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 Select two substances from the following and describe at least two pharmacological and physiological effect of each (200-350 words each)Opioids · Stimulants · Cannabinoids · Hallucinogens · Another DSM Substance Use Disorder of your choice

 Select two substances from the following and describe at least two pharmacological and physiological effect of each (200-350 words each). 
· Opioids
· Stimulants
· Cannabinoids
· Hallucinogens
· Another DSM Substance Use Disorder of your choice

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What are the pharmacological and physiological effects of substance use? 

Topic 1: Addiction Worksheet 
Part One Directions: Provide short answers of 200-350 words each for the following questions/statements. Include at least three scholarly resources beyond the course textbook in your response and listed as a reference at the bottom of the worksheet. 
What are the pharmacological and physiological effects of substance use?
define the topic
give examples
 
[Inset biological theory of   addiction here]
References

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Cover Letter (for those with the Employment focus)- Working with individuals who     suffers with substance abuse, risky behaviors, mental health issues or     co-occurring disorders, assisting them to achieve and sustain long term     recovery.

NEEDED BEFORE 4 PM EST Cover letter for potential employer, one page only!.   Needed information for this assignment (Layout of assignment is after information):

 Working with individuals who     suffers with substance abuse, risky behaviors, mental health issues or     co-occurring disorders, assisting them to achieve and sustain long term     recovery.
QUALIFICATIONS
Community Service Tech II -CSB Residential services ; Interview of client for     program, Research data entry, integration of healthy coping skills and     education on mental health and substance abuse, integration of client in     community to develop independent living and maintain lifestyle of recovery.      Chart client observations,     following prescribed procedures and standards. Assist in preventing and     managing crisis situations.  Trains behavioral health techs in all aspects of     duties. Delegates tasks to behavioral health techs appropriately. Ensures     timely completion of agency required trainings/workshops. Facilitates and     co-facilitates groups based on client’s needs and objectives. Administers     RUDS as needed / required.
Community service Tech ; Facilitating groups based on triggers and healthy     coping skills, Education groups on depression, anxiety and substance abuse,     shift notes, safety checks, monitoring clients for wellness. Demonstrates     the use of de-escalation, mediation, and other treatment approaches when     intervening with clients. Assists the charge nurse in effectively leading     the team whenever restraint or seclusion is necessary and documents     according to policy. Administers RUDS as needed / required.
Internship-; Facilitating groups such as meditation and relapse     prevention. Leads groups based on     substance abuse cycle and family dynamics. In addition; Mastery notes,     treatment plans, group and individual counseling. Maintain clinical records in accordance     with agency policies. Direct care for clients as needed after normal     business hours. Administers RUDS as needed / required.
Facilitator– The Hartman Center (2012-2013); Weekly group facilitator that gives focus to various     life skills, addiction and criminal behavior topics to youth at risk.     Assists with goal developments and risk reduction.
EDUCATION     and EXPERIENCE
Middle Georgia Technical 2012
Argosy University 2014– Present—Bachelors in     Psychology
ACTS Consulting International, INC—2015 CAC     Education– P.A.W.S, Co-Occurring disorders, Relapse Prevention, Recovery     Promotion
Georgia Substance Abuse Council – 2015     C.A.R.E.S. (Certified addition recovery empowerment specialist)
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and     Developmental Disabilities- 2016 C.P.S. (Certified Peer Specialist) 
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and     Developmental Disabilities- 2016 W.H.A.M (Wellness Coach)
QPR/Suicide Prevention certification – 2017
Certified Anger Management Specialist/ CAMSII –     2017
ASSIGNMENT:::::

Professional Portfolio—Personal Statement/Cover Letter

For this assignment, you will submit the second document to be included in your Professional Portfolio: Your personal statement or a cover letter. As you near completion of your undergraduate education, you have probably been reflecting on your personal and professional development and goals. Summarizing so much personal information on paper is not easy, but it’s important. Many employers complain that in interviews and job applications, students do not seem to know how to articulate the skills and strengths that they bring to the job.
In preparation for writing the personal statement/cover letter, review Dr. Margaret A. Lloyd’s Web site at:http://www.psywww.com/careers/index.htm.  Learn what you can do with your bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Determine if you will pursue graduate school or employment upon graduation. Note choices that seem to apply to you and why. If more than one, rank these choices. Describe any concerns you might have regarding your interests. What level of education will you need to pursue? Have you taken any previous courses or trained in this area? These links in particular should be helpful:

For this assignment, find a graduate program (if you are preparing your Professional Portfolio with the Graduate School focus) or a job opening that you would like to apply to (if you are preparing your Professional Portfolio with the Employment focus). Look up the details for the application requirements, and tailor your personal statement/cover letter to these specific graduate school/job requirements.
Personal Statement (for those with the Graduate School focus)
This essay may be the single most influential component of a graduate school application. The statement you write for this portfolio gives you a forum for presenting yourself to the admissions committee, scholarship committee, and others who want to know something about you.
In preparation for writing the statement, read the document “Preparing Personal Statements” at: http://www.creighton.edu/soar/preparingapps/statements/. Here are a few of their suggestions:

  • find and use your voice
  • use concrete examples of what you’ve done
  • avoid generalizations, such as “I’m good with people”
  • proofread and edit (and ask others to proofread and make suggestions about) your statement to be sure it is free of grammatical and typographical errors, and informal language, “I’m okay with sciences but weak in math”

Cover Letter (for those with the Employment focus)
A cover letter is a way to introduce yourself to a potential employer. This letter should include details about yourself and why you feel you are qualified for the position. Summarize your undergraduate experiences, your strengths and weaknesses, the reasons you are applying and how they will help you meet your professional goals.
Write a cover letter to a prospective employer. The letter, which should accompany your resume, should summarize why you are interested in the job and what qualifications and skills make you an ideal candidate or match for the position. Limit your letter to one page.
Follow this link for advice on writing a cover letter: http://www.uwec.edu/ORSP/IRB/about/submit/Cover-Letter.htm.
Submit your Personal Statement or Cover Letter to the Submissions Area  by the due date assigned. 
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria and Respective Point Value   Maximum Points    Presented a personal statement reflecting personal development and goals. Included specific examples of experience and achievement.
OR
Cover letter was clear and concise, while discussing undergraduate experiences, strengths and weaknesses, and reasons for applying to the selected job.  40    Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.  10    Total:  50

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Psychosocial Development Case Study Assessment-counselling· Identify the life stage he or she is in, along with the psychological crisis each is experiencing

counselling

Psychosocial Development Case Study Assessment
Overview
The purpose of this assignment is to use what you have learned about lifespan theories, models of resilience, and psychosocial development to assess how well individuals and families are functioning in relation to all three of these areas. To address realistic situations without violating personal rights to privacy, you will view the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, or one of the other approved films for this assignment, in order to provide a case scenario.
If you have not yet viewed the movie, you need to do so to complete this assignment. Each movie represents characters in multiple life stages. Identify three characters moving through a different life stage and focus on details that will make your analysis applicable to your specialization.
Directions
For this assignment, imagine you are a counselor working with each of these three characters. Now, conduct the following analysis for each character:
· Identify the life stage he or she is in, along with the psychological crisis each is experiencing.
· Apply psychosocial developmental theory to the situation presented, from the perspective of a counselor:
. Conceptualize your ideas for the developmental tasks of each character selected, grounding your conceptualization in your own area of specialization.
. Include a discussion of the character’s life and factors that might affect behaviors, including cultural and other influences related to the stage of development assessed. To the extent that it is relevant for each character, include an analysis of interrelationships among work, family, and other life roles. Include an analysis of the impact of cultural influences, as well. Refer to specific actions and words of the characters in the movie as evidence for your analysis.
. Support your ideas with specific lifespan theories discussed in this course, citing and referencing your sources.
From a clinical perspective, assess how these three characters function as a family unit:
· Examine their functioning in relation to a model of resilience appropriate to your specialization, and evaluate their challenges and strengths related to wellness and resilience. As each character transitions to his or her next developmental stage, how will the transition impact the functioning of the family unit?
· Support your ideas with appropriate sources on the model of resilience you chose.
Use the document Unit 8 Assignment Template (given in the resources) to prepare and submit your report. Do not include a synopsis of the movie in your paper. Instead, follow the template. Focus on the three selected characters, and the realities of their functioning as a family unit and transitioning within the family unit, as described in the template. Then, provide your assessment of how well they are functioning in relation to your choice of a model of wellness and resilience, as described in the template. Your summary, at the end of the template, should provide a brief, focused review of the key insights in your assessment.
Review the scoring guide given in the resources to make sure you understand how this assignment will be graded.
Other Requirements
Your paper must meet the following requirements:
· Resources: Cite and reference at least three resources from the professional literature that you use as the basis of your ideas related to life span theory and resilience models.
· APA formatting: Resources and citations must be formatted according to current APA style.
· Font and Font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
· Length of Paper: Doing a thorough job on this assignment is likely to require approximately 7–10 typed, double-spaced pages.
· Turnitin: You are required to submit your final version of this paper to Turnitin to generate a final report prior to submitting the assignment for grading. From the Turnitin tool, first submit to the draft link to check your work for any necessary edits. Once the paper is finalized and all edits have been made, submit your final paper to the Final report option for the assignment. Please be advised it can take up to a day to obtain the percentage from Turnitin. When your paper is downloaded and viewable in Turnitin, save the originality report. Refer to the Turnitin Tutorial: Viewing an Originality Report (linked in the Resources) for guidance.
1. Submit your assignment using the following file naming format: Your Name_AssignmentNumber_Assignment Title (example: Ima_Learner_u08a1_CaseStudyAssessment).
2. In the comment section, provide the percentage from the final Turnitin report (example: Final Turnitin percentage = 4%). Please be prepared to provide your faculty member with a copy of the Turnitin report should this be requested of you.
Resources
· Psychosocial Development Case Study Assessment Scoring Guide.
· APA Style and Format.
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Does Gilgamesh wear a mask? Why? What are some of Marji’s masks in The Complete Persepolis?

 
 
Some course references to think about before you start writing:
 
Does Gilgamesh wear a mask? Why? What are some of Marji’s masks in The Complete Persepolis?
In the epic, Gilgamesh’s struggle is that he is 2/3 god and 1/3 human. He has to go on a journey to discover how to genuinely love someone, understand his own mortality, and the human condition. He goes through various identities and emotions to get there. Marji’s identity is always changing, as she comes of age. She is often navigating two states of being (Iran and Austria, veil and no veil, public and private, conventional and nonconventional truth or deceit). She questions what is home, who her friends are, and how she sees herself. And finally, in the documentary, The Mask You Live In, the people interviewed reveal their desires to live as their true selves. Researchers talk about why the mask of conventional hyper masculinity exists and what needs to change in order for men and all people to live authentically.
 
The questions to answer in this paper are:
 
How do you view yourself?
How do others view you?
Do you wear a mask(s)? When? Where?
What is your mask?
Why do you wear it?
Do you ever take it off? Why? How?
Who has seen you without your mask?
How does your mask relate to the larger society? Do other people wear a similar mask? What needs to change so that you can take off your mask (if you want to).
 
What I’m asking you to do is reflect on your real, imagined, and/or performed identity and answer the questions above. Be as specific as possible. This reflection essay is about you and your lived experience.
 
Essentially, you are going to define and describe the feelings associated with who you are and how you’re seen, and write it as a piece of memoir or personal narrative. It is your account. A good narrative should move its reader, so write about something specific that makes you feel something. And if you don’t feel anything, write about that and why it’s significant.
 
Maybe you have felt afraid, stuck, confused, relieved, happy, sad, alone, anxious, or confident? Maybe you felt these feelings emotionally, physically, spiritually, intellectually, or existentially? Maybe you are somewhere now where you feel like you don’t completely belong because of stereotypes, privilege and oppression, status, sexuality, gender, ability, language body type, or attractiveness? Maybe you are at a border or edge of a next phase? Maybe you’ve felt trauma? Maybe you’re still working some of these things out?  I want you to express what has happened (if there was a specific event or journey) that has made you decide to wear you mask (or take off your mask), and what exactly you feel/felt. And then, where do you want to go from here?
 
Try to accomplish this through narrative and storytelling. Please go deep and reflect. Get as personal as you wish. Details go a long way. Most of us tend to write very abstractly, typically, because no one ever taught us otherwise. Show, don’t tell. Show me what you’ve experienced. Don’t just tell me how you feel. Describe it. You’ve lived it, real or imagined or performed, so try to find the words to let me live it too. Tell your story.
 
A lot of us don’t communicate this kind of stuff often and that’s ok. Writing this might be challenging. It might require vulnerability and trust. Also, remember that reflection doesn’t require a ‘moral of the story’ or absolute closure. Reflection is a work in progress, as are humans. There will be no judgment. And I will be the only person reading your paper. I’m aware that telling your story can uncover old and new feelings. Let me know if I can offer support or if you need to communicate anything beyond this paper.

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For this assignment, you will provide a summary of the three articles that you have been assigned on this topic. Additionally, you will provide a 4th summary of an article on the topic that you locate in the scholarly psychology literature. This article must have been published in the last 5 years. 

For this assignment, you will provide a summary of the three articles that you have been assigned on this topic. Additionally, you will provide a 4th summary of an article on the topic that you locate in the scholarly psychology literature. This article must have been published in the last 5 years. The summaries will be provided in the attached template.
You will locate one article in the scholarly psychology literature on the topic from the last 5 years. This article should be found in PsychInfo or PsychArticles database. You must submit a PDF copy of the article with your completed template (Microsoft Word document required for template).
Please review the grading rubric for this assignment. Please note you will not be eligible for 20/50 points if the PDF copy of the article that you located is not submitted.
The template includes a very good example of a summary written by a student. I have also uploaded a PDF of the article summarized so you can see the relationship between article and summary.
Articles MUST BE peer-reviewed and empirical. The article your locate may not been any of the articles from the course reading list.
MY 3 ARTICLES:
Chambers, J. W., Kambon, K., Birdsong, B. D., Brown, J., Dixon, P., & Robbins-Brinson, L. (1998). Africentric cultural identity and the stress experience of African American college students. Journal of Black Psychology, 24(3), 368-396. doi: 10.1177/00957984980243007
Parham, T. A., & Helms, J. E. (1985). Relation of racial identity attitudes to self-actualization and affective states of Black students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 32(3), 431-440.
Sellers, R. M., Smith, M. A., Shelton, J. N., Rowley, S. J., & Chavous, T. M. (1998). Multidimensional model of racial identity: A reconceptualization of African American racial identity. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2(1), 18-39.

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Ethics and Diversity in Human Services-Provide a rationale for a strategic intervention

 

Ethics and Diversity in Human Services

In this assignment, you will delve more deeply into an ethical or diversity issue identified in the previous assignment by conducting a literature review. Choose one of the issues you identified and research the literature concerning that issue. Provide a literature review, understanding that you will continue research throughout the course and make updates until you submit your final project. Your review should include relevant background on the issue, current empiricism (5 years), and a rationale for the need to address it.
Be sure to complete the following in this assignment:

Additional Requirements

  • Turnitin: Submit your assignment to Turnitin and upload your Report of Similarity with your assignment.
  • Font: Use 12-point Times or Times New Roman, double-spaced type.
  • Writing: Writing should be clear, organized, and free of errors; it should also follow professional standards.
  • Research: Use at least 10 academic and professional sources to support your work.
  • Length: Your paper should be 5–6 pages, not including the cover page or reference page.
  • Format: Follow all current edition APA style and format requirements.

Refer to the Campus links in Resources to help you complete your assignment.

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Writing About Cognitive Psychology Breakdown-Description of how research is typically conducted in this field

Methodology breakdowns should be 1 paragraph, double spaced.
For the breakdowns, please be sure to include the following:
1) Explanation of the week’s topic field.
2) Description of how research is typically conducted in this field.
3) Examination of how the article applies this methodology to produce their findings (must use APA style to cite article at least one time).

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After completing the reading assignments for the week answer the following question:Think about an experience in which you learned something that was initially difficult. To what extent do Vygotsky’s concepts (guided participation, language mediation, apprenticeship, zone of proximal development) explain the experience? Write a detailed, step-by-step account of your learning process as Vygotsky would have described it

After completing the reading assignments for the week answer the following question:Think about an experience in which you learned something that was initially difficult. To what extent do Vygotsky’s concepts (guided participation, language mediation, apprenticeship, zone of proximal development) explain the experience? Write a detailed, step-by-step account of your learning process as Vygotsky would have described it
Assignment Requirements: This journal assignment needs to be written in essay format that includes an Introduction, Body and Conclusion, remembering that 1-2 sentence paragraph isn’t sufficient.

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Given the aggression scores below for Outcome A of the sleep deprivation experiment, verify that, as suggested earlier, these mean differences shouldn’t be taken seriously by testing the null hypothesis at the .05 level of signal cance. Use the computation formulas for the various sums of squares and summarize results with an ANOVA table

Complete the following exercises located at the end of each chapter and put them into a Word document to be submitted as directed by the instructor.


Show all relevant work; use the equation editor in Microsoft Word when necessary.
1. Chapter 16, numbers 16.9, 16.10, 16.12 and 16.14
2. Chapter 17, numbers 17.6, 17.7, and 17.8
3. Chapter 18, numbers 18.8, 18.11, and 18.12
16.9 Given the aggression scores below for Outcome A of the sleep deprivation experiment, verify that, as suggested earlier, these mean differences shouldn’t be taken seriously by testing the null hypothesis at the .05 level of signal cance. Use the computation formulas for the various sums of squares and summarize results with an ANOVA table.

*16.10 Another psychologist conducts a sleep deprivation experiment. For rea-sons beyond his control, unequal numbers of subjects occupy the differ-ent groups. (Therefore, when calculating in SS between and SS within, you must adjust the denominator term, n, to refl ect the unequal numbers of subjects in the group totals.) (a) Summarize the results with an ANOVA table. You need not do a step-by-step hypothesis test procedure.

(b) If appropriate, estimate the effect size with h2.
(c) If appropriate, use Tukey’s HSD test (with –n 5 4 for the sample size, n) to identify pairs of means that contribute to the signal cant F, given that –X0 5 2.60, –X24 5 5.33, and –X48 5 9.50.
(d) If appropriate, estimate effect sizes with Cohen’s d.
(e) Indicate how all of the above results would be reported in the literature, given sample standard deviations of s 0 5 2.07, s 24 5 1.53, and s 48 5 2.08.
*16.12 For some experiment imagine four possible outcomes, as described in the following ANOVA table.

(a) How many groups are in Outcome D?
(b) Assuming groups of equal size, what’s the size of each group in Out-come C?
(c) Which outcome(s) would cause the null hypothesis to be rejected at the .05 level of signal cance?
(d) Which outcome provides the least information about a possible treatment effect?
(e) Which outcome would be the least likely to stimulate additional research?
(f) Specify the approximate p -values for each of these outcomes.
16.14 The F test describes the ratio of two sources of variability: that for subjects treated differently and that for subjects treated similarly. Is there any sense in which the t test for two independent groups can be viewed likewise?
*17.6 Return to the study first described in Question 16.5 on page 336, where a psychologist tests whether shy college students initiate more eye contacts with strangers because of training sessions in assertive behavior. Use the same data, but now assume that eight subjects, coded as A, B, G, H, are tested repeatedly after zero, one, two, and three training sessions. (Incidentally, since the psychologist is interested in any learning or sequential effect, it would not make sense—indeed, it’s impossible, given the sequential nature of the independent variable—to counterbalance the four sesions.) The results are expressed as the observed number of eye contacts:

(a) Summarize the results with an ANOVA table. Short-circuit computational work by using the results in Question 16.5 for the SS terms, that is, SS between 5 154.12, SS within 5 132.75, and SS total 5 286.87.
(b) Whenever appropriate, estimate effect sizes with □ 2 p and with d , and conduct Tukey’s HSD test.
(c) Compare these results with repeated measures with those in Question 16.5 for independent samples.
17.7 Recall the experiment described in Review Question 16.11 on page 314, where errors on a driving simulator were obtained for subjects whose orange juice had been laced with controlled amounts of vodka. Now assume that repeated measures are taken across all five conditions for each of fi ve subjects. (Assume that no lingering effects occur because sufficient time elapses between successive tests, and no order bias appears because the orders of the five conditions are equalized across the fi ve subjects.)

(a) Summarize the results in an ANOVA table. If you did Review Ques-tion 16.11 and saved your results, you can use the known values for SS between , SS within , and SS total to short-circuit computations.
(b) If appropriate, estimate the effect sizes and use Tukey’s HSD test.
17.8 While analyzing data, an investigator treats each score as if it were contributed by a different subject even though, in fact, scores were repeated measures. What effect, if any, would this mistake probably have on the F test if the null hypothesis were
(a) true?
(b) false?
*18.8 For the two-factor experiment described in the previous question, assume that, as shown, mean bar press rates of either 4 or 8 are identified with three of the four cells in the 2 3 2 table of outcomes.

Furthermore, just for the sake of this question, ignore sampling variability and assume that effects occur whenever any numerical differences correspond to either food deprivation, reward amount, or the interaction. Indi-cate whether or not effects occur for each of these three components if the empty cell in the 2 3 2 table is occupied by a mean of
(a) 12
(b) 8
(c) 4
18.11 In what sense does a two-factor ANOVA use observations more efficiently than a one-factor ANOVA does?
18.12 A psychologist employs a two-factor experiment to study the combined effect of sleep deprivation and alcohol consumption on the performance of automobile drivers. Before the driving test, the subjects go without sleep for various time periods and then drink a glass of orange juice laced with controlled amounts of vodka. Their performance is measured by the number of errors made on a driving simulator. Two subjects are randomly assigned to each cell, that is, each possible combination of sleep deprivation (either 0, 24, 48, or 72 hours) and alcohol consumption (either 0, 1, 2, or 3 ounces), yielding the following results:

(a) Summarize the results with an ANOVA table.
(b) If appropriate, conduct additional F tests, estimate effect sizes, and use Tukey’s HSD test.