The Complexities Of E-Therapy

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Watch the Virtual Clinic  video and see the Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology (2013), Baker and Bufka (2011), “Preparing for the Telehealth World: Navigating Legal, Regulatory, Reimbursement, and Ethical Issues in an Electronic Age,” Harris and Younggren (2011), “Risk Management in the Digital World,” Luxton et al. (2014), “Best Practices for Remote Psychological Assessment Via Telehealth Technologies,” and Gros et al. (2013), “Delivery of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy via Video Telehealth” articles all attached(1)Provide an evaluation of the efficacy of using telehealth with mild, moderate, and severe mental health disorders. As part of your evaluation, assess the integration of evidence-based practices into the telehealth trend in psychotherapy. Consider the population, specialty, and treatment preferences identified in the Week One Creating a Specialist Website link here  https://natoyawayne87.wixsite.com/counselor-natoya and assess the appropriateness of using telephone, text-based, virtual clinics, and/or video telehealth given your client focus, specialty, and treatment preference(s). Analyze ethical and professional issues you might encounter and explain the risks and benefits of using these delivery methods with your identified treatment population?

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Report On The Communication In A Field Of Study

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Psychology:  Here’s the link to the Psychology Research Guide

For this assignment you will complete a form, providing information about 4 things:

  1. The program (discipline) that  interests you
  2. The program guide you would use in that field and things in it
  3. Analysis of one organization or website from the discipline
  4. Tips for communicating with folks in that discipline

What is a discourse community?

You learned earlier that writing does not exist in a vacuum, that it is a conversation between writer and reader. One scholar, Erik Borg, says that “We do not generally use language to communicate with the world at large, but with individuals or groups of individuals…these groups are gathered into communities.”

Each of us belongs to a number of these groups (called discourse communities). If you stop at a coffee shop routinely, you are a member of that community. Members know what the “rules” are for communicating with each other, what kind of greeting is used, what the standard length of comments is, what kind of comments are acceptable, and what kind are not. Other discourse communities might be related to activities with children, fitness, or church. You can probably think of examples of a conversation topic or a greeting that would be acceptable at the gym but not at church. In this assignment, you are going to look at the communication that occurs in one of your discourse communities, the one formed by an interest in a specific field of study (major, program, or discipline).

How do I learn about the discourse community in my field?  

What will you be looking for? You will be looking at the kinds of reading and writing members of the community do; the expectations and rules (conventions) for the communication; the way they communicate with each other online; and other tips that help you understand this group. Psychology:  Here’s the link to the Psychology Research Guide.

How will you do this exploration? You will start by looking at the information linked below, first the course catalog and then in guides designed by the APUS Library staff to help researchers in the field. If your program is not listed in the 10 programs shown below, then go to this link to find your program (or one that interests you if you haven’t selected a program yet):  Research Guides by Program.  The university catalog has info on all programs, in case yours isn’t listed below.

Once I’ve learned about my field’s discourse community, what do I do with that information?

After you have looked at the catalog description, the research guide, and information in that guide (including an organization or website), complete the following report about the way the people in your program communicate.  A template of this report is attached for your convenience. Replace the sample answers with your own words. Save it with a title like this: Smith Robert Report on Communication.

SMART Goals (Social Work Core Competency)

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  • Review the expected behaviors on the Learning Agreement for the two core competencies listed below:
    • Social Work Core Competency 4: Engaging practice informed research and research informed practice
    • Social Work Core Competency 5: Engaging policy practice
  • View the Learning Resources on how to develop your Learning Agreement.
  • Review the Learning Resources on developing SMART Goals.
  • Develop two SMART goals (one for Social Work Core Competency 4 and one for Social Work Core Competency 5) that will help you demonstrate the expected behaviors for those competencies.
  • Explain how the tasks of a social work intern align with social work core competencies and your SMART goals.

Case Analysis – Treatment Format

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See the PSY650 Week Four Treatment Plan , Case 15: Borderline Personality Disorder in Gorenstein and Comer (2014), and Borderline Personality Disorder in Sneed et al Handbook of evidence-based practice in clinical psychology: Vol. 2. Adult disorders(2012). See the Rizvi, et al. (2013), “An Overview of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Professional Psychologists,” Harned, et al.  (2013), “Treatment Preference Among Suicidal and Self-Injuring Women with Borderline Personality Disorder and PTSD,” Miller (2006), “Telehealth Issues in Consulting Psychology Practice,” and Luxton, et al. (2011), “mHealth for Mental Health: Integrating Smartphone Technology in Behavioral Healthcare” articles all attached.Assess the evidence-based practices implemented in this case study. Address all the following numbered points(1)Explain the connection between each theoretical orientation used by Dr. Bank’s and the interventions utilized in the case(2)Describe the concept of dialectical behavior therapy, being sure to include the six main points of this type of treatment(3)Explain Dr. Banks’s primary goal during the pre-treatment stage and how Dr. Banks related this to Karen in her initial therapy sessions(4)Describe the two formats that Dr. Banks told Karen would be part of her treatment program(5)Describe the focus of the second and third stages of treatment(6)Assume the role of a consulting clinical or counseling psychologist on this case, and recommend at least one technology-based e-therapy tool that would be useful. Explain liability issues related to delivering e-therapy consultation, supporting your response with information from the Miller (2006), “Telehealth Issues in Consulting Psychology Practice” article(7)Evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment interventions implemented by Dr. Banks supporting your statements with information from the case and see the two to three peer-reviewed articles labelled intervention 1,2 and 3, in addition to the others attached(8)Recommend three additional treatment interventions that would be appropriate in this case. Use information from the Sneed, Fertuck, Kanellopoulos, and Culang-Reinlieb (2012), “Borderline Personality Disorder” article to help support your recommendations. Justify your selections with information from the case?

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Discussion Forum 12

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After reading Chapter 11 in the textbook, reviewing the contnet in Unit 12 and further researching the topic, post a two-paragraph response to the following: 

  • In your first paragraph, explain and describe one or two of the social psychology concepts that you learned about in this unit. You may decide to choose from the following:
    • Self-fulfilling prophecy
    • Groupthink
    • Correspondence bias
    • Reciprocal altruism
    • Cognitive dissonance
    • Social loafing
    • Conformity
  • In your second paragraph, describe a scene or character(s) from a movie, TV show, or book that demonstrates your chosen social psychology concept. Be sure to give some background of the story and/or character, and specifically explain how this scene or character is an example of your chosen social psychology concept.
  • NOTE: In the Subject of your post, be sure to identify the concept and the movie/TV show/book (example: Cognitive Dissonance in “The Walking Dead”)

Discussion topic posts should be two paragraphs in length (four to five sentences in length for each paragraph).

APA FORMAT. DOCTORATE LEVEL

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an explanation of how client culture may influence client perceptions of substance use. Then explain how you might use this information to determine if a client meets the criteria for a substance related disorder.

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Application: Symptoms and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Application: Symptoms and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder

One of the disorders of childhood and adolescence that has received increasing research and media attention over the past few years is autism spectrum disorder. In Abnormal Psychology, the author highlights the core features of this serious childhood disorder and provides a description of a child named Mark who embodies a typical clinical picture of autism (Comer, 2014, p. 539). In this week’s Application Assignment, you will review a video program featuring two children with autism and draw connections between their behaviors and the symptoms described in the textbook.

To prepare for this assignment:

  • Review the textbook section titled “Long-Term Disorders That Begin in Childhood,” focusing on symptoms, causal factors, and treatment approaches.
  • Peruse the two websites about autism spectrum disorder included in the required Learning Resources list, focusing on information about the major symptoms of autism and treatment approaches.

The assignment: (2–3 pages)

  • Consider the following scenario, in which you presume you are a mental health professional: You have recently met with James and his family. As an infant, James rarely showed interest in his parents or toys. Now, at 5 years old, he does not use intelligible words to communicate with his parents. He will not tolerate being read to. He likes to watch the same recorded television program over and over. He screams loudly and begins to hit himself when the program shuts off. He quickly becomes calm when the program resumes.
    Your evaluation has determined that James meets the criteria for autism spectrum disorder. James’s parents are coming to your office tomorrow to discuss the results of your evaluation.
  • Prepare a written report of what you will tell James’s parents about autism spectrum disorder. Be sure to cover the symptoms that James meets from the DSM-5 Checklist (Table 17-6).
  • Discuss symptoms of autism spectrum disorder in light of normal development in the following domains: language, cognition, emotion, and social. In other words, what is noticeably abnormal in children with autism spectrum disorder versus what you might see in their same-age peers?
  • Summarize the research evidence on the effectiveness of different approaches to treatment, based on your textbook reading. Include your final treatment recommendation to James’s parents.
  • To close your paper, consider how you might answer if the parents ask, “How did my child end up with this disorder? What did we do wrong? Is there any hope for him?”

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.

3-4 Pages Assignment. APA Format, PH.D Assignment

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Reading both popular and professional literature is an activity fraught with risk. In this age of electronic communication, wikis, sound bites, and rapid dissemination of news and other information, there is an increased risk that information you access may not be accurate. The likelihood of being exposed to “urban myths” or false information that appears to be based on scientific information is much greater than it ever has been. As will be emphasized next week, it is important even in professional articles and reputable journals to be able to distinguish good research from bad, valid arguments from invalid ones, and fact from fiction.

As a scholar practitioner, then, it is essential for you to be a critical thinker when reading, listening to, searching for, and reviewing information. Critical thinking involves learning what the potential pitfalls are in written or broadcasted materials, analyzing the material you encounter for the presence of these pitfalls, as well as other errors in thinking and reasoning, and using your analysis to determine the weight you should give the information obtained from any source. Using critical thinking to sort out the facts from suppositions or hypotheses that are not actually true or clearly tested is one of the most important basic skills you can master. Critical thinking is a tool you will need and use throughout your professional education, training, and practice.

For this Application Assignment, review the articles provided in this week’s resources, “Urinalysis: The Supreme Court’s Justification Of High-School Urine Tests” and “Vaccines May Fuel Autism Epidemic.

The assignment: (3–4 pages)

  • Provide an analysis of the articles from a critical thinking perspective.
  • Identify at least three errors in each of the two articles.
  • Explain the implications of the errors you identified for your professional psychology practice.
  • Be specific, provide examples, and justify your response with the Learning Resources/literature.

Vaccines may fuel autism epidemic

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/07/supreme-court-urinalysis.html

Class Presentation- Psychological Disorder And Treatment

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Select a psychological disorder of interest covered in the textbook.  Develop a seven slide (minimum) PowerPoint presentation, Prezi, Google Slides that:

Slide 1 – Introduction slide with your name and the psychological disorder you selected

Slide 2 – Define the psychological disorder and what type of disorder it is (anxiety, depressive, schizophrenia, dissociative, personality, or eating)

Slide 3 – Identify the population that the disorder occurs most frequently (could be age and/or biological sex).

Slides 4 -5 – Define three symptoms of the disorder and how each symptom impairs a person’s functioning.

Slide 6 – Discuss the most widely used therapy or therapies (psychological, pharmacological, or other) used to treat this disorder.

Slide 7 – Reference slide (cite the textbook and one other source you researched).

Citations on the slides and a references slide are required.  All citations and references should be in APA format.

Death And Dying

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No matter where we are in the lifespan, loss, death and dying are  difficult experiences. Cultures vary as to how they process and  experience these events. Share an Internet resource that describes  another culture’s approach to death, dying, mourning, grief or  bereavement. Please share how they may experience this with respect to one of  the following:  death of a child (natural causes or accident), death of  a spouse, terminal illness in a child or adult, or the elderly.