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Georgia O'Keefe's Ram's Head

Choose one of the following for this week’s assignment:  Â Choose either Georgia O’Keefe’s Ram’s Head, White Hollyhock-Hills, 1935 on page 123, or Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory,  1931 on page 122 to write about. Name your chosen work. Describe how the elements of painting are discernible in this work. What  feelings are you receiving from this painting? Explain. What is the author trying to say to you? Explain. Use between 200-250 words to  complete this assignment.  Â Raphael’s The Alba Madonna, 1510, is a later Renaissance work. Which of our themes of humanism, individualism, and scientific  naturalism do you see in this painting? Do you see much perspective or chiaroscuro in this piece? If so, describe. Use 200-250 words to  complete this assignment.  Â Write a letter to either da Vinci, van Gogh, or Picasso and discuss his signature work(s). Describe what you feel and think from this work.  Ask any questions about this author’s intent. Use 200-250 words to complete this assignment.  Â Compare Picasso’s Guernica (p. 120) to Goya’s The Third of May 1808, 1814 on page 111. Both paintings deal with the subject of war  and man’s brutality to man. Even though these artists painted these pictures about one hundred years apart, how are they similar? And,  both artists painted in different styles and contexts, so how are these paintings different? Use 200-250 words to complete this assignment.
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Professional Interview and Response

Professional Interview and Response

Refer to the University of Phoenix Material: Professional Interview and Response Guidelines for assignment guidelines.
Interview two helping service professionals from two different settings, such as a school, hospital, or prison. Ensure that at least one of the interviewees is a clinical psychologist.
Provide the name and work environment of the two professionals you interviewed.
Ask the following questions to each of your interviewees:
· In what setting do you practice? How long have you been practicing?
· What are your specialties or areas of clinical focus?
· What are the most common disorders you treat?
· Do you have any special certifications or training beyond your original graduate coursework?
· How do you approach therapy or treatment? Do you use specific modalities, techniques, or interventions?
· What ethical and legal issues do you think are the most challenging or common?
· Do you have an opinion on where you think the field of psychology is heading?
· What do you enjoy most about your work?
· What advice would you provide an aspiring psychologist or therapist?
Discuss, in a 350- to 700-word response, the similarities and differences of how these professionals approach treatment in their settings.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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Practice of Clinical Psychology

Practice of Clinical Psychology Worksheet

The Practice of Clinical Psychology Worksheet
PSY/480 Version 4		 1

University of Phoenix Material
The Practice of Clinical Psychology Worksheet
Answer the following questions. Your response to each question must be at least 150 words in length.
1. What are at least two legal issues associated with clinical psychology? Provide an example of a situation that could be legal but unethical. Explain your response.
2. What are at least two ethical issues associated with clinical psychology? Provide an example of a situation that could be ethical but illegal. Explain your response.
3. Define professional boundaries, boundary crossings, and boundary violations. What effects do boundaries have on the therapeutic relationship?
4. What are at least two cultural limitations associated with assessment and treatment? In your response, discuss the use or misuse of assessment instruments, therapy techniques, research results, or any other facet of clinical practice that could have potentially harmful, culture-specific implications.

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Individual Therapy Interventions

Psychology-Mental Health Counseling
Individual Therapy Interventions
Describe a treatment intervention in full for a specific treatment. Note with which population the intervention would work best.
Treatment Planning
Develop a treatment plan for aggressive behavior. Describe specific goals and objectives. Who would be involved in the plan? How would the plan be developed?
Self-harm
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAcSeVCnJSA What are your thoughts related to the video? Do additional research. How can we help youth who engage in this behavior?
Suicide
Please watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsF2FM6-RMs
Relate to the textbook. What are your thoughts about the video? Describe factors related to suicide among children and teenagers. How do we help youth who are contemplating suicide?
Childhood Schizophrenia
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD8O9iHWb2E&feature=youtu.be
Relate to the textbook. Discuss your thoughts about the video. How do we help families of youth who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia? How can we help the youth socially?
Describe a treatment intervention in full for a specific treatment. Note with which population the intervention would work best.
Treatment Planning
Develop a treatment plan for aggressive behavior. Describe specific goals and objectives. Who would be involved in the plan? How would the plan be developed?
Self-harm
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAcSeVCnJSA What are your thoughts related to the video? Do additional research. How can we help youth who engage in this behavior?
Suicide
Please watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsF2FM6-RMs
Relate to the textbook. What are your thoughts about the video? Describe factors related to suicide among children and teenagers. How do we help youth who are contemplating suicide?
Childhood Schizophrenia
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD8O9iHWb2E&feature=youtu.be
Relate to the textbook. Discuss your thoughts about the video. How do we help families of youth who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia? How can we help the youth socially?

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Milgram’s study of obedience

Imagine that you were asked to conduct a study similar to Milgram’s study of obedience, using adolescent participants. Point out at least one ethical issue present in Milgram’s study and explain what you would do differently to address that issue with your study on adolescent obedience. Would you address that ethical issue differently if you were conducting a study among a particular race or ethnicity? What about with elderly participants? Explain your reasoning.
readings for this week;
 

Fisher, C. B., & Vacanti-Shova, K.  (2012). The responsible conduct of psychological research: An overview of ethical principles, APA ethics code standards, and federal regulations. In S. J. Knapp, M. C. Gottlieb, M. M. Handelsman, & L. D. VandeCreek (Eds.), APA handbook of ethics in psychology, Vol 2: Practice, teaching, and research (pp. 335–369). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

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The Brain/Consciousness 

Topic: The Brain/Consciousness
*People are either right-brained or left-brained.
*Most people only use 10% of their brains.
*Dreams possess symbolic meaning and can be interpreted accurately.
Part I:  The Annotated Bibliography:  An annotated bibliography (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. is a list of relevant scholarly works along with a descriptive and evaluative summary of each.

Part II: The Introduction and Summary Paragraphs 

The Annotated Bibliography

  • Must be at least three to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted
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Biopsychosocial Holistic Approach

Discussion 1:
Biopsychosocial Holistic Approach

The assessment and incorporation of a client’s spirituality has become increasingly common in the field of social work. While historically social workers were trained to avoid discussions centered on religion, we now know that spirituality encompasses many ways of believing. “The Society for Spirituality and Social Work is a network of social workers and other helping professionals dedicated to spiritually sensitive practice and education” (Society for Spirituality and Social Work, n.d.). Addressing a client’s spirituality allows for a biopsychosocial holistic approach that can aid in the process of understanding illness, disability, and end-of-life issues.
For this Discussion, review the Monod et al. (2010) article and locate one scholarly article addressing spirituality with the elderly.
· Post your explanation of the significance of addressing spirituality with the elderly. 
· Identify a spiritually based intervention for this population. 
· Describe the effectiveness of the use of spirituality with the elderly as found in the literature. 
· Then, describe your own thoughts on the use of spirituality in an intervention.
Support your posts with specific references to the Learning Resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.
References (use 3 or more)
Browne, C. V. (1995). Empowerment in social work practice with older women. Social Work, 40(3), 358–364.
Holosko, M. J., Skinner, J. F., Patterson, C. A., & Brisebois, K. (2013). Intervention with the elderly. In M. J. Holosko, C. N. Dulmus, & K. M. Sowers (Eds.), Social work practice with individuals and families: Evidence-informed assessments and interventions (pp. 197–235). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Laidlaw, K. (2001). An empirical review of cognitive therapy for late life depression: Does research evidence suggest adaptations are necessary for cognitive therapy with older adults? Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 8(1), 1–14.
Monod, S. M., Rochat, E., Büla, C. J., Jobin, G., Martin, E., & Spencer, B. (2010). The spiritual distress assessment tool: An instrument to assess spiritual distress in hospitalised elderly persons. BMC Geriatrics, 10, 88.

Discussion 2: Life Review

While the use of reminiscing about one’s life may not seem a particularly therapeutic approach, the use of life reviews has been found to be correlated with life satisfaction (Haight, 1992) and positive mental health outcomes (Westerhof, Bohlmeijer, van Beljouw, & Pot, 2010). The spontaneous and informal sharing of one’s life story to provide younger generations insight into history is an age-old tradition that, according to Haber (2006), has diminished recently under the shadow of the technical age. In response, practitioners have “found” this tool in the therapeutic process. There have been several theories used to support the integration of this intervention. You will be asked to identify and assess a theory you believe best fits this approach to working with the elderly.
For this Discussion, review the Haber article.
· Post your choice of a theory that best aligns with the use of a life review and why. 
· Explain how you believe life review can be a useful intervention when working with elderly clients.
References (use 3 or more)
Browne, C. V. (1995). Empowerment in social work practice with older women. Social Work, 40(3), 358–364.
Holosko, M. J., Skinner, J. F., Patterson, C. A., & Brisebois, K. (2013). Intervention with the elderly. In M. J. Holosko, C. N. Dulmus, & K. M. Sowers (Eds.), Social work practice with individuals and families: Evidence-informed assessments and interventions (pp. 197–235). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Laidlaw, K. (2001). An empirical review of cognitive therapy for late life depression: Does research evidence suggest adaptations are necessary for cognitive therapy with older adults? Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 8(1), 1–14.
Haber, D. (2006). Life review: Implementation, theory, research, and therapy. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 63(2), 153–171.
Monod, S. M., Rochat, E., Büla, C. J., Jobin, G., Martin, E., & Spencer, B. (2010). The spiritual distress assessment tool: An instrument to assess spiritual distress in hospitalised elderly persons. BMC Geriatrics, 10, 88.

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State’s Rules Review

ption 1: Movie
Select a movie from the following list:

  1. Terms of Endearment (1983) (PG)
  2. Ordinary People (1980) (R)
  3. Saving Mr. Banks (2013) (PG-13)
  4. My Sister’s Keeper (2009) (PG-13)
  5. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (PG)
  6. Footloose (1984) (PG)
  7. The Queen of Versailles (2012) (PG)
  8. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) (PG-13)
  9. 28 Days (2000) (PG-13)

Watch the selected movie in preparation for the biopsychosocial assessment. As you watch the movie, focus on one specific character in the movie as the focus of your clinical attention. Take notes over relevant patterns and significant moments/details within the characters’ journey. Consider the character’s behavior patterns within the confines of the movie. Information gathered in this introductory assignment is intended to prepare you for next week’s formal psychosocial assessment. Please note, this is for preparation purposes only and you do not need to submit the notes to your instructor.
Option 2: Case Study
Read the attached case study. Take notes over relevant patterns and significant moments/details within the persons’ journey. Information gathered in this introductory assignment is intended to prepare you for next week’s formal psychosocial assessment. Please note, this is for preparation purposes only and you do not need to submit the notes to your instructor.
Complete the “State’s Rules Review Worksheet.”
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment meets the following NASAC Standards:
47) Inform the client of his/her confidentiality rights, program procedures that safeguard them, and the exceptions imposed by statute.
60) Establish accurate treatment expectations for the client and involved significant others, including: (a) Nature of services (b) Program goals (c) Program procedures (d) Rules regarding client conduct (e) Schedule of treatment activities (e) Costs of treatment (f) Factors affecting duration of care (g) Client rights and responsibilities.
110) Protect client rights to privacy and confidentiality in the preparation and handling of records, especially in relation to the communication of client information with third parties.