Unit one is based on the background theoretical essays, not the problem and solution lists. The assignment for this unit asks you to apply some of the key theoretical ideas presented in the theoretical essays to a particular intractable conflict. See the suggested questions listed below. Users for whom English is not their native language should not spend a lot of effort trying to get the English just right. We are very understanding about the problems of writing in multiple languages.
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Then write a six to eight page essay summarizing, from your perspective, the principal framing and scoping problems that seem to exist in that conflict and the most effective strategies for dealing with those problems. While this essay should initially be based upon training program materials, you should focus only on those problems and treatment strategies which are important or useful to your chosen case. You should also feel free to criticize the ideas presented in the materials and offer your own alternative approaches. Then write a six to eight page essay summarizing, from your perspective, the principal communication and fact-finding problems that seem to exist in that conflict and the most effective strategies for dealing with those problems. As before, this essay should initially be based upon training program materials, but you should focus only on those problems and treatment strategies which are important or useful to your chosen case.