http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 07:26:53 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 07:26:53 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80077 This site includes numerous links related to civil liberties in general, the USA Patriot Act, Homeland Security, and civil liberties after 9/11. The site offers a critical perspective and includes "Reflection Questions" that encourage visitors to think about issues and come to their own conclusions. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=384148 This site contains information about the problems related to the release of the mentally ill from correctional facilities into our communities. Included on this site are links to the actual program, videos containing updates, discussion boards, information about a model facility that one community is using to combat the cycle of release/re-arrest, along with additional readings on this issue. According to the authors of this site, 2/3 of the mentally ill who are released from our jails and prisons will be re-arrested within 18 months. This program is related to and follows some of the mentally ill offenders who were interviewed for the previous program produced by Frontline, "The New Asylums.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=668742 This video presents an Introduction to Feminist Counselling. Emphasizing an anti-oppressive framework, critical thinking,and structural analysis, this video highlights key feminist values, principles, and skills and teaches viewers how to apply them to counselling, personal, and professional situations. Roleplays and vignettes are used to demonstrate key ideas and skills. The link between the personal and political is highlighted. Examples of and suggestions for consciousness-raising, collectivization, and social action are also featured.This video is useful for students, teachers, counsellors, social workers, human service providers, care workers, clinicians, psychologists, and anyone who would like to learn more about how to apply feminist theory to counselling. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=385765 Virtual teams are teams of people who primarily interact electronically and who may meet face-to-face occasionally. Examples of virtual teams include a team of people working at different geographic sites and a project team whose members telecommute. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=668769 This short animated fiction book describes a woman named Rebecca and her experiences of family violence. This book presents her journey as she moves from victim to survivor to social activist. A structural feminist analysis of the root causes of family violence and interventions and strategies to assist survivors of family violence are highlighted. Geared to assist survivors of violence and service users, students who are learning about abuse, and clinicians/practitioners who are working in this area, specific information discussing the cycle of violence, stages of coping, feminist interventions, safety planning, and treatment for men is featured. In addition, suggestions for the prevention of family violence at cultural, political, and social levels are presented.The authors use 2 different writing styles within this text. Rebecca's actual story about her family is written at a grade 7 literacy level to make this book more accessible to a broad segment of the general public. At the same time, specific sections featuring theory, analysis, assessment, and intervention have been written with clinical practitioners and professional helpers in mind. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=287086 Discusses health disparities between Black and white Americans, including origins, current statistics (2007), and ways the disparities may be addressed. Written from a nursing perspective, but applicable to many subject areas. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=539616 A research tool for quantitative studies about the impact of traditional social structures on national development; Ethnographic data for cross-cultural and cross-national research; maps of Africa and Asia displaying thousands of ethnic groups and cultural types; databanks of cultural indicators for statistical analysis. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=252433 In this game developed for Unicef, players guide a Haitian family of five through their struggle to survive with limited resources and few opportunities to better themselves. The game forces players to balance the health, education, and happiness of each player, while trying to prevent the family from going into debt. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76791 CVSRD is a partnership of voluntary sector, the Faculty of Public Affairs and Management at Carleton University and the Centre for Governance at the University of Ottawa. We are working to build a network of researchers and voluntary sector practitioners across Canada who are interested in promoting and undertaking collaborative research and learning on governance, policy, management, and emerging issues in the sector. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=660523 A site with interactive population pyramids that can graphically show changes in population over time for every country in the world.