Explain how your use of controlled empathy might influence the development of vicarious trauma and how this might impact the counseling process.

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For this Application Assignment you take the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL 5), a brief assessment instrument developed to promote self-awareness of vicarious trauma. It measures compassion satisfaction, which is the pleasure you derive from your profession, risks for burnout, and your exposure to extremely stressful events. Together, these three components help determine your risk for developing vicarious trauma and the impact of controlled empathy.

As you score the ProQOL 5, think about whether the results surprise you. What areas do you need to focus on to exercise strategies to prevent the development or further exacerbation of vicarious trauma?

Reference: Izzo, E. & Carpel Miller, V. (2009). Vicarious Trauma: The Impact of Empathy. Retrieved from http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Vicarious_Trauma_The_Impact_of_Controlled_Empathy.html

The assignment: (2–3 pages)

  • Describe your results of the ProQOL 5.
  • Describe two areas you need to further develop to address or prevent vicarious trauma and explain why you selected each.
  • Based upon the current literature, justify two strategies you would use to develop those areas.
  • Explain how your use of controlled empathy might influence the development of vicarious trauma and how this might impact the counseling process.
  • Be specific and use examples to illustrate your points.

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.

Describe the profession and their role as a trauma-response helping professional. Length of service.

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The Final Project is due on Day 4 of Week 11. See the Week 11 Final Project area for submission details.

Master’s students

1) Identify yourself as a master’s level student on the title page of your final project.

2) Interview a trauma-response helping professional.

3) Create a descriptive narrative of the interview and include the following elements:

  • Describe the profession and their role as a trauma-response helping professional.
  • Length of service.
  • Inspiration or motivation for becoming a trauma-response helping professional.
  • Describe the environment in which they most often work and what types of trauma they frequently encounter.
  • Describe the people/population with whom they serve.
  • Describe two events which had an impact on the trauma-response helping professional and in what ways.
  • Describe the stressors and expectations involved in this type of work.
  • Describe the type of training they received prior to their engagement into the profession.
  • Explain why you selected this person.
  • What you learned about their profession and the environment in which they work.

4) Evaluate the organizational practices of the employer using the Organizational Practices Questionnaire.

  • Summarize the results.
  • Based upon the results of the questionnaire, summarize any potential risks for the development of vicarious trauma. Use evidence-based research to support your summation.

5) Recommend strategies for a healthy workplace environment

  • Using the Organizational Wellness Plan Guidelines, examine 5 key characteristics of a healthy work environment.
  • Describe the importance of those 5 characteristics.
  • Recommend a strategy for supporting those 5 characteristics.

The Final Project will be evaluated according to all four indicators in the Application Assignment and Final Project Writing Rubric   Click for more options

located in the Course Info area.

Although the Final Project (5–10 pages) is not to be submitted until Day 4 of Week 11, you should become familiar with the project requirements and have them in mind as you proceed through the course. Many of the Discussions and Application Assignments relate to and can be of use to your Final Project.

A discussion about the key characteristics of effective writing and publication in counseling and psychological research. How do these characteristics guide the decision-making processes?

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As a counselor, you will be making decisions on how to select evidence-based treatments. In your essay, demonstrate the decision-making process that you will use to choose one evidence-based treatment over another. Write a 1,000-1,250-word reflection essay on how to effectively utilize research in order to guide decision-making processes in the counseling profession. Include the following in your essay:

  1. A discussion about how qualitative and quantitative research reports guide the decision-making process.
  2. A discussion about the key characteristics of effective writing and publication in counseling and psychological research. How do these characteristics guide the decision-making processes?
  3. Select a diagnosis and include an example of how research could assist in treatment.
  4. Include a minimum of three scholarly resources in addition to the course textbook.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency: 4.2: Utilize research to guide decision-making processes.

 

USE OUR CLASS TEXT AS ONE OF YOUR REFERENCES: (If it applies)

Sheperis, C., Young, J., & Daniels, M. H. (2017). Counseling research: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ. Pearson.

Assemble a virtual “scrapbook album” (in the form of a PowerPoint presentation) consisting of items that are vivid illustrations of concepts or topics covered in the course.

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Instructions:

Assemble a virtual “scrapbook album” (in the form of a PowerPoint presentation) consisting of items that are vivid illustrations of concepts or topics covered in the course.

Topics:  Some examples of possible entry topics:

  • Nature and nurture
  • Erikson’s stages of Psychosocial Development
  • A particular limitation in cognitive development (animism, childhood egocentrism, etc.)
  • An example of how someone with a problem (high school dropout, anorexia, infertility, abuser or abused, etc.) possesses predisposing factors, how the person coped with the problem, or how it impacted development
  • Gender role development at certain ages
  • Examples of aspects of language development at different stages of development (overextension, overregulation, etc.)
  • Demonstration of number or time concepts at certain ages

This is only a very limited list; many other possibilities exist!

  • Your virtual scrapbook could include articles, photographs, and cartoons from magazines and newspapers; lyrics from popular songs; scenes from movies, television shows; and other media. You may also describe personal experiences in your scrapbooks.
  • Your scrapbook must contain at least 10 separate entries. Every slide needs to have a citation from the book, as well as citation of multimedia used (picture, video, lyric, etc).
  • To encourage variety, you can have no more than two examples from a given medium (e.g., newspaper articles). To demonstrate relevance and student understanding, in the “Notes” section of each PowerPoint slide, each example must be accompanied by a one-paragraph explanation of which developmental topic, issue, controversy, or concept the scrapbook entry pertains to and why. For example, do not just say, “This movie clip is an example of identity vs. role confusion.” You must explain what it shows about identity vs. role confusion and/or how this is important to development.  Do not merely summarize an item you have included. Your grade will be based in part upon your ability to synthesize theory and apply it to the examples you have chosen. You must cite the source of each entry.
  • Use one PowerPoint slide for each topic. Each slide should include the specific topic (for example coping with death at specific stages of development) and the illustration of the topic (for example the song lyrics).  Make sure you cite your source.
  • In the notes section of each slide, include your paragraph explanation as well as citations of sources used on that particular slide.
  • The last slide of your presentation should be a reference page, citing all of the references used throughout the whole scrapbook.