Assignment 1 Topic Outline and Objectives

Assignment 1: Topic Outline and Objectives

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Assignment 1: Topic Outline and Objectives

Combat veterans returning from military service with bulkpost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common phenomenon in the U.S. Veterans usually have a hard time readjusting to normal family and social life after returning from a tour of duty. They may feel emotionally disconnected or close to having a mental outbreak. PTSD may make the family and friends of the veterans feel overwhelmed. The changes in the behavior of the veterans may worry or frighten their family and friends. They may be hurt by the moodiness of veterans. Nevertheless, the support offered to the combat veterans may go a long way towards helping them recover from PTSD (Yambo et al., 2016). Therefore, it is vital to teach people how to cope with combat veterans who have been diagnosed with PTSD.

Outline of the Course

Introduction

Introduce myself

Introduce the issue under discussion

Provide social support

Do not pressure them into talking

Do thing they love with them

Let them take the lead

Be patient

Be a good listener

Be a good listener even if the veteran consistently talks about the traumatic event

Respect their feelings and reactions even if the things they say are hard to listen

Desist from taking over the conversation with your personal feelings or experiences

Strive to rebuild trust and safety

Show commitment to your relationship with the veteran

Develop routines to make the veteran develop a sense of stability

Reduce stress within the home as much as possible

Anticipate and manage anything that triggers their traumatic event

Identify the sounds, smells, and sights that trigger their traumatic event

Ask the veterans how they have coped with the triggers of their traumatic events in the past and develop a means of responding to the triggers in the future

Know how to deal with anger and volatility

Identify signs that the veteran is angry

Provide the veterans with space

Remain calm when they are angry

Ensure you maintain your safety if their anger does not subside even after you have remained calm

Take good care of yourself

Do not ensure that the veteran with PTSD dominates your life and you neglect taking care of yourself

Develop a support system

Set aside time to engage in the things you like

Set boundaries

Discussions

Ask the learners to ask any questions they may have

Request the learners to provide their insights on the issues in relation to what has been taught

Conclusion

Provide concluding remarks on the topic

Objectives

Terminal Objectives

To help in the wellbeing of friends and family of combat veterans with PTSD, and the veteran with PTSD.

Enabling Objectives

To reduce the probability of a breakdown of the family due to stresses associated with the behavior of veterans who have been diagnosed with PTSD

To improve positive relationships within the family

To help in preventing violent behavior propagated by veterans with PTSD

Personal Theory of Learning

I believe that all people have the ability to learn. This is regardless of the gender and age of an individual. The only difference is the speed within which they can learn. As such, people learn at their own pace. Despite the fact that there are different ways of learning, I believe that the most effective learning method should involve stimulating the brain through experiences, having a strong impression, and identifying the link between learning objects and knowledge. Admittedly, people learn from their experiences. Experiences require people to use their sense of sight, smell, touch, hearing, or taste to acquire certain information. The information acquired from the five senses is subsequently transmitted to the brain where it is analyzed. This makes an individual to have better understanding or recognition.

People can be trained to learn habits and skills through rote memorization and the process of the stimulus and response. Rewards and penalties also enable people to learn. I believe that learners can be compared to computers that process information and organize it in a manner that helps in linking short-term memory to long-term memory. This enables them to find the meaning of their experiences using long-term memory.

My personal learning theory can be explained by situated learning theory. According to the situated learning theory, learning is a process enables learners to transform meaning personal information when people engage in the process of constructing their educational setting and go the real world to implement what they have learned (Huang et al., 2016). This is the main reason as to why I believe that people should learn in a real-world context. This enables learners to kick down the wall of the classroom and implement what they have learned in the real world (Nevo, Nevo, & Pinsonneault, 2016).

How I Will Use My Personal Learning Theory to Teach the Course

I will my personal learning theory in teaching the course. I will ensure that the content of the course is relevant to the experiences of people who have friends, family members, or acquaintances who have been diagnosed with PTSD. For instance, it will provide relevant examples as often as possible during the course. In addition, I will request the learners to play an active role in the learning process. I will request them to provide examples of some of the challenges they face when dealing with combat veterans who have been diagnosed with PTSD. This will ensure the learners are involved in the creation of the educational setting. This will make it easy for them to apply what they would learn in the real world during their interactions with combat veterans who have been diagnosed with PTSD.

References

Huang, C. S., Yang, S. J., Chiang, T. H., & Su, A. (2016). Effects of Situated Mobile Learning Approach on Learning Motivation and Performance of EFL Students. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 19(1), 263-273.

Nevo, S., Nevo, D., & Pinsonneault, A. (2016). A Temporally Situated Self-Agency Theory of Information Technology Reinvention. Mis Quarterly, 40(1), 157-186.

Yambo, T. W., Johnson, M. E., Delaney, K. R., Hamilton, R., Miller, A. M., & York, J. A. (2016). Experiences of military spouses of veterans with combat‐related bulkposttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(6), 543-551.