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Identify and reflect on how personal responsibility for actions affects outcomes.

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  •   Due Date                  Monday, July 23, 2018                   9:00 AM    Points Possible                150
  • Assignment 1: Principles of Success Plan: Goals
    Due Week 3 and worth 150 points.
    What are three (3) personal or career goals that you would like to accomplish in the next three to twelve months? Based on the information presented in the webtext on  setting and managing goals, identify three personal or career goals you  would like to accomplish and explain why these goals are important and  how achieving them will help you improve your life. In addition,  summarize the research on goals from the “Managing Multiple Goals”  Investigation in Chapter 3, and explain how your goals follow the  guidelines for setting good goals.
    Assignment 1 should be one to two (1-2) pages in length and should include the following:
  1. Specify and explain one personal or career goal you have that can be accomplished in the next three to 12 months in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences.
    1. Include a succinct, clear statement of the goal or the change you want to make.
    2. Include a deadline within the next three to twelve months by which you want to have achieved this goal or change.
    3. Discuss why this goal or change is important to you and how it will help you improve your life.
    4. Specify and explain a second personal or career goal you have  that can be accomplished in the next three to twelve months in one  paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences.
    5. Include a succinct, clear statement of this goal or the change you want to make.
    6. Include a deadline within the next three to twelve months by which you want to have achieved this goal or change.
    7. Discuss why this goal or change is important to you and how it will help you improve your life.
  2. Specify and explain a third personal or career goal you have  that can be accomplished in the next three to twelve months in one  paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences.
    1. Include a succinct, clear statement of this goal or the change you want to make.
    2. Include a deadline within the next three to twelve months by which you want to have achieved this goal or change.
    3. Discuss why this goal or change is important to you and how it will help you improve your life.
  3. Summarize the relevant research on goals from the “Managing  Multiple Goals” Investigation in Chapter 3, and explain how your goals  follow the guidelines for setting good goals in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences.
  4. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,  the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the  date. The cover page is not included in the required page length. [Use  writing templates in the webtext to make your cover page according to APA style guidelines.]
    3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow  APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page  length. [Use writing templates in the webtext to make your in-text citations and automatically create your reference page according to APA style guidelines.]
  5. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
  • Identify and reflect on how personal responsibility for actions affects outcomes.
  • Use critical thinking skills to reflect on personal experiences related to success, failure, and strategies for personal growth.
  • Use technology and information resources to support learning issues in success psychology.
  • Write clearly and concisely about psychological success using proper writing mechanics.

Compare the historical trends related to people with disabilities

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LASA 1—Analysis of Historical, Legal, and Ethical Issues

As someone knowledgeable about research on children with exceptionalities, you have been given the task of presenting a report to the court on your arguments for and against people with intellectual disabilities raising children.
Do the following:

  • Launch the online library (under Academic Resources).
  • Select Find Videos.
  • Select Filmakers Library Online.
  • In the search box, type “is love enough” and click Go.
  • The first result should be Is Love Enough? directed by Tom Puchniak. Review this video.

Analyze the historical, legal, and ethical issues in the video. Make sure you include the following in your analysis (in an order that flows well in your paper):

  • Compare the historical trends related to people with disabilities. How would outcomes be different fifty years ago for the people in the movie?
    • Compare the differences from about ten years ago when the movie was produced to today.
    • Explain how far we have come and what still needs to be addressed (such as terminology, acceptance, and support).
  • Explain how laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the IDEA influence these decisions.
  • Identify the ethical principles that might apply to the situation. Consider the professional ethics codes, including the following:
    • American Psychological Association. (2010). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx
    • American Counseling Association. (2005). ACA code of ethics. Alexandria, VA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/knowledge-center/ethics
  • Synthesize your research and create two arguments: one for and one against parents with intellectual disabilities raising children. Consider the perspectives of the parents as well as the children. Use evidence and examples from research, utilizing your assigned readings, and at least two peer-reviewed articles on this topic to support your argument.
  • Given what you learned in the video, your assigned readings, and research you found, recommend supports or interventions for the following:
    • The family
    • Within the community for the family and child
    • The school
  • Although this video focused on those with intellectual disabilities, generalize the issues to other exceptionalities.
  • Conclude your paper with a review of current thinking for and against people with exceptionalities raising children, based on the sources used.

Write a 7–9-page paper (not counting the title page, abstract, or reference page) in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Be sure to include a title page, abstract, and reference page also in APA format.

Identify one potential ethical issue and one legal issue that would be foremost in your mind as you begin counseling your client.

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Please can you do this Unit 3 Discussion 1 & 2 and Unit 3 Assignment 1? $40.00 Due (Monday) 7/23/2018.
Unit 3 Discussion 1 & 2 and Unit 3 Assignment 1? $40.00 Due (Monday) 7/23/2018.
Unit 3 Discussion 1
Legal Issues in Counseling Children and Teens
Based on your experience in a counseling-related field or another professional arena, identify an incident with specific legal issues associated with the provision of counseling services to children and adolescents and describe how they were handled. Briefly describe what happened, changing specifics as needed to protect confidentiality. Based on what you have learned in Counseling Children, Morelen and Schaffer’s 2012 article, linked in Resources, and your review of the laws in your state, how well were the issues handled? What are the best practices for handling these issues?
Resources
· Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.
· Understanding Clinical, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Child Emotional Maltreatment.
Unit 3 Discussion 2
Ethical Issues in Counseling Children and Teens [u03d2] Unit 3 Discussion 2
Overview
For this discussion, briefly describe the hypothetical case that you have created (or are creating) for your Unit 3 assignment. Then, identify one potential ethical and one potential legal concern that you would have in mind, as you began counseling with this child or adolescent. Explain the course of action you would take in the first session in order to prevent legal or ethical problems by communicating clearly with your client while also building rapport. Use the course readings for this week to support your conclusions.
Example Scenario
As an example, consider this scenario: Kendra, a 16-year-old student, has been encouraged by her best friend to come see you. Kendra called to make the appointment herself. She lives alone with her mother who works the night shift at a local club. Kendra says she hopes that her mother won’t have to know about her counseling because “she’s always tired,” and Kendra’s concern has to do with a boyfriend her mother dislikes. Kendra has never actually met the boyfriend; he is someone she connected with online who she’s been texting. Recently, the texts have become very sexual and Kendra has begun feeling uncomfortable, although she also finds the relationship exciting.
Based on your readings this week, what would be one potential ethical issue that would be foremost in your mind as you begin counseling Kendra? What would be one potential legal issue? How would you handle these concerns when Kendra comes in?
Discussion Instructions
Now, briefly describe the hypothetical case you have created (or are creating) for this unit’s assignment.
· Identify one potential ethical issue and one legal issue that would be foremost in your mind as you begin counseling your client.
· Identify your plan for addressing those issues.
· Cite the appropriate section of the ACA Code of Ethics, linked in Resources, and at least one other relevant resource.
Post your case to the discussion area.
Resources
· Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.
· American Counseling Association: Ethics and Professional Standards.
[u03a1] Unit 3 Assignment 1
Unit 3 Assignment 1

what factors do you need to consider in your psychological testing for the forensic assessment report?

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  • Improve your interview and referral questions for the case vignette you selected in M1 Assignment 3. Using this case vignette, add to your referral questions by integrating the feedback that you received from your instructor in M4 Assignment 2 on your mock interview questions and formulated hypothesis on why the individual needs the referral.

Example Referral Questions:

  • As a forensic mental health professional, what factors do you need to consider in your psychological testing for the forensic assessment report?
  • What are the pertinent multicultural consideration?
  • What behavioral observations do you make about the client by reading the case vignette?
  • What are your assessment options in working with the client?
  • What standard and accepted psychological tests might you apply to your client in a forensic setting? Select from the instruments you researched in M3 Assignment 2 RA.
  • How will you recognize and evaluate your client’s offender behaviors associated with malingering and deception? What theoretical orientation do you want to use in this case for your treatment recommendations?
  • What is the case scenario that you have selected?
  • What is the reason for referral?
  • What is the purpose of the forensic assessment and report?
  • What is the nature of the problem presented in your selected case vignette?
  • What is the context in which the forensic assessment report will be used?
  • What is the background of your client? What are the symptoms displayed by your client and their significance in this case?
  • What is the mental status of your client? Be sure to elaborate on every major component addressed in the mental status examination.
  • What interview type and approach did you use with your client?
  • What tests are appropriate to use in your forensic assessment report? Identify one intelligence test, one objective personality test, and one projective test.
  • What collateral information will you use in the process of the evaluation?
  • How will you present your impressions of the client?
  • Revise your copy of Forensic Mental Health Professional Individual Assessment Report on the basis of your instructor’s feedback. Using the Forensic Mental Health Professional Individual Assessment Report template that you downloaded for M4 Assignment 2, revise your evaluation and interpretation of the information provided to you in the case vignette that you selected. Synthesize the information you collected to create a forensic mental health professional individual assessment report. Your findings should be in a report format.
    In a 10- to 12-page report, include only the following components:

    • Reason for Referral: Explain the objective of your case vignette analysis, clearly bringing out the aspects or reasons that motivated you to carry out the study.
    • Presentation: Create mock interview data and collateral information (you are to identify the questions to ask in the interview). Provide a synopsis of the interview. To support the mental status of your client, provide data based on your forensic assessment report and the mental status components you have identified.
    • Current Life Situation and Background Information: Explain the problem provided in your selected case vignette using the interview and mental status data. How does the data relate to the background and multicultural characteristics of your client and your behavioral observations?
    • Objective Testing: Identify the assessment instruments you would recommend to evaluate the client and explain the rationale for your recommendations. Describe the objective tests you have selected and their use. How did you apply these tests to your selected case vignette? According to your study, what is your analysis of the symptoms displayed by your client? What ethical and multicultural issues do you need to address? You will apply what you have learned from M3 Assignment 2 RA to this section.
    • Provide your diagnostic impressions based on DSM-5 criteria. What is your principal diagnosis? What is your secondary diagnosis? Are there other conditions that may be the focus of clinical attention to consider?
    • Conclusion and Recommendations: What is your hypothesis after taking into account the mental status examination, the interview, personality tests, and the symptom analysis? Explain your hypothesis and substantiate it using instances from your case study. Discuss your results with conclusions and recommendations. The final version of Forensic Mental Health Professional Individual Assessment Report should contain all the assigned components and the corresponding information and include revisions and improvements based on your feedback from M4 Assignment 2.
  • Synthesize the data and write a reflection statement in 2–3 pages. In a separate document, address the following:
    • Describe your professional role and relationship with the court and the third party requesting the assessment or evaluation.
    • Explain the hypothesis you have formulated.
    • Explain why you chose the tests for the assessment of the client.
    • Discuss potential ethical dilemmas that might arise in your assessment of the client.
    • Discuss the pertinent multicultural perspectives you considered.
    • Explain how you would prepare yourself to defend your evaluation in the court setting or to relevant third parties. Be sure to support your explanation with professional literature.
    • If you recommended treatment for your client, discuss the evidence-based approaches used with the disorder you diagnosed.
    • Discuss the influence of cultural factors on the assessment process. The final version of Forensic Mental Health Professional Individual Assessment Report should contain all the assigned components and the corresponding information and include revisions and improvements based on your feedback from M4 Assignment 2.
  • Synthesize the data and write a reflection statement in 2–3 pages. In a separate document, address the following:
  • Describe your professional role and relationship with the court and the third party requesting the assessment or evaluation.
  • Explain the hypothesis you have formulated.
  • Explain why you chose the tests for the assessment of the client.
  • Discuss potential ethical dilemmas that might arise in your assessment of the client.
  • Discuss the pertinent multicultural perspectives you considered.
  • Explain how you would prepare yourself to defend your evaluation in the court setting or to relevant third parties. Be sure to support your explanation with professional literature.
  • If you recommended treatment for your client, discuss the evidence-based approaches used with the disorder you diagnosed.
  • Discuss the influence of cultural factors on the assessment process.

Your final deliverables are:

  • A selected case vignette
  • A list of interview and referral questions
  • The assessment template
  • The final assessment report
  • A reflection statement

Your report and reflection statement combined should be approximately 12–15 pages. You are to utilize outside resources in your reflection statement only.
 
Assignments to work from
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Mock Individual Assessment (Rough Draft)
Create a mock forensic assessment report based on a patient in a selected vignette. Provide your diagnostic impressions based on the DSM-5 criteria.
For this assignment you are to:

  • Improve your interview and referral questions for the case vignette you selected in M1 Assignment 3. Use the case vignette you selected in M1 Assignment 3 for this assignment.
  • Next, create and document a set of mock interview questions and potential referral questions to ask your client and yourself. You can determine the questions in relation to the case vignette that you choose.
  • You might also want to consider some of the example referral questions listed below.
  • Analyze all the information provided in the case vignette and begin to formulate a hypothesis as to why the individual needs referral.
  • Example Referral Questions:
    • As a forensic mental health professional, what factors need to be considered in your psychological testing for the forensic assessment report?
    • What behavioral observations do you make about the client by reading the case vignette?
    • What are your assessment options in working with the client?
    • What standards and accepted psychological tests might you apply to your client in forensic settings? Select from the instruments you researched in M3 Assignment 2 RA.
    • How will you recognize and evaluate your client’s offender behaviors associated with malingering and deception?
    • What theoretical orientation do you want to use in this case for your treatment recommendations?
    • What is the case scenario you have selected?
    • What is the reason for referral?
    • What is the purpose of the forensic assessment and report?
    • What is the nature of the problem presented in your selected case vignette?
    • What is the context in which the forensic assessment report will be used?
    • What is the background of your client? What are the symptoms displayed by your client and the significance they have in this case?
    • What is the mental status of your client? Be sure to elaborate on every major component addressed in the mental status examination.
    • What interview type and approach did you use with your client?
    • What tests are appropriate to use in your forensic assessment report? Identify one intelligence test, one objective personality test, and one projective test.
    • What collateral information will you use in the process of the evaluation?
    • How will you present your impressions of the client?