clinical respond

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THIS IS GHE MAIN POST

Read the syllabus (it’s long but has a great course description and intro to the course). Post any thoughts or questions you may have about the course overview and description. Does it surprise you to hear that some Humanistic therapists and theorists dislike the idea of therapeutic “interventions?”

General expectations for discussion posts~

The first post is generally a bit more scholarly and should include references, quotes, discussion of the readings. Responses may also include some of the above but are less formal. Ask questions or add to the topic. The idea is to deepen the conversation by commenting on your peers’ posts. Please be respectful of and learn from differences.

Please always give at least two responses to your peers.  Ideally this will be done at several time points over the course of the discussion.  The idea is that the discussion should resemble an in class discussion with lots of back and forth.  It is helpful if you address your responses to the person or people you are responding to (e.g. “Marcia… I like what you said..”, so that they can quickly see that the response is meant for them. 🙂 

In general, initial discussion post will be due by Sunday evening, and at least two responses by the following Wednesday evening.  Please have fun with it! 🙂 

These is the student respond to the main post

ADRs post
Hi class,

I am very excited to be diving into the Clinical Interventions series, finally. The syllabus is more pleasant to read than some due to its eloquent description of all the different topics in the class, why they are important, and how they will be useful going forward into our careers. The course description mainly helps understand the modalities that we will be exploring this semester and the reasoning behind why they are essential to know. I am not surprised that there is some push-back on the term ‘intervention.’ This concept aligns with other psychotherapy types. The therapist is the expert that uses specific therapeutic interventions to heal the patient. This language may also bring psychology closer to the medical field, which also uses interventions or procedures to heal their patients. This language may also be related to the pursuit of psychology to align more with quantitative sciences. However, Humanistic-Existential Psychology, or the third force, asserts that ones subjective experience (qualitative) is equally science worthy and that the individual should be seen as an equal healer in the room (Yalom, n.d.). Raskin and Rogers (2014) also discuss the importance of seeing the client as having the healing capacity within when they are in a safe and judgment-free space to explore their goals (Raskin et al., 2014). The syllabus also goes into this concept when describing the therapeutic process as a dance (Settlage, n.d., p. 2). I appreciate this metaphor, and I think most healing modalities are only as effective as the relationship between the caregiver and the patient/client is strong. I am currently in Physical Therapy as a PTA, and I know that my interventions are only helpful if my patient is engaging equally with me to pursue their goals.

Conversely, I also see the importance of having a common language throughout the field due to communication among therapists, clinics, schools, and so forth.

Farther along in the syllabus, case presentations are scheduled, and I notice a cohort rubric grading guide. I am a little intimidated by this upcoming assignment and looking forward to practicing the process of conveying the qualities of a good therapist and eager to grow in this way.

References

Raskin, N. J., Rogers, C. R., & Witty, M. C. (2014). Client-centered therapy. In D. Wedding, & R. J. Corsini (Eds.), Current psychotherapies (pp. 95-145). Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.

Settlage, B. Clinical interventions I. Saybrook University.

statistics in psychology

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For your Signature Assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation suitable to use for a lecture in an introductory statistics class. You should include the following in your presentation:

    A description of why a knowledge of statistics is important in careers in psychology as well as in everyday life.
    A description of the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics.
    A description of the inferential tests discussed during this class. You should discuss the types of data that are appropriate for each test (i.e., nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio). You should create a specific research example that would yield data appropriate for each of the tests that you mention. You should describe each of the variables involved in your research question and how that variable will be measured.
    A discussion of any ethical concerns that need to be considered for each of the research examples.
    At least one graph demonstrating how the results of the statistical test should be presented.

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.

Support your presentation with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.

Length: 12 – 15 slides

Notes Length: 150-200 words for each slide

Pharmacy

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Using the internet, do a search for pharmacy technician job listings.

Choose one pharmacy tech job posting. The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) requires you to know the roles of both the pharmacist and the pharmacy technician. What are the job responsibilities of the pharmacist, and what are the responsibilities of the technician? What will your daily duties be?

Copy this job posting and paste it at the beginning of your assignment, and write a 1-2 page paper explaining the responsibilities of the pharmacy technician and the responsibilities of the pharmacist in the work environment described in the job posting you selected. Is this a position that you would consider once you have completed the program? Explain. Make sure your sources are cited.

correlational research

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For this task, you will read the attached three news articles intended for a general audience reporting the results from correlational studies. You can find the links to these articles on the attachment. For each of the articles, you will answer the following questions and provide justifications for your answers:

    Provide a brief summary of the topic of the article.
    Determine which variables are the focus of the research.
    Describe how the results of the correlational analyses are presented.
    Does the author of the article present the results as causal? In other words, does the author make statements that one variable causes the other?
    Can you think of any additional variables that were not included in this study that may be important to consider?  Please describe the variables.
    Based on what you know about correlational research, does it make sense to make lifestyle changes based on the research presented in this article? Please explain your answer.
    Use one of the news articles to locate, and then read the primary source article in the NCU library. Did the news article accurately represent the research conducted? Please explain your answer.                           

Length:4-5 pages