Identify a professional counseling disclosure statement, meeting ethical and legal standards, that discloses credentials, licenses, and certifications.

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After reviewing information about the professional disclosure statement in your text, Orientation to the Counseling Profession, complete an Internet search for the professional disclosure statements described in this unit’s studies.

Now, imagine that you are a fully licensed independent counselor working in the specialization you aspire to, and create a professional disclosure statement of your own. Include general headings such as:

  • Contact Information.
  • Education and Experience.
  • Credentials.
  • Description of Practice.
  • Fee Scale.
  • Client Responsibilities.
  • Limits to Confidentiality and Emergency Protocols.
  • Complaint Procedure.

You may also use the professional disclosure statement you created in the media activity, Creating a Professional Counseling Disclosure Statement.

Post a copy of your professional disclosure statement in the discussion area for peer and instructor feedback. You will refine this statement many times through the years; this will be your first draft.

Response Guidelines

Respond to a learner who has posted a disclosure statement that differs from yours and note the differences. What can you incorporate from his or her statement that can help strengthen the content of your statement?

Review other learners’ professional disclosure statements for ideas on how you could improve your own. Use the feedback you obtain from your peers and your professor to polish the professional disclosure statement that you are preparing for the Unit 4 assignment, Practice Plan.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

  • Compare examples of professional disclosures/contract statement to notice how laws, ethical guidelines, licenses, and professional credentials are noted.
  • Identify a professional counseling disclosure statement, meeting ethical and legal standards, that discloses credentials, licenses, and certifications.
  • Locate Web sites for counselors in your area, and search for professional disclosure statements (sometimes called treatment contracts or counselor-client contracts) on these Web sites.

What advice do you have for building relationships and trust in an organization?  

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In 750 words reflect on what you learned from your leadership interview.

  1. Describe what you learned from your interview.
  2. Describe how you will use the information in your own leadership experiences.

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

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies: 2.4: Evaluate intrapersonal skills.

Attachment #1:

PSY-693 Professional Capstone

Benchmark Assignment – Leadership Reflection Paper

Step 1:Chose a leader in your prospective career field to interview. He or she should be someone who is respected and viewed as an effective and/or exemplary leader in their organization or field. The leader must be preapproved by your instructor.

Step 2:Set a date and time for the interview. This should be, preferably, a face-to-face interview. A phone interview will suffice if your leader lives out of state. Be sure to organize the interview well in advance. An email interview is not acceptable.

Step 3:From the list below, choose at least four questions you would like to ask your leader. You are also required to create three of your own questions, specific to that leader or field. Make sure your questions are open-ended and address the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

·  How did you enter your career field?

·  What were some of the biggest challenges?

·  What is your educational background?

·  How important is networking?

·  What steps/advice do you recommend for those entering the field?

·  What strengths do you believe you possess as a leader? Weaknesses?

·  What are three to four actions you believe are essential to enable others to be successful?

·  What advice do you have for building relationships and trust in an organization?

Step 4:Conduct your interview using a recording device or taking effective notes. Include the date, time, and location of your interview.

What you will turn in:three original questions, notes from interview (questions and answers), and reflection assignment. Also, be prepared to share your interview and reflection with other learners in this class.

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies: 2.4: Evaluate intrapersonal skills

Attachment #2: This is the interview

Leadership Reflection Paper

Step 1:Chose a leader in your prospective career field to interview. He or she should be someone who is respected and viewed as an effective and/or exemplary leader in their organization or field. The leader must be preapproved by your instructor.

Step 2:Set a date and time for the interview. This should be, preferably, a face-to-face interview. A phone interview will suffice if your leader lives out of state. Be sure to organize the interview well in advance. An email interview is not acceptable.

Step 3:From the list below, choose at least four questions you would like to ask your leader. You are also required to create three of your own questions, specific to that leader or field. Make sure your questions are open-ended and address the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership  

·  How did you enter your career field? 

I’ve always know that I was called to help people and I’ve always worked in some form of counselor or advocacy role.  However, it was not until I volunteered with a local transitional housing program in 2003 that I fully began to understand the overwhelming desire to help others.  From there I begin to work toward the education that would not only qualify me to succeed in counseling and social work, but give me the direct tools help.

·  What were some of the biggest challenges? 

Two of the biggest challenges I have found in this field are remembering to push back that your client will help themselves and not become a crutch; and the fact that funding or the lack of can be an issue when attempting to assist clients.

·  What is your educational background?

I have a BS in Psychology & Social Services, a Masters in Divinity & Biblical Counseling, a Masters in Social Work (with a concentration in Clinical Practice/Mental Health), a Doctoral in Ministry & Biblical Counseling and I am currently working on a PhD in Social Work (Family Studies & Intervention)

·  How important is networking?
Networking opens doors to community relationships and resources.  Networking should not be looked at as an ultimate personal gain, but one that will bring significant outcome for your agency and the population that your agency serves.  Networking is important because we don’t and can’t hold all the answers, but networking allows us access to each other and ultimately brings all answers together. 

·  What steps/advice do you recommend for those entering the field? 

Examine your heart, examine your intentions, and always remember that this field is about others.  I would suggest to them to remember that you may have clients that have similar situations and circumstances, but every client is different and that they should be received and treated different. I also would say “please, please do your best to take care of yourself”, self-care is vital to endurance in this field.

·  What strengths do you believe you possess as a leader? Weaknesses? 

I am a woman of great faith and I know that is a strength that continues to pull me through to accomplish what I have and what I will in the future. I would say that another strength is my love for God’s people and my drive to be a help to them.  My weakness I would have to say is that as much as much as I preach self-care, I am the worst at self-care.

·  What are three to four actions you believe are essential to enable others to be successful? 

1). Believe in what God said you can do.

2). Education and the desire to remain teachable.

3). Never give up and never underestimate your ability.

·  What advice do you have for building relationships and trust in an organization?

I firmly believe in team building activities and setting aside time for team retreats.  I also believe that the more an agency pulls together in studying the word of God, that agency will work together as a unit more.  However, most agencies don’t allow for such things, so I would have to say that an organization must be proactive in the pursuit of building relationships with each other.  Trust takes time and that time is found in following through and being consistent.

Step 4:Conduct your interview using a recording device or taking effective notes. Include the date, time, and location of your interview.

What you will turn in:three original questions, notes from interview (questions and answers), and reflection assignment. Also, be prepared to share your interview and reflection with other learners in this class.

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies: 2.4: Evaluate intrapersonal skills

Describe your findings regarding your top three intelligences, and explain the extent to which you agree or disagree with the results.

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Broadening Traditional Views on Intelligence and Intelligence Testing (Worth 30 points)

The purpose of this discussion is to re-conceptualize intelligence while exploring multiple, diverse intelligences.

Learning Objective 3d and 4a

*Please note:* This discussion forum is “post first.” In other words, you will not see the posts of your classmates until after you post.

Step 1:  Please watch the following Ted Talk by Robert “Bob” Sternberg, the theorist who conceptualized the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otlmKZeNi-U (Video runs 11:32, opens in new tab)

Step 2:  Watch the following vignette on Kim Peek, who is a person diagnosed as a savant that demonstrates calendar counting and other rare abilities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0lVdxXTANA (Video runs 7:56, opens in new tab)

Step 3:  Integrating what you learned from the textbook readings and watching the videos, please thoroughly respond to the following questions, integrating relevant content from the readings.

  • Traditional Intelligence Tests tend to measure logical and analytical reasoning.  The field of psychology tends to disagree regarding how intelligence should be defined.  With this in mind, compose and present your own thorough and thoughtful definition of intelligence.
  • According to research studies, IQ and other standardized tests, such as the SAT and ACT, tend to measure logical and analytical reasoning skills. In your opinion, do you feel that we place too much emphasis on these tests to predict success? Explain your opinion based on your readings and how the results of these types of tests are used.
  • Next, please click on the following link and take one of the tests based on Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences: Inventory of Multiple Intelligences (webpage, opens in new tab).  Describe your findings regarding your top three intelligences, and explain the extent to which you agree or disagree with the results.

Which of the following are examples of multiple submission, also referred to as “self-plagiarism” (more than one may apply)?

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  1. Plagiarism is unethical, a form of theft, an act of fraud, and is prohibited by the ethical guidelines and standards for professional practice of both the American Psychological Association and the American Counseling Association.True
    False

10 points  

QUESTION 2

  1. If information from multiple sources (e.g., text, research article) is used in a paragraph, plagiarism can be avoided by listing all sources at the end of the paragraph.True
    False

10 points  

QUESTION 3

  1. Which of the following are examples of plagiarism and/or an academic integrity issue?A student does not read an article the student sees cited in a textbook, but cites the article as a primary source in the student’s own paper.A student read the course text, but not an article discussed in the course text.  Then cited the article and not the course text.A student reads a text written by Smith (2012), and learns about research conducted by Rodriquez (2017).  The student finds the Rodriguez article in the library and reads it, then cites the Rodriguez article in her paper.A student includes a primary source (e.g., a research article) in the “References” section at the end of his or her paper, but only read the secondary source (e.g., the course text).

10 points  

QUESTION 4

  1. Which of the following are examples of multiple submission, also referred to as “self-plagiarism” (more than one may apply)?A student re-uses paragraphs of information from an assignment the student wrote in another class, and no citation is provided.A student responds to more than one student’s discussion with an almost identical response.A student follows instructions and writes the Week 7 major paper by “reusing” portions of an annotated bibliography created in Week 5, and a first draft completed in Week 6.A student copies paragraphs from the student’s own discussion board posts and pastes them into the Week 7 paper after obtaining permission to do so from the course instructor.

10 points  

QUESTION 5

  1. I have read and understand the Keiser University student code of conduct that defines plagiarism, multiple submissions, and academic dishonesty; and that outlines potential consequences thereof. True
    False

10 points  

QUESTION 6

  1. If a student accidentally plagiarizes due to lack of knowledge or understanding of APA Style rules or University policies, the student (more than one may apply):Will never receive negative outcomes in that class (e.g., resubmit assignment, lower grade, tarnished reputation, failed class).Does not need to worry about negative consequences once the final grade for a class has been submitted.May be given an opportunity to resubmit the offending work if there is time left in the term.Should report it immediately to his or her course instructor once the student becomes aware of the accidental plagiarism.

10 points  

QUESTION 7

  1. Accidental plagiarism does not have to be a serious matter if a student recognizes what they did wrong, learns from their actions, and makes a significant effort to not plagiarize again.True
    False

10 points  

QUESTION 8

  1. Which of the following are examples of plagiarism (more than one may apply)?A student cites a source incorrectly because she did not understand the correct method of citing the source.
    A student summarizes an article’s content in two or more sentences and provides a citation at the end of the last sentence, but the reader cannot determine whose ideas were in the first sentences.

    EXAMPLE: Higher levels of job satisfaction are correlated with lower levels of turnover.  Effective leadership skills lead to greater job satisfaction (Rodriquez, 2017).
    The author of a website is unknown, so the student does not provide an in-text citation.
    A student summarizes an article’s content in two or more sentences and provides a citation at the beginning of the first sentence, but the reader cannot determine whose ideas were in the remaining sentences.

    EXAMPLE: Rodriguez (2017) discovered effective leadership skills lead to greater job satisfaction.  Higher levels of job satisfaction are correlated with lower levels of turnover.

10 points  

QUESTION 9

  1. Learning APA Style rules will help students avoid accidental plagiarism.True
    False

10 points  

QUESTION 10

  1. If a student is not aware of plagiarism or academic integrity policies, or does not understand them, the student theoretically cannot violate these rules.True
    False

10 points  

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