1. Ted is the activities director at an adult retirement community. While talking to a friend who is a social worker, she suggested that Ted might want to develop a program in which the residents engage in the process of reminiscence and life-review. What benefits might the residents gain from such an activity? http://www.ncoa.org/publications/innovations/Reminiscence%20article.html 2. Janice, recently been appointed principal of a high school that has a large population of Middle Eastern, Asian, and Hispanic students, wants to conduct an in-service training for the school's teachers to help them understand the challenges the ethnic students face as they strive to achieve their self- and ethnic-identity. What challenges to the ethnic students face in resolving their identify crises and how can the school assist them? http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/CGuanipa/ethnic.htm 3. Eduardo is the vice-president for human resources at a 200-employee manufacturing plant. He wants to use a personality assessment in job selection and to help assist him in planning interventions for employees who have job-related problems, such as poor motivation, personality problems with co-workers, and conflicts with supervisors. Would an assessment based on the five-factor model of personality be a good choice? http://www.centacs.com/quik-pt3.htm |