What I Hope for My Future as a Manager for Behavioral Health Programs

I interviewed, Ivonne Suarez, who is a case manager at Arizona Counseling and Treatment Services (ACTS). She has worked in the field for seven years, but has only worked at ACTS for seven months. Next, she has a Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a Master’s degree in public administration. Also, she is in the Army reserves, prior to her working at ACTS, she was active duty and was stationed all over Europe. While in the military she worked as a medical tech, and also in behavioral health. Lastly, she enjoys her job because she gets the gratification from helping others who are in need.

Throughout my 3-year employment at Penn-Mar Human Services, I have assumed several different roles. After being hired for individual supports, I quickly transitioned into a group position as a Program Instructor, where I would be better able to utilize my unique skillset and grow professionally within the organization. After only a few months, I was promoted to a Program Instructor II, accepting greater responsibilities. In this position, I flourished

The course has had the largest impact on me outside of the classroom with the intentional

Factors such as recognition, achievement, advancement, and growth can trigger motivation. They call these factors motivators. Motivators, such as salary, working condition, status, and security are called hygiene factors, which tend to eliminate dissatisfaction" (Robbins, 1996).

My work experience as a human services worker has developed in me a deep passion for liberty and justice. Later this month, I will graduate from SUNY Empire State with a Master's Degree in Social Policy. I enjoy doing research, and I am very adept at understanding and working with technology. I have the ability to teach and train others, both in a one-on-one and in a group

Additionally, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) ensures that behavioral healthcare services will extend coverage to portions never experienced before (Beronio Glied, & Frank, 2014). Expansion of not only the amount of individuals covered by appropriate medical insurance, but also expansion of covered behavioral health services will almost undoubtedly create a multitude of new opportunities in the behavioral healthcare field as well as a demand a greater need for a highly skilled work force. In today’s age more than ever, education and innovation are at a premium. Personally projecting at least another thirty years of service in the behavioral healthcare field mandates that I strive for

Learning can be achieved from different backgrounds, situation or environment. It is my optimist desire to use my time at Walden University to achieve the best knowledge and skills thought to me by the diverse professors and student. Being a nurse for 9 years with a diverse background has provided me with some experience and eagerness to achieve evidence base practice to advance my knowledge as a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). The purpose of this paper is to guide me through this learning process to stay focus on my goal and future as I advance in the learning process.

Bloom’s taxonomy of learning 8 Bloom’s theory links

Based on my past experiences, most of my teachers relied on Bloom’s Taxonomy to some extent. Just as Dr. Richard Paul suggests, many teachers attempt to foster critical thinking skills when they “ask questions that call for analysis, synthesis, and evaluation,” even though this approach, according to Dr. Paul, “is seriously misleading” (521). As pointed out in the article, simply asking these questions does not teach students critical thinking skills. I can recall several of my teachers who would request that students “compare and contrast,” “determine as a whole,” or “defend a position” on tests or homework. In fact, my American History final exam consisted of a single essay question asking students to compare and contrast a set of two historically-based

Bloom’s taxonomy can be used in the field of psychology to solve problems. Psychology focuses on the study of the mind and human behavior, using the taxonomy will serve as a tool for understanding cognition and thinking process. As a practitioner a common goal is to help others solve problems. The taxonomy will help me as a practitioner to analyze the problem with a client or student. The use of the taxonomy will help to promote new ideas and approaches through evaluation before making final decisions when helping clients. The taxonomy can help identify the needs of the client, ways to help the client, and what methods have and has not worked for the client as a practitioner in psychology. As a graduate learner in psychology, the taxonomy

My mission is to become a professional who would manage, lead, and improve a dynamic healthcare system. Understandably, marketing and public relations in healthcare require financing and regulations to make positive impacts in the lives of clients and co-workers. My interest in taking a healthcare career was founded on three factors: leadership, quality improvement, and healthy aging. My career mission is founded on emerging as a skilled servant leader by not doing the job for myself, but to fulfill the organization’s mission. I would prefer serving my clients without an ego and I will include both paperwork helping patients, staff members and official meetings. Overall, I am passionate about a client-directed philosophy that puts the health needs of patients above the convenience of my organization. The current situation demands that healthcare practitioners build healthcare models in the needs of clients served rather than the customs of staff.

Bloom’s Taxonomy is a classification of learning objectives in education that was developed by a committee of educators in the late 1940s to early 1950s. It shows us that lower level knowledge must be mastered

Bloom’s Taxonomy was created by Benjamin Bloom in 1956. Bloom identified that there were three categories of learning. Cognitive: Mental skills (knowledge) Affective: Growth in feelings or emotional areas (attitude) Psychomotor: Manual or physical skills (skills).

Over the past two years I’ve been able to oversee several individuals as a coordinator at the nonprofit organization, Santa Cruz Homeless Services Center. Through my work there I was able to recognize my strengths and weaknesses in health services management. Working for a nonprofit

“What any person in the world can learn almost all persons can learn if provided with appropriate prior and current conditions of learning” (Bloom, 2017). This belief was held by Dr. Bloom in 1956 when he and his team created Bloom’s Taxonomy. Since then educators have been utilizing these “goals of the learning process” (Clark, 2015) and making assumptions of its usage and implications. I too did have assumptions but have not thought about how I developed them or how they would affect my use of the taxonomy. When starting this reflection I held three assumptions true about Bloom’s Taxonomy. The first is if the educator uses Bloom’s Taxonomy for planning through assessment, then the student will develop higher order thinking skills. Secondly, a student can move on to a higher order thinking level only if they first mastered a lower order thinking level. Thirdly, if educations use different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy in lessons students will retain more information. Interestingly, I uncovered two additional assumptions that I did not know I had. The first of which is that the focus on cognitive development of Bloom’s devalues importance of other domains. The other is that Bloom’s Taxonomy is used only by educators in K-12 and college. Here are some things I understand about this subject that informed or changed