HSE 110, Spring 2011

Course No	Course Title	CL	LB	CLINIC	CR
HSE 110	Intro to Human Services	2	2	0	3
This course introduces the human services field, including the history, agencies, roles, and careers. Topics include personal/professional characteristics, diverse populations, community resources, disciplines in the field, systems, ethical standards, and major theoretical and treatment approaches. Upon completion, students should be able to identify the knowledge, skills, and roles of the human services worker.

HSE 110, 61P, Syllabus, Spring 2011

Online schedule

Module one runs from Thursday, January 13, 2011 to Sunday, January 22, 2011

Module two runs from Monday, January 23, 2011 to Thursday, February 3, 2011

Module three runs from Friday, February 4, 2011 to Sunday, February 13, 2011

Module four runs from Monday, February 14, 2011 to Thursday, February 24, 2011

Module Five runs from Friday, February 25, 2011 to Monday, March 14, 2011

Module six runs from Tuesday, March 15, 2011 to Thursday, March 31, 2011

Module seven runs from Friday, April 1, 2011 to Thursday, April 14, 2011

Module eight runs from Friday, April 15, 2011 to Thursday, May 5, 2011

Module nine runs from Friday, May 6, 2011 to Saturday, May 14, 2011

Class Meeting Dates (Modules subject to change):

Class One: Thursday, January 13, 2011 Introduction/Module One	Introduction, review of syllabus, small group activity with question to define human services and describe what a human services worker does. Introduction by CARE president.
Class Two: Thursday, January 20, 2011 Module One	Reviewed student definitions of human services and description of what human services workers do. Small group exercise on Almeada (Groups: 1 - Gary, Lazaro, Carrie, Thomasina, 2- Joyce, Diana, Terri, Megan, 3 - Antoinette, Denise H., Keke). General discussion of self-sufficiency and perception. Exercise on remembering words/perception, discussion of Ruth/Beth Scenario as well.
Class Three: Thursday, January 27, 2011 Module Two	Review of first half of chapter two. Exercise in developing health care system according to three philosophies: Individualism - Lazaro, Diana, Gary - Hard work is road to success, individual is held solely responsible for their failure, help encourages dependence, Laissez-faire - Carrie, Keke, Joyce, Antoinette - societal role, leave alone, live and let live, yes we should help but you don't have a right to help. Social Darwinsim - Terri, Thomasina, Denise L., Megan combination of other two, survival of the fittest, natural selection.
Class Four: Thursday, February 3, 2011 Module Two/Module Three	Role play with human services through the ages. Groups: Colonial America - Carrie, Denise L., Antoinette. Nineteenth Century - Terri, Diana, Lazaro, Joyce. Early 20th century - Keke, Megan, Denise H., Thomasina
Class Five: Thursday, February 10, 2011 Module Three	Discussion of chapter three, particularly managed care and aging services. A Family in Need exercise (Groups - Gary, Terri, Antoinette, Lazaro, Diana and .....Carrie, Megan, Thomasina, Denise L.) Technology exercise. (Groups - Gary, Megan, Carrie, Thomasina and Terri, Antoinette, Diana, Lazaro)
Class Six: Thursday, February 17, 2011 Module Four	Jeopardy exercise about chapter four - groups - Antoinette, Diana, Gary; Denise, Denise, Megan; Terri, Thomasina, Joyce (winners). Models applied to ADHD exercise - groups - Gary, Denise L., Terri (Human Services) Joyce, Denise H., Megan (Medical), Antoinette Thomasina, Diana (Public Health).
Class Seven: Thursday, February 24, 2011 Module Four/Module Five	Model Exercise (Groups: Gary, Carrie, Diana; Terri, Lazar, Thomasina; Denise H., Joyce, Megan. Exercise with story on Susan and Ted pages 120-123, role playing characters - Groups: Lazaro and Terri - Susan, Diana and Gary - Ted, Carrie, Thomasina, Denise - Mathew, Megan and Joyce - Justin.
Class Eight: Thursday, March 3, 2011 Module Five	Review of client experiences, and role play with agencies (agencies represented by Diana and Denise L. and Antoinette and Lazaro. Clients: Gary, Carrie, Terri)
Class Nine: Thursday, March 17, 2011 Module Five	Review of Erikson stages, exercise with Erikson stages (Groups: Megan and Diana, Antoinette and Terri, Thomasina, Carrie and Denise H.). Review of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs.
Class Ten: Thursday, March 24, 2011 Module Six	Samantheo Marcellus
Class Eleven: Thursday, March 31, 2011 Module Six/Module Seven	Discussion of: Why did students decide to become helpers? - In a crisis, received good help - Saw someone get joy at being a helper - Gain skills in counseling and leading but not sure about human services - Feel best when helping others - Want others to have a better opportunity What motivations/ideas can hurt you (the helper) or the client? - Tolerance (putting up with it) - Becoming personally involved - Thinking you can save the world - Helper who does all the work - Not having boundaries Group activities: Story activity Gary, Carrie Diana Megan, David, Terri Lazaro, Denise H., Thomasina
Class Twelve: Thursday, April 7, 2011 Module Seven	Substitute Assignment: Complete the following three assignments - part one and two will be submitted through the blog and part three through the assignment link below. There are three parts to this assignment. All three must be completed. Part One: Role play with fellow students, while from this class or another class. The roles of the human service professional seeing the client for the first time; one student should assume the role of a client with a problem. Have each student make notes before they talk with each other in the role play situation. The human service professional lists the information to be gathered. The client summarizes what he or she is willing to tell the helper during their first interview. After students have completed this exercise Post entries about it on the blog. Have them compare their experiences. What information did they want to gather? Were they successful? Did they think they established a relationship? Group the clients together and have them answer the following questions: What information were you willing to share? What were you reluctant to share? Did you feel that there was a relationship established by the end of the interview? Part Two: Write about your experiences on the Blog and respond to your fellow students. Part Three: Complete the following exercise from chapter eight: 1. Describe the environment of your school using the mission, goals, funding sources, organization chart and a description of the surrounding community. 2. Describe a time in your own experience when: a. Your lack of knowledge of either the formal system or the informal system resulted in problems or frustration. b. You participated in collaboration. c. You were an advocate. 3. Explain two of the challenges in the day-to-day work of the human service professional that might be difficult for you. Outline a plan to counter these difficulties. Submit part three in paper form, through the link in the assignment.
Class Thirteen: Thursday, April 14, 2011 Module Seven/Module Eight	Class covered by Kathy Oakley: Reviewed chapter eight, referral process, personal; mission statements.
Class Fourteen: Thursday, April 28, 2011 Module Eight	Program mission statement. (Groups: 1) Lazaro, Megan, Carrie 2) Gary, Diana, Thomasina, 3)Antoinette, Terri, Denise H.. Community organizing. (Groups: 1) Megan, Gary, Antoinette, 2) Terri, Denise, Lazaro 3) Carrie, Thomasina, Diana).
Class Fifteen: Thursday, May 5, 2011 Module Eight/Module Nine	Review of ethical guidelines and activities. Ethical situation - your husband tells you he saw one of your clients (he doesn't know it was a client) exchanging money for food stamps. Groups - Terri, Megan, Denise H., Carrie, Gary and Antoinette, Lazaro, Thomasina, Diana. Second exercise - Cases on page 266 - Gary, Diana and Megan - case 1; Terri, Denise, Thomasina - case 2; Antoinette, Carrie, Lazaro - case 3
Class Sixteen: Thursday, May 12, 2011 Module Nine