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Review and Assessment
18. Analyze Examine your aptitudes, attitudes,
and skills. How do they match up with
those of people working in human services
careers?
19. Identify Identify how an interdisciplinary
program broadly prepares students for careers
in human services.
20. Evaluate Find information from five colleges
or universities that offer degrees in a human
services career that interests you. List the
advantages and disadvantages of each school
based on information you gather and on your
personal wants and needs.
21. Compare and contrast In teams, compare
and contrast the challenges and rewards of
working with people in times of crisis and
need.
22. Determine After reading this chapter, what is
your opinion of careers in the human services
field? Are you still interested in a career in
human services? Why or why not?
Core Skills
23. Reading and writing Find a nonfiction book
to read about one of the following historical
events: the Industrial Revolution, World War I,
the Great Depression, or World War II. Create
a time line of important events and dates
discussed in the book. Share your findings
with the class.
24. Reading and math Reread the Case
Study, Making a Difference, in this chapter
to find out why Amelia chose to become
a human services worker. What are some
other reasons people might be drawn to
human services careers? As a class, create
a survey to poll human services workers to
find out why they entered the field of human
services. Tally the survey results and post
them in class.
25. Listening, writing, and speaking Arrange
to interview a human services worker to
learn more about his or her job. Before the
interview, write a list of 10 questions that you
intend to ask during the interview. After the
interview, write a summary detailing what
you learned from this experience. Share your
summaries with the rest of the class.
26. Math and speaking Choose an occupation
in the field of human services that interests
you. Using online sources, such as the
Occupational Outlook Handbook website,
research the median pay per year and per
hour for workers in this occupation. Share
your findings with the class and justify whether
or not you could live on that salary and pay
your utilities and required bills.
27. Research and technology Research
human services agencies and organizations
in your local area. Identify contact information,
what services they provide, and hours of
operation. Use desktop publishing software
to create a professional-looking pamphlet
or handout that includes the results of your
research. Share your completed project with
local elementary, middle, and high schools in
your area to be given out to families in need.
Identify other places within the community you
might also use to circulate the pamphlet or
handout.
28. Writing and speaking Make a list of your
portable skills. With a partner, discuss each
other’s lists. How are your lists similar? How
are they different? Are there skills on your
partner’s list that you could add to your list?
29. Speaking, writing, and listening Working
in small groups, brainstorm common
challenges and rewards associated with
careers in human services. Create a T-chart
to organize the results of your group’s
brainstorming session. Then, as a class,
compare and discuss each group’s charts and
ideas.
30. Research and technology Use online or
print resources to research the job duties,
educational requirements, and job outlook for
one career in each of the broad employment
categories in the field of human services
as discussed in this chapter. Create an
electronic slide show to present your findings
to the class.
31. CTE career readiness practice Select
two human services careers to research
on O*NET. Read the summary reports for
these careers, especially the knowledge,
skills, abilities, and interests required to do
the work. Analyze whether your personal