Examine the case and propose why the changes occurred.

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  1. Examine the case and propose why the changes occurred.
  2. Reassess the effectiveness and validity of the treatment plan.
  3. Discuss how the treatment plan needs to be adjusted to address the changes in the situation.
  4. Justify the changes both ethically and legally.
  5. Determine what the changes (obstacles) mean to the treatment plan.
  6. Discuss how you would evaluate the resources available for you to make a referral.
  7. Discuss how you would communicate to the client the need for referrals to other providers.
  8. Determine which referrals you would make and which you might suggest to the client.
  9. Include any instruments you would use to assess the client.

Submit the revised treatment plan and essay to your instructor.

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 uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

This assignment meets the following NASAC Standards:

48) Reassess the treatment plan at regular intervals, and/or when indicated by changing circumstances.

50) Continuously assess and evaluate referral resources to determine their appropriateness.

51) Differentiate between situations in which it is most appropriate for the client to self-refer to a resource, and instances requiring counselor referral.

62) Summarize the client’s background, treatment plan, recovery progress, and problems inhibiting progress for the purpose of assuring quality of care, gaining feedback, and planning changes in the course of treatment.

67) Maintain ongoing contact with the client, and involved significant others, to ensure adherence to the treatment plan.

69) Assess treatment/recovery progress and, in consultation with the client and significant others, make appropriate changes to the treatment plan to ensure progress toward treatment objectives.

71) Apply generally accepted measures of treatment outcome.

72) Utilize referral skills, as described in Section 3.

77) Facilitate the client’s engagement in the treatment/recovery process.

78) Work with the client to establish realistic, achievable goals consistent with achieving and maintaining recovery.

112) Prepare and record treatment and continuing care plans that are consistent with agency standards and comply with applicable administrative rules.

113) Record progress of the client in relation to treatment goals and objectives.

115) Document the treatment outcome, using accepted methods and instruments.

1. A description of physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development in this period in life.

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1. A description of physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development in this period in life.

2. Explain factors that are impactful during the assigned developmental period. For example, Attachment in infancy, Parenting Styles in Childhood, Bullying in Adolescence, View on Marriage in Early Adulthood, Views of the Elderly in Late Adulthood.

3. Describe relevant theories that relate to development and the particular developmental period your group has been assigned.

Use three to five scholarly resources to support your explanations. Apply relevant topics as discussed in the textbook and other resources you have located and read.

Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.

Include speaker notes below each content-related slide that represent what would be said if giving the presentation in person. Expand upon the information included in the slide and do not simply restate it. Please ensure the speaker notes include 50-75 words per slide.

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, including an APA formatted reference slide, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Assignment 9 Case Study Analysis: 

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Assignment 9 Case Study Analysis:

Considering the indicated symptoms for all three cases below you are required to:discuss the diagnostic possibilities, including both psychiatric diagnostic possibilities and other causes. indicate the possible etiologies in a general way and the steps you would take to diagnose, treat, and manage these cases, with consideration of pharmacological interventionYou don’t need to discuss every detail of your treatment – just write from the standpoint of a clinical psychotherapist who does not prescribe medication, but coordinates care with physicians who do.Your responses must be 2-3 pages in length per case.  Please include a title and reference page.This assignment must be typed, double-spaced, and must be written at graduate level English. Application and APA referencing of the course text and other sources are required. You are required to include Cultural and Ethical considerations in your responses. You must include how your own cultural beliefs, values, possible biases and stereotyping that may affect your clinical perspective. Legal and ethical issues must also be addressed.   You are required to use a minimum of three (3) professional resources other than the course text, taken from the Internet, the University Virtual Library or scholarly articles, to enhance your responses. Case Studies:  Respond to all three (3):1. Bob is a 47-year-old Native-American man who comes to you with his wife of 15 years. He appears agitated and complains that he feels anxious. His wife reports that Bob has had a lot of trouble sitting still, frequently jumping up and pacing. While he has been this way throughout their marriage, it is getting increasingly worse. Bob tells you that he is a lot like his abusive father, who died of alcoholism.  Bob feels that if he drank, he’d be able to relax, but swore he would never be like his father. The wife tells you that the children are frightened when Bob gets agitated as he has punched holes in walls. You notice the wife looks frightened when you ask her if she feels the children are safe in the home.

2. Steven is a 7-year-old Asian-American first grade student brought to treatment by his mother. He has been disruptive in class. His teacher and the school counselor are strongly urging that Steven be put on medication for ADHD, but his mother is reluctant to do so.  Steven is described as exceptionally gifted and appears bored in the classroom.  His mother tells you that Steven is impatient and rageful to his younger sisters at home. She is afraid Steven is taking after his abusive father, who no longer lives in the home due to domestic violence. She tells you that their father is allowed to visit the children in the home under her supervision.

3. Melinda is an exceptionally bright, 17-year-old African-American young woman, in her first year at a state college. Both parents accompany her to your office. When she came home for spring break, she started talking nonsense, saying that the college’s biology department is using a high powered laser to alter the DNA in her brain. She has always been an “A” student and has never shown any sign of psychiatric disturbance prior to this.

Question 1 (1 point)

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Question 1 UnsavedGestalt psychology emphasizesQuestion 1 options:observable, objective reactions.the introspective technique.emotional causes of behavior.the basic human tendency to organize our perceptions.Save

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Question 2 UnsavedSuppose that you are writing a paper about cognitive processes in people who are depressed. Which of the following topics would be most relevant for your paper?Question 2 options:Observations of social interactions between people with depression.The effects of vitamin supplements on the activity level of people with depression.The ability to remember people’s names of people with depression.The relationship between childhood experiences and current adjustment in people with depression.Save

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Question 3 UnsavedJohn is reading his Cognitive Psychology textbook. He notices that his stomach is grumbling, but he thinks, “I will finish this section of the chapter and then go to lunch.” John’s thought illustrates the cognitive process of _______.Question 3 options:pattern recognition.memory.imagery.decision making.Save

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Question 4 UnsavedWhich of the following statements is correct?Question 4 options:A reflex such as a knee-jerk reflex is an example of cognition.Cognition refers to the acquisition and retrieval of knowledge, but not the use of that knowledge.”Cognitive psychology” is sometimes used as a synonym for “cognition.”Cognitive psychology emphasizes mental processes that are easily observable.Save

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Question 5 UnsavedA cognitive psychologist who analyzes a cognitive task in terms of a series of stages—like the way a computer operates—is using which of the following approaches?Question 5 options:the information-processing approachthe introspection approachthe gestalt approachthe parallel distributed processing approachSave

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Question 6 UnsavedSuppose that you meet a professor who is trying to determine what portions of the brain are involved in trying to recall a word that is on the tip of your tongue. This person is likely to use the approach ofQuestion 6 options:artificial intelligence.cognitive neuroscience.gestalt psychologybehaviorism.Save

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Question 7 UnsavedOne component of your general knowledge focuses on semantic memory. Which of the following would be an example of semantic memory?Question 7 options:your ability to create a mental imageyour ability to add several three-digit numbers togethera strategy you use to memorize important material for a testyour knowledge that the word “bear” is similar to the word “lion”Save

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Question 8 UnsavedSuppose that you look up from this exam, and you immediately perceive a scene that includes students, desks, and classroom walls.  In order to perceive it quickly, you are probably usingQuestion 8 options:serial processing.parallel processing.ecological validity.metacognition.Save

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Question 9 UnsavedAn operational definition is most
likely toQuestion 9 options:describe precisely how the researchers will measure a particular concept.examine the correlation between two well-established variables.point out alternative explanations for the results of a study.adopt an information-processing approach, rather than a behaviorist approach.Save

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Question 10 UnsavedAn important feature of cognitive science is that it emphasizesQuestion 10 options:individual differences in cognition.an interdisciplinary approach.that all mental processes should be explained in biological terms.that researchers should focus on personality characteristics.Save

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Question 11 UnsavedWhich of the following early approaches to psychology developed the idea of insight when people solve problems?Question 11 options:introspectionismthe gestalt approachbehaviorismEbbinghaus and his followersSave

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Question 12 UnsavedWhich of the following statements best captures the scope of cognition?Question 12 options:Cognition includes every internal experience that humans have.We use cognition when we acquire, store, transform, and use knowledge.Cognition primarily emphasizes higher mental processes, such as problem solving and decision making.Cognition is more concerned with visible actions, such as motor activities, than with activities that cannot be seen by an outside observer.Save

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Question 13 UnsavedAccording to the discussion in this unit’s reading, behaviorism places the most emphasis onQuestion 13 options:interpersonal relationships.observable activities.unconscious emotions.mental processes.Save

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Question 14 UnsavedSome researchers believe that the human brain works like a complex, sophisticated machine. This approach is calledQuestion 14 options:the gestalt approach.the analogy approach.the computer metaphor.the lesion approach.Save

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Question 15 UnsavedChapter 1 of your textbook ends with a discussion about the five themes of this book. According to this discussion,Question 15 options:cognition is generally not very accurate.cognition typically emphasizes both top-down and bottom-up processing.children typically emphasize top-down processing, but adults typically emphasize bottom-up processing.cognition is typically more accurate for negative information than for positive information.Save

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Question 16 UnsavedThis unit’s reading discusses the status of cognitive psychology. According to this discussion, the cognitive approachQuestion 16 options:primarily emphasizes our unconscious thoughts.can explain a major part of your daily experiences.is prominent within social psychology, but it has not yet been applied to biological areas of psychology.has had surprisingly little connection with clinical psychology.Save

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Question 17 UnsavedWhich of the following research topics would be most likely to interest a behaviorist?Question 17 options:The effect of parents’ marital satisfaction on children’s nightmares.The effect of praise on children’s running speed.Individual differences in verbal ability.The relationship between the true size of an object and its size as represented in a mental image.Save

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Question 18 UnsavedIn contrast to a PET scan, the fMRI techniqueQuestion 18 options:requires an injection of a radioactive chemical.provides more precise information when measuring a series of events in the brain.causes transient brain lesions.involves placing electrodes on a person’s scalp.Save

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Question 19 UnsavedAccording to this unit’s reading, the artificial intelligence (AI) approachQuestion 19 options:creates computer models that demonstrate intelligent behavior.emphasizes that humans possess a central processing mechanism that has unlimited capacity.is currently too vague and nonspecific to be tested.focuses on the development of cognitive abilities during childhood.Save

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Question 20 UnsavedWhen researchers use the introspection technique,Question 20 options:people report their sensations as accurately as possible.people report their experiences in a spontaneous, unsystematic fashion.the researchers observe how people respond to learning tasks.the researchers encourage people to interpret their reactions to selected stimuli.Save

Assignment: Developing a Program Evaluation

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Assignment: Developing a Program Evaluation

To ensure the success of a program evaluation, a social worker must generate a specific detailed plan. That plan should describe the goal of the evaluation, the information needed, and the methods and analysis to be used. In addition, the plan should identify and address the concerns of stakeholders. A social worker should present information about the plan in a manner that the stakeholders can understand. This will help the social worker receive the support necessary for a successful evaluation.

To prepare for this Assignment, identify a program evaluation you would like to conduct for a program with which you are familiar. Consider the details of the evaluation, including the purpose, specific questions to address, and type of information to collect. Then, consider the stakeholders that would be involved in approving that evaluation. Review the resources for samples of program evaluations.

Identify the presenting problem for the case study you selected. (Remember the presenting problem has to be framed from the perspective of role theory. For example, the presenting problem can be framed within the context of role functioning).

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  • Identify the presenting problem for the case study you selected. (Remember the presenting problem has to be framed from the perspective of role theory. For example, the presenting problem can be framed within the context of role functioning).
  • Identify all the relevant roles assumed by the client.
  • Analyze the social expectations and social and cultural norms revolving around the role, social position, and role scripts of one of the roles assumed by the client.
  • Explain the role and social position of the social worker in working with the client in the case study.
  • Describe how the role(s) and social position(s) assumed by the social worker will influence the relationship between the social worker and the client.
  • Identify three assessment questions that are guided by role theory that you will ask the client to better understand the problem.
  • Identify and describe two interventions that are aligned with the presenting problem and role theory.
  • Identify one outcome that you would measure if you were to evaluate one of the interventions you would implement to determine if the intervention is effective.
  • Evaluate one advantage and one limitation in using role theory in understanding the case.

Be sure to: