Clinical Counseling Psychology

The course is Practicum for Clinical Counseling Psychology
READING:

In Baird, B. N. (2011). The Internship, practicum, and field placement handbook: A guide to the helping professions. (6h Ed.) New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.: Chapter 11: Frustrations, Lessons, Discoveries and Joy

Discussion Topic:

Please post your reflections on what you have learned during your practicum experiences and in this course:

Take a few minutes and share at least one important lesson you have learned or a surprising insight that you have found during your Practicum experience. How does this lesson on insight inform your growth as a professional? Does it lead you to re-evaluate of adjust your long-term goals in any way? How would you evaluate your practicum experience this term? Would you encourage another student to engage in a practicum at your setting? If so, what advice would you give them to maximize the experiences there? If not, why not?

February 1, 2018

professional development

Reading: Choose a role that you take on as a professional and identify a “measure” that would allow you to assess your skills and continuing professional development needs for that role. This can be an informal measure or a listing from a text book or other resource that describes necessary skills for a particular role. A formal measure may be modified to help you assess your skill. Make reference to this measure as you address the discussion topic.

Discussion Question

How do you go about evaluating your work as a psychologist? What criteria are you using to evaluate the quality of your work? What skills do you reflect upon? Do you refer to your client goals and objectives to evaluate your work? How do you measure progress and success? Are there objective measurements you consider? Evaluating one’s work in terms of outcomes and procedures are part of what it means to be professional and helps us as lifelong learners to set goals for continuing skill development. How are you developing as a professional?

February 1, 2018

Function Based Intervention

Part 1:
Create a scatter plot for an identified behavior within your workplace, report your results, and explain any patterns that may exist. Your post should be a minimum of 500 words long and supported with appropriate scholarly references. As you create your scatter plot, pay attention to the following three objectives of the activity.

You must use dimensions of ABA to evaluate whether interventions are behavior analytic in nature.
You must select function-based interventions after addressing response effort, practitioner skills, contextual fit, practicality, treatment acceptability, and administrative support.
You must describe assessment results and interventions in language appropriate for practitioners (i.e., without technical jargon, without mentalistic explanations).

Part 2:
How will the information in the attached PowerPoint presentation prove applicable to your work as a behavior analyst? How did this general discussion help broaden your understanding of the unit’s objectives? Be sure to support your reflection and observations with scholarly references, where applicable.
References to be utilized:
Cooper, Heron & Heward Applied Behavior Analysis 2007/2012

February 1, 2018

LASA: Therapeutic and Forensic Roles

Assignment 2: LASA: Therapeutic and Forensic Roles

For many years, the ethical dilemma of playing both a therapeutic role and a forensic role has been debated in the literature. Some authorities argue that there is always a conflict of interest in such dual relationships, while other authorities argue that the two roles can be reconciled and impartiality can be maintained. Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, locate at least ten articles that discuss the therapeutic role and the forensic role and take a stance on this particular debate. Make sure that your collection of articles is balanced with regard to the roles and the viewpoints.
Tasks:
Utilize the ethical decision-making process you learned about in M1 Assignment 3 to create a 7- to 8-page argumentative paper supporting your stand. First, compare and contrast the roles, articulate the potential ethical conflicts, and discuss how those conflicts might be managed. Then, in a reasoned fashion, develop an argument for whether the two roles—therapeutic and forensic—should ethically coincide.
The course paper is essentially an argumentative essay. Refer to the following for guidelines about writing argumentative essays:
· Refer to this guide for tips about writing argumentative essays.
Ensure that you follow these instructions:
· Identify and articulate the similarities and differences between the therapeutic and forensic roles for both assessment and treatment.
· Articulate the potential ethical conflicts and discuss how those conflicts might be managed.
· Using multiple sources, defend your thesis on how and why therapeutic and forensic roles should or should not be reconciled.
· Be sure to address the issues of dual relationships as they apply to assessment as well as treatment.
· Ensure that you argue for a particular side of the issue (not arguing both sides) and that your argument is well-supported by scholarly literature, professional ethical guidelines, and the law.
· Include solid reasoning and a compelling thesis.
· Remember, a strong argument always supports its ideas and proves the other side wrong. Make sure to both support your views with credible arguments and sources and refute the other side.
Use proper grammar and spelling. Additionally, the paper should be written and formatted in APA style.
This LASA is worth 300 points and will be graded according to the following rubric.

February 1, 2018

key factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success

Prepare and present a video that is a maximum of five to seven (5-7) minutes OR write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Specify the nature, structure, and types of products or services of Apple, and identify two (2) key factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success. Provide explanation to support the rationale.
Suggest five (5) ways in which the primary stakeholders can influence the organization’s financial performance. Provide support for the response.
Specify one (1) controversial corporate social responsibility concern associated with Apple.
Submit a reference page with at least four (4) quality references that you have used for this presentation / paper. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

If you choose the written paper, your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
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 and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze the relationship between business and society, and the ways in which they are part of an interactive system.
Recommend ways stakeholders can influence the destiny of both business and society.
Analyze the various primary and secondary stakeholder groups, their roles, and relationships.
Compare and contrast the concepts of corporate social responsibility and citizenship.
Analyze ways ethical challenges affect the multiple functions of business.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in business and society.
Write clearly and concisely about business and society using proper writing mechanics.

February 1, 2018

The Ideal Child Care Center

The Ideal Child Care Center…..

After reading chapters 3 and 4 in your textbook, write a 1 – 2 page paper describing what you consider to be a high-quality childcare program that would facilitate infant brain/perceptual development, and also meet their cognitive and socioemotional needs. Consider what toys would be appropriate for infants of different ages and decide how you would decorate the setting; also what qualities you would look for in the staff. Remember to base your paper on information from the textbook, and focus specifically on ages birth to 2 years.

The Ideal Child Care Center

February 1, 2018

Discuss any potential ethical issues you think might arise in your interviews

DISCUSSION WEEK4: Discuss any potential ethical issues you think might arise in your interviews? How will you protect the identity of your participants? How will you consent them to participate in the interview? Where will you store your data? 200 words per discussion question.
Discussion Question Week 5:
Describe the best practices in conducting interviews.
How did you use your knowledge of best practices to set up and conduct your interviews? Did you face any challenges during the process? Did you have to change any of your proposed method of interview because of your participants? How long did each interview take?
Week 6 Discussion: Discuss how you are going to set up your results section. What are the main ideas or findings that will be the main sentence for each paragraph? How many paragraphs do you expect to have?
Week 7 Discussion: What limitations did encounter in your research? How did your results compare to what has already been published on careers in the sub-field you studied, or barriers faced in pursuing careers in that field?
Week 8 Discussion: Have the results of your research study changed your views of the sub-fields of psychology or your proposed career plans? If so, in what ways?

February 1, 2018

treatment for detoxification

2-Classmates Responses (1-28-18)

(#-1) CLASSMATE___Dar. Mam.
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A situation that I would be competent in dealing with would be a client that is using drug substance. The substance that the client is using is Methamphetamine know as crystal meth. This drug is very strong and highly addictive it effects the central, nervous system. This drug can cause the client to have violent behavior, mood swings, suicidal thoughts, anxiety and paranoia/
I would make a referral for the client to have treatment for detoxification. This treatment involves purging the physical presence of meth from the user and Therapy Treatment this will help to show the client how they can cope with the temptation to use meth and to show them how they can have more healthier Thoughts and behavior pattern without having to use meth. AS a professional my services is to make sure that the client gets the help that is needed.

Scenario
My client is an African American woman who is 45 years old. She has a history of using Meth. My client says she been using meth for 20 years sometimes she uses Cocaine. For three days the client has not shower or eat. As I am talking to my client She tells me her children were taken away from her due to her addiction. If my client was to seek help for her addiction her children will be given back to her, my client has a family but due to her stealing from them to purchase more drugs they don’t want her around. The client has move from shelter to shelter and sleeping on the ground. She has been in and out of jail, but nothing has changed her. The client does not like being on drugs and that she wants her children back, so I will sit down with the client and tell her you to say you want your children back by going to a facility that will help you clean yourself up from using drug will get your children back.
Because this is out of my boundaries Section 2; Competence
2.01 Boundaries of Competence
(a) Psychologists provide services teach and conduct research with populations and in areas only within their boundaries of their competence based on their education, training, supervised experience, consultation study or professional experience.
Detox facilities take in clients when beds are open and available. Seeing my client in this state of mind emergency services are needed for her.
2;02 Providing Services in Emergencies
In an emergency when Psychologist provides services to individuals, for whom other mental health services are not available and for when Psychologist have not obtained the necessary training. A psychologist may provide such services to ensure that services are not denied. The services are discontinued as soon as the emergency ended, or appropriate services are available.

Reference
American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, Including 2010 and 2016 Amendments [Web page]. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

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(#-2) CLASSMATE__ MEG. SQU.
A situation where I would be less competent when handling a patient would be if they required medication for treatment for an underlying psychiatric illness. For a case like this I would feel comfortable referring the patient to another doctor because I do not deal with any type of medication type of treatment.

For the referral I would go through all the proper channels and forms for the individual to see the psychiatrist that is in the same office building and also explain what the possibilities are of the psychiatric illness and is medication treatment is needed. While speaking with the individual about the referral, I would explain that they need more in-depth psychiatric treatment and they may need medication. Also that this is not in my area of expertise and they would be more beneficial is they continued with a psychiatrist so they can balance their illness and function better in their everyday lives.

Scenario

One of the clients is a 52-year-old women, she has a history of substance abuse. She is now going through withdraws from not using for one week. As speaking with this client, she explains to me that her family has left her and does not want anything to with her because of her problem. She wants to get help and show her family that she has changed and she does not abuse narcotics anymore. She is ready to have stability back in her life.
Because I can not help with someone who is detoxing Section 2; Competence helps.
2.01 Boundaries of Competence
(a) Psychologists provide services teach and conduct research with populations and in areas only within their boundaries of their competence based on their education, training, supervised experience, consultation study or professional experience.
A detox facilities can take in clients when beds are open and available. Seeing my client in this state of mind emergency services are needed for her.
2;02 Providing Services in Emergencies
For an emergency when Psychologist provides services to individuals, and other mental health services are not available and for when Psychologist have not obtained the necessary training. A psychologist may provide such services to ensure that services are not denied. The services are discontinued as soon as the emergency ended, or appropriate services are available.

Reference:
American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, Including 2010 and 2016 Amendments [Web page]. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/ (Links to an external site.)

February 1, 2018

Is Freud's theory a viable theory for this century

Is Freud’s theory a viable theory for this century? Provide reasons for your view. Refernces, APA Format, 150-200 words.

February 1, 2018

substantive tests of balances

When selecting a sample size for substantive tests of balances which factor, other factors being equal, would result in a larger sample?

Small expected misstatements
A decrease in the tolerable misstatement
An increase in the tolerable misstatement
An increase in the acceptable risk of incorrect acceptance

In estimating the population misstatement, the first step in projecting from the sample to the population is to:
- revise the upper error bound.
- make a point estimate.
- determine the population mean.
- calculate the precision interval.
  
  When the auditor uses tracing as an audit procedure for tests of transactions she is primarily concerned with which audit objective?
  Completeness
  
  Classification
  
  Occurrence
  
  Cutoff
  
  An example of a document the auditor receives from the client, but which was prepared by someone outside the client’s organization, is a:
  
  confirmation.
  
  vendor invoice.
  
  sales invoice.
  
  bank reconciliation
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  When auditors wish to evaluate a sample statistically, an acceptable selection method is:
  
  systematic sample selection.
  
  judgmental selection.
  
  block sample selection.
  
  haphazard selection
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  The word below that best explains the relationship between required sample size and the acceptable risk of incorrect acceptance is:
  
  inverse.
  
  indeterminate.
  
  proportional.
  
  direct
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  If acceptable audit risk is increased, acceptable risk of incorrect acceptance should be:
  
  reduced.
  
  increased.
  
  unaffected.
  
  modified.16
  
  A sample in which the characteristics of the sample are the same as those of the population is a(n):
  
  variables sample.
  
  representative sample.
  
  attributes sample.
  
  random sample.