual care. In physical care, I maintain body fitness by exercising my breathing rhythm, body stretching and relaxation, I keep timely and enough sleep periods and observed balanced diet and eating discipline. My psychological care involves utilizing my leisure time either walking or going out dancing.  Professedly, I consult journals and books concerning the issues met in the line of duty. I also seek the indulgence of other experienced professionals in identifying the new tends in the world social setting. Attending workshops and seminars also built me professionally. Socially, my care includes visiting friends and making stories up concerning our past, visiting social sites and interacting with my friends at work place. My spiritual being is built by me praying daily and attending Church on Sundays, along with watching evangelist on the social media each morning. I also take time out to pray and meditate on my God and my spiritual beliefs, also and appreciating the magnificent creations that surrounds me in this world.

Self-care is very instrumental in building someone physically. Stretching make the body flexible and may aid reducing injuries in case of accidents. The self-care that relaxes the mind gives the body a mental stability and emotional balance. Adding fiction, cultural and professional literature builds one mental thinking and make him socio-culturally competent. One is able to interact positively with many different life settings and becomes professionally knowledgeable. Spiritually, one is established to pursue and recover spiritual sounds that are important in their daily endeavors I am recreating my abilities as a worker. A person that is active and disciplined in self-care is always sound, stable and effective in the service delivery (Skovholt et al., 2014; Salloum et al., 2015).

References

Salloum, A., Kondrat, D. C., Johnco, C., & Olson, K. R. (2015). The role of self-care on compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary trauma among child welfare workers. Children and Youth Services Review, 49, 54-61.

Skovholt, T. M., & Trotter-Mathison, M. (2014). The resilient practitioner: Burnout prevention and self-care strategies for counselors, therapists, teachers, and health professionals. Routledge.

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RE: Self-CareAllison Cruz6/9/2017 4:32:55 PM 

Yvette

Your self care techniques are awesome. I think it is amazing that you have found a balance that works for you and your success.  Have you always incorporated these techniques in your lifestyle? Why do you think it is important for individuals who are mental health professionals to practice and maintain self care? Steel, MacDonald, Schroder and Mellor-Clark (2015) state that client perception of therapist burnout has been associated with worse outcomes and higher burnout levels have been linked to lower self-perceived effectiveness in mental health professionals. Do you think therapists have an ethical responsibility to remain mentally healthy? I look forward to your response. 

Best Regards, 

Allison C. 

References 

Steel, C., Macdonald, J., Schröder, T., & Mellor-Clark, J. (2015). Exhausted but not cynical: burnout in therapists working within Improving Access to Psychological Therapy Services. Journal Of Mental Health, 24(1), 33-37.

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Disscussion 2Jamesenna Anderson6/8/2017 9:10:48 PM 

Self-care is very important for a therapist in the mental health field because counselors and therapists show empathy so much to their clients it’s hard for them to be able to release all of the stresses of the day without some type of self-care ritual. The type of self-care I indulge in regularly is journaling. I have a membership at a massage parlor and at least one night a week I devote mommy time away from the kids and family to catch up on my television shows and movies.  I use candles in my bath time , this contributes to my therapeutic intervention home  environment. I have not been successful in maintaining anything the last couple of weeks, since my favorite lady died. Self care has been a challenge. I can be perfectly fine and break down without a trigger. I have been successful with helping the many family calls in distress, yet find myself thinking. I don’t wanna fix myself. I just want her back.Working in the field, I find time to talk to colleagues to relieve stress. In the future I plan to have a meditation room for staff that they can make use of an hour after work. I once read an article where a guy used a landmark as a reminder to cut off all his previous thoughts from the work day and I also plan to do the same. I also have thoughts to start jogging. Writing in my journal helps so I also plan to continue doing that. Journaling helps me organize my thoughts and releases stress of trying to remember things. 

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Can you make the outline first then the essay. 

The essay three pages. 

Position Paper—Monstrous Identities

A Position Paper is a common type of academic argument that is written after reading about and discussing a particular issue in which you should state and defend your position on the issue as well as to illustrate how your opinion relates to similar or opposing opinions about the same issue. When writing your essay, remember that your thesis still needs to be both arguable and supported with details and evidence. Also continue to use transitions, which provide cues for the reader and improve coherence. We will also continue to use the following skills:

• collecting information from readings on a particular issue
• positioning one’s claim in relation to other positions on the issue
• documenting sources using MLA in-text citations and works cited
• choosing an effective organizational strategy
• researching the library and Internet for sources

Purpose of the paper: To argue your position on how monsters reflect upon and create identity in at least two of the articles we have read in the Monsters textbook AND the YouTube documentary, showing how your position relates to those of the authors/narrator.

Audience: An academic audience that includes the authors of the readings and others interested in the issue upon which you are focusing.

Strategies:

• Focus on identities found in at least two of the readings. Use a specific, clearly stated thesis to introduce the focus. Introduce the issue early in the discussion.
• Develop your argument by defending your claim and showing how it relates to the positions of your sources. Show the positions of two or more authors/narrators, at least two of which must be from the textbook. Use clearly stated reasons and relevant, effective evidence. Reasons should represent sound logic. Evidence may be drawn from the readings and outside sources such as interviews, surveys, or written sources.
• Organize your paper in a way that effectively conveys information to your readers, is easy to follow, and presents your position in relation to those of the authors.
• Document all outside sources (both written and field sources) using MLA in-text citations and works cited.
• Write in a style that is clear, readable, appropriate to audience, and free from distracting errors in spelling, grammar, and usage.
• For extra information, consult “Major Assignment #2” in Monsters on pgs. 233-234.

Content and Audience

To focus your position paper, you should consider how your own insights add something new to a conversation on monstrosity in your hometown, in our nation, or in the larger world. Then, reflect on this issue, taking notes on perspectives that you feel are missing or on viewpoints that you feel are incompletely or inaccurately expressed. Even if you are writing about an issue with which you are already familiar you will want to read several sources pertaining to the issue before you begin writing. Some questions for you to consider as you read your sources are as follows:

·      Who is the monster and who is the man (human person)?

·      Where does one identity end and the other begin?

·      How do your own experiences influence your perspective on identity?

·      What voices are missing within the larger rhetorical conversation about this monster and its identity/identities?    

·      Do the writers currently covering this monster (and its identity) and/or the public, in general, seem to be misinterpreting or unfairly representing certain points of view?

·      Do the writers currently covering this monster (and its identity) and/or the public seem to be “getting it right,” but still leaving important perspectives out of the conversation?

As you write and revise your position paper, you will integrate relevant research that will allow you to both support your views and distinguish them from the views of others who have written on the issue. Be aware that typically, strong and powerful position papers say something new rather than rehashing the same tired arguments. Finally, remember that your position paper should develop a strong, well-supported argument, and that it should address the Arkansas State University first-year community—that is, fellow students and faculty, who are bright, but may have little knowledge of the particular conversation you are entering. 

Organization and Format

There are many ways to organize your position paper and, as a class, we will analyze sample position papers in order to articulate a general understanding of the conventions of the genre. Considering these conventions, you will have to decide the best way to arrange your essay to make your argument clear and persuasive.

Further, to practice the skills necessary for success in Composition II and beyond, you are expected to engage with outside sources in your piece, using summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation as effective and appropriate. You are also required to incorporate in-text parenthetical citations and develop an end-of-text Works Cited and/or, if applicable, a Works Referenced page for all sources cited within your paper or consulted in developing your position. You should read and cite (Works Cited or Works Referenced) no fewer than three recent sources. As with other essays written in this class, please follow MLA guidelines for citation and format. Your position paper must be no fewer than three full pages, but no more than four.