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    I have a 12-year-old nephew living in Haverhill mass who would like to be part of an organization on changing the school system. He feels the school system is outdated, and kids are not being taught skills that would be beneficial to real life situations/jobs, as well as the teaching skills of teachers and children, not being taught in the way they are able to learn well. He would like information on who to write to regarding this and what actions he could take as a 12-year-old kid be it organizations to join, etc..
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Advocating for Change
    		 Mon, 03/27/2023
    Hi - my name is Danelle Zapzalka and I live in Central Minnesota. I am taking a Community Health course as part of obtaining a bachelor of science degree. As part of my final project I need to complete a community assessment, plan, implement, and evaluate a project within a community designed to address the primary prevention of an identified health concern. My question to you... Is there a particular area within Central Minnesota that is of high need of assistance and change? My initial community ideas include veterans and women shelters. Do you have any recommendations? Thank you for your time.
         		Assessing Community Needs and Resources Mon, 03/20/2023
    Hello,
    I am an Irish psychology student currently studying abroad in Bulgaria. Here, I am taking a course in disability, accomodation & adaption, and the psychology of social change with Prof. Ronald Harvey. As part of these courses, I will be working alongside disabled students at our university; our goal is to make the disability services here more accessible and receptive to students' needs. One major barrier to this has been the students' self advocacy, particularly for those with invisible disabilities: Many students choose not to disclose their disabilities due to previous bad experiences and a lack of faith in the services.

    Even if I am unable to make policy changes to the university, I still want to change students' attitude, to encourage them to engage more with these services and with each other. To this end, I wanted to ask for advice on how to build self-advocacy and solidarity in a community of (primarily invisibly) disabled college students. Currently, I am looking towards peer-run solutions that give disabled students agency to represent and campaign for themselves (for example, peer-support groups for wellbeing, peer-run meet and greets or campus orientations).

    I also want to take inspiration from my home university and their access programme (the Maynooth Access Programme or MAP). Student Central is one aspect of this programme that links disabled students to an assistant psychologist and offers them one-to-one academic support. I don't think I'll manage to find an assistant psychologist, but I am interested in setting up a similar mentor-support network between junior and senior students.

    Of these suggestions (or if you have others), is there one that would be most feasible to achieve? And are these effective ways to foster community, solidarity, and self-advocacy amongst these students? If there is anything else I should explain or clarify, I would be happy to do so. Thank you so much for your time and I look forward to your response.

    Naoise
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Building Leadership
    • Advocating for Change
    • Influencing Policy Development
    		 Sat, 03/18/2023
    2) Draft an action plan for a strategy in Cynthia's workplace. Be sure to include all the necessary steps and fabricate whatever detail necessary.
         		Developing Strategic and Action Plans Tue, 03/14/2023
    I need to devise a plan according your toolbox to become adherent to GGHHI on a Health care waste management program in my hospital
         		Developing Strategic and Action Plans Tue, 03/14/2023
    I am currently preparing for my culminating project to graduate with my MPH. For my project, I am hoping to evaluate our state's rural health association as I work in the rural health field and was excited to loop in my existing professional interests.

    My question is, would evaluating a professional association such as of rural health professionals, follow the same principles of evaluating a coalition or an issue-based initiative? I know most of their efforts are put toward advocacy, networking, and education if that is helpful for context.
    		Evaluating the Initiative Tue, 03/14/2023
    Hello, I am part of the Psychology of Social Change Class. My professor, Ronald Harvey, mentioned you can help me and my partner. We are doing a project about drug and alcohol prevention. We are looking for effective ways to approach our research. Any information or advice would be appreciated.

    Thank you in advance.
         		Wed, 03/08/2023
    1.) A concerned citizen approaches local government officials about developing a walking path in their community. Who should be involved in this scenario?
    How should each individual or organization be involved?

    2.) There has been an increase in heroin use in a metropolitan area. The local government needs a solution. Who will be involved in coming up with a plan? Who should be involved in this scenario?
    How should each individual or organization be involved?

    3.)The number of people who are homeless in urban areas has increased by 15% in the last two years. Citizens are concerned and complaining to the city government. Who will be involved to address the issue? Who should be involved in this scenario?
    How should each individual or organization be involved?
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Advocating for Change
    		 Wed, 03/01/2023
    How do i use community toolbox, just pay for my courses and curriculum? Workstation etc
         		Wed, 03/01/2023
    Hello everyone,
    I have a couple of questions:
    How to integrate first year international students in the university community?
    How to prevent them from having psychology difficulties in their academic journey?
    How to rise awareness regarding the problem?
    What activities should be done regarding the issue?
    Thank you in advance!
    Kind regards,
    Velina Parashkevova
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Increasing Participation and Membership
    • Advocating for Change
    • Influencing Policy Development
    • Improving Organizational Management and Development
    		 Mon, 02/27/2023
    Hello, I was referred by Prof. Ronald Harvey to this community website. Please, provide some ideas about easier integration of international freshmen students to the university community. Can you also tell me some opposing sides of this issue and why they might disagree? Some practices from real universities might also be helpful if you are aware of any.
    Thank you!
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Increasing Participation and Membership
    • Advocating for Change
    • Influencing Policy Development
    • Improving Organizational Management and Development
    		 Mon, 02/27/2023
    Hello! We are Psychology Majors from the American University in Bulgaria and we are taking a course in Psychology of Social Change with Professor Ronald Harvey. One of our main projects is to make a research about a local social problem. We decided to work on the lack of housing on campus of our university since last year there was an influx of new students and many of them had to seek alternatives off campus (hotel rooms, rentals, Airbnb, etc.). This leads to lack of integration and a feeling of isolation from the community, which especially affects foreign students.

    We are open to any suggestions on how we could make the students living off campus feel a part of the university and how we could help the university to tackle the issue. Any links/research done on this matter would be very helpful because we could not find much online. Probable topics we discussed are reflection on mental health, possible solutions, and cases from abroad where this situation occurred.

    Thank you for your time! :)
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Increasing Participation and Membership
    • Improving Organizational Management and Development
    		 Mon, 02/27/2023
    Dear Advisors,

    My teammates and I are working on a project for a Psychology of Social Change course with Prof. Ronald Harvey at the American University in Bulgaria. We are currently focused on a social problem that concerns mental health. We were thinking of exploring why people do not seek outside/professional help when needed. Our focus is Bulgaria, but we think that in the Balkan region, the case is similar. What we believe is the most 'troublesome' group is older men. In Bulgaria, the older generation does not seem to accept well the idea of going to therapy. This might be because of fear of shame. They tend to keep the problems to themselves, and/or friends and family. We currently haven't found any scholarly sources on this issue. Do you think you could maybe forward us some sources and studies that contain interesting information about the case?

    Thank you in advance!

    Best regards,
    Viktoriya Ikonomova
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    		 Mon, 02/27/2023
    How to cite a part of this website in APA format? I am looking to use some information off of this page https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/implement/enhancing-support/peer-support-groups/main - but I am unsure how to cite it. Who would the author be? Would it be Chris Hampton because he is the contributor? Thanks!
         		Wed, 02/22/2023
    Hello, I would love to use your resources for a class project. What is the proper way to cite this? https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/models-for-community-health-and-development/collective-impact/main
    Thank you!
    Kelly
         		Developing a Framework or Model of Change Fri, 02/10/2023
    Hi Everyone,
    I am a practising individual and couple’s therapist, been trained at NIMHANS, Bangalore India. I practice in New Delhi (the capital city of India) in private. I am originally from Srinagar, Kashmir – the northern part of India. Kashmir has been conflict areas and a historic bone of contention between two countries – India and Pakistan and since the inception of armed conflict in 1990s, the society has been showing all the signs of trauma and increased psychosomatic illnesses.
    After Covid, there has been an alarming increase in divorces and relationship dissolution impacting families, children and society in general. The armed conflict has already left thousands of children orphan and now increasing rate of divorces are making the situation more worse. Since the valley doesn't have any expert trained to intervene at a grassroots level or at a community level, I have been contemplating developing an intervention model to work with the community.
    As I am not trained in community psychology and work with couples only in therapeutic context, I was hoping if you could guide me in a direction about how to approach the issue. I am putting up few important questions as of now that I have in my mind:

    1. How to approach the idea of community intervention in the context of relationship problems prevalent in the Kashmiri society?
    2. What research and intervention models are appropriate to engage at community level?
    3. What stakeholders within the society I should collaborate with in order to make a sustainable and effective interventions?
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Developing a Framework or Model of Change
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Increasing Participation and Membership
    		 Sat, 02/04/2023
    Hello! I am working on a rural health research project focusing on Tusayan, Arizona and women's health. There is a lack of resources there and the closest care would be roughly an hour away in Flagstaff, Arizona. I was hoping to see if you had any ideas on how to assist this community.
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    • Developing an Intervention
    		 Tue, 01/31/2023
    I live in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, PA. We are having a controversy regarding the Township's Police Benevolent Association using the symbol of the Blue Line Flag on some of their communications to promote police solidarity. Many in our community feel the flag has been co-opted by white supremacists and is not appropriate to be used by Township police. Our Township Commissioners passed a resolution to prevent the police from using the symbol while on duty. This past Friday, the PBA informed the Township they are instituting legal action against the Commissioners. Those of us in the community who just want peace and justice need help in resolving the situation. Can you help us?
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    • Influencing Policy Development
    		 Mon, 01/30/2023
    I am using toolbox for an assignment in school and need to use in-text citation. What was the year this was published and who is the author(s)?
         		Sun, 01/29/2023
    in a power point presentation how many sentences and what font size is recommended

    how many is too many visuals? and should visuals be placed throughout or at end of presentation?
    		Tue, 01/24/2023
    Hello Advisors,

    My name is Sanjay Shrivastav and I am from India. During my research, I have landed this page. Well, first of all, I would like to thank you for providing some exceptional services for the communities.

    I am looking for the best Community Software for the community management. And, I have reviewed following Google Searches.

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    Well, there are lots of options available and I am quite confused about. Could you please help me to know which online software would be the best option for community planning and development?

    Thanks
    		Developing Strategic and Action Plans Wed, 01/18/2023
    I started a nonprofit to provide transitional housing and life skill education for the single mothers in the redline neighborhoods. I am working on my first project to host a money management workshop. The location I am interested in is a low housing community with 100% single mothers residence and about 25% are working outside of the home. I want to know what would be the best way to start a money management workshop and would asking my bank to sponsor the event be a great idea? The main question is how should I propose using the community center as the place to hold the event?
         		Increasing Participation and Membership Wed, 01/11/2023

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