What data was collected from the participants and how was it used to answer the research questions? (name of the assessment instruments, interviews, observations, etc)

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Some tips to consider for your article summaries:

Method–research design—-qualitative (themes, focus groups, interviews, semi-structured interviews, etc.); quantitative (statistical analysis, instruments, surveys, etc.); mixed methods (combination of qualitative and quantitative and you need to describe both types of data collection in the article).  Don’t just state the research design——describe how you know it is that design.

Participants—-initial sample size, how was the sample chosen, how did the participant sample represent the purpose of the study?, what population may have not been included and why not?—–convenience? participants drop out?

Ethical and cultural considerations—Were there language considerations, did the research take place in a country other than the US and what does that mean for using the info in America? Does it offer  new information to support diverse or marginalized populations, institutional review board, sensitive to the cultural context and language of the participants? Did the researchers obtain informed consent and what procedures were in place to protect participants?

Data collected—What data was collected from the participants and how was it used to answer the research questions? (name of the assessment instruments, interviews, observations, etc)

Outcomes—what did the researchers learn?—often in the implications, future research, and discussion sections— what was the answer to the study research question? How did the outcome support your approach or add information about your research question and the counseling field?

As always, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to let me know! I hope you have a super holiday weekend! Dr. Laura

** Note: Your first page should be a cover page in APA format.  Make sure the form and style of your entire paper adheres to APA form and style including cover page, spacing, headings, page numbers, in text citations, reference page, and quotations.

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Respond by Day 5 to a colleague who selected a different case from yours with another approach to address the identified problem.

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Discussion: Policy Proposals

  http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/SOCW/MSWP/CH/mm/homepage/index.html

In your reading for this week, you meet Jose and Iris, two individuals who are in situations that require assistance and guidance from a professional social worker and policy advocate.

In this Discussion, create a policy proposal that will impact the situations faced by either Jose or Iris. Describe the trade-offs you used to develop your proposal.

To prepare: In your text, review “Trade-Offs: Systematically Comparing Policy Options in Step 3” in Chapter 8.

Plummer, S.-B, Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Social work case studies: Concentration year.Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].

  • “Working with Clients with Addictions: The Case of Jose” (pp. 65–68)
  • “Working with the Aging: The Case of Iris” (pp. 68–69)

 

Post by Day 3 a brief summary of the policy proposal and its purpose that you created based on either Jose’s or Iris’s situation and the trade-offs you used to develop your proposal.

Be sure to support your post with specific references to this week’s resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references.

Respond by Day 5 to a colleague who selected a different case from yours with another approach to address the identified problem. What is the responsibility of the social workers working with Jose and/or Iris to advocate for a change in the social policy?

Provide two examples to illustrate your point. Support your response with references to the Learning Resources and current literature.

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Previous theoretical models of human behavior focused either on internal factors like values, needs, beliefs, and attitudes or on external factors such as incentives, reinforcers, rewards, and punishments. Social-cognitive theory (SCT) posits that human behavior is a product of “internal personal states [and] . . . external environmental conditions” (Pinder, 2008, p. 457). According to SCT, despite a person’s mental and physical capabilities and best intentions and efforts, environmental conditions may prevent him or her from reaching a goal or achieving a desired outcome.

In light of the emergence of social cognitive models, organizational psychology professionals who rely on behaviorist-based solutions may discover they are at a distinct disadvantage in 21st-century organizational settings. With an increasingly diverse workforce, a sound understanding of the complexities of human behavior is required. Human actions cannot be reduced to “simple [and] mechanistic” notions associated with behaviorism (Pinder, 2008, p. 459). Instead, as Bandura (1991) points out, “people possess self-reflective and self-reactive capabilities” which allow them to mediate, regulate, and ultimately benefit from opportunities the environment offers (in Pinder, 2008, p. 455).

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 3 a brief summary of the five capabilities posited by social-cognitive theory (SCT). Then explain how you might use SCT to help organizations develop strategies for the professional development of its employees. Provide two examples to illustrate your point. Support your response with references to the Learning Resources and current literature.

Reply to 2 classmates for each forum. You must explain briefly (200-250 words) why you agree or disagree with your classmate’s view.

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Reply to 2 classmates for each forum. You must explain briefly (200-250 words) why you agree or disagree with your classmate’s view. Your replies must be in response to classmates who answered a different question than you and significantly add to the discussion. Include a biblical worldview.You are required to include at least one reference in each reply. Remember to use APA formatting.

Cognitive Behavior Theory

Classmate #1 Victor

Cognitive therapists believe that it is important to socialize the client to therapy. What are some examples of this goal in the session? How effective do you believe this technique was? Would you have done anything differently?

Teaching a client, the ability to associate their thoughts and establishing how it relates to their emotions is a powerful tool.  The example Dr. Lundgren used about seeing Sally walking across the street and not speaking was simple, yet it made the point. Many times, people jump to the wrong conclusion simply by how their day has been going. And what they are feeling within the moment. Helen immediately walked the cognitive path of socialization as she began to relate to wondering what she had done to make Sally mad, stating she would be spending way too much time in this thought process assuming, and wondering if she should call Sally. (Pearson, n.d.). Some of the examples that stood out to me were the way Dr. Lundgren continued to reinforce the session by walking Helen down the path of what was the situation, her thoughts, emotions, the behaviors that could be a possible outcome of the scenario, and what results could be a possibility. Helen was able to use the three automatic thought process’s: verbally and visually, validity and their utility, and evaluating if the thoughts were dysfunctional (Murdock, 2017, p.310).

I believe this layout is very effective. It allows the counselor to help the client to become socialized within a cognitive model by following a script. Automatic thoughts take the client to an emotion, allowing them to relate to an incident they have previously experienced. Behaviors are generated from the feelings that have been experienced. The emotion will delegate how a client will respond to the situation. The one thing that I may have done differently is to encourage Helen perhaps to talk to her husband about her feelings of missing her writing, and working on plays. Connecting with him once more over a cup of coffee and allowing him to see her not just as his wife or the mother of his children. But, as the women he married, who had a zeal for writing before the married life. Once this line of communication was on the table, he would have a better understanding of why it was so important to her to take a class over the weekend. It would allow him to be supportive with a more rational understanding of why Helen wanted to take a course. Then when she came to the question of asking if he would be willing to watch the children so that she may take the class, he could answer her with more facts to base his answer.

Cognitive Session Theories in action. [Video file]. (n.d.). Pearson. Retrieved September 5, 2019, from http://media.pearsoncmg.com/pcp/21270572125/index.html?wf=1&item=2

Murdock, N. L. (2017). Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Case Approach [Pearson e Text] (4th ed.). Retrieved from        https://etext.pearson.com/eplayer/pdfbook?

Classmate #2 Raven

Helen identifies the automatic thought “he will resent me,” and Dr. Lundgren extends this thought to include “and it will be horrible if he resented you.” What other automatic thoughts can you identify? Explain which of the 3 automatic thought types each thought relates to. How would you work with these thoughts? 

Helen expressed additional AT (automatic thoughts) throughout her therapy session such as “It’s a waste of my time to do a weekend class” referring to her interest in attending a playwriting class. This statement relates to the AT type of a distorted thought that is contrary to available evidence (Nancy, 2017). As a counselor, I would work to help Helen identify why she thinks that this is true. Helen expresses that she feels as though attending this class would be a waste of time due to her having a master’s degree and additional experience in her field and having anxiety about asking her husband to watch the kids. Helen also expresses the AT of “I don’t know what is going to happen” “If he held it over my head could I live with it”. These AT’s where in reference to her asking her husband to watch the kids. These relate to the AT type of accurate but distorted thought. She is right in that she does not know how her husband is going to react to her asking him, but her thought is distorted because she does not know if he will hold it over her head or not. Her AT of “If he held it over my head could I live with it” is also an AT type of dysfunctional thought because her fear of the “what if” is holding her back.

If you were counseling Helen from the Cognitive framework, what additional technique(s) could you employ in the session? What would you hope to accomplish? 

In addition to CBT with the AT technique I would incorporate the use of REBT described as the “premise that whenever we become upset, it is not the events taking place in our lives that upset us; it is the beliefs that we hold that cause us to become depressed, anxious and enraged” (REBT Network, 2006). With this technique, I would hope to accomplish helping Helen overcome believing how she thinks her husband will react to alleviate her anxiousness. The REBT technique allows people to “control their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (Murdock, 2017). If Helen can begin to control her thoughts and feelings in situations, she may be less worried about what the outcome might be and focus on her initial reasoning for asking her husband to watch the kids.

References 

Murdock, Nancy 2017. Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy. Library of Congress Publication https://etext.pearson.com/eplayer/pdfbook?bookid=101994&platform=1030&scenario=1&invoketype=et1&page.

REBT Network (2006). Retrieved from http://www.rebtnetwork.org/whatis.html