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SBush Resume 2022 Final.pdfRésumé
Résumé
Stephanie (Stefani) Bush is a “rare and complex” patient and parent of 2 “rare and complex” children. She has dedicated most of her adult life to serving and helping others, starting when she was in her early 20s as a rape crisis counselor, guardianship advocate, and EMT. Having navigated the intricate and sometimes confusing medical maze as a patient, parent, and former medical professional, Stefani has the unique perspective of being able to see all sides of this kind of journey. Stefani has dedicated much of her adult life to helping providers, patients, and their families be courageous with their complex care in order to improve outcomes and relationships within the teams with which they work.
Stefani has an extensive background in fundraising and team building both on a local and national front. She was the founder and co-leader of Team Hope - a local chapter of the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) for 7 years before she and her family moved to Florida in 2014. She was the Vice President and then President of the New England Chapter for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) for 2 years but remained active within the community for 3 more years. During her time with the IDF and UMDF, Stefani was in charge of planning and executing patient education meetings, fundraisers, blood drives, chapter meetings, spearheaded legislative efforts, and was a peer advocate for patients with Mitochondrial Disease and Primary Immunodeficiency Disease. In 2009, Stefani was recognized as Fundraiser of the Year for the Immune Deficiency Foundation (a distinction only handed out every 2 years).
Stefani has spoken at state conferences, patient conferences, Harvard, churches, and Biotest Plasma Center’s national meeting.
Stefani was also very active within her local community in Massachusetts. She was a town meeting representative, a member of the disabilities commission, Co-Chair of a successful political grass-roots organization, and Co-Chair of a large scale Fire-Relief effort.
In 2012, Stefani was recognized as one of the 'Top 50 Most Inspirational Women in the Region' from the Mill Era (1840’s) to Present. In December 2013, Stefani was recognized as a Citizen of the Year for her hometown for all of her efforts on the political, community, arts (music), legislative, and national fronts.
Stefani is driven by a steadfast dedication to bridging the gap between individuals' current realities and their aspirations, sparking the establishment of The Hope Refinery, a nurturing space where dreams are nurtured and transformed into reality.
When Stefani is not spending time with her family or helping others through The Hope Refinery, she is busy writing and composing songs. Her music tells the story of uncertainty, faith, and hope.
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Is This a Research Paper?
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Is This a Research Paper?
Prompt Given:
Critique multiple articles for validity and type of source.
Reflection:
Reflection:
With our access to data from multiple sources growing, it can be challenging to decipher legitimate data from false or compromised data. Having the tools and the understanding of what makes data 'good data' is a skill that every individual should possess, regardless of their profession.
Being able to identify scholarly research is a critical in the programmatic theme of career connections as can have impacts on hiring practices, retention practices, individual or organizational improvements, and more.
PSY222_Module_Two_Activity SBUSH.pdf
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Understanding The Research
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Understanding The Research
Prompt Given:
Critique a research article for validity, type of source, limitations, and quality of data
Reflection:
Reflection:
When researching the research, it is important to be able to identify the validity of and the kind of data we have obtained.
This skill is extremely useful in the Career Connections programmatic theme because it is imperative to be able to ascertain whether the information you've received comes from a valid scholarly source. Knowing what you're looking for will help sharpen your skills and allow for proper understanding and application of the information in various aspects of your career.
PSY222 Mod4 SBUSH.pdf
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Career Discussion
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Career Discussion
Prompt Given:
In this module, you will explore the important topic of gerontology. Often in the study of life-span development, we overlook the significance of the large size of the growing cohort of older adults. With a considerable and impending need for people to work in this field, this module's discussion will focus on elements you have learned from your coursework, and how they could be applied to a future career in gerontology.
For your initial post, you will read Wise Up: Study Aging, as well as consider your coursework, to answer the following questions:
According to Dr. Rebecca Levy, referenced in the article, how do aging self-stereotypes form?
What are some steps that we can take to eradicate the cycle of these stereotypes?
Employment opportunities in the field of gerontology are growing exponentially. What are some strategies to draw professionals into this expanding, high-demand field?
What are some ways to retool for an aging America in terms of career opportunities and services?
How does the concept of aging stereotypes apply to any of the following programmatic themes of Self-Care, Social Justice, Emotional Intelligence, Career Connections, and/or Emotional Intelligence?
Reflection:
Reflection:
As our population ages, there is a growing and critical need for providers to to step into professions that target care for our oldest and most vulnerable in our society. This discussion gave us the opportunity to explore this need, understand the barriers that discourage providers to enter professions that specifically serve our aged population, understand stereotypes for this population and how to dispel them, and discover ways to engage and entice providers into these rewarding professions.
As someone who has elderly parents, this discussion was useful in understanding why it's so hard to obtain quality care for them and provided me an opportunity to grow in my knowledge and come up with ideas to help remove stigma and stereotypes.
Career Discussion.pdf
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Advocacy, Psychology, and the Workplace
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Advocacy, Psychology, and the Workplace
Prompt Given:
In this milestone, you will explore the concept of advocacy in relation to psychology and how it relates to performance in the workplace. This activity will help to prepare you for your Project Two assignment.
For this assignment:
Describe how you would apply a specific theory of social psychology to advance your advocacy agenda.
Describe how you would apply a specific theory of cognitive psychology to advance your advocacy agenda.
Describe a psychological concept that could be used to heighten awareness of the need for social change.
Describe how assessment tools can be used to measure social change.
Describe critical first steps in developing an intervention for effecting social change in the workplace.
Reflection:
Reflection:
Understanding the power that each of us possesses as advocates is critical in being an effective social change advocate in the workplace.
By studying different cognitive psychologists and their theories, we better equip ourselves to understand perception, thinking, learning, memory, and how that plays into every day life applications. Understanding how psychological concepts can impact motivation and behavior, we are able to be more effective in our advocacy efforts.
If we don't understand how to measure our efforts, we cannot begin to appreciate the impact of our efforts. Assessment tools are critical in deciphering if our strategies are successful or if they need to be adjusted. Not all assessment tools are created equal, however, and we must be aware of the utility for each one in order to make the proper assessment tool choices.
Every well thought out and successful advocacy effort for social change requires critical first steps. These steps are the foundation that gives stability to the efforts. Without these critical steps, advocacy efforts often fail or are encumbered with unnecessary obstacles.
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