How do basic counseling skills help you know the difference between what is inappropriate and appropriate?

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After reading and reviewing the materials from this module, answer the following questions.  You do not need to “write a book” but your answers should be complete and thorough, and as always, use complete sentences and proper grammar.1. Discuss your thoughts on appropriate and inappropriate disclosure.2.  How do basic counseling skills help you know the difference between what is inappropriate and appropriate?3.  When do you believe it would be appropriate, and when inappropriate, to disclose your religious perspectives to a client in a session?  Include when it might be appropriate in a “secular” counseling organization that may allow direct faith-based counseling.

determine whether a child’s experiences are typical of someone coming from a different background as opposed to a true disability

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Cultural Differences: Kayin’s Case

Professionals must work with families to understand cultural and linguistic characteristics specific to each child. This is critical in determining whether a child’s experiences are typical of someone coming from a different background as opposed to a true disability. These issues can be complex as exceptionalities are seen across cultures as well.

Review the following scenario:

Kayin is an eight-year-old boy in the third grade. His teacher, Mr. Bledsoe, has been very concerned about his problems with reading. He also has difficulty socially, and seems withdrawn, with few, if any, friends. Kayin avoids eye contact with most people, but this is more pronounced with adults. He also becomes very frustrated at times, crying and ripping up his work.
Kayin has been enrolled in the same school since kindergarten. However, Mr. Bledsoe knows that his family is originally from Nigeria and they return every summer to visit family. Although Kayin’s parents speak English fairly fluently, they have a pronounced African accent. Mr. Bledsoe remembers learning that it is an act of respect to avoid eye contact with adults in some cultures, but he cannot remember whether this is true of Nigerian culture.
Mr. Bledsoe has been hesitant to raise the possibility of a disability because he does not know how much of Kayin’s struggles can be attributed to growing up in a bicultural and bilingual home or to Kayin’s own personality.

Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research cultural differences related to children with exceptionalities. It may also be useful to consult CultureGrams in the online library for more information on cultures in Nigeria.

Reflect on your readings and respond to the following:

  • What steps should Mr. Bledsoe take to address Kayin’s challenges?
  • What professionals might he include to help Kayin?
  • What further information does Mr. Bledsoe and his colleagues need to best help Kayin? Where can he find this information?
  • How should Mr. Bledsoe approach the issue of cultural differences with Kayin’s parents?
  • What ethical dilemma(s) might Mr. Bledsoe face when considering the values, beliefs, and behaviors common in the culture of Kayin’s family within the context of the general American culture?

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Explain how the life-span perspective may provide a way of better understanding the research

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You will need to find 4 articles located in scholarly journals. Scholarly journal articles are also referred as primary source peer reviewed articles. A scholarly journal article can be found in the South University Online Library. To find more information regarding utilizing the South University Library and accessing scholarly journal articles click on Library Guide. What cannot be used for this assignment are web pages, magazines, newspapers, text books, and other books. Finally, current research for our purposes is an article that was published within the last 5 to 6 years.

Remember this is a course on human development so when looking for articles make sure they are related to the subject matter covered in the course. To help in your search here are some of the major areas we covered in this course (these are meant as a guide, not specific topics to find).

  • Major developmental theories across the lifespan
  • Nature of geographic, gender, social, cognitive, emotional, and developmental factors during each period of development
  • Developmental factors that impact one another.
  • Historical and current trends in development
  • Current trends which may differentially impact the future development of populations in the United States
  • Social, and diversity issues related to developmental psychology

With the major areas above in mind, focus on at least two of the following age groups:

  • Childhood
  • Adolescence
  • Adulthood
  • Older Adults

First, give an overview of each article, including:

  • Write a 2-paragraph summary for each article.
  • Write a 1-2 paragraph analysis and evaluation for each article found.
  • Make sure to integrate course material in that analysis

Then, write a summary (1-2 pages) integrating what was leaned from the articles reviewed on the chosen age groups as seen from the life-span perspective. Cover the following in that summary:

  • What similarities did you find in the types of research and what was being studied? What differences did you find?
  • Based on your course readings, what developmental theories did you find that were applicable?
  • Explain how the life-span perspective may provide a way of better understanding the research reviewed.

What strategies could you utilize to increase someone else’s happiness level and assist them in increased success based on our content?

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Workplace stress can have long-term effects.

· Role conflict: two or more incompatible demands at work or across work and non-work roles

· Role ambiguity: vagueness or unclearness in role responsibilities and functions

· Workload incompatibility: occurs when the amount of work to be accomplished exceeds the employee’s capabilities

· Job insecurity: the feeling that the security of one’s job is unstable

In addition, happiness and positivity can lead to personal success and further indicates the following ideas to increase one’s happiness:

· Setting challenging and meaningful goals

· Disputing negative thinking and deliberately practicing positive self-talk

· Choosing to forgive others and let go of grudges and hard feelings

· Counting one’s blessings and intentionally expressing gratitude for them

· Visualizing future success

· Practicing healthy habits such as a balanced diet, adequate sleep, and regular exercise

Thus, hypothetically these suggestions and ideas can be applied to each of our lives. Whether you are working and going to school, or just going to school, they are applicable since school, too, is an organization.

Consider all of the factors related to a person’s health and the workplace, how can you apply the concepts to your own life right now?

· Identify at least three strategies that you can implement today to increase your level of success in the situation you most identify with.

· Why do you think these strategies can work for you?

· What strategies could you utilize to increase someone else’s happiness level and assist them in increased success based on our content?

· What do you think are two of the most important factors that will be applicable to you and your current goals? What about to your future goals? Why or How?

Your journal should be a minimum of four double-spaced pages, adequately discuss all questions posed, and demonstrate maturating self-awareness.

Discusses the ramifications of co-morbid disorders compared to a single diagnosis

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I only have to complete introduction and summary, the disorder chosen is depression* This should only be approximately 150 words for both intro and conclusion*

Prepare a 350- to 700-word summary of a disorder that typically co-occurs with Substance Abuse.

  • Discuss the clinical picture of substance abuse. Focus on co-morbidity in substance abuse disorders.
  • Explains the unique way the two symptom sets interact using the co-morbid pair chosen
  • Describes how researchers demonstrate co-morbidity among disorders
  • Discusses the ramifications of co-morbid disorders compared to a single diagnosis

explain how your conflict-handling skills might help or hinder your performance in a current or potential leadership role

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As a human services professional and agent of social change, you will undoubtedly encounter conflict. To be a leader in the helping professions, you must be able to effectively manage this conflict and use it to positively impact the lives of individuals. Because your reactions to difficult situations can influence how others perceive you, it is important for you to be aware of your conflict-handling skills, as well as other values and attitudes that contribute to effective leadership in this field.

This week, you explore the impact of conflict-handling skills on leadership roles and collaboration. You also examine attitudes and values characteristic of influential human services professionals and create a plan to support personal growth and development.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Analyze the impact of conflict-handling skills on leadership roles

· Analyze the impact of conflict-handling skills on collaboration

· Analyze strategies to address leadership and collaboration challenges

· Evaluate attitudes and values of human services professionals

· Apply attitudes and values characteristic of effective human services professionals

Required Readings

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Reid Mandell, B., & Schram, B. (2012). An introduction to human services: Policy and practice (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.

· Chapter 4, “Attitudes/Values, Skills, and Knowledge” (pp. 105–136)

Walden University. (n.d.). Online Writing Center. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu

This is the main page for Walden’s Online Writing Center. It features information on the Tutoring Center, Grammarly, Turnitin, and other helpful resources.

Walden University. (n.d.). Walden Templates: General Templates. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-2774360

These Study Notes provide a template for writing course papers. Guidelines for formatting abstracts, headings, and references are also included.

Discussion: Conflict-Handling

Conflict is often a part of change, and as a human services professional influencing change, knowing how you respond to conflict is essential. This self-awareness of your conflict-handling skills will help you better build your conflict response repertoire as you gain experiences in the field. By developing these skills, you may perform more effectively in leadership roles, resulting in improved outcomes for clients. For this Discussion, reflect on your own conflict-handling skills and how they might impact your role in human services.

With these thoughts in mind:

By Day 4

Post a brief description, based on your individual assessment, of your conflict-handling skills. Then, explain how your conflict-handling skills might help or hinder your performance in a current or potential leadership role. Finally, explain at least one way your conflict-handling skills might impact your collaboration skills.

Explain the common sources of measurement error and how measurement error can impact reliability.

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Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychology Testing

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please read the required textbook chapters and articles for this week.

Create a PowerPoint presentation with 16 to 20 slides (not including the title and reference slides) entitled Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychological Testing. Your presentation must provide 2 to 3 slides for each of the required topics and include appropriate citations of your referenced sources. Separate reference slides, which follow APA formatting guidelines for a References page, must be included at the end of the presentation. You must create your own template and organize your presentation in the sequence provided. Do not use a font smaller than 20 pt. You are encouraged to insert relevant figures and graphics. Make sure to appropriately cite any images you use. If you include a table or figure from a journal article, cite it according to APA guidelines. The notes section of each slide must include the text for oral comments you would make while presentating the materials to a live audience.

References must be cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. For assistance with creating a visually engaging and readable presentation, you may review Garr Reynolds’s tips for creating presentations (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

The presentation must cover each of the following topics in the order presented below.

The Ethical and Social Implications of Testing

  • Provide an overview and brief evaluation of the ethical and social implications of psychological assessment.

Professional Responsibilities

  • Describe the responsibilities of both test publishers and test users.

Testing Individuals Representing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

  • Analyze and describe issues related to the testing of cultural and linguistic minorities.

Reliability

  • Explain the common sources of measurement error and how measurement error can impact reliability.

Validity 

  • Create a diagram or figure to compare the types of validity discussed in the textbook.
  • Describe the extravalidity concerns related to testing.
  • Review the articles by Fergus (2013), Kosson, et al. (2013) and Mathieu, Hare, Jones, Babiak, & Neumann (2013). Analyze the information presented in these articles on factor analysis and describe how it is used to validate the constructs of the instruments.

Clinical Versus Statistical Prediction

  • Compare clinical and statistical prediction of mental health decisions based on the work of Ægisdóttir, et al. (2006) and Grove & Lloyd (2006).

Application One: An Ethical and Professional Quandry

  • Select one of the Ethical and Professional Quandries in Testing from Case Exhibit 1.2 in your textbook and describe the ethical issues specific to the scenario you selected. Include an analysis of the relevant principles from Standard 9 in the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
  • Taking on the role of the psychologist or counselor in the chosen scenario, describe how you might respond to the challenge you selected and provide a brief rationale for your decision.

Application Two: Evidence-Based Medicine

  • Summarize Youngstrom’s (2013) recommendations for linking assessment directly to clinical decision making in evidence-based medicine.
  • Elaborate on each of Youngstrom’s recommendations by providing practical examples that illustrate the relevance of the recommendations in a clinical setting.

Application Three: Selecting Valid Instruments

  • Create a research hypothesis or brief clinical case scenario in which you must select an instrument to measure intolerance for uncertainty.
  • Use the information in the Fergus (2013) article to support which measure to use.

The presentation

  • Must consist of 16 to 20 slides (not including title and reference slides) that are formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
  • Must include a separate title slide with the following:
    • Title of presentation
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use the assigned chapters in the course text, Standard 9 from the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, and the 3 required peer-reviewed articles assigned for Week One.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include separate reference slides formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

What is the client’s immediate need?

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Review the Trauma Case Study for Maryam. Write a 750-1,000-word essay answering the following questions. Your number one goal is to make sure she is safe.

Provide appropriate support for your answers by citing the DSM-5.

  1. What are the key assessment issues to consider?
  2. Do you think this is a crisis situation? Why or why not? Explain.
  3. What is the client’s immediate need? Be specific.
  4. What specific interventions do you feel are necessary with this client?
  5. What is the possible diagnosis for this client? Provide supportive reasoning for your diagnosis. Why?
  6. Is this client suffering a stress disorder? Define which one and the symptoms associated.
  7. How does the biology of trauma present in this case?
  8. Should Maryam’s family be notified? Explain.
  9. Would you feel competent enough to work with this client? Why or why not?
  10. Should you seek additional resources to help with this case? Explain.
  11. Do you have coordination or treatment issues to consider? Explain.

Include a minimum of three scholarly references in addition to the textbook AND DSM-5.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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Confirm the client's eligibility for admission and continued readiness for treatment/change.

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Details:
Select a movie from the following list:

  1. Terms of Endearment (1983) (PG)
  2. Ordinary People (1980) (R)
  3. Saving Mr. Banks (2013) (PG-13)
  4. My Sister’s Keeper (2009) (PG-13)
  5. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (PG)
  6. Footloose (1984) (PG)
  7. The Queen of Versailles (2012) (PG)
  8. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)   (PG-13)
  9. 28 Days (2000) (PG-13)

Watch the selected movie in preparation for the biopsychosocial   assessment. As you watch the movie, focus on one specific character in   the movie as the focus of your clinical attention. Take notes over   relevant patterns and significant moments/details within the   characters’ journey. Consider the character’s behavior patterns   within the confines of the movie. Information gathered in this   introductory assignment is intended to prepare you for next   week’s formal psychosocial assessment. Please note, this is   for preparation purposes only and you do not need to submit the notes   to your instructor.

Option 2: Case Study

Read the attached case study. Take notes over relevant patterns and   significant moments/details within the persons’ journey. Information   gathered in this introductory assignment is intended to prepare you   for next week’s formal psychosocial assessment. Please   note, this is for preparation purposes only and you do not need to   submit the notes to your instructor.

Refer back to the movie you selected and watched or the case study   you read during Topic 1. Consider the character you selected or the   person from the case study and complete a biopsychosocial assessment   about your selected person using the provided biopsychosocial   template. Only complete Part 1 of the template, as Part 2 will be   completed later in the course.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment,   solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources   should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be   found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the   directions in the Student Success Center.

This assignment meets the following CACREP Standard: 2.F.5.g:     Essential interviewing, counseling, and case conceptualization skills.

This assignment meets the following NASAC Standards:

25) Gather data systematically from the client and other available     collateral sources, using screening instruments and other methods     that are sensitive to age, culture and gender. At a minimum, data     should include: current and historic substance use; health, mental     health, and substance-related treatment history; mental status; and     current social, environmental, and/or economic constraints on the     client’s ability to follow-through successfully with an action plan.

32) Based on an initial action plan, take specific steps to     initiate an admission or referral, and ensure follow-through.

33) Select and use comprehensive assessment instruments that are     sensitive to age, gender and culture, and which address: (a) History     of alcohol and other drug use (b) Health, mental health, and     substance-related treatment history (c) History of sexual abuse or     other physical, emotional, and verbal abuse, and/or other     significant trauma (d) Family issues (e) Work history and career     issues (f) Psychological, emotional, and world-view concerns (g)     Physical and mental health status (h) Acculturation, assimilation,     and cultural identification(s) (i) Education and basic life skills     (j) Socio-economic characteristics, lifestyle, and current legal     status (k) Use of community resources (l) Behavioral indicators of     problems in the domains listed above.

58) Confirm the client’s eligibility for admission and continued     readiness for treatment/change.

59) Complete necessary administrative procedures for admission to treatment.

111) Prepare accurate and concise screening, intake, and     assessment reports.

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Discuss the ways in which cultural sensitivity and aspects of diversity were addressed in the report, including any ways in which the report could be made more culturally sensitive and include greater considerations of elements of diversity.

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Assignment 2: LASA: Evaluation of a Forensic Psychological Report

This course has provided you with a foundational knowledge of forensic psychological assessment. Successful integration of your skills is a significant aspect of this course. Throughout this course, you have learned about the variety of forensic psychological assessments.

In this assignment, apply what you have learned in this course to analyze a report of a recently paroled offender.

Scenario:

You are working as a forensic mental health professional in a parole outpatient clinic, which has received a forensic psychological and risk assessment report on a paroled offender. You have been asked evaluate the report and present it to the Board of Parole.

Click here to download the forensic psychology and risk assessment report.

Tasks:

Evaluate the forensic psychology and risk assessment report and create an 8- to 10-page essay in a Microsoft Word document addressing the following:

  • Identify and describe the role and purpose of the report. Comment on whether the evaluation was or was not necessary. State the reasons for your opinion.
  • Apply considerations of any information or sections that you found missing in the report as well as information that you found to be not relevant, i.e., elements that should have been omitted. In other words, what could have been added to or excluded from the report?
  • Discuss the ways in which cultural sensitivity and aspects of diversity were addressed in the report, including any ways in which the report could be made more culturally sensitive and include greater considerations of elements of diversity.
  • Identify and describe at least two additional psychological assessments or measures that you would have administered to obtain additional relevant information for the report. Feel free to list more than two as appropriate. Be sure to also consider cultural implications of the tests which you select.
  • Explain how you would use the recommendations in the report to assist in the development of a treatment plan.
  • Discuss in what capacity the report may be used in alternative venues. For example, can this report be utilized by other professionals in the future? If so, in what capacity?
  • Discuss the overall quality and readability of this report, including a scholarly critique of the writing.

As you evaluate the report be sure to avoid using the word “I” in formal writing. Remember, the reader of your assignment will know it is your voice since you are the author of your paper. Also, consider the difference between the following two statements, “I think the report needed to have included . . .” and “The report needed to have included . . .” The first statement has some redundancy by the writer’s use of the word “I,” whereas the second statement displays greater confidence.

Your essay should rely upon at least seven scholarly resources from the professional literature that are cited in APA format. The literature may include the Argosy University online library resources; relevant textbooks; peer-reviewed journal articles; and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu or .gov).

Submission Details:

The LASA is worth 300 points and will be graded according to the following rubric:

Assignment Component Proficient  Maximum Points    Identify and describe the role and purpose of the report. Comment on whether the evaluation was or was not necessary. State the reasons for your viewpoint. The role and purpose as well as the necessity of the report were stated and considered ethical considerations. The reasons for their viewpoints were fully articulated.  44    Apply considerations of any information or sections that should be added to or removed from the report Considerations of any information or sections that should be added to or removed from the report are complete, detailed and accurate.  40    Discuss the ways in which cultural sensitivity and aspects of diversity were addressed in the report, including any ways in which the report could be made more culturally sensitive and include greater considerations of elements of diversity. Analysis of the ways in which cultural sensitivity and aspects of diversity were addressed in the report and improvements for cultural sensitivity were complete, detailed and accurate.
Several outside resources were utilized.  44    Identify and describe at least two additional psychological assessments or measures that you would have administered to obtain additional relevant information for the report. Feel free to list more than two as appropriate. Be sure to also consider cultural applications of the tests which you select. Two psychological assessment instruments were identified and discussed. Cultural implications of the selected measures were considered.  44    Explain how you would use the recommendations in the report to assist in the development of a treatment plan. An explanation of how the recommendations in the report could be used to assist in the development of a treatment plan was complete and accurate.  44    Discuss in what capacity the report may be used in alternative venues by other professionals in the future and in what capacity A discussion of how the report can be used in alternative venues by other professionals in the future and in what capacity was complete and accurate.  28    Discuss the quality and readability of this report; include a scholarly critique of the writing. A discussion of the quality and readability of the report and a scholarly critique of the writing were complete and detailed.  28    Academic Writing   Writing is generally clear and in an organized manner. It demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and generally displays accurate spelling, grammar, punctuation. Errors are few, isolated, and do not interfere with reader’s comprehension.
Citations in text and at the end of the document are in correct APA format. Writing is generally clear and in an organized manner. It demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and generally displays accurate spelling, grammar, punctuation. Errors are few, isolated, and do not interfere with reader’s comprehension.
Citations in text and at the end of the document are in correct APA format.  28    Total:  300

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