Compare a minimum of three evidence-based theoretical orientations from which appropriate interventions can be selected for the client.

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It is recommended that students review the e-book The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner (Jongsma, Peterson, & Bruce, 2014) for additional assistance in completing this assignment.

Clinical and counseling psychologists utilize treatment plans to document a client’s progress toward short- and long-term goals. The content within psychological treatment plans varies depending on the clinical setting. The clinician’s theoretical orientation, evidenced-based practices, and the client’s needs are taken into account when developing and implementing a treatment plan. Typically, the client’s presenting problem(s), behaviorally defined symptom(s), goals, objectives, and interventions determined by the clinician are included within a treatment plan.

To understand the treatment planning process, students will assume the role of a clinical or counseling psychologist and develop a comprehensive treatment plan based on the same case study utilized for the Psychiatric Diagnosis assignment in PSY645. A minimum of five peer-reviewed resources must be used to support the recommendations made within the plan. The Psychological Treatment Plan must include the headings and content outlined below.

Behaviorally Defined Symptoms

  • Define the client’s presenting problem(s) and provide a diagnostic impression.
  • Identify how the problem(s) is/are evidenced in the client’s behavior.
  • List the client’s cognitive and behavioral symptoms.

Long-Term Goal

  • Generate a long-term treatment goal that represents the desired outcome for the client.
    • This goal should be broad and does not need to be measureable.

Short-Term Objectives

  • Generate a minimum of three short-term objectives for attaining the long-term goal.
    • Each objective should be stated in behaviorally measureable language. Subjective or vague objectives are not acceptable. For example, it should be stated that the objective will be accomplished by a specific date or that a specific symptom will be reduced by a certain percentage.

Interventions

  • Identify at least one intervention for achieving each of the short-term objectives.
  • Compare a minimum of three evidence-based theoretical orientations from which appropriate interventions can be selected for the client.
  • Explain the connection between the theoretical orientation and corresponding intervention selected.
  • Provide a rationale for the integration of multiple theoretical orientations within this treatment plan.
  • Identify two to three treatment modalities (e.g., individual, couple, family, group, etc.) that would be appropriate for use with the client.

It is a best practice to include outside providers (e.g., psychiatrists, medical doctors, nutritionists, social workers, holistic practitioners, etc.) in the intervention planning process to build a support network that will assist the client in the achievement of treatment goals.

Evaluation

  • List the anticipated outcomes of each proposed treatment intervention based on scholarly literature.
    • Be sure to take into account the individual’s strengths, weaknesses, external stressors, and cultural factors (e.g., gender, age, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc.) in the evaluation.
  • Provide an assessment of the efficacy of evidence-based intervention options.

Ethics

  • Analyze and describe potential ethical dilemmas that may arise while implementing this treatment plan.
  • Cite specific ethical principles and any applicable law(s) for resolving the ethical dilemma(s).

The Psychological Treatment Plan

  • Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Attention Students: The Masters of Arts in Psychology program is utilizing the Pathbrite portfolio tool as a repository for student scholarly work in the form of signature assignments completed within the program. After receiving feedback for this Psychological Treatment Plan, please implement any changes recommended by the instructor, go to Pathbrite,  and upload the revised Psychological Treatment Plan to the portfolio. (Use the Pathbrite Quick-Start Guide  to create an account if you do not already have one.) The upload of signature assignments will take place after completing each course. Be certain to upload revised signature assignments throughout the program as the portfolio and its contents will be used in other courses and may be used by individual students as a professional resource tool. See the Pathbrite  website for information and further instructions on using this portfolio tool.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

What were your opinions of the concepts your classmates discussed?

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  • Scholar-Practitioner Model
    As mentioned in this week’s introduction, you will experience the scholar-practitioner model in action. Capella uses this model as the foundation for our educational philosophy. According to Capella University’s Scholar-Practitioner Educational Philosophy white paper, “The scholar-practitioner philosophy encompasses the activities of both learners and faculty. Learners and faculty are located on a continuum of learning experience that demonstrates their development and growth as reflective practitioners (bachelor’s), practitioner-scholars (master’s), and scholar-practitioners (doctoral)” (Capella University, 2003). As a master’s learner, you will work toward becoming a practitioner-scholar. This learning model will guide your professional development, encouraging you to investigate and critically evaluate relevant theory and research to determine effective best practices that you will use on the job. It will help you establish a lifelong commitment to continually building relevant knowledge and skill in your areas of interest and specialization in psychology.
    To familiarize yourself with this model, read the following:

    • McClintock, C. (2004). Scholar practitioner model. In A. DiStefano, K. E. Rudestam, & R. J. Silverman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of distributed learning (pp. 394–397). Sage.
      • This laid the theoretical foundation for Capella’s learning model.
    • Capella’s Learning Model Quick Reference and Examples [PDF], which provides an overview of Capella University’s expectations for learners at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels.
    • PRACTITIONER-SCHOLAR IN ACTION
      To prepare for the discussion this week and future assignments as a master’s learner, refine and expand your vision of a career in psychology in light of the practitioner-scholar model.
    • Consider how this learning model can guide your professional development, encouraging you to investigate and critically evaluate relevant theory and research to determine effective best practices that you will use on the job.
    • Think about how it will help you establish a lifelong commitment to continually building relevant knowledge and skill in your areas of interest and specialization in psychology.
    • The discussion this week provides the opportunity for you to probe the implications of the model for your program, your career, and your plan for how you will realize your goals.
    • Reference
      Capella University. (2003). Capella University’s scholar-practitioner educational philosophy [White paper].
  • Write Your Discussion Post
    Exploring Your Role as a Capella Practitioner-Scholar
    What did you learn about this week that grabbed your attention or caused you to think more deeply about it? As stated in this week’s introduction, connecting scholarship and practice is critical for professionals in psychology. In one of the studies, you examined both the scholar-practitioner model, as presented in the McClintock article, and Capella’s learning model, which is based on the ideas in the McClintock article. In Capella’s learning model, the master’s level degree program is described as practitioner-scholar, to distinguish it from the doctoral degree program, which is described as scholar-practitioner.
    For this discussion, create a post using a minimum of 50 words and discuss the practitioner-scholar model. Your goal is to enthusiastically share something you’ve learned with your peers, apply it to real life, and make your pin informative, concise, and engaging to your readers. Be creative!

    • Share what interested you about the role of the practitioner-scholar in the field of psychology.
    • Share how the practitioner-scholar model impacts you personally, professionally, or in relevant current events.
    • Share how you might be able to apply the practitioner-scholar model in your life, personally or professionally.
    • You may also create a slide show or use audio or video as your discussion post.
    • Label your post with a hashtag (e.g., #Week3) so that others can sort posts by the week’s topic.
    • Do not create your post as a reply to this pinned post. Instead, use Yellowdig’s Create option to create a new post.
    • Response Guidelines
      Using a minimum of 30 words, respond to one or more posts posted by your fellow learners:
    • What were your opinions of the concepts your classmates discussed?
    • Did your classmates understand the concept the same way you did?
    • Can you think of an example of how these concepts could explain things you have observed or experienced?

o  Provide a transcript of what happened during your field education experience (Air Force Military Mental Health Clinc, including a dialogue of interaction with a client.

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Assignment 2: Process Recordings

A process recording is a written tool used by field education experience students, field instructors, and faculty to examine the dynamics of social work interactions in time. Process recordings can help in developing and refining interviewing and intervention skills. By conceptualizing and organizing ongoing activities with social work clients, you are able to clarify the purpose of interviews and interventions, identify personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, and improve self-awareness. The process recording is also a useful tool in exploring the interpersonal dynamics and values operating between you and the client system through an analysis of filtering the process used in recording a session.

For this Assignment, you will submit a process recording of your field education experiences specific to this week.

Please use the attached template as a formatting guidance.

The Assignment: (2–4 pages)

o  Provide a transcript of what happened during your field education experience (Air Force Military Mental Health Clinc, including a dialogue of interaction with a client.

o  Explain your interpretation of what occurred in the dialogue, including social work practice or theories, and explain how it might relate to assessment covered this week.

o  Describe your reactions and/or any issues related to your interaction with a client during your field education experience.

o  Explain how you applied social work practice skills when performing the activities during your process recording.

References (use 2 or more)

Birkenmaier, J., & Berg-Weger, M. (2018). The  practicum companion for social work: Integrating class and fieldwork (4th  ed.). New York, NY: Pearson.
Chapter 2, “Socialization into the Social Work Profession” (pp. 34-61)

Gerdes, K. E., & Segal, E. (2011). Importance of empathy for social work practice: Integrating new science. Social Work, 56(2), 141–148.

Discuss how this organizational behavior issue relates to and contributes to one or more of the four behavior science disciplines.

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It must be on a DBA level of writing becase this is a DBA course and has to be written different and correctly. Not copy and paste must be original work. The Professor uses a system that can tell if it is copy and paste and where the resource came from. Must read the study guide its part of the assignment.

Book Reference: Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2019). Organizational behavior (18th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson.

 

Instructions

Much debate has ensued since 2014 as a result of the Hobby Lobby company and how its owners chose to exercise their religious freedoms.

For this assignment, go to the CSU Online Library, and perform a search on “Hobby Lobby organizational behavior.” From the long list of results, select an article that relates to the debated issue about healthcare coverage to include covering the expense of birth control for employees.

Then, write an article critique that includes the following elements:

  • Summarize the findings of the article you selected.
  • Provide an introduction and brief description of the key factors/points of the issue and how they relate to organizational behavior. Note the article’s premise and supporting points.
  • Discuss how this organizational behavior issue relates to and contributes to one or more of the four behavior science disciplines.
  • Explain what you would do about this issue as a manager, and demonstrate your understanding of the implications from your decision to provide birth control coverage within a company’s healthcare package to employees. While you may mention the legal aspects of a case, you are not to focus solely on the legal aspects. Your perspective should be from a behavioral science viewpoint as it relates to organizational behavior. Opinions should be informed and substantiated by the literature surrounding the topic.

Your article critique should be a minimum of three pages in length, not counting the title page and references page. You are required to use a minimum of one source from the CSU Online Library for this assignment. Use APA format for your paper, including all references and in-text citations.

Resources

The following resource(s) may help you with this assignment.