I need help with a Anthropology question. All explanations and answers will be used to help me learn.

Epigenetics

When we think of the traits that we have we often think of them as being products of our genes.  However, we never think of the fact that there are factors that control for the expression of our genes.  Epigenes are important chemical tags siting on our DNA that are responsible for the activation or deactivation of the genes that we have. 

For this discussion board I would like you to look for a news article on epigenetics.

You will need to do the following for points:

1. Give a short summary of what the news headline is about. Your news headline can deal with any aspect of epigenetics.  Make sure you give a citation or simply provide a link to the website that you used. 
2. As part of your summary you will have to say how the epigene(s) that you looked at is/are responsible for gene regulation.  Alternatively, you can talk about how environmental factors can influence the epigenes.

When constructing your response make sure you keep them concise and to the point.

Here are a few links that would help you.

• Epigenetics overivew from the University of Utha.
  • View “Epigenome At a Glance (Links to an external site.)“
  • Explore interactive activity “Gene Control (Links to an external site.)“
  • Read and view “Insights From Identical Twins (Links to an external site.)“
  • Nova Science Now: Epigenetics

Here is the link and passcode for the ethics case: https://vimeo.com/243961787

password: atqhfeb14

INSTRUCTIONS: After watching the video case, please write a 3-5 page reflection paper answering the following questions. This needs to be in paper format, not simply answers to questions!

Case Analysis: Note this assignment has a twofold purpose: (1) To provide an opportunity for students to analyze a case based and (2) to collaborate with colleagues (classmates) about a recommendation of what to do. Also this assignment has two parts, each of which is a group project. In the first, each group will recored themselves presenting their case via powerpoint or google slides and upload the recording in the assignment link. The second part is a group written paper about your case. Please see below for specific directions.

You have been assigned to a team which will write a case analysis based on a legal dilemma following the ethical/legal decision making process as discussed in class lectures and the textbook. Some teams will present in week 3 and others in week 4. Your professor will assign your week.

Note: the uplink for this assignment is found in Week 4: make sure all names of group members are recorded on the assignment’s cover page.

In keeping with acceptable professional standards you are encouraged to consult with student colleagues, practicing professionals, attorneys or any written materials in the development of the analysis and recommendation.

Use the following guidelines to write your 4-6 page analysis ensuring all five points are addressed.

Be sure you reference relevant professional resources you have utilized to prepare your case along with any other information pertinent to your case.

The Five Areas to be discussed are listed below:

1. Description of the Situation: brief overview of the case
2. Dilemma/Competing Issues (Identify the problem/dilemma): The dilemma/competing issues could be a function of ethics vs. laws, ethics vs. institutional policies, or ethics vs. a community norm; but most likely the tension will occur around the underlying moral principles of Autonomy, Non-malfeasance, Beneficence, Justice, or Fidelity. Include professional/community standards of practice as well as specific legal or ethical standards. Site the legal and/or ethical references in the appropriate ethical or state statutes.
3. Personal Values/Morals: Evaluate the rights, responsibilities, and welfare of all those affected by the situation.
4. Generate potential courses of actions and their consequences: Describe the limitations associated with each.
5. Recommended Course of action: state your recommend course of action. Define how your recommendation(s) is in the best interest of the student and satisfies the legal/ethical dilemma.

Practicum Reflection:

Candidates are expected to complete 8-10 hours of practicum experience as part of this course. This is part of the 100 pre-internship observational hours required by the Credentialing Commission. All experience should be logged and annotated on the approved log sheet to be submitted when exiting the program. Appropriate field experience may include many types of activities in the pre-school through grade 12 public schools such as juvenile court cases, SARB meetings, District Suspension hearings, school board meetings, IEP & 504 meetings, and observations of disciplinary actions by an assistant principal or principal.

A two page reflection must be submitted on or before the date provided in your course outline. Focus your reflection on a brief summary of experiences and how those field experiences will make you a more effective professional school counselor. Your essay should focus on how your students will be different as a result of the impact of your field experiences.

After reviewing the five scenarios, you are to select two of the five scenarios and write a 2 – 3 page response for each. Be sure you use the course information, resources, laws, policies, administrative procedures, chat discussions, and professional ethical standards a school counselor should follow. Your responses must have at least two citations of resources.

The SCENARIOS deal with the following areas:
(you will respond to any two)

1. CHILD ABUSE REPORTING
2. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
3. SUICIDE
4. BULLYING/HARASSMENT
5. SELF-HARM

Remember: each essay must have a minimum of two citations and discuss the “human element.”

1. CHILD ABUSE REPORTING

You reported a case of child abuse brought to your attention by a teacher. The teacher noticed a horrible slash mark across the back of a child’s neck and upon inspection the teacher saw that it extended way down the child’s back. The mark closely resembled a belt mark. You report the incident to the Child Abuse Registry. The subsequent investigation by Protective Child Services revealed a fall from a piece of playground equipment witnessed by the child’s soccer coach and team members. The parents deducted that the report came from the school and specifically from you. The parents are livid and are threatening to sue you. What might be 3 dilemma/competing issues in developing a course of action? Generate two potential courses of action and project the consequences for each potential course of action. As a school counselor of three years, what is the best course of action for you?

2. DEFAMATION BY A SCHOOL OFFICIAL

J.D. was not promoted to the ninth grade because he did “nothing” according to his teacher in eighth grade. His parents say he should be promoted because his failure to do work was the result of his handicap. He has been diagnosed as mildly ADHD. A joint conference is held with the parents, principal, teacher, and you. During the course of the conference you explain to J.D. parents that he is “lazy and interested only in his social life.” J.D.’s parents bring suit against you for defamation.

How will the courts rule? What steps could you take to improve the outcome?

3. CONSITUTIONAL RIGHTS

You are a high school counselor. Your school has a tradition of a very formal, respectful, solemn graduation ceremony. A very strict dress and grooming code for graduation is enforced. Personally, you think the ceremony is stifled and pleases the adults more than the students but you remain silent and cooperative as it is a very beautiful ceremony. One of your student’s shows up for graduation with purple hair and the principal decides she cannot participate in the graduation ceremony. You tell the principal that you feel this student’s constitutional rights are being violated. What might be 3 dilemma/competing issues involved in this scenario? Generate two potential courses of action and project the consequences for each potential course of action.

4. Criminal Activity

In a third visit to the school counselor a 16-year-old female discusses with you her compulsive shoplifting activity. She gives you the dates, times, and places of her past shoplifting. Do you have a duty to report this to the authorities? To her Parents? What issues are involved? Any case law you can cite? What is the best course of action for the school counselor?

5. STUDENT SAFETY

You have just been told that three 11 grade students are planning to fight just off the school grounds this afternoon at the parking lot of the Elmwood Park, one block from the school. This is one of those dreaded days when all administrators are off campus and you are the principal designee for the day. What might be 3 dilemma/competing issues involved in this scenario? Generate two potential courses of action and project the consequences for each potential course of action. What case law guides your decisions?

6. SUICIDE

A fourteen year old middle school student reports to you that Sarah, a counselee of your colleague Mr. Jones, is involved in Satanism and has entered a murder-suicide pact with another student. In collaboration, you and Mr. Jones call Sarah in and she vehemently denies the allegations and even scoffs at the idea that she would ever be involved in a cult. She convinces you. Do you have any further obligations in this case? What issues are involved? Generate two potential courses of action and project the consequences for each potential course of action. What ethical standards can you turn to? What case laws provide you guidance?

7. HARASSMENT

You are counselor at a high school that has performing arts academy. Some males who major in dance or theater are often labeled gay. You know this to be true because students occasionally complain to you. You have conducted interviews and surveys about school climate and included questions about harassment of gays, lesbians, and males who choose theater and dance. You have also started a program called, “No Name- Calling Week.” Still, you discover a fairly widespread problem. As a school counselor what are your obligations? What issues are involved? What case laws provide you guidance?

8. Group Counseling

You are a middle school counselor who is establishing a small group to work on attendance issues. You have the full support of your school principal. What might be 3 dilemma/competing issues involved in this scenario? What are the legal and ethical issues you should consider prior to starting the group?

9. STUDENT RECORDS

Mrs. Sanchez wants to change an “inaccurate” notation in her child’s cumulative file. Her child is now in the 10 grade and in danger of not passing the CASHEE. (California high school graduation exam) Mrs. Sanchez contends that the“inaccurate” information is in regards to her child’s behavior because she claims that the teacher, back in the seventh grade, had personality conflicts with her child and was picking on him. You are the principal’s designee for handling this matter. What are the due process procedures you must offer this parent? What are the two possible issues involved?

10. Self-Harm

You are a middle school counselor and you have been seeing Rachel, an eighth grader, in group for three sessions thus far. She was cutting herself with a pen knife last year but so far this year, the behavior has stopped. She is in a social skills group to help her with friendship issues. Yesterday, she came into your office sobbing about her parents’ divorce and the war zone that her home has become. She confesses that she has been cutting again to relieve the pain and pressure of the situation. She begs you not to call her parents and promises to use some of the stress-relief exercise you taught her.

What might be 3 dilemma/competing issues involved in this scenario?

What is your best course of action? What ethical standards and case law guide your solution(s)?

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• Analyze and describe the pros and cons on both sides of the debate about these laws.
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• Analyze the impact that media (mass and social) has had in influencing public opinion, specifically regarding voter ID laws.
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