Decide on your message and the information you want to convey. This means starting with your ideas and ending with your slides, not the other way around.

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Introduction

  • Now that you have completed and submitted your final project, it is time to share your research and analysis with a broader audience through a narrated presentation.  For this assignment, you will create a professional presentation based on the main points of your final paper.  Develop a recorded/narrated PowerPoint, Prezi, or any type of video file that is 3-5 minutes in length.  If you do not have the software to do the recording/narration, type up the speaker notes to be read by the person viewing the powerpoint, with speaker notes on each slide. This is an opportunity to refine your presentation skills and to see how it feels to be the presenting invited speaker on a topic.

Instructions

Your presentation should address the following:

  1. Introduction that briefly outlines the rest of the presentation (details about the psychological disorder selected)
  2. Synthesis of findings from the literature review that briefly outlines major tenets or concepts of your selected psychological disorder, treatment options, etc.
  3. Description of the case study and treatment plan
  4. Conclusion that synthesizes your main points and findings about the disorder and offers implications for further research

At the end of your presentation, pose a discussion question to your peers regarding your selected disorder.  Your question should encourage your audience to share their own perspectives and understanding of your presentation as they answer the question.  This will be used to engage your peers when they view and respond to the presentation in the “Share Your Presentation” discussion topic.  You can use this link to post your presentation for discussion, with your question to your peers: Share your presentation by Friday at 11:59 pm, Two replies to peers due by Sunday.

Your presentation should demonstrate your professionalism.  This includes the use of appropriate text and images and your demeanor when presenting (speaking clearly and audibly, not just read the words from the slide, give eye contact to the camera/audience, etc.).

Please refer to the rubric associated with your project for detailed guidance about expectations and grading.

How to Design a Good PowerPoint Presentation

There is no single way to make a good PowerPoint presentation, but there are some general tips you can apply.

  1. Decide on your message and the information you want to convey. This means starting with your ideas and ending with your slides, not the other way around.
  2.  Keep the text on a slide focused and make clear points.
  3. Use an image or figures to reinforce the idea of each slide. Keep the image related to the idea of the slide. Do the same with figures. For example, if you have a slide presenting the relationship between two variables, the image on your slide could be a graph that illustrates this relationship so it’s topical and it expands on the idea visually.
  4. Let your narration expand on the ideas on the slide. Don’t simply read a slide – your audience can do that. If your slide presents an idea, expand on it in your narration.  For example, if a slide offers a simple definition of a concept, let the narration provide examples of how the concept can be applied in different contexts.
  5. Have a consistent design across the whole presentation. In other words, make sure the styles you use for bullets, headers, and footers are consistent from one slide to the next. Make sure you’re using the same color scheme. You may also wish to make your images consistent (all photographs rather than a mix of photos and line drawings, for instance).
  6.  A good template for organizing your slides might include:
    1. A title slide
    2. An introductory slide explaining the context, background, or significance of the topic
    3. A slide summarizing the point or key message of the presentation
    4. Topic slides for each point of the presentation
    5. A concluding slide
    6. A slide that contains references or additional resources

Format

  • Present your project by completing a 3-5 minute video based on the project you submitted in Module 5.
  • Include an overview of the disorder, the prevalence rate, symptoms of the disorder, the treatment plan for your case study, implications for future research and a follow-up question for your audience to generate discussion
  • You can use YouTube, PowerPoint, Screencast-o-Matic or any software that will allow you to complete the recording.
  • Please refer to the rubric associated with this assignment for detailed guidance about expectations and grading.
  • Please submit this assignment through D2L by 11:59PM Central Time on Friday. The course closes on Sunday, which is the latest this can be submitted, with points lost beyond the Friday deadline.  The link for the assignment submission for grading is: Module 6: Final Project Presentation

How was your professional life affected by the stressor? How does Maslow’s hierarchy of needs relate to your stressor?

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Unit VI Reflection Paper

Throughout this unit, you have learned that certain links exist between emotions, motivation, and stress. In fact, if one does not handle his or her stress effectively, numerous health issues could arise. For this assignment, you are to compose a reflection paper in which you examine a current or past stressful event in your life. You must embrace Selye’s general adaptation syndrome (GAS) and describe your reactions to the stressful event during each stage. You should describe the various facial expressions that you displayed as you progressed through each stage as well. Be sure also to address the following questions: What coping strategies did you embrace to help solve the problem? How was your professional life affected by the stressor? How does Maslow’s hierarchy of needs relate to your stressor? What motivated you to solve the problem? Did you experience additional conflicts with other individuals as you endured this life trial? Tips for writing your reflection paper: Introduction: This is meant to give a concise overview of the featured stressful event and is usually one paragraph in length. In your introduction, you will reveal the featured stressful event that you will examine for this paper. Summary: This contains your description of the required areas listed above in the opening statement, including Selye’s GAS, your facial expressions, coping strategies, professional impact, and relationship conflicts. Analysis: In this portion of the paper, you should provide information from the textbook to analyze the impact that the stressful event could have placed upon your health, future goals, and motivation. You may use sources identified from the CSU Online Library to assist your analysis efforts, but this is not required. Conclusion: This summarizes your final reflections for the featured topic. For instance, what implications have you uncovered during your research that you will apply to future stressful events? Your paper must be at least one page in length, not counting the title and reference pages, but it can be longer if necessary to address all aspects of the assignment. It should be formatted in APA style. You are required to utilize the textbook, but other sources may be used if needed. You may visit the CSU Online Library to identify a source that provides specific information on how this stressful issue could impact your health, future goals, and motivation. Any information from a source should be cited and referenced in APA style.

How might standards established like that of NBCC’s MAC help support standardization? How is this a protection of the public? 

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Question:

What are some of the implications of people with different levels of  training and education providing assessment related to vocational and  substance abuse counseling?

 

Answer:

Vocational rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment staff is focused on the provision of holistic care, which encompasses alleviating the problem and helping the clients lead a meaningful life to improve their functioning. Accordingly, the counselors are educated and ”trained to provide a wide range of vocational, educational, supportive, and follow-up services’’ (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2000). Organizations target talented individuals with diverse skill ranges to handle different organizational tasks. First, vocational and substance abuse counselors with varying training and educational levels come with diverse perspectives and models on how to solve the clients’ needs. Secondly, it supports the organization’s specialization for rehabilitation and treatment care hence optimizing the outcomes in a culturally-diverse world.

However, the challenge is that a lack of standardized levels of providers’ training and education would make it hard for the organization to also standardize its professional practices and requirements on employees. Some assessors with low training and educational levels may not meet the clients’ needs and organizational competency standardized making it harder for them to fit into the organization. Furthermore, lack of standardized training and education of the assessors may mean that some of them may misdiagnose the clients’ vocational and substance abuse challenges making it hard to implement the appropriate rehabilitation or treatment plans.

Question:

How might standards established like that of NBCC’s MAC help support standardization? How is this a protection of the public?

Who is the article written for (for example, women in general, pregnant women, husbands, the public at large)? What can you tell about the author of the article? What are his or her credentials? In what way might he or she be showing a bias to a certain way of thinking?

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Assignment:

In the last 15 years, there has been a growing media interest in pregnancy and birth. First- person accounts of births, as well as news features on all aspects of the birth process regularly appear in newspapers, in magazines, and on television.

For this assignment you are asked to find and read two articles (magazine, newspaper, or journal), one article on a topic about pregnancy, the other on a topic about birth. For instance articles may look at topics such as: high risk pregnancies, the father’s role in birth; the role of midwives and birth attendants; the presence of siblings at birth; home birthing; the patient’s role in decision making about obstetrical procedures; the use of cesarean section; nontraditional birth methods; and medical responses to preterm birth. There may also be first-person accounts of pregnancy or birth and it’s psychological impact on the parents.

After reading the articles, in 3-4 pages, critically examine the articles by addressing these questions:

  • Who is the article written for (for example, women in general, pregnant women, husbands, the public at large)? What can you tell about the author of the article? What are his or her credentials? In what way might he or she be showing a bias to a certain way of thinking?
  • What experts, authorities, or studies are quoted or referenced in the article?
  • In what ways, if any, does the article seek to increase understanding of the gestation period or the birth/the birth process?
  • Is the reader urged to take any specific actions? If so, what are they?
  • Does the article discuss matters that seem to be controversial? Explain?
  • Please write at minimum 2 paragraphs about what information from the Berger text validates or conflicts with information given in the article?

Instructions:

  • Length: 3-4 pages (not including cover or reference pages), formatted in APA Style
  • Questions should be addressed using an essay format, using APA style of writing (rather than question answer).
  • APA Style Cover Page
  • APA Reference Page
  • Introductory Paragraph: setting forth a clear statement of your thesis.
  • Conclusion: a concise statement that reaffirms your thesis.
  • References: Use of at least 2 references. Be sure to cite your article as well the textbook.