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ExamplePPTonChallengeandResilience.pptx
CRSummaryandReflectionTemplate.docx
ChallengesandResilienceProject.pdf
SampleVolunteerAgreementLetter.docx
Spring 2019
SUBJECT: Volunteer Project Participation for UWA Student in CO 506
Life-Span Development and Learning
This term, students in CO 506, Life-Span Development and Learning at the University of West Alabama are asked to do an activity of practical experience with a person concerning a life challenge and building back resilience after the challenge. This will consist of the UWA student asking some questions of their volunteer. If the volunteer is 18 years old or younger, the UWA may also ask questions of a parent or caregiver and signatures would be needed for both the volunteer and the caregiver. The student will share the questions with you before getting your signature on this letter and give you time to think about the questions before officially noting your answers. Feel free to ask for clarification and also to share what you want to with the questions asked. Through this, the student will learn how to apply what he or she is learning in the class to help him or her work with people of all age ranges through many types of life challenges.
In order for the student to work with you or your child, we need the bottom of this form signed with both the volunteer and the parent or caregiver signature to indicate agreement to participate. As this is a class project, the student is asked to maintain strict confidentiality in the written information kept to submit to the instructor. This form of agreement is the only place where we ask for full name as you provide signatures.
I have signed this letter as the instructor and have included my contact information. Please contact me if you have any questions about this class project.
Thank you so much for working with the UWA student in provision of a valuable experience for the class.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann Hollingsworth, Ph.D.
Station 33, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL
(205)652-3427
I give my agreement and permission for ________________________ (Name and Signature of UWA student) to work with me as a volunteer in his or her class assignment.
_____________________________________ ________________________________________
Volunteer and Date Signed Parent or Caregiver and Date Signed
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ExamplePPTonChallengeandResilience.pptx
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CO 506 Challenge and Resilience Project
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A Community to Lead
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Life gave a goal of suicide by age 40
Ray
PTSD from Vietnam
Personal Choice to Close my Brain’s door.
Justin
CP & a Wheelchair for Life
Motivates others
Rosie
Chased by a Mean Dog & Hit by a Car
Someone who cared to love her, and give a forever home
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CRSummaryandReflectionTemplate.docx
Running head: CHALLENGE AND RESILIENCE PROJECT 1
CHALLENGE AND RESILIENCE PROJECT 4
Summary and Reflection –Challenges and Resilience Project
Student Name
University of West Alabama
Narration for PPT Slide
In this section type your narration for your PPT slide on your volunteer’s challenge and resilience. This narration should be 225 to 300 characters of text that shares the essence of the person, challenge, and resilience built through meeting that challenge. (This length of narration will facilitate combining student slides into a presentation from the class on life challenges and resilience).
Summary of Interview
In this section provide a paragraph that describes the volunteer in demographic terms and then the volunteer’s answers to the # 2 interview question.
Immediate Reaction to Experience – Summarize the volunteer’s answers to the # 3 interview question.
Current Reaction to Experience - Summarize the volunteer’s answers to the # 4 interview question.
Negative Life Factors Influence - Summarize the volunteer’s answers to the # 5 and # 6 interview questions.
Positive Life Factors Influence - Summarize the volunteer’s answers to the # 7 and # 8 interview questions.
Current Personal Strengths - Summarize the volunteer’s answers to the # 9 interview question.
Advice from Volunteer - Summarize the volunteer’s answers to the # 10 interview question.
Pathways for Exploration
Begin this section with a paragraph of introduction on pathways that could help a person with to build resilience for this type of challenge.
Pathway of Prevention
In this subsection provide a one – page (250 – 300 words) discussion of a life factor that could be present in a person’s life before such a challenge is experienced that would provide some sense of immunity from impact. You should support this discussion with integration of at least one scholarly article reference (the best source for scholarly articles is the UWA Library with its databases). Examples would be factors that you and classmates discussed in the first discussion forum as “the most helpful influence in my life development.”
Pathway of Recovery
In this subsection provide a one – page (250 – 300 words) discussion of a life factor that could be present in a person’s life after such a challenge is experienced that would provide some sense of support and help in recovery. You should support this discussion with integration of at least one scholarly article reference (the best source for scholarly articles is the UWA Library with its databases). Examples would be again be those factors that you and classmates discussed in the first discussion forum as “the most helpful influence in my life development.”
References
On this page list any references that you cited in the paper above to support your discussion. APA style does indicate that references listed on this page should be cited in the text of a paper – any reference cited in the paper should be listed here and any reference listed here should be cited in the paper. Students should get correct formatting for this by referring to either the 6th edition of the APA manual (listed on the syllabus under Recommended Resources) or the Purdue OWL-APA Writing website at https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html
ChallengesandResilienceProject.pdf
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Challenges and Resilience Project
General Instructions
Life challenges and traumas come in many forms and the capacity to bounce back, adapt, and move on to a new normal also comes in many forms, such as impact in the areas of:
• Substance Addiction
• Habit Addiction
• Disabilities
• Natural Disaster Trauma
• Combat Trauma
• Other Individual Traumas such as a House Fire, Domestic Violence, Child Sexual
Abuse, Severe Accident; Community Event; Couple Event; Family Event; or
School Event.
Students should select a volunteer whom they know whose life has been impacted
significantly by one of the above areas and obtain agreement of the person for an
interview including the provided list of interview questions. The steps in this part of the
assignment are:
1) The volunteer must sign an agreement letter for this, which will be submitted with
the assignment.
2) Interview the volunteer with the list of questions provided.
3) After interviewing the volunteer, the student will then present the information as a
summary PPT slide with a typed summary and reflection (format provided). The
slide should contain pictures or clip art/graphics that represent the person, the
challenge, and the resilience from meeting the challenge – This is a good
opportunity to use your creativity.
4) Type summary and reflection using the format provided.
5) Submit to the Challenges and Resilience submission link the following:
a. Signed Agreement from the volunteer
b. Completed list of interview questions with answers typed in for the
questions.
c. The PPT slide (one slide) about the volunteer’s challenge and resilience
built from and after the challenge.
d. Typed Summary and Reflection
Interview Questions
The following information should be completed in the interview with a volunteer regarding a life Challenge and Resilience built from and after the challenge experience.
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1. Highlight which of the following life challenges the volunteer has experienced and
been able to grow in some resilience for last as a result of meeting this
challenge.
• Substance Addiction
• Habit Addiction
• Disabilities
• Natural Disaster Trauma
• Combat Trauma
• Other Individual Trauma such as
o House Fire
o Domestic Violence
o Child Sexual Abuse
o Severe Accident
o Community Event
o Couple Event
o Family Event
o School Event.
o Other – specify______________________
2. Describe the challenge or trauma experience to include the date (month and
year) of the experience.
3. Describe the immediate reaction to the experience – days and several weeks
afterwards.
a. Physically
b. Emotionally
c. Socially
d. Other reactions
4. Describe the current reaction to the experience – now in 2019.
e. Physically
f. Emotionally
g. Socially
h. Other reactions
5. Negative Life factors before the experience that may have contributed to the
experience or influenced ability to recover from the experience.
6. Negative Life factors after the experience that may hindered ability to recover
from the experience.
7. Positive Life factors before the experience that may have positively influenced
ability to recover from the experience.
8. Positive Life factors after the experience that may helped the ability to recover
from the experience.
9. What helps the volunteer to stay personally strong now in light of having had this
life challenge?
10. What advice would the volunteer give to others now about this area of challenge?
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Summary and Reflection Directions for Challenges and Resilience Project
1. Narrate your PPT slide of 225 to 300 characters of text that shares the essence
of the person, challenge, and resilience built through meeting the challenge.
2. Provide a one to two-page summary of the volunteer’s challenge experience and
resilience that he or she gained in recovery from the experience. Use the
answers of the volunteer to the interview questions in writing the summary – a
template is provided.
3. From the experience of this project, describe two potential pathways (skills,
knowledge, interventions, etc.) to explore further for enhancement of resilience
building with future clients or students.
a. Pathway of prevention, such as building knowledge in a certain area or
learning and practicing certain skills.
b. Pathway of recovery which could also be knowledge or skills building in
certain areas.
The description of each pathway should be one typed, double-spaced page and should
include at least one scholarly reference support for the described pathway approach
(such as an article that describes physical exercise as a help to recovery from physical
trauma in an automobile accident).
Students should use the template provided to type their Summary and Reflection – Failure
to use the template will result in a point deduction.
Scoring Guidelines
Points available: 100.
Component Unacceptable Acceptable Target
Volunteer Agreement Missing or did not follow instructions (0 points)
Included, but with some information missing
(5 points)
Included with all required information present
(10 points)
Volunteer Interview Missing or did not follow instructions (0 points)
Included, but with some information missing
(10 points)
Included with all required information present
(20 points)
PPT Slide Missing or did not follow instructions (0 points)
ONE Included, but with some information missing (5 points)
ONE Included with all required information present (10 points)
Summary and Reflection
Incomplete summary that lacks thoughtfulness
Complete summary that shows an adequate level
of reflection and a complete analysis, but
Complete, well-formed summary that shows
thoughtful reflection and in-depth analysis with
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Component Unacceptable Acceptable Target
(CACREP 2F.3.c, 2F.3.d, 2F.3.e, 2F.3.f,
2F.3.g; ALSDE 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6)
or reflection; analysis is missing. (0 points)
supporting details are limited. (20 points)
supporting details. (40 points)
Proper APA and Writing standards
used.
More than five errors present. (0 points)
One to five errors present. (5 points)
Zero errors present. (10 points)
Confidentiality of Volunteer
(CACREP 2F.1.i; ALSDE 3.8)
Volunteer information (full name) is revealed in
places other than the signature on the
Volunteer Agreement. (0 points)
Partial name such as first name only or
pseudo name is used on components other than
the Volunteer Agreement. (5 points)
Volunteer information is included only on the Volunteer Agreement form; no identifiable
information (i.e., name) is included in other
components. (10 points)
- General Instructions
- Scoring Guidelines
SampleVolunteerAgreementLetter.docx
Spring 2019
SUBJECT: Volunteer Project Participation for UWA Student in CO 506
Life-Span Development and Learning
This term, students in CO 506, Life-Span Development and Learning at the University of West Alabama are asked to do an activity of practical experience with a person concerning a life challenge and building back resilience after the challenge. This will consist of the UWA student asking some questions of their volunteer. If the volunteer is 18 years old or younger, the UWA may also ask questions of a parent or caregiver and signatures would be needed for both the volunteer and the caregiver. The student will share the questions with you before getting your signature on this letter and give you time to think about the questions before officially noting your answers. Feel free to ask for clarification and also to share what you want to with the questions asked. Through this, the student will learn how to apply what he or she is learning in the class to help him or her work with people of all age ranges through many types of life challenges.
In order for the student to work with you or your child, we need the bottom of this form signed with both the volunteer and the parent or caregiver signature to indicate agreement to participate. As this is a class project, the student is asked to maintain strict confidentiality in the written information kept to submit to the instructor. This form of agreement is the only place where we ask for full name as you provide signatures.
I have signed this letter as the instructor and have included my contact information. Please contact me if you have any questions about this class project.
Thank you so much for working with the UWA student in provision of a valuable experience for the class.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann Hollingsworth, Ph.D.
Station 33, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL
(205)652-3427
I give my agreement and permission for ________________________ (Name and Signature of UWA student) to work with me as a volunteer in his or her class assignment.
_____________________________________ ________________________________________
Volunteer and Date Signed Parent or Caregiver and Date Signed
