: Based on your understanding of the case, what do you believe is the likely prognosis for this client? How would you define treatment “success” in this case? What factors might influence that success or failure?

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Using the attached documents write a thoughtful 10-page narrative report, following APA formatting guidelines, integrating the scholarly literature and information from the class text while addressing the main content areas described below.

· RELEVANT HISTORY and PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Are there any relevant aspects of the client’s history or the client’s characteristics, as reported in the Case Study, which might be relevant to understanding his or her current circumstances? How might you address those? If none are directly mentioned, what aspects would you want to inquire about or assess?

· ASSESSMENT & DIAGNOSIS: Referring to DSM-5 criteria for the disorder(s) in question, discuss specific symptoms that would lead to a diagnosis in this case.  What type(s) of assessment would be most relevant? Are there symptoms that are NOT evident that would need to be confirmed? Do you suspect the presence of other mental health diagnoses?

· CAUSAL FACTORS: What theory or theories might best explain the development of this disorder in this individual? What factors – Biological, Psychological, Sociocultural – likely played the most significant role in the development of the symptoms as they are presented in the case? Be as specific as possible.

· TREATMENT: Which treatment modalities offer the most likely help for this client? What specific techniques would be recommended?

· PROGNOSIS: Based on your understanding of the case, what do you believe is the likely prognosis for this client? How would you define treatment “success” in this case? What factors might influence that success or failure?

The paper will end with a minimum of two substantive paragraphs summarizing points made and articulating a personal reflection (written in the first-person) of the case study analysis process

Outline a specific plan for addressing the discipline or guidance scenario. Explain how your plan would support the teaching approach/setting.

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Children’s Story

Knowing how to address a variety of situations in the early childhood setting and effectively partnering with parents to do so are important skills for all teachers and caregivers. For this assignment, you will choose one of the following scenarios:

  1. Shane has a difficult time separating from his mother each morning. At drop off, he clings to her and screams uncontrollably. After she leaves, Shane continues to scream and cry until you are able to soothe him.
  2. Lisa often gets frustrated when trying to play with other children. She takes toys from their hands and even hits children with the toys.

Next, address each of the following points according to the teaching approach/setting that best reflects your style in your desired classroom setting (e.g. Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Waldorf, traditional preschool, etc.):

  1. Outline a specific plan for addressing the discipline or guidance scenario.
  2. Explain how your plan would support the teaching approach/setting.
  3. Describe how you will create an effective partnership with parents to address the discipline or guidance scenario.
  4. Describe one or two possible obstacles you might encounter when implementing your plan.
  5. Discuss how you will address these obstacles.

The paper should be three to four pages in addition to the title page and the reference page. Use at least two scholarly sources in addition to your text. Your paper should also be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Describe your plan for needs assessment, including culturally sensitive strategies for conducting the assessment. Identify ethical standards that apply to program evaluations, and discuss how you will ensure they are met.

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In your role as a consultant who has been hired to evaluate a clinical mental health counseling program, you will describe the hypothetical program you will be planning to evaluate. Because this course project is a simulation, you will not actually be evaluating a program; instead, you will create a fictitious but plausible program with hypothetical stakeholders, clients, interventions, and measures. It may be similar to one in your community, or it may be one that you would like to design someday.

For this assignment in Unit 4, use the template linked in Resources to write an introduction and a description of the program to be evaluated, including the vision and mission, clinical interventions, stakeholders, and short- and long-term outcomes of the program. You will need to:

  • Establish your research base for the program evaluation by reviewing published evaluations and relevant research. Critique how the research and the program evaluations inform the practices of similar programs. This is the basis of your literature review.
  • Select, justify, and apply a model of evaluation you will use in your program evaluation.
  • Describe your plan for needs assessment, including culturally sensitive strategies for conducting the assessment.
  • Identify ethical standards that apply to program evaluations, and discuss how you will ensure they are met.

Requirements

To achieve a successful project experience and outcome, you must include the following sections for Part 1:

  • Title Page.
  • Introduction and Description of Program (approximately one page).
  • Literature Review (approximately two pages).
  • Program Evaluation Model Selected (approximately one page).
  • Needs Assessment (approximately one page).
  • Ethical and Evaluation Standards (approximately one page).
  • References.

Additionally, your paper must:

  • Be a total of 5–7 pages of text (excluding the title page and the references page).
  • Include scholarly references to support your ideas about research on the kind of program you are evaluating (population, clinical focus, counseling approach), and program evaluation procedures (program evaluation model, needs assessment, ethical and cultural considerations).
  • Be free from errors that detract from the message.
  • Be written in third person.
  • Use current APA style and formatting throughout.
  • Be in Times New Roman, 12-point font.

Review the Learning Resources for this week and think about how social psychology theory and research explains the responses that people have when they hear prejudiced comments.

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People often use jokes to test the boundaries of what is considered offensive. Under the guise of humor, the joke teller can attempt to minimize any offense taken by defending the humor as “just a joke.”

Clearly, an attempt to belittle or demean others as a form of humor is distasteful. And in every culture, one can encounter humor that, to be understood, relies on prejudice—whether that prejudice be about race, sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, or nationality. What others might find funny, some find tasteless and indefensible. Simply because an offensive statement is clothed as a joke does not make the joke funny nor does it mean that the joke teller cannot be confronted by someone who finds the comment offensive or inappropriate. Even so, confronting someone about an inappropriate joke can present a social risk; the person being called out is likely to feel defensive and retaliate against whomever exposed them.

For this Discussion, you will draw on your own experience and social psychology theory to examine responses to prejudiced comments.

 

To Prepare

  • Review the Learning Resources for this week and think about how social psychology theory and research explains the responses that people have when they hear prejudiced comments.
  • Recall a time when you have been present when someone made a racist comment or “joke,” and no one confronted the joke teller.

Post a time when you have been present when someone made a prejudiced “joke” or comment, and no one confronted the joke teller. Were you offended by the joke? How can a decision to stay mute be explained by social psychology theory?