Human Services Profession Reflection Paper.
Why do you want to become a helping professional? Was there a significant event or person that influenced your career choice? What personal attributes and life experiences will make a positive contribution to your role as a human service professional? What personal attributes or life experiences might interfere with your ability to help others, and how might you address them? What skills are you aware of that you will need to focus on during your education and training? What plans do you have for your own personal self-care to help you provide high-quality human services to others in the future? (Be sure to answer each of the questions. No outside resources are required. The general questions from the main directions are not necessary in this case, since you are already providing your personal reflection and connection to the human services field.) Description of required material with specific examples (movie, issue, websites, etc.). See further directions for each option. Your analysis of the information you found—how does the information connect to what we are learning? Your personal reaction to the material—how will you use this information in the future? Mechanics: Papers should be a minimum of 600 words. (Note: I used to specify 2 pages, but with online submissions, a word count is more specific.) Papers should be proof-read in addition to using a spell checker. Do not simply copy-and-paste large quantities of material from websites, articles, etc.! Use short quotes, as well as summaries and your own thoughts about the information. Please be sure to use correct citations for resources you use (titles, authors, website addresses, etc.) to avoid any type of plagiarism, and include a bibliography at the end (if appropriate). See the SHS Department Guidelines for Written Work (Links to an external site.) for additional requirements and suggestions. Students may wish to visit the Student Learning Center (Writing Center) in Mukilteo Hall for free advice on their paper before submitting. No late papers will be accepted. Papers will be submitted as an attachment using the link on our class Canvas site and must be one of these types: .doc, .docx, .rtf or .pdf. DO NOT email papers to me as papers submitted those ways will not be graded. Papers will also be posted on the class discussion board for classmates to read and respond to them. Grading will be based on the following: clear description of the material, use of resources as appropriate, specific connections to issues relating to human services, writing style and mechanics.