Do note that you will use these points for M5: Assignment 1. •Support your statements with examples and appropriate scholarly references.

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Assignment 2: Journaling Exercise

This assignment prepares you for the final Microsoft PowerPoint assignment in M5: Assignment 1. Throughout this course, you have learned to apply a variety of critical-thinking techniques to explore and assess contemporary issues.

Often, you may get the best results using a multistep process that provides adequate time to think, write, research, and rewrite. For this assignment, you will review the article by Peter Singer titled “America’s Shame,” which you will also use in M5: Assignment 1.

Using the Argosy University online library resources, review the article by Peter Singer. •Singer, P. (2009). America’s shame. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 55(27), B6–B10. (EBSCO AN 37137370)http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/ 214643086?accountid=34899

Complete the following: •Record and describe six of your initial impressions of the article in a journal format. •Critically analyze each of these impressions and determine if they are value based, or fact based. Record these as part of your journal notes. Do note that you will use these points for M5: Assignment 1. •Support your statements with examples and appropriate scholarly references.

You can use the Cornell Note-taking tools to complete this assignment. This tool has been widely used to systematically format and organize notes. Review this document to see how it works.

Download and review the blank Cornell Notes Template.

Write a 600–800-word paper in Word format. You may write your paper in standard essay format or by completing the Cornell Notes Template. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc.

http://www.chronicle.com/article/americas-shame/30309

Develop a questionnaire by utilizing your knowledge of health and illness, with the aim of acquiring all information you need from patients to prepare a plan of care for the specific illness group.

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Introduction

While treating the chronically ill, a major challenge is developing a plan of care that addresses the specific needs of a patient and a caregiver. You need to be in close touch with patients and their support group, family and peers, to come up with an ideal plan.

In this course project, you are going to develop a plan of care for a chronic illness group of your choice using the Healthy People 2020 topics. While executing the tasks of this project, remember that while you need to give a general overview of the biomedical considerations of the case, the focus should always be on the psychosocial elements. Your perspective in this care plan should be the patient’s goals rather than those of the medical team.

Each week, you will complete a part of this project, submitting the final project in Week 5.

Identifying a Group

Identify a chronic illness of specific interest to you that is also identified as a Healthy People 2020 topic (healthypeople.gov). In a Microsoft Word document of 4-5 pages formatted in APA style, address the following criteria:

  • Identify a chronic illness and rationale for choice.
  • Develop a questionnaire by utilizing your knowledge of health and illness, with the aim of acquiring all information you need from patients to prepare a plan of care for the specific illness group.
  • Discuss morbidity and comorbidity of the disease.
  • Discuss the impact of the chronic illness and patient morbidity on overall health of the nation.
  • Incorporate Healthy People 2020 goals and objectives for the specific illness group.

Support your responses with examples and information from library resources, textbook and lectures.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the South University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the South University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.

Responses to peers. Note that this is measured by both the quantity and quality of your posts. Does your post contribute to continuing the discussion?

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Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resource on your own before you bid. Main references come from Capuzzi, D., & Stauffer, M. D. (2012) and/or American Psychological Association (2010). You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding treatment. I have also attached my discussion rubric so you can see how to make full points. Please respond to all 3 of my classmates separately with separate references for each response. You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation like peer-reviewed, professional scholarly journals. I need this completed by 07/06/19 at 12pm.

Expectation:

Responses to peers. Note that this is measured by both the quantity and quality of your posts. Does your post contribute to continuing the discussion? Are your ideas supported with citations from the learning resources and other scholarly sources? Note that citations are expected for both your main post and your response posts. Note also, that, although it is often helpful and important to provide one or two sentence responses thanking somebody or supporting them or commiserating with them, those types of responses do not always further the discussion as much as they check in with the author. Such responses are appropriate and encouraged; however, they should be considered supplemental to more substantive responses, not sufficient by themselves.

Read a your colleagues’ postings. Respond to your colleagues’ postings.

Respond in one or more of the following ways:

· Ask a probing question.

· Share an insight gained from having read your colleague’s posting.

· Offer and support an opinion.

· Validate an idea with your own experience.

· Make a suggestion.

· Expand on your colleague’s posting.

1. Classmate (L. Str)

Thoughts About the Role of Vocational/Career Counseling

When I entered the clinical mental health program I never considered or thought about vocational/career counseling as a possible field of interest. As I’m learning more about career counseling it might be a future area of interest for me. One thing that I find interesting about career counseling is I’ve learned that every aspect of counseling involves aspects of career because work/career make up a big part of our life, takes up a large portion of our time, and contributes to who we are.

Two Ways career Counseling and Planning Valuable to a Client

The first way that career counseling and planning is valuable to a client is it allows the client to explore possible areas of interest. With the assistance of a counselor, activities and assessments clients can narrow their choices of possible careers. The second way that career counseling and planning is valuable to a client is that once areas of interest are established then clients with the assistance of a career counselor can set goals and action plans (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).

Two Challenges

One challenge for me if I were a career counselor would be dealing with clients who do not take the career planning process seriously. In certain situations, individuals may be made to come and or mandated to come to counseling for some reason or another, in a case like this I can see it being difficult if client does not take it seriously or does not see the benefits. I honestly don’t know how I would deal with this situation, might go over options as far as the counseling process goes and or do activities that will help build a rapport with the client.

Another challenge would be dealing with clients who are “skill obsolescence” (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012, pp. 233). When individuals have been out of the job market for a while, things might have changed and or been updated since they were last employed. This could make it difficult for these clients to get a job role in their field of choice without current experience. This will take some brainstorming on a case by case situation as far as developing the best goals and action plans to take. A suggestion would be to maybe take an available course or two if offered, or volunteer experience in the field if offered to get current skills up to date with the chosen industry.

References

Capuzzi, D., & Stauffer, M. D. (2012). Career counseling: Foundations, perspectives, and applications. (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.

2. Classmate (L. N-G)

Role of Career Counseling

I feel vocational/career counseling is an important component of helping a client develop their sense of identity. The role of career planning leads to self actualization for clients. Counselors needs to operate within well defined roles, gain knowledge about the needs and idiosyncrasies of various groups of clients and understand changes within the learning workplace (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).

Ways Career Counseling is Valuable to Clients

Engaging in the process of vocational/career counseling or planning can be very valuable to a client. Comprehensive career counseling can provide several benefits in educational, social, and economic areas. Career counseling can have positive effects on eliminating both career information deficits and clients needs for support as well as assisting clients in identifying and selecting available options (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).

Challenges and Possible Resolutions

As valuable as career counseling/planning can be, it may also come with challenges for both the client and the counselor. Although a plan can be well documented, failure can be a result of scarce resources and inadequately trained professionals (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012). The scarceness of resources can be prevented by expanding career counseling accessibility. Inadequately trained professionals can be resolved by practitioners exploring a wider range of settings with greater variety in titles and levels of training are driven to keep pace with change.

Reference

Capuzzi, D. & Stauffer, M. (2012). Career counseling: foundations, perspectives, and applications. New York: Routledge.

3. Classmate (D. Sma)

Thoughts on Vocational Counseling

According to Capuzzi & Stauffer (2012, pg.223), “career planning is a straightforward process of understanding, exploring and decision making, reflecting on your life, family and work in a wider context”. When I think of career planning I typically see adults searching for their long term employment. I currently work with children in the early childhood field, in this field when we hear the word career/job it is often during dramatic play when children are pretending what they want to be when they grow up. I think career planning can start at a very young age although you wont take it seriously until young adulthood. In the counseling field it will be very important to identify your clients strengths, weaknesses, interests and abilities to help them determine the best field of choice. We all have “dream” jobs as children, in order to turn those dreams into a reality as an adult, vocational counseling may be necessary.

Engaging in the Process

Furthermore, “individuals, organizations and government policymakers are not easily convinced that comprehensive career development planning is a sound investment” (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012, pg.226). However, in the counseling field vocational counseling can be beneficial to a client because having a plan can make things more convenient. For example, a client suffering from anxiety may struggle with the concept of job searching, however establishing a plan can help reduce the anxiety by setting expectations. Another value that vocational counseling can have is the client can become more self aware of their identity and their personality by taking career assessments. For many individuals, bbecoming self aware is the first step to gaining job satisfaction.

 

Challenges

Lastly, one challenge a counselor may encounter is working with a client who suffers from mental illness. This challenge can be overcome by working with physicians or another counselor to ensure the mental illness will not place a huge impact on career decisions.  For the client their can be the challenge of not having enough work experience. Often times to build a resume work experience is listed. However, their are ways to overcome this challenge, a vocational counselor can help build a resume that will showcase other skills and qualities that will be in place of work experience.

References

Capuzzi, D., & Stauffer, M. D. (2012). Career counseling: Foundations, perspectives, and applications. (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.

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Required Resources

· Capuzzi, D., & Stauffer, M. D. (2012). Career counseling: Foundations, perspectives, and applications. (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.

  • Chapter 8 “Designing Career Development Plans With       Clients’”
  • Chapter 9, “Establishing a Thriving Career Development       Program”
  • Article: Niles, S. G., Goodman, J., & Pope, M.      (2001). The career counseling casebook: A resource for students,      practitioners, and counselor educators (pp. 231–235). Broken      Arrow, OK: National Career Development Association. Used by permission of      The National Career Development Association.

Media

  • Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer).      (2007). Vocational psychology and counseling: Career development      planning. Baltimore: Author.
    • with Dr. Darrell Luzzo

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 21 minutes.

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Website

· National Career Development Association. (2015). Internet sites for career planning. Retrieved from www.ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/sp/resources

Post two potential effects of test misuse on individuals being tested and on the population at large. Support your answer with references to the APA Code of Ethics and other relevant standards

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Test Misuse

Test ethics cover both the creation and use of tests. For this Discussion, you concentrate on the implications of test misuse. These can relate to test use with diverse groups, licensure issues, adverse impact, or test security, to name a few.

Some important basic ethical principles regarding testing are as follows:

· The construction of tests needs to be done using appropriate psychometric procedures, so that the test will provide valid measurement.

· When tests are used, they need to be properly selected. The test should be valid for the purpose used and should not be outdated. The selection should take into account the purpose of the testing and should also take the examinee’s language, culture, and disabilities into account.

· The test needs to be administered according to proper protocol in order to maintain standardization.

· The test needs to be interpreted and reported fairly, and the report needs to be stored properly. The responsible psychology professional should prevent misinterpretation and should prevent reporting that results in incorrect decisions or that causes the client unnecessary emotional harm. He or she should also protect the client’s confidentiality.

· Test givers must maintain the security of test materials. Many tests, such as the Wechsler intelligence tests or the MMPI, have been developed over a period of decades. Public familiarity with these tests would destroy their usefulness. Test publishers generally have standards controlling who can buy and use their tests.

· A test has an “adverse impact” when it results in substantially different employment decisions (e.g., hiring, promotion, termination) for one group vs. another group. This adverse impact is unlawful if there is no justification for it. For instance, some jobs might have tests of physical strength that result in fewer women being hired. The employer would need to demonstrate that physical strength is a legitimate job requirement.

To prepare for this Discussion, think of potential negative effects of tests not being administered, stored, or interpreted according to ethical principles. Consider the effects on both the individuals being tested and, potentially, the population at large.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post two potential effects of test misuse on individuals being tested and on the population at large. Support your answer with references to the APA Code of Ethics and other relevant standards