Choose one of the following scenarios and write a comprehensive plan for program design and evaluation You are being asked to apply what you have learned about how Evidence-Based Program Planning applies to organization-wide behavior interventions.

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Applied Plan for Program Design and Evaluation

You are part of a behavior consulting team providing consultation to local service agencies in your area.

Choose one of the following scenarios and write a comprehensive plan for program design and evaluation You are being asked to apply what you have learned about how Evidence-Based Program Planning applies to organization-wide behavior interventions.

  • Just Like Home nursing home wants to assess the possible need for a new behavior management program to prevent Alzheimer’s patients from wandering unsupervised and endangering themselves.
  • VHab vocational training program for developmentally disabled adults wants to assess the possible need for a new program to train clients as potential volunteers for various community services.
  • Stars ABA program, providing clinic-based ABA interventions for children with autism, wants to assess the possible need for a staff training program to increase the use of reinforcers delivered to children for appropriate behaviors during therapy sessions.
  • Kap County Department of Health and Human Services wants to assess the need for a program to teach basic parenting and safety skills to parents whose children have been identified as “at-risk” for abuse or neglect.

Separate your plan into sections related to each step of the program design and evaluation process:

  • Problem Analysis
  • Needs Assessment
  • Developing Strategies and Objectives (*note that you should include at least 2 recommendations for intervention strategies that are evidence-based and you should write at least 2 clear objectives for each intervention strategy you recommend)
  • Program Design
  • Performance Measurement and Monitoring (*note that you should identify 1 data requirement for each objective you identified and explain how you would use the information you gather)
  • Performance Evaluation (*note that you should explain how you would apply the data you gather to make program decisions)
  1. Identify the tools and actions needed to complete each step of the program design and evaluation process.
  2. Apply the tools and actions you identified to complete each step of designing and evaluating a program for your chosen scenario.

Your paper should be 5 pages in length, include proper APA formatting (including properly formatted headings for each section of your plan), and include at least 3 academic references (including your course text).

Explain spirituality to Juanita, emphasizing the differences between spirituality and religion.

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To help Juanita overcome her barriers to marijuana abstinence, write a summary of what you will cover in your next meeting with Juanita. Ensure that you cover the following points:

  • Explain the concepts of positive psychology to Juanita.
  • Examine the goals of positive psychology and explain how this approach will help Juanita obtain sobriety, focusing specifically on the concerns and dissatisfactions she has expressed.
  • Design at least two exercises based on positive psychology for Juanita to work on in between counseling sessions.
  • Explain spirituality to Juanita, emphasizing the differences between spirituality and religion.
  • Examine how spirituality and positive psychology can work together to help Juanita achieve her goals.

Write a 4–5-page paper in Word format. Use scholarly resources, including the textbook to support your ideas. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

From a cognitive behavioral perspective, state at least three assumptions that you would make about the origin of Codrina’s behavioral problems?

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Assume that you are a cognitive behavioral therapist and have agreed to work with Codrina. Using principles and techniques from Beck’s Cognitive Therapy (CT), respond to the following questions:

  • From a cognitive behavioral perspective, state at least three assumptions that you would make about the origin of Codrina’s behavioral problems? Be specific and detailed in your response.
  • Describe at least two goals that you, as a cognitive behavioral therapist, would have for Codrina in therapy. Give a thorough rationale for each goal bringing in terms and concepts from CT.
  • How might your goals differ from those that Codrina might have coming into therapy?
  • Identify at least two cognitive distortions that Codrina might be experiencing. State each one and provide evidence from the information given about her life that would support each cognitive distortion you have mentioned.
  • What CT techniques or methods would you use to achieve the goals mentioned in question 2?
  • As a CT therapist, what would be your desired outcome for Codrina be as a result of your work with her?

Summarize the four theoretical foundations of behavior therapy

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Summarize the four theoretical foundations of behavior therapy (classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning, and the cognitive trend).  How has the approach developed since its inception?  How have modern behavioral therapies expanded upon the theoretical principles of behaviorism?  What is a functional assessment of behavior?  Describe the A-B-C model of behavioral assessment.  Differentiate between positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement, and provide an example of each.  Describe positive punishment and negative punishment, and provide an example of each.