Describe how you behaved, with precise details, in each situation

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As you journey through this unit, and are honing in on your critical thinking skills, you might have recognized the information regarding the Game Plan. To help in your critical thinking process, the Game Plan, located on pages 38-42 in your textbook, consisting of 10 strategies, was created to help assist you in making critical decisions. Strategy number 4, Keep an Intellectual Journal, will be the main focus of this assignment, however, other strategies will be included. Be sure to read through the 10 strategies before continuing with this assignment. Throughout the week you are to keep a journal. Within this journal, list at least three situations that have occurred during the week that are emotionally significant to you (meaning things you deeply care about). The only journal entry requirement is to record these situations and respond to the prompts below. You do not need to make an entry every day. From your list, accomplish the following, while keeping each situation separate from the rest: 1. Describe each situation and explain why each was important to you. 2. Describe how you behaved, with precise details, in each situation. 3. Formulate at least two questions that ask what was going on during the situation, and explain your answer to each question as a means of self-assessment. 4. Of the nine strategies remaining, remember you are keeping an intellectual journal, choose two and explain how using them will help you in decision making to solve each situation you listed. Your journal needs to be a minimum of two pages in length, double spaced, and typed using 12-point Times New Roman font. All sources used

Question #1 Review the Trauma Case Study.  Does Maryam demonstrate diagnostic criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or Acute Stress Disorder?  Justify your answer.    

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Question #1 Review the Trauma Case Study.  Does Maryam demonstrate diagnostic criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or Acute Stress Disorder?  Justify your answer.

Trauma Case Study

Reason for Referral

Maryam is a 17-year-old Caucasian female university student who was referred to your agency by her physician Dr. Jaffee. Maryam presented in her doctor’s office complaining of lack of sleep. Dr. Jaffee did not give her medication as Maryam has reported drinking three to four glasses of vodka and orange juice per night to sleep. Dr. Jaffee’s report indicates the patient is sleeping 2-4 hours per night and often awakens with nightmares. Blood tests were normal with the exception of slightly elevated liver enzymes. Blood pressure was 130/94. Patient was scheduled for a follow-up appointment in two weeks.

Behavioral Observations

Maryam arrived on time for her appointment. She was driven to the appointment by her university roommate. The client appeared anxious, had circles under her eyes, and was tearful during the intake. Maryam was oriented to time, place, and person. Client vocabulary was above average. Client appeared tired and despondent evidenced by low voice, soft speech, and flat affect.

Presenting Problem

Maryam states “I can’t drive a car. I am too afraid that someone will hit me or I will hit someone else. I can’t sleep so I don’t get up to go to class in the morning.” Client states, “I am afraid to drive.” She goes on to state, “I made such a horrible mistake; I don’t deserve to live. I am so stupid.”

Client states that she was involved in a three car accident two months ago. Client reports one person was critically injured and the other was treated and released at the hospital. Client reports she received a citation, as she turned in front of two oncoming cars at a red light.

Support System

Client reports that she lives in student housing on the campus of a local university. She has one roommate who brought her to today’s appointment.

Legal: Client is facing legal problems due to the accident.

Family Support: Maryam’s family lives out of state. She has no relatives that live locally.

Create a 15- to 20-slide presentation of an in-depth examination of your selected test and its uses. Include the following in your presentation: A description of the characteristics, uses, and purposes of your selected assessment instrument or inventory, and how it would be used in the workplace

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Select one psychological personality assessment instrument or inventory to serve as the basis of this assignment.

Explore the psychological literature to find three to five articles that test the use of this inventory or assessment on a specific population.

Create a 15- to 20-slide presentation of an in-depth examination of your selected test and its uses. Include the following in your presentation:

  • A description of the characteristics, uses, and purposes of your selected assessment instrument or inventory, and how it would be used in the workplace
  • An analysis of the relationship between your selected assessment and one of the major theories of personality
  • A summary of your research findings, paying particular attention to differences in the ability of the instrument to differentiate diagnostically between the target population and the general population
  • A list of psychometric properties of the test for the particular population
  • A discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of assessment methods used
  • A conclusion using a review of the literature on whether the instrument is an adequate measure of your selected characteristic, and any ethical considerations associated with your selected assessment

Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.In the resources for Module Two, you reviewed a significant level of biological information for its impacts on development. Exposure to teratogens during sensitive periods of development presents a serious threat to the overall health of the individual. Tobacco products, alcohol, illicit drugs (marijuana, cocaine, heroin, Molly, etc.), and over-the-counter and prescription medications are common in the lives of many individuals. While the health risks would appear to make the use of these substances prohibitive during pregnancy and even after birth, there is a debate that moderate use or use under physician care is reasonably safe.

In this short paper, you will select a teratogen and identify the risks that it presents to healthy development. You will construct a position, backed by research of the use of the teratogen during pregnancy, and summarize the changes in professional opinions as they relate to your chosen teratogen.

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

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Assignment 1: Attending Behavior

Watch the Counseling Vignette 1 demonstration video as many times as you like, looking for attending behaviors in the words, expressions, posture, and eye contact of the counselor and the responses of the client athlete as the athlete does or doesn’t engage with the counselor.

Respond to the following questions:What’s going on?How do you know?What specific attending behaviors do you recognize in this vignette?What additional attending behaviors might the counselor have used and how exactly?

Counseling Vignette 1Summarize your responses to the bulleted items above and post them to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned. Through the end of the module, respond to others’ impressions of the video by adding perceptions of your own, taking a point of view, and assessing how well the counselor in the video displayed attending behaviors. All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria Maximum PointsAccurately pointed out references to attending behaviors from the video.

8Cited examples from the client’s behaviors on video to substantiate findings.

8Contributed to the discussion by adding additional perceptions, offering a point of view about the counselor’s performance, and citing evidence.

8Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

4Total:28

Counseling Vignette

As you have learned in this module, attending skills are vital for focusing on the patterns and behaviors of your clients. This assignment will give you an opportunity to attend to a client and see if you can notice specific behavioral, emotional, and cognitive patterns of possible concern to a counselor.Read the following fictional case study and identify all three presenting aspects of this client as they appear in the case study.

Create a table listing all the behavioral, emotional, and cognitive aspects of this client as they appear in the case study. Be careful not to interpret or assess. You are simply listing these aspects as they appear in the case study.Note: All aspects of this case study are completely fictional and any resemblance to a real person is coincidental.

Terri is an 18-year-old, single, college freshman, who is attending school on a full scholarship for basketball.

She is the only child of a single mother who lives in a studio apartment close to the school.

Your client reports, “Last week in a playoff game, I missed one of two free throws early in the third quarter, and we lost the game by one point.” In spite of scoring a total of 24 points, making eight rebounds and four assists, Terri states to you, “It is my fault we lost the game.

I can’t eat or sleep. I keep replaying that missed shot over and over and over. I’ve been going to the park across the street from my apartment and shooting free throws until late at night.

I let my team down. This is my fault.”Terri lives in an older part of town where crime is on the rise.

She finds herself distracted and nervous and states her heart flutters.

She has sweaty palms, dry mouth, and she feels petrified at the thought of showing up for the practices starting in a couple of days. “For two days now I’ve sent all my calls to voice mail.

I can’t call teammates or friends. My mom is probably worried because she hasn’t heard back from me.” Again she states, “I should have made that free throw. I choked. I blew it.

It’s my fault we lost. That’s a lot of dreams right out of the window for my team.

”Terri sells shoes part time at the mall and is up for a promotion to assistant manager. She is due back at work in two days after her break and says she does plan to go to work.

She is physically healthy, has experimented with beer but has never been drunk, and denies homicidal or suicidal ideation.Next,

explain how you will elicit the amount and type of information from a client in a real face to face situation.

What skills will you employ? What behaviors will you look for in the client?