Describe how culture can play a major part in the counseling process. How should a counselor handle a client with a differing cultural background? (20)

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  1. Describe how culture can play a major part in the counseling process. How should a counselor handle a client with a differing cultural background? (20)

2. Following is a client narrative from a counseling session. At each point where the typescript has an asterisk [*], provide a counselor response and identify what type of response it is.(20)

When I went back home last weekend, my parents told me that they had decided to separate and maybe divorce [*] and it really threw me. [*] Then they watched me the entire weekend, I guess to see how I was reacting to them. [*] Anyhow, I just pulled in and didn’t give them anything to react to. I couldn’t. I didn’t know what to say. [*] I mean, I knew that they had been having some trouble, but I never expected this. So they just unloaded and what was I to do with that? [*] What would you do? [*] By Saturday night, I had to get out, get away from the house, because all I was doing was staying in my room and crying, [*] so I called a friend and we went out and really got wasted. I haven’t been so drunk in a long time. [*] Then Sunday morning, I was, like, really feeling it, and that’s when they chose to try to have a conversation with me about their reasons for deciding to separate. I mean, I just couldn’t hack it and so I packed up and left early to come back to school.[*]

  1. What do you think is the most important stage of the counseling relationship?    Why? How does your choice reflect your theoretical biases? Your own cultural background and values? Your gender? Would you consider yourself      more attuned to what people do, to what people think, or to how people feel? How much of people’s reactions can be attributed to their personal  qualities? How much to their current environment? How much to their cultural background?
  2. Listed next are four client situations. For the first two, develop and write an      example of a self-disclosure response you might make to this client. For the second two, develop and write an example of an immediacy response you      could use with this client. (20)

a. The client hints that he wants to tell you something, but he is reluctant to do so because it is something he feels very ashamed of.

b. The client believes she is the only person who has ever felt guilty about a particular issue.

c. You experience a great deal of tension and caution between yourself and the client. You both seem to be treating each other with kid gloves. You are aware of physical sensations of tension in your body, and you observe signs of similar sensations in the client.

d. You and your client like each other a great deal and have a lot in common. Lately, you have been spending more time swapping life stories than focusing on or dealing with the client’s presented concern of career indecision.

  1. Respond in writing to each of the following three client      messages. (20)
  2. Client:      “I’m tired of sitting at home alone, but I feel so uncomfortable going out      by myself.”
    1. Cognitive       part of message:  
    2. Affective       part of message:  
    3. Paraphrase       of cognitive part:  
    4. Paraphrase       of affective part:  
  3. Client:      “I don’t know why we got married in the first place.”
    1. Cognitive part of message:  
    2. Affective part of message:  
    3. Paraphrase of cognitive part:  
    4. Paraphrase of affective part:  
  4. Client:   “The pressure from my job is a lot to contend with, but I expected it”      (said with strained voice, furrowed brow, twisting of hands).
    1. Cognitive  part of message:  
    2. Affective part of message:  
    3. Reflection of content:                                                                                                       __
    4. Reflection of feeling:                                                                                                       __

Describe one personal real-life example of an occurrence that indicates the possible consequences when language acquisition is not well-developed or when language development creates boundaries, such as educational or employment opportunities

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How Does this Relate to Me?

Prior to beginning this discussion, select a peer-reviewed, scholarly article from the Ashford University Library on a particular aspect of language acquisition studied from a psychological perspective.

  • Part 1: As you were reading this week, what vocabulary was used that was unfamiliar to you or might be to your peers? Identify three to five words from this week’s content and research each word in the context of learning and cognition. Explain, in your own words, what each word means and how it is used in the context of learning and cognition.
  • Part 2: Based on the week’s discourse and content, you will access the Ashford University Library and research one scholarly article pertaining to language acquisition published within the last ten years. Provide a summary explanation of the findings in the context of your article. What implications should scholars consider based on this information? Support your explanation utilizing your course sources and your researched article.
  • Part 3: Consider the events from the past week of your life. How does the ability to read, write, and communicate effectively affect our behaviors, actions, and knowledge development? Describe one personal real-life example of an occurrence that indicates the possible consequences when language acquisition is not well-developed or when language development creates boundaries, such as educational or employment opportunities. As you share this information, consider and apply the professional standards found in the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.

Your initial post should be at least 500 words in length and should establish your understanding of the content, apply appropriate methods of ethical practices, and exhibit appropriate scaffolding of personal experience to the week’s content.

Develop three course objectives regarding influencing skills—one focused on knowledge or comprehension, one tapping into application or analysis, and one requiring synthesis or evaluation.

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Assignment 2: Course Objectives and Activities

Training and development departments are tasked with designing training programs to meet the needs of an organization. One of the first steps is to create learning objectives and design activities that satisfy them. For this assignment, you will read the scenario below, research ways to create course objectives, and in a 3- to 4-page report recommend appropriate activities.

Scenario:

Employees in the product service department of your company are in need of training to acquire skills for negotiating terms and conditions in contracts for outsourcing selected services. To provide them these skills, the training and development department of your company is planning to develop a course on influence and negotiation. As part of the training and development department, you have been assigned to develop a module on influence without authority, as one of the fundamental skills for this course.

Directions:

Based on your research, respond to the following in approximately 3- to 4-pages:

  • Read chapter 3 and chapter 4 from Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector by Scales (2008), from ebrary as a context to what needs to be considered while writing course objectives:Read the following pages:
    • Learning styles (pp. 76–81) and Adult learning—andragogy (pp. 81–82).
    • Aims and objectives (pp. 102–104) and Bloom’s taxonomy (pp. 104–108).
  • Develop three course objectives regarding influencing skills—one focused on knowledge or comprehension, one tapping into application or analysis, and one requiring synthesis or evaluation.
  • Recommend one activity to assess each of the previously written course objectives. You should make three activity suggestions (i.e. ideas of skills to practice only). Include a justification for each choice regarding the activity you recommended.

Your final product will be a Microsoft Word document and be approximately 3- to 4-pages in length and utilize two to three scholarly sources in your research (beyond your textbook). Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Submission Details:

  • Use the following file-naming convention: IO6505_M2_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named IO6505_M2_A2_Smith_J.doc.
  • By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.

Reference:

Scales, P. (2008). Teaching in the lifelong learning sector. New York, NY; McGraw-Hill.

Note: This assignment is worth 100 points.

Explain what you think is valid or invalid about his understanding of this concept

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Letter to Freud

In this assignment you are to write a letter to Sigmund Freud critiquing three of the most important concepts in his theory. You will need to include at least two reliable outside sources in your critique of Freud’s concepts. Scholarly sources are preferred and can be found through AUO’s Library.  Additional, non-scholarly sources from reputable Web and print sources are also acceptable. For reputable Web sources, look for .org, .net, or .edu sites as opposed to .com sites. Please do not use Wikipedia.

The three concepts you will be critiquing are the:

  • Unconscious
  • Psychosexual stages of development
  • Structure of personality

Begin your letter with a paragraph introducing yourself.

Each of the three issues should serve as a separate heading in your letter. Under each heading, include at least:

  • One substantive paragraph summarizing the concept clearly and thoroughly as Freud might explain it.
  • 1-2 paragraphs,  critiquing the concept. Explain what you think is valid or invalid about his understanding of this concept. You are welcome to agree or disagree with his views but it is important that you attempt to bring in relevant and current research to substantiate your agreement or disagreement. This should be an objective critique of some of Freud’s concepts versus simply an opinion paper.

Follow this procedure for EACH of the three concepts mentioned above.

Conclude your letter with a paragraph summarizing your key points.

After completing the letter, include a paragraph or two explaining how Freud’s concept of the unconscious might be effectively used by a psychoanalytic therapist practicing today. Explain at least two techniques that might be used and the expected outcome of these techniques.

Submit your response to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. Your paper should be at least 1200 words in length, follow APA style for attributing sources, and include a cover page and reference page.