Human Services Study: Presentation Reflection and Analysis

This reflective journal entry provides a student's personal reflection on a human services study, focusing on the impact of mental illness on stakeholders and the importance of ethical considerations. The student evaluates their presentation, highlighting strengths such as the focus on ethics and moral considerations, and identifies areas for improvement, including the use of primary data collection methods and visual aids. The reflection also covers the student's body language, script organization, and overall passion for the subject, emphasizing the desire to raise awareness and make a positive change. The student references several books and journals to support their work, providing a comprehensive understanding of the topic.

Understanding the
Human Services

REFLECTION
I feel go grateful to be a part of this study which is applicable in such a diverse manner.
This study can establish an outline for helping healthcare professionals in helping more people
associated with mental illnesses. While conducting this study I related with the stakeholders and
got to know the extent of excruciating pain that they feel because of their mental illness and
society being constantly being ignorant about it. I feel so thankful that I might be able to initiate
the help that they need with the help of this study.
What did I do well in my presentation?
In accordance to the response from everyone who is a part of this study as well as the
people who have seen this presentation, the best part of it is focus on the ethical and moral
considerations. The conclusion drawn in this report are on the basis of accumulation of data
collected from different sources using different methodologies.
What could have I done better in my presentation?
In order to enhance the overall quality of this project I could have used primary data
collection techniques. I could have made a short video of compilation of interviews in order to
let my audience hear truth from the source itself. I really think that would have given more depth
to my presentation.
Did I speak clear and loud enough?
While collecting information about this study I read interviews of old people who had
depression and it really made me question humanity. With the help of my presentation I shed
light on a very serious issue that old people are facing in the society and I tried my best to make
this as impactful as possible.
Was my body language appropriate?
I have been waiting for the opportunity to work on something this crucial for most of my
life. I really felt like the hand gestures that I used were really helpful in establishing that I am
confident enough for this study. I felt like everything from my facial expressions to my posture
whelped me in expressing that I am passionate about this study and this was more than just an
assignment for me because I wanted to spread awareness about it and I will continue doing so
until I make a change.

Given the short allocation of time I had to talk, did I organise my script in a consistent and
straightforward way?
I pride myself over my reputation of having extraordinary skills associated with
paraphrasing and summarizing. I used these skills to convey as much information as I can, using
very few words and as a result I gathered information. My script was constructed in such a way
that the respondents were very comfortable in sharing information with me.
If I had to do the same task again, which aspects of my performance would I be trying to
improve?
If I have to conduct this study all over again, I will try and focus more on collecting raw
data and using tables and frequency distribution table to represent it and analyse the statistical
trend in this topic.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Barnes, S.J., Pressey, A.D. and Scornavacca, E., 2019. Mobile ubiquity: Understanding the
relationship between cognitive absorption, smartphone addiction and social network
services. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, pp.246-258.
DePoy, E. and Gitlin, L.N., 2019. Introduction to research E-book: understanding and applying
multiple strategies. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Hori, K., Kamiyama, C. and Saito, O., 2019. Exploring the relationship between ecosystems and
human well-being by understanding the preferences for natural capital-based and
produced capital-based ecosystem services. Sustainability Science, 14(1), pp.107-118.
Reamer, F.G., 2020. Boundary issues and dual relationships in the human services. Columbia
University Press.
Schirpke, U and et. al., 2019. Integrating supply, flow and demand to enhance the understanding
of interactions among multiple ecosystem services. Science of the Total
Environment, 651, pp.928-941.
Woodhead, A.J and et. al., 2019. Coral reef ecosystem services in the Anthropocene. Functional
Ecology, 33(6), pp.1023-1034.