Describe the theory in detail and indicate why you feel it would be effective.

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HN300-01: Human Services and Social Policy Unit 4 Discussion Board Question:

 

Theory and Practice

 

It is important to understand the theories underlying our work and how they impact our actions in practice. Select one of the theoretical perspectives discussed in Chapter 4 that you believe would be effective in working with clients and respond to the following questions:

 

·         Describe the theory in detail and indicate why you feel it would be effective.

·         Using the Kaplan Library and the internet, research the theory you have chosen. Describe some of the basic helping skills that human services workers utilizing this theory would use.

·         Next, review and respond to the seven questions about clarifying your values on page 210 of your text:

 

  • • What values underlie your desire to help others?
  • • What social issues do you feel strongly about?
  • • Which client behaviors would you have trouble accepting?
  • • Which of your values would you like to change?
  • • What would you like to accomplish in human services?
  • • How do you go about solving personal problems?
  • • Do you readily seek help from others when you need it?

 

 

·         Finally, discuss how these values relate to your choice of the theory under which you will practice and the interventions you choose to utilize with your clients.

Thank You

The Role of Women in Society: from Preindustrial to Modern Times.

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RESPONSE 1

 

Respond to at least two colleagues by in one of the following ways:

·       Offer and support an opinion about the likely outcome based on the theories your colleague described.

·       Make a suggestion for another way in which each theory your colleague described might inform social work practice when working with Tiffani.

·       Expand on your colleague’s posting with more evidence in support of your colleague’s position.

 

Colleague 1: Shaquahia

 

Selected Article

The article that I’ve selected in relation to the topic of women in society it titled, “The Role of Women in Society: from Preindustrial to Modern Times.” The article discussed the role of the women in agriculture and distinguished based upon ethnicity. During the preindustrial period, majority of the agriculture work was done by women, although dominated by men. The article centered the women’s role based upon different cultures and marital status. Once the plough was invented, women’s input dwindled or ceased. In modern times, countries with a tradition of plough use, women are less likely to participate in the labor market, are less likely to own firms, and are less likely to participate in national politics.

Feminist Theory 

The feminist theory I selected is liberal feminism. According to Robbins, S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012) liberal feminism refers to women being basically the same as men and therefore should have equal rights to men. The focus of the theory is for women’s rights to control their own bodies through sexual education and contraception, in relation to abortion rights. This theory relates to social work practice due to the profession being majority women. Due to being a woman dominated field, it shows that women can be in a leadership position as a man could. This feminist theory hasn’t really influenced my understanding of women’s role in society, but rather confirmed my thought process. Often times we hear how men make more money than men, although they can do the same job and this theory opposes that.

The Bradley Case

The Bradley case better references radical feminism rather than my choice of liberal. Radical feminism focuses on issues of violence against women, including sexual harassment, rape, battering, and prostitution.  My views of women’s roles inform my next steps with Tiffani due to teaching/assisting her with the liberal theory. The case ended with Tiffani overcoming her urge to see Donald, attaining her GED and planning to attend college. Due to such improvement, I would continue to uplift Tiffani and encourage her to be the best she could be. Continue with college and obtain a degree in the study that interests her. Even finding part-time employment while attending college to keep her occupied.

Reference

Giuliano, P. (2015). The Role of Women in Society: from Preindustrial to Modern Times. Cesifo Economic Studies, 61(1), 33-52.

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader]. Part 2, “The Bradley Family”

Robbins, S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012). Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 5, “Feminist Theory” (pp. 107–133)

 

Collegue 2: Jennifer

 

The roles for women have evolved over time. The roles have changed from being bare foot and pregnant with no equal rights to complete opposite for women in today’s society. In today’s society women have developed rights and have become empowered. Feminism provides insight about certain aspects such as social, political and economic structures for societies; and stresses that gender should be taken into consideration when analyzing the impacts of oppression, domination, power and powerlessness among society (Turner, & Maschi, 2015). Women were not taken into consideration and had equal rights that women have today. Although, women have gained rights and are more established, there is a stigma among society were women struggle with oppression, domination, power and powerlessness. Research has indicated despite social constraints and changes for women across the nation, historically, culture, specific religion and social controls over the female body have been persistent in Turkey that is a lifelong process (Gursoy, William, Sahinoglu, & Yesemin, 2014).

 

Social workers are to take many aspects into consideration such as culture race gender etc. Research has indication that the feminist theory is a mode of analysis that encompasses certain ways of thinking, and acting that is designed to transcend women’s liberation by ending oppression of women throughout society (Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, 2012). Social worker practice is intertwines with understand women’s roles in society while striving to end oppression. Feminist social work practices are related with empowering others and are sensitive towards the focus on domination and subordination (Turner, & Maschi, 2015). In addition the Ecofeminism theory seeks to end the subordination. The Ecofeminism theory is linked with the domination of women within the environment where women are viewed are closer to nature since women and nature were viewed as being under the control of men (Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, 2012). This theory relates to the social work practice to empowering women to gain self-confidence, self-esteem and becoming content with themselves.  The power of control from men in general can manifest into other issues that women are capable to develop. Gender discriminations that have been continuous has led to restriction towards Turkish women’s lives, decompensation of their health, and punishment is implemented of acting contrary to social expectations (Gursoy, William, Sahinoglu, & Yesemin, 2014). Social workers are able to address these issues and empower others. Empowerment is essential to the feminist theory such as seeking to enhance personal and interpersonal and political power of the oppressed for individuals (Turner, & Maschi, 2015).

As a result, research has influenced my understanding of women’s roles among society is despite that women have developed rights, women have continued to struggle with discrimination among certain cultures, religions and race throughout history. This has influenced me as a social worker to continue to strive to end discrimination and meet the client where they are at. Social workers are focused to socially change issues of poverty, unemployment and other forms of social issues among society (National Association of Social Workers, 2008).

References

Gursoy, E., William, M. F., Sahinoglu, S., Yesemin, G. Y. (2014). Views of Women’s Sexuality and Violence Against Women in Turkey. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 27(2), 189-198. doi:10.1177/1043659614550485

National Association of Social Workers.(2008). Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers

Robbins, S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012). Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon.

Turner, S. G., & Maschi, T. M. (2015). Feminist and empowerment theory and social work practice. Journal Of Social Work Practice, 29(2), 151–162.

 

 

 

 

 

RESPONSE 2

 

·       Respond to two of your colleagues’ posts by supporting or challenging one of the potential treatments.

 

·      Explain your viewpoint and provide current scholarly evidence to support your position.

 

Colleague 1: Kerzell

 

I selected the case study involving June. June is a 39-year-old female who has been diagnosed with agoraphobia. She lives alone, and she works from home. One of the biggest challenges of treating this disorder would be getting June into the office to be treated. One of the main characteristics of agoraphobia is the feeling of intense fear of anxiety in response to public transportation, open spaces, enclosed places, being in a line or a crowd, and/or being alone when not at home (APA, 2013). Another challenge would be working with June to expose her to her fears as a way to help her adopt methods to cope with her fear and anxiety. Lastly, it could be a challenge to help her become more social since everything that happens in her life seems to place her in a position to be alone. She must begin to work on her self-esteem and her social skills.

 

An anxiolytic medication that would be beneficial to June is buspirone (BuSpar). This medication antagonizes the 5-HT1A receptors, and it provides relief of anxiety without the client experiencing sedation or euphoria. This is a first line medication for persistent anxiety, and does not subject the client to dependence or withdrawal (Lichtblau, 2011). Benzodiazepines may also be used to treat June as well. Two common types are alprazolam (Xanax) and lorazepam (Ativan). These medications affect GABA receptors, and they cause muscle relaxation. One of biggest downsides to this medication is that it can cause amnesia (Lichtblau).

 

As a mental health professional, this information is very important. June has a number of things going on that can contribute to her agoraphobia. I would stick with the buspirone in conjunction with counseling, and work towards removing her from the medication completely or sparingly. When prescribing medication, it is important to look the lifestyle of the client, and to carefully examine the effects of the medication on the client. Mental health professional should share any and all concerns with the community about any drug therapy. This is not a cookie cutter profession, and sometimes what works for one client may not work for another.

Reference

American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

(5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012a). Anxiety disorder case study: June: Panic disorder with 

agoraphobia[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Lichtblau, L. (2011). Psychopharmacology demystified. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar, Cengage

 

 

Colleague 2: Dawn

 

Treating Anxiety Disorder

 

There are many challenges of treating the anxiety disorder as in the case of June. She is 39 years old and has no reasoning behind her panic attacks she feels as they came from nowhere (Laureate Education, 2012). She began these attacks as she was out in public she experienced chest tightness and chest pain as she was having a heart attack and fear of losing control in public (Laureate Education, 2012). June also becomes frighten and terrified when these panic attacks begin. The challenges are to understand why the attacks occur because they can begin at any time also everyone goes through a different experience when it come to their anxiety. It also can be challenging to treat because it mimics symptoms of other illness such as fatigue, headache, dizziness, and nausea (Manag, 2005).

 

Treating June with anxiolytic medications can be effective in treating her anxiety. The anxiolytic medications help send key chemical signals to the brain (Preston, O’Neal, Talaga, 2017).Three potential anxiolytic medications are Alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin) and diazepam (Valium) (About Anxiolytics, 2017).

 

It could become a potential problem for June because of the addiction risk of these kinds of medications. June started taking medication 5 years ago and continuing to take these kinds of medication the longer she takes them she could build a drug tolerance (About Anxiolytics, 2017).

 

Mental health professional’s approach to potential addiction risk is to take an evidence-based approach to screening a person to make sure they are not addicted to their medication (NIDA, 2016). They also can set up the recovery goals to make sure they are not using the medication more than necessary (Nida, 2016). When a patient first comes to seek treatment and engages in counseling and other behavioral therapies they should first try a less addictive medication before prescribing these other types of medication.

 

As a mental health professional, an important role is to communicate concerns to other health care professionals by monitoring prescription drugs between the prescription programs (Nida. 2016). These programs help monitor through an electronic database and help monitor drug misuse (Nida. 2016).

 

References

 

About Anxiolytics. (2017). Retrieved from  http://www.healthline.com/health/anxiolytics#takeaway6

 

NIDA. (2016). Misuse of Prescription Drugs. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/misuse-prescription-drugs on 2017, June 27

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012a). Anxiety disorder case study: June: Panic disorder with agoraphobia[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

 

Preston, J. D., O’Neal, J. H., & Talaga, M. C. (2017). Handbook of clinical psychopharmacology for therapists (8th ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger. Chapter 9, “Anxiety Disorders” (pp. 107-122) Chapter 18, “Antianxiety Medication” (pp. 217-226)

 

Manag. A.J.(2005). Anxiety Disorders in the 21st Century: Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Comorbidity With Depression

 

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Describe the ethical issues related to cultural competence.

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Assignment 2: Case Study: Cultural Competence

For this assignment, you will refer to the section “Course Case Study.” Reread the case study, looking specifically at issues related to cultural competence. Examine the ACA’s and APA’s ethical guidelines related to the issue of cultural competence and respond to the following:

  • Describe the ethical issues related to cultural competence.
  • Examine the influence of your own personal values as related to the diversity issues presented in this case. Reflect on how you felt as you read the case study, how your values came into play, and how you would handle your values in a situation such as this.
  • Make recommendations based on your readings and the APA or ACA ethics codes.
  • Be sure to apply specific ethical principles.

Save the paper as AU_PSY430_M2_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc and submit it to the M2 Assignment 2 Dropbox by Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Your response should be at least 2 pages long.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Described the ethical issues related to cultural competence.
20
Explained how one’s own personal values relate to diversity in the case study.
20
Made recommendations based on readings and the ethics codes.
20
Applied specific ethical principles.
20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
20
Total:
100

 

Psychology Trauma

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WATCH THE MOVIE PRECIOUS AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

 

ASSESSMENT OF A CASE OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA:  PRECIOUS

 

PSYC 415  PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA

 

 

Technical Instructions:

 

 

 

None of your responses should require more than 1 — 1½ pages of text.  The maximum page limit for this exam is five (5) pages and the minimum is three (3).  Given this limitation, please answer the questions directly; there is no need to make your exam resemble an essay with an introduction, summary, etc.

 

Each question is worth 20 points.  Do not skip any questions.

 

You are required to use APA format.  Your use of APA format along with sound writing skills count as 20% of your exam grade.

 

Please follow the format of the exam when responding to questions.  Number your responses to correspond to the questions.  Do not combine the questions or your responses.  You do not need to cut and paste or retype questions.

 

You may use your notes, lecture materials, handouts and texts freely.  Don’t forget to use proper citations.

 

Do not use unreliable i.e., non-scientifically or non-scholarly based web sites for this assignment (any “.gov” and professor sponsored “edu” sites are generally acceptable).

 

This is an independent assignment; do not collaborate with other students as you complete this exam.

 

ASSESSMENT OF A CASE OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA:  PRECIOUS

 

YOUR CHANCE TO BE THE EXPERT

 

For the present assignment, you are asked to put yourself in the position of the being an “expert” clinician and theorist.  Specifically, you are asked to provide a four component analysis of the character, Clarice “Precious” Jones.  Successful completion of this assignment will require you to succinctly demonstrate your knowledge of course materials as they apply to Precious to produce a traumatic stress oriented assessment of her difficulties.  The four components of your assessment follows.  Content guidance for the each component is provided in the next section of this assignment.

 

 

 

Text Box: ASSESSMENT OF CLARICE “PRECIOUS” JONES: I. RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS II. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES III. BIOLOGICAL DYSREGULATION AND BEHAVIORAL DYSFUNCTION IV. DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS

 

 

CONTENT GUIDANCE:

Stick to facts rather than your interpretation of facts:

  • Example “Precious experienced chronic sexual abuse starting when she was three years of age.”  GOOD – FACTUAL

“Precious experienced chronic sexual abuse starting when she was three years of age and this why she has poor self-esteem.” PROBLEM:  We don’t know with certainty that the abuse is the cause of P’s low self-esteem.  It is much more appropriate to state the abuse MAY be a cause of P’s low self-esteem.

“Mary hated Precious from the time she was three years old.” PROBLEM:  We have no way of knowing if this is true – we do know that Mary was quite abuse and targeted precious and that Mary seemed to believe that P was viewed as desirable in comparison to herself.

“Precious demonstrated academic potential as she performed well in her math classes and earned a certificate of achievement based on the progress she made with reading.” GOOD – specific examples used to back up statement regarding academic potential.

 

Focus on Precious.  Any discussion you present regarding P’s mother or any other characters should be in support of explaining something regarding precious.

 

Organization:  Mark sure you are putting the appropriate information in each section of your exam.

 

 

ASSESSMENT:

 

          I.     RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS (20 points): 

Academic relevance: Relates to discussions regarding risks and protective factors for the development of mental illness.

 

Goal:  Provide an overview key variables associated with the client starting with the mother’s pregnancy through the time of referral.  Types of information included (these are just examples, focus on variables that are most relevant to the client you are discussing):

 

·      Types and quality of social supports.

 

·      Type and quality of attachment bonds.

 

·      Sociodemographic risk and protective factors (age, race, gender, SES, etc.)

 

·      Academic performance (problems such as learning disorders, achievements, engagement/enjoyment of academic endeavors, level of academic achievement, estimated IQ – below average, average, above average)

 

·      Socio-emotional development:  Ability to engage appropriately with family, ability to engage appropriately with peers and authority figures. Psychomotor – anxious, agitated, withdrawn or lethargic, ability to focus and sustain attention, ability to plan and complete various tasks).  Behavioral dysfunction:  disruptive or inappropriate behaviors, risky behaviors (towards self-others), ability to cope with stress, attachment style.

 

 

        II.     THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES (20 points): 

 

Academic Relevance:  Critical thinking – demonstrate your understanding of the key theoretical perspectives that are included in this course AND your ability to apply these perspectives to Precious.

 

Goal:  Briefly discuss how each theoretical perspective (psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral, humanism/Maslow) might conceptualize Precious’s difficulties.  State a carefully formulated empirically based opinion regarding which perspective best explains Precious difficulties and should be used as a guide in providing psychotherapy.

 

 

      III.     BIOLOGICAL DYSREGULATION AND BEHAVIORAL DYSFUNCTION (20 points):

 

Academic Relevance:  Demonstrating knowledge of course content (emphasis includes concepts presented in the Perry and Resick texts, fight-flight-freeze response, biology and trauma, attachment as a bio based variable).

 

Goal:  Consider the Neurosequential Model as discussed by Drs. Perry and Szalavitz.  If Precious was a patient of Dr. Perry, how might he conceptualize Precious’ difficulties?  Successfully answering this question requires that you are specific in identifying observable or suspected (based on observation) biopsychosocial dysfunction and in delineating an intervention.

 

      IV.     DIAGNOSTIC and CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS (20 points):

Academic Relevance:  Demonstrating knowledge of course content and critical thinking through the application of key academic concepts to the client.

 

 

Goal:  This section should demonstrate what you are learned about stress vs traumatic stress, psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses, normative and non-normative behaviors associated with exposure to traumatic stress and related efforts at coping.  This is the key section in which you may theorize (or state carefully formulated opinions regarding the causes of a person’s difficulties such as the impact of exposure to overwhelming stressors).