What other connections do you see between their future career visions and the ethical principles, standards, and codes of conduct you reviewed?

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Response Guidelines:

  • What points do you agree or disagree with in your peers’ assessments of the issues?
  • What about their proposed resolutions?
  • What other connections do you see between their future career visions and the ethical principles, standards, and codes of conduct you reviewed?

Be sure to provide substantive responses to help your peers build on their learning. Reference any relevant assigned readings, additional resources, or professional literature to support your response.

(Peer post)

For this week’s discussion post, I reviewed Situation 2 below the Child and Adolescent Psychology category.

“Manny, a skinny and short 9-year-old, is very quiet in class, which is unusual. Mrs. Sykes notices a bruise on his arm and asks him about it. He says that he walked into a door. When she persists in asking questions, he asks her not to do anything, because he is afraid of what will happen to him. She agrees and lets it go.”

The ethical concern in this situation is that Mrs. Sykes did not find out more information about the bruises and did not report the injuries to child services.  According to the American Psychology Association (2020) psychologists should be working to keep their clients safe, and in turn avoid harm.  This responsibility is documented in section 3.04 (American Psychology Association, 2020).  The bruises on Manny, as well as his fearful reaction indicate that he has been, and will likely continue to be in harm’s way.  By not reporting this, Mrs. Sykes is keeping Manny in a harmful situation, which goes against the standards set by the American Psychology Association (2020).  This situation is also unethical because when working in a school system, which appears to be the case for Mrs. Sykes, you are a mandated reporter.  When a mandated reporter, it is required that you document and report any signs of harm and abuse.  Therefore, Mrs. Sykes is required to call child services and report what she saw on Manny.

To resolve this unethical situation, Mrs. Sykes would need to call child services and report the bruises and his fearful demeanor.  This ethical standard relates closely to my future career in psychology.  Since it is a goal of mine to work in the school system, the idea of mandated reporting is very important for me to understand.  The standard of keeping the clients out of harm’s way will also be applicable to my future career since it should always be my goal to keep my students away from any situations which would knowingly bring them harm.  This situation was interesting to me because I have some similar past experiences from when I was working in a group home.  My role there also required me to report any signs of harm or abuse, so I was curious how a psychologist’s role compared to my previous role.

References:

American Psychological Association. (2020). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of

 Conduct. Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index

describe in 2-3 words the second main topic of your literature review. Next, briefly (4-5 sentences) describe the information you will discuss in your LIterature Review paper and cite articles that will support your discussion.

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Discussion Instructions:

1. Students will use the Keiser University Online Library to find a minimum of five peer-reviewed journal articles (including articles found during previous weeks IF they apply to the student’s topic).  All articles must be from Psychology Journals and address a psychological construct (i.e., topic).

2. For the initial discussion post, design an outline that will be used to create the Literature Review required as part of the Week 5-7 project.  Use the following template when posting an outline for your initial discussion.

3. Students will then improve the outline during the week with the help of other students and the Professor.  Once completed, students will cut/paste the outline information and submit it as part of their Week 5 assignment, along with their annotated bibliography.

4. Attach the articles to your initial discussion post.

When responding to other students this week, help each other develop a precise topic for the Week 5-7 project.  Provide specific feedback including examples.  The following template can be used this week to create the initial discussion post.

NOTE: as always for every discussion and assignment, students must properly cite resources in-text and in a “References” list.

DISCUSSION OUTLINE TEMPLATE (after revisions, cut and paste the final outline and submit as part of the Week 5 assignment):

Hello Class,

Introduction (do not actually create a section heading called Introduction as that is assumed): provide a short paragraph introducing the reader to the main topic and the key concepts that will be addressed in the literature review assignment (Weeks 5-7).

Theme One (create a new section heading based on your topic theme): describe in 2-3 words the first main topic of your literature review. Next, briefly (4-5 sentences) describe the information you will discuss in your Literature Review paper and cite articles that will support your discussion.

EXAMPLE:  imagine a student’s topic is “Writing a Literature Review Strategies for Psychology Graduate Students”.  The first section might be “Annotated Bibliography and Outline” because that is a main theme found in the literature (DO NOT USE THIS THEME FOR YOUR PAPER).  The section description could describe how this section will define and explain the concepts (Smith, 2001; Mohammed, 2015).  The section description could also include, for example, how Section One will address how an outline and an annotated bibliography is created and formatted (Chang, 2017; Rodriguez, 2014; Conner, 2000).

Theme Two (create a new section heading based on your topic theme): describe in 2-3 words the second main topic of your literature review. Next, briefly (4-5 sentences) describe the information you will discuss in your LIterature Review paper and cite articles that will support your discussion.

Theme Three if you find one

Conclusion (a discussion and/or Conclusion section is an appropriate section heading): summarize the discussion and add comments addressing how the outline and subsequent literature review can still be improved.  Perhaps even ask for help by addressing specific questions or concerns.  For example, students might state “one of the challenges with this outline is there appears to be limited research on the topic of creating an annotated bibliography”.  This comment could help other students and the Professor provide the student with useful feedback.

References (centered on new page)

list all references included in the outline

Reply Quote Email AuthorSelect: All None

Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Develop a coaching plan for an individual within an organization. Take into consideration the coach, individual, and organization relationship when constructing your plan. Your plan should include:

  1. Responsibilities of coach and client (consider the logistics of the coaching arrangement, agendas, cell phones, etc.)
  2. Boundaries of confidentiality you will set as the coach, with the client and organization or other stakeholders (communication in session and out of sessions, meeting time)
  3. Cost of coaching.
  4. A clarification of personal and professional goals of the coaching (the desired outcomes of the coaching)
  5. A timeline to reach the goals of coach and client, including benchmarks for improvement.
  6. Check-in points, which includes a self-reflection of what is working with the client and what is not working, how to adjust, checking in with client to see if they feel they are making progress.
  7. Guidelines for leaving the coaching relationship (reflective questions, future goals, how will they use skills learned).

Use four to six scholarly resources to support your explanations.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency:

MS Psychology, Life Coaching

5.4: Develop a coaching plan for a business or organization.

Respond to at least two colleagues who wrote about two criteria different from yours. In your response, suggest an additional example to support each of your colleague’s criteria.

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The term competence connotes a level of preparedness for addressing issues and maintaining a high standard of practice with clients. Competent social workers have completed adequate preparations for licensure, and they are appropriately credentialed. They adhere to ethical practices by maintaining professional boundaries and honoring commitments to confidentiality. How might you demonstrate your competence as a social worker? How can you recognize competence in other social workers?

For this Discussion, review this week’s Readings. Think about elements in the articles that denote competence.

https://www.socialworktoday.com/news/eoe_041410.shtml

http://www.socialworkpolicy.org/research/evidence-based-practice-2.html

By Day 4

Post a description of at least two criteria that define competence in social work. Give an example of each criterion of competence and justify your selection.

By Day 6

Respond to at least two colleagues who wrote about two criteria different from yours. In your response, suggest an additional example to support each of your colleague’s criteria.

Psychologists like B. F. Skinner have studied how we can  use operant conditioning to change the  behavior of people and animals.  Drawing on your personal experience, choose a person or animal whose  behavior you want to change. (You may select your own behavior for this  question if you wish.) How could you use operant conditioning to change  the behavior of this person or animal?

In a multi-paragraph  essay, describe your plan to change this behavior. Be sure to mention  what type of reinforcer and reinforcement schedule you would use and  explain why you made those particular choices. Include information from  class materials, readings, and research on operant conditioning to  support your discussion.