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verbal communication and how it is important to me personally the importance of having strengths in this area of communication and the consequence of weaknesses in this area of communication including introduction, topic analysis self-reflection, and conclude. 

Assignment 4 – Research Paper
Instructions
Using a minimum of seven (7) credible sources, with at least four (4) sources coming from peer-reviewed journals taken from the APUS library, write a research paper about a topic related to your major or intended career, which follows the problem solution strategy. The paper must be original to this course–no recycling, please!  Also, the paper should not contain AI generated text.
Format your paper according to the guidelines that are given for your particular discipline. You must choose one of the following documentation styles: APA, MLA, or Chicago.
Length: The research paper should be 2000 – 2500 words (9-10 pages) in length. The page count does not include the Works Cited, Reference, or Bibliography page, or the title page or abstract if required by your documentation style. The page count refers only to the text of the paper itself. Submitting a paper that is doesn’t fall within the word count range is not a good idea. Papers that are too long are as problematic as those that are too short. Part of effective writing is being able to complete the assignment within the designated limits set.
Sources:  Your final source page should contain at least seven (7) sources, with at least four (4) sources coming from peer-reviewed journals taken from the APUS library; you will lose points if you have fewer.
DISCLAIMER: Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
You are encouraged to review the rubric for grading criteria:  COLL Research Paper (https://myclassroom.apus.edu/d2l/common/dialogs/quickLink/quickLink.d2l?ou=202928&type=rubric&rCode=00D22884-7DC5-4408-809B-589E36B04C5A-296407)
Attached is a sample student paper in APA style, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).  
APA Student Sample Paper from OWL (https://myclassroom.apus.edu/content/enforced/202928-745717/APA%207%20Student%20Sample%20Paper1.pdf)

The problem in the organization is that reading comprehension scores are not improving. The intervention is ” having a PD meeting teaching teachers how to use graphic organizers such as venn diagrams”. The reading theory should be included. The guide will help you write but this is what it’s about.

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Strengths and Weaknesses Paper Assignment
For the assignment, you will reflect on your strengths and weaknesses regarding how you deal with others. Follow the guidelines below to complete the assignment. Refer to the Paper Assignment Rubric [DOCX] for more information. Refer to the course schedule for the due date.
Write a paper examining your strengths and your areas of concern regarding how you respond to individuals who are different from you. Use the following guidelines: 
Four to five pages, not including the title page and references page
Double-spaced
Times New Roman 12-point font
Your paper should include:
Title page
Body of the paper (which includes an introduction, content, and a conclusion)
Reference page (three references required)
APA formatting

Assignment 2 – Annotated Bibliography
Instructions
Using the information from this week’s reading material, submit an Annotated Bibliography of five (5) sources from your working bibliography. Two (2) of the sources must be peer reviewed article. First, put the source in the correct citation format for your particular curricular division, and then write a brief annotation of that source.  The annotation should describe the main ideas covered in the source as well as an evaluation by you for the source’s usefulness for your project. The value of the source to your project should be included, as well as information about the credentials of the author(s).
Remember that an online source can be a number of things. It can be a book, journal article, blog, podcast script, website, government report, newspaper article or editorial, or something else. Be sure to analyze each source carefully and follow the style guide in presenting the needed info.  One goal in your annotation is to help your readers find the source if they want more information, so make it easy for them to do so.
Your final paper must include a minimum of seven (7) sources with at least four (4) sources coming from peer-reviewed journals taken from the APUS library.   Please note that you are encouraged to include all four (4) of your sources coming from peer-reviewed journals taken from the APUS library in this annotated bibliography.  However, at least two (2) of the sources for the annotated bibliography MUST be peer reviewed.
Both MLA and APA styles use a hanging indent and double-spacing for each entry at the end of the paper. Please be sure to check your work with a current style guide, such as those in the APUS Library, or the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Sample Annotation.  
Sally Student
COLL 300
Date
Annotated Bibliography- MLA (Remember that your citation style is determined by the topic.)
Calkins, Lucy.  Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent’s Guide.  Reading: Addison-Wesley 
Longman.  1997.  Print.
Lucy Calkins is a noted teacher and researcher in reading and writing. Her book is a guide for parents, helping them to work with their children’s schools to create a positive learning environment and a lifelong love of learning in their children.  Topics covered include fostering learning and curiosity in mathematics, science, social studies, reading, and writing.  Calkins’ work also offers advice on school curriculum and testing. By providing specific examples of parental involvement, this book will help support my assertion that parents need to play a strong role in their children’s education.
You are encouraged to review the rubric for grading criteria: COLL Annotated Bibliography (https://myclassroom.apus.edu/d2l/common/dialogs/quickLink/quickLink.d2l?ou=202928&type=rubric&rCode=00D22884-7DC5-4408-809B-589E36B04C5A-296403)

Connect the Dots for Your Company
Write a 2-3 page paper.
In your paper address the following:
Create the network and hardware portion of your real or fictitious company strategic plan.
Include information about computers that will house the information and devices that will be used to access the information.
Discuss contingency plan for what happens if there is a hardware failure.
Mention what should be done to keep this section of the plan up to date.
Include a title page and 3-5 references.  Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia).  The other references must be from the Grantham University online library.  Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (6th ed., 2nd printing) when writing and submitting assignments and papers.
Using journal references are ok

For this research paper, you are looking into the unsolved murder of Jon Benet Ramsey. Because this is a longer paper, you want at least three, but probably four suspects/theories. Searching for the evidence to find the truth. Then argue your case through your essay. 
Requirements:
Introduction
Body paragraphs with evidence and evaluation
Conclusion
MLA in-text citations
MLA Works Cited page (4 sources)
Formal tone
Murder Evaluation Essay
Purpose:  to evaluate the most common suspects in order 
to select the most logical explanation.
Notes:
Each suspect must be evaluated on the same criteria.
Set up the criteria in order of importance.
Set up the suspects in order of importance (most likely is last).
Criteria:
What are some of things an investigator or lawyer would look at to rule in or out a suspect?
Means
Motive
Opportunity
Logical
Introduction:
Why is this subject so intriguing?
Basic facts of the murder or mystery
Aspects all agree upon
Criteria to be used in this evaluation.
Thesis: most likely suspects/theories.
Optional Paragraph that describes the murder(s) basic 
facts
Body Paragraphs for Each Suspect:
Topic sentence identifies the suspect/theory to be evaluated.
Lay out the evidence provided to support it by its proponents.
Evaluate the theory using the criteria you established earlier.
Note: Sometimes you can do all of this in one paragraph; however, often the evaluation will need to be in a separate paragraph.
Conclusion:
Who is the most likely suspect? Why?
Note: It is okay to say there is not enough evidence to draw a conclusion at this time, but 
then you have to explain why. 

Integrating Source Materials (Quote and Paraphrase)
Find a quote you like and get the complete citation for it. Follow the instructions below for integrating and paraphrasing the quote. Both quoting and paraphrasing need a signal phrase to introduce the source material and both require appropriate in-text citation in the style for the topic.
• Following the “sandwich technique” described in this week’s required reading, post a direct quotation from one of your sources as it would appear within the body of your research paper. Introduce your quote with a signal phrase. Provide some commentary for the quote. Include an in-text citation.
• Next, paraphrase the same quotation and use a signal phrase and closing commentary to demonstrate how the paraphrase would appear in your research paper. Include an in-text citation.
When you respond to peers about integrating source materials, please provide feedback on how smoothly the quote is integrated and how well the paraphrase reflects the content of the original.

Healthcare
Healthcare as a Right or Privilege
I believe healthcare should be regarded as a privilege instead of a right. This is because of the following reasons. First, healthcare services are just like every other commodity in the market. The principles of economics that apply to economics are also applicable to healthcare. Additionally, like how other commodities act as privileges to those who can afford to buy them, healthcare accessibility is more of a privilege to those who can afford issues in Healthcare, 2021). Some individuals get more quality healthcare than others, depending on the resources they pay to get the services.
Additionally, healthcare is a privilege and not a right because it is a limited economic resource that requires money. The more the money, the more the privilege of accessing and earning healthcare services and vice versa (Issues in Healthcare, 2021). Healthcare is considered a right is just the idealization that citizens are entitled to healthcare because of their existence, while in the real sense, it’s a privilege because, in reality, it is associated with costs that only those who are competitive in the market can afford. Declaring healthcare as a right is not a guarantee of its provision.
Healthcare is also a privilege because it is earned from a personal responsibility. It is determined by choice and responsibility, where individuals are obligated to take the necessary actions to improve their health. The decisions they make regarding actions to take to improve their health are significantly impacted by the money they have.
How the Changing Healthcare Environment Impacted My Practice
The changing healthcare environment has had a significant impact on the nursing sector. The changes have impacted me in the following ways. First, I have learned the importance of keeping updated with the latest technological trends, ensuring I adapt to these technological advances to provide optimal care by training online on how to use these emerging tools. The changing healthcare environment has also pushed me to become a leader in the healthcare field. The changes have increased responsibilities and expectations for nurses, forcing us to be confident and hardworking as we fill those roles.
Additionally, the changing healthcare environment has fostered a culture of partnership in the healthcare field. The changes emphasize the importance of nurses partnering and voicing their concerns for the progression of healthcare. The changing environment has forced nurses to collaborate more effectively to provide comprehensive, coordinated care.
In addition, the changing healthcare environment has changed the way nurses previously interacted with their patients. The emphasis is to provide patients with care in a more personalized way to enhance the patient’s engagement and experience and improve the overall clinical outcome (Nursing Practice & Education, 2020). This has led me to develop empathy and compassion. I have to keep the patient in the loop, understand their concern, know what they want, and provide care satisfactorily to meet their needs and preferences. Additionally, with the changing healthcare environment, there are frequent regulatory updates, and I must ensure I stay informed when providing care. This involves keeping up with the latest evidence-based research findings from reputable sources, including clinical practice guidelines and journals.
Discussion reply 1
Health Care, a Right or a Privilege
Health care is among the most important factors that have elicited passionate discussion about whether it is a right or a privilege in society. Therefore, it is possible to reconcile the pulling of opposite thought processes by addressing ethical, practical, and philosophic questions surrounding the issue with a fair and balanced perspective regarding healthcare access and distribution.
Based on this point of view, it is against the principles of health care that people should be denied access to services they need based on their ability to pay. This view originates from the understanding of health as an inalienable right and from the prognosis of a society to be responsible for the well-being of its population. Binkley (2020) notes that it is paramount that citizens be granted access to healthcare, mostly because this stems from an ethical principle of justice. Within this context, healthcare delivery systems must reflect the principles of universal care, writing off the possibility of anyone being locked out of a system because of a lack of adequate funds. It encourages a group responsibility in financing health care through taxation, consolidating the view of health care as a public good.
In contrast, those who consider health care a privilege fully explain that it is not a right everyone is entitled to but rather a product to which people with certain status, employment, and financial capabilities are entitled. This worldview focuses on individual initiatives and market relations to define the availability and quality of healthcare services. According to Binkley (2020), from this perspective, the healthcare sector should operate within market institutions whereby competition and choices by consumers allow the crafting of doctors’ services that are efficient and innovative. Reasons, why advocates support this idea, include boosting the motivation of workers and better and healthier lives of patients through improving the efforts of the healthcare system. However, Klunk (2022) brings more nuance into the debate because while he does not deny that healthcare is a right, he also asserts that it is not a privilege either—it is something else entirely. According to Klunk (2022), health care is a basic need that has to be protected, yet it can hardly be regarded as a pure right. It is a mixture of right and marketplace. It recognizes the fact that healthcare financing has its bounds and that it cannot cater to the needs of every individual. However, it remains right and moral to try as much as possible to attend to every person who presents himself/herself to the healthcare system. If addressing the issue as a human right in need of health care, government and policymakers can adopt what Hallmark describes as a twin-track approach that involves the provision of public funding for basic health care and market incentives for innovation in other sectors.
In conclusion, they are striving for the common belief that people must stay healthy as a right and a privilege must be acknowledged and addressed with a complex approach through which health care must be viewed as a basic necessity. This approach has to embrace both justice-oriented ethical principles and more practical and logistical concerns connected to the economic feasibility of the process and the consequent optimal outcomes. In this way, society can move toward a health care system that guarantees everyone a right to health and promotes the development of new methods that will make people responsible for their health. 
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LANGUAGE LEARNING DISABILITIES PAPER ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
After reading Chapters 14, 20, and 30 of the Swanson, Harris & Graham book, you will
summarize the main points. The summary must draw information from the readings, and it must
demonstrate a strong relationship between language processes, reading comprehension, and
research.
Parameters for this assignment include:
1. Include a correctly formatted title page, headings, abstract, and reference page.
2. Include a minimum of 7 citations within your paper and a minimum of 3 outside sources.
3. Must be 5-7 pages in length (excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page).
4. Include the following topics:
a. Importance of Language
b. How is language foundational for students to:
i. understand instruction, participate in classroom discussions,
ii. establish working relationships with peers and teachers,
iii. and synthesize information and expanding knowledge?
c. Learning and/or Language Disabilities (LLD)
i. Discuss the nature of LLD from the preschool years to the oral end of the
continuum.
ii. Discuss primary grades when children are expected to use language for
learning.
iii. Include research focused on various approaches to improving the early
language skills of children who may be at risk for LLD.
d. Reading
i. Discuss students with significant reading difficulties and those who are
candidates for reading intervention.
ii. Many of these students have been provided reading intervention during the
elementary grades yet continue to demonstrate reading difficulties at the
secondary level.
iii. Conceptualize interventions for students at the secondary level citing
evidence from the reading.
e. Technology
i. How can the power of technology be used to enhance literacy outcomes?
ii. What does the research to date tell us?
iii. What devices/programs are out there to aid in reading comprehension.
f. Summary and Biblical Integration
i. In a summary that discusses the findings and make connections between
all three readings. Use citations to support your assertions.
ii. Include a summary that includes a biblical perspective on the topics above.