Discuss the themes found in the Week 5 Handout: Content Analysis of Focus Groups. Based on this data, what is your analysis of the current barriers to services?

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Imagine that two focus groups have been conducted in an Asian American and immigrant community in a large urban city. The rationale of conducting the qualitative study was because it has been noted that many Asian Americans and immigrants are reluctant to seek mental health services. To further understand this issue, service providers including social workers, counselors, doctors, and nurses were recruited to discuss the barriers in implementing mental health services targeted to Asian Americans and immigrants. After the focus groups were transcribed, two research assistants were hired to conduct a content analysis of the transcripts. Refer to the Week 5 Handout: Content Analysis of Focus Groups.

As the social worker, you have been asked to analyze the focus group data and are charged with working with an advisory board in the community to formulate social work practice recommendations using the ecological model.

To prepare for this Assignment, review Week 5 Handout: Content Analysis of Focus Groups.

Submit a 3-4-page report of the following:

 

1. Discuss the themes found in the Week 5 Handout: Content Analysis of Focus Groups. Based on this data, what is your analysis of the current barriers to services?

2. Create two social work recommendations to address a current barrier and explain how the recommendation proposed addresses the findings.

3. Discuss how you would collaborate with the research stakeholders (e.g. service providers and community members) to ensure that the data are interpreted accurately and that the practice recommendations made will be culturally appropriate.

4.   Critically reflect on your own culture and explain how your cultural values and beliefs may have influenced how you interpreted the focus group data. What specific cultural knowledge do you think you need to obtain to conduct culturally sensitive research with this group?

 

Support the assignment with references using assigned readings and/or additional scholarly literature.

What practice setting did you choose for your hypothetical work with children and adolescents? What materials did you choose for your setting, and why?

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Designing the Office

Congratulations! After reviewing your materials, the Middle Valley Child Consortium has decided to hire you for their Middle Valley Child and Adolescent Counseling Project. They have offered you the chance to choose the setting for your counseling work and they’ve given you a budget for materials and reference books.

Part 1: Choosing Materials for Child and Adolescent Counseling

After completing the interactive media, “Choosing Materials for Play Therapy,” and reading the article you chose that illustrates using expressive techniques with families with small children (Wehrman and Field’s 2013 article, “Play-Based Activities in Family Counseling”) or with adolescents in groups (Swank and Lenes’s 2013 article, “An Exploratory Inquiry of Sandtray Group Experiences With Adolescent Females in an Alternative School”), describe the following:

  • What practice setting did you choose for your hypothetical work with children and adolescents?
  • What materials did you choose for your setting, and why?
  • What role did culture play in selecting materials for use in play therapy?

Part 2: Choosing Books to Expand your Knowledge

At this point in the course, you’ve probably identified a particular area of professional interest. Imagine you’ve been given a blank check to purchase any three books for your professional library. What will you choose?

  • First, clearly identify your area of interest and briefly explain why you want to learn more about it.
  • Review the list of optional books in this course and decide upon three books that are in a particular area of interest you.
  • List the references for your three books.
  • For each book, offer a brief rationale for that explains how this resource will enhance your knowledge in an area where you want to add specialized knowledge about child or adolescent counseling.

Part 3: Reflection on the Exercise

How has this exercise influenced your ideas about child and adolescent therapy, and what is involved in being an effective therapist for young people?

Discuss how historical context and sociopolitical issues have informed or influenced that person’s racial/ethnic cultural development.

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In this assignment, you will investigate the significant role of each founding father of industrial/organizational psychology, as well as come to understand the important role that industrial/organizational psychologists play as both researcher and practitioner and the importance of research and statistics in the field.

Complete the Contributions to I/O Psychology worksheet.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper comparing the dual roles of scientist and practitioner that I/O psychologists play. Include the following in your response:

  • Specific examples of how research advances the field
  • Ethical considerations when conducting this research
  • Descriptions of at least two statistical methods used by I/O psychologists, as well as how they are used

 

Contributions to I/O Psychology

Complete the following table. Your answers in each cell should be at least 1 to 2 sentences in length.

 

Founders of I/O psychology

Major contributions to the field

Modern application of the founder’s contribution to the field

 

Hugo Munsterberg

Walter Dill Scott

Frederick Taylor

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth

ASSIGNMENT 7: Cultural Identity Development

Part I: Use two stages of one racial/ethnic cultural development model (for people of color) to describe the cultural identity development of a historical/political (Frida Kahlo, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, etc.), celebrity (such as, Margaret Cho, Trevor Noah, Aziz Ansari), or fictitious person (from a television show, movie, or book). Do not make up a person. Use a case you have provided professional services to, or describe a person you have observed in your personal life for this assignment. Discuss how historical context and sociopolitical issues have informed or influenced that person’s racial/ethnic cultural development.

Part II: Use two stages of a white racial identity development model to describe the cultural identity development of a historical/political, celebrity, or fictitious person (from a television show, movie, or book). Do not make up a person. Use a case you have provided professional services to, or describe a person you have observed in your personal life for this assignment. Discuss how historical context and sociopolitical issues have informed or influenced that person’s racial/ethnic cultural development.

Your 1-1.5 pages paper will be evaluated using standards below:

APA Style

  • In-text Citations
  • Reference Page

Summarize the fundamental elements of your theory of choice, including definitions of important terms and major historical figures associated with the theory.

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Tasks:

Conduct research and create a paper presenting and supporting your personal counseling theoretical preference( I WOULD LIKE TO USE  Cognitive therapy  )

You should conduct a computerized literature search on the particular theoretical approach that feels like the best fit. Remember to select a theory that aligns with your worldview and your perspective of the best therapeutic relationship. References should be from empirical/scholarly works that support and further define the position. You should include the following in your paper:

  • Summarize the fundamental elements of your theory of choice, including definitions of important terms and major historical figures associated with the theory.
  • Explain how your personal worldview (e.g., core beliefs about others and the world) connects to your theory of choice.
  • Explain how the therapeutic relationship aligns with your interpersonal style.
  • Discuss how your theory of choice addresses the multicultural nature of our diversity.
  • Present support for the effectiveness of your chosen theoretical approach by examining and analyzing the existing efficacy-based research. Include findings across age groups, gender, or multicultural groups.
  • Discuss limitations of your chosen therapeutic approach, including any clients or presenting problems for which it may not be appropriate. Support your ideas with findings from existing research on the approach.
  • Identify the ethical standards from the American Counseling Association’s (ACA’s) code of ethics (American Counseling Association [ACA], 2014) that apply to the use of an approach deemed unsuitable for a particular group or presenting problem. Discuss the harm that might be caused by applying an unsuitable approach.
  • Provide an example of how you would apply a minimum of two specific theoretical techniques to a fictitious client’s need.
  • Provide a plan for how you will continue to develop your knowledge and skills related to that theory.

Your final deliverable will be a Microsoft Word document approximately 7pages in length. Utilize a minimum of seven scholarly references. Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. NO PLAG OR GRAMMAR MISTAKES