what might the forensic professional add to an understanding of the case beyond what is generally known by laypeople?

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Assignment 3: Civil Litigation and Personal Injury Assessment

A forensic assessment may serve a number of purposes in both criminal and civil contexts. In the context of civil litigation, a forensic mental health professional may be called to provide an assessment in a personal injury case. For example, the professional may be asked to identify whether a traumatic disability or syndrome exists and, if so, to determine the severity and impact on an individual’s functional abilities. Personal injury litigation expands over several areas.

Using resources from the professional literature, research two types of reports written for civil litigation purposes. The literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and scholarly websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions.

Based on your research, create a 3- to 4-page paper in a Microsoft Word document responding to the following:

  • Discuss at least two ways in which a forensic assessment may be required in each type of civil forensic case.
  • Identify the specific psycholegal issues to be addressed in each type of evaluation.
  • Discuss the role of the independent medical examiner or independent forensic psychologist.
  • Discuss several key elements that the forensic mental health professional would want to include in the report.
  • Identify the legal entity or stakeholder (e.g., defense attorney) who might request each type of assessment report and explain the potential reasons for the requests. In other words, what might the forensic professional add to an understanding of the case beyond what is generally known by laypeople?
  • Describe the assessments that are utilized to write the reports.
  • Identify the limitations of the reports.

 

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Discussed at least two ways in which a forensic assessment may be required in each type of civil forensic case.
16
Assessed the role of the independent medical examiner or independent forensic psychologist.
8
Discussed the role of the forensic mental health professional.
8
Identified who would request each type of report and explained the potential reasons for the requests.
8
Described the circumstances for such reports to be written.
8
Described which assessments are utilized to write the reports.
12
Explained what information can be obtained from the report.
12
Identified the limitations of the report for the two reports you selected.
12
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
16
Total:
100

      How do male-mediated teratogens affect prenatal development? In what other ways can male-mediated teratogens affect men’s health?

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Discussion #1.The therapeutic relationship is an alliance that is part of all counseling professions. For this discussion, discuss what makes the therapeutic relationship unique compared to other relationships. Also, describe some strategies and skills that counselors use to form a therapeutic relationship. Be sure to cite your sources (including course readings) using APA format.

Discussion #2.Technology has been incorporated into counseling in a number of ways. Discuss two modalities for using technology in counseling, along with the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches. In addition, discuss the ethical considerations of infusing technology into counseling. Cite your sources in APA format.

Discussion #3. Typically, we tend to associate teratogens with pregnancy and things pregnant women should avoid, but can teratogens affect men?

For this discussion, respond to the following prompts:

·         Explain what is meant by male-mediated teratogens.

·         How do male-mediated teratogens affect prenatal development? In what other ways can male-mediated teratogens affect men’s health?

Why is listening important in the workplace?

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Communication Basics and Effective Listening

Communication can help your career in more ways than any other skill. Being able to verbalize your thoughts is essential; however, how one actively listens is vital.

Complete both parts of this assignment.

Part 1

For this first part of the assignment, take the time to familiarize yourselves and reflect on the basics of communication in addition to listening and group communication.

Complete attached Communications Basics worksheet.

 

Part 2

Read the following scenario:

Your workplace has recently experienced issues regarding effective listening. Some employees are not “hearing” what is being communicated by upper management. This is evident in the way projects are being turned in without all tasks completed. In response, your manager has asked you to provide your coworkers with information to help them boost their listening skills.

Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation that answers the following questions:

Why is listening important?

Why is listening important in the workplace?

What is active listening?

How does one show they are an active listener?

What are some effective listening strategies?

What are some barriers to effective listening?

How might you overcome these barriers?

Use bullet points and graphics or images on the slides, and detailed information in the speaker notes.

Note: Review p. 461 of Ch. 14 SEE ATTACHED

Cite any sources used and remember to include a title page according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.

USE SPEAKERS NOTES.  USE GRAPHICS.  Make sure you cite references on speakers notes and graphics and contents of slides.  Make sure to paraphrase as much as possible.

 

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what other risk management strategies should you take as a professional counselor to ensure ethical practice?

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  • Using current ethical and legal standards, specifically the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics (ACA, 2014) and legal requirements of your state,WHICH IS FLORIDA, develop an informed consent form that you could use in actual practice (either private or community based). Customize the form to work with an adult client who comes to you for assistance with suicidal ideation, a history of depression, and an extensive history of seeking professional counseling. Create your own form from scratch. Do not cut and paste an existing form or use one from another organization or that you found on the internet.
  • In addition to the form, summarize when during the counseling process you would use this form and the specific ethical and legal standards you addressed in the creation of the form. Clearly explain why you included each section or item in the document. Be sure to address multicultural and ethical considerations you need to consider when developing and using this form, collaboration with other professionals, and relevant laws in your state (e.g., mandated reporting laws for the state in which you practice).
  • Finally, discuss how this informed consent document fits into your personal model for ethical practice. In addition, what other risk management strategies should you take as a professional counselor to ensure ethical practice?

Your final product will be in a Microsoft Word document and be approximately 3 pages in length (including the consent form). The informed consent should be approximately 2–3 pages. Your form and supplemental information should be organized in a clear, concise, and organized manner; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

hy is it very important to you, personally and professionally, to be proactive in establishing a positive working relationship with your chair and committee members?

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Mod 3 DQ 1     due 7-19-2017

 

 

Review the document defining the Dissertation Roles and Responsibilities on the DC Network. Find it using the DC Network search function. Identify any questions you have on the responsibilities. How does the role of your chair differ from the role of instructors in previous classes you have taken? How is your role different? Are these roles different than you expected? Why or why not? Why is it very important to you, personally and professionally, to be proactive in establishing a positive working relationship with your chair and committee members? Knowing that professional difference of opinion or conflict is inevitable on dissertation committees, how will you leverage these to improve creativity?

 

 

 

Mod 3 DQ 2      due 7-22-2017

 

 

 

Review the Prospectus Template, Dissertation Proposal Template, Milestone Guide, and Milestone Table in the DC Network and discuss how these documents have been helpful to you in completing your ISP. What challenges have you encountered while developing your ISP? How will you work with your chair to address these challenges so that you can meet the goals in your ISP?

 

After reviewing the Content Expert presentation, what steps have you taken to identify a content expert to serve on your committee

Is the discrimination or prejudice overt or covert?

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Prejudice, Discrimination, Power, and Privilege

A successful final draft of any paper should be the product of brainstorming, outlining, and writing multiple drafts. University of the Rockies Writing Center is a great service for all students, offering 24/7 live chat support and a 24 hour feedback turnaround for papers and discussion posts. It is required that you submit a draft for the Writing Center to review in addition to continuing to leverage Grammarly and TurnItIn to support producing your paper. You should submit your work to the Writing Center for review and use the Grammarly program and TurnItIn by Week 4, Day 3 at the latest so that you will have time to get feedback and revise your draft accordingly before submitting it to Waypoint on Day 7. In Week 5, you will be asked to reflect upon your experience with the Writing Center in your journal.

Instructions:

This week you will continue to work on the topic of choice to continue to progress toward your Cultural Perspectives final paper. Choosing one of the diversity-related topics selected in Week 3 (or a new topic), explain discrimination, power, or privileges associated with each group impacted by the situation or dilemma.

For this paper, discuss the following:

Cultural DIversity in the workplace

  1. Describe the diversity situation or cultural dilemma and the cultural groups impacted by this topic.
  2. What types of power or privilege does each group possess? In what ways are members of each group aware (or not aware) of their power or privilege?
  3. What types of prejudice or discrimination apply to each group? Is the discrimination or prejudice overt or covert?
  4. How do these (prejudice, discriminations, power or privileges) impact each group’s access to goods, services, positions of power, education, or other societal structures?

Support your claims with documentation from historical perspectives, recent news activities, scholarly articles, or course resources. The paper should be 660-1320 words in length. Please use the Writing Assignment and APA template provided in the course materials in order to complete this assignment.

How does expertise, or the perception of it, affect our behaviors, actions, and knowledge development?

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How Does This Relate to Me?

Prior to beginning this journal entry, read “The Development of Expertise in Performance: The Role of Memory, Knowledge, Learning, and Practice” and “Transitions and the Development of Expertise,” as well as review all other required resources. It is important for you to have already completed your initial post in the “Learning Trends” discussion before you compose this journal entry.

Part 1: As you were reading this week, what vocabulary was used that was unfamiliar to you or might be to your peers? Identify three to five words from this week’s content and research each word in the context of learning and cognition. Explain, in your own words, what each word means and how it is used in the context of learning and cognition.

Part 2: Based on the week’s discourse and content, you will access the Ashford University Library and research one scholarly article pertaining to expertise that was published within the last 10 years. Provide a summary explanation of the findings on “expertise” in the context of your article. What implications should scholars consider based on this information? Support your explanation utilizing this week’s resources and your researched article.

Part 3: Consider the events from the past week of your life. How does expertise, or the perception of it, affect our behaviors, actions, and knowledge development? Describe one personal real-life example of an occurrence that supports the implications of actual expertise, or the perception of it, on our behaviors and actions toward others. As you share this information, consider and apply the professional standards found in “12.06 Anonymity of Sources”found in the AERA Code of Ethics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Part 4: Review “Principle A: Professional Competence” in the AERA Code of Ethics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. What implications should be considered in your scholarly writing and observations? How might you check for competence of the research in articles and research studies you read? Explain the public impression(s) and misconception(s) that can occur when secular articles or studies (e.g., Yahoo survey results, newspaper reports) are used instead of findings from peer-reviewed sources.

Each journal entry should be 400 to 700 words in length and should establish your understanding of the content, apply appropriate methods of ethical practices, and exhibit appropriate scaffolding of personal experience to the week’s content.

What advice would you provide an aspiring psychologist or therapist?

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Professional Interview and Response

Refer to the University of Phoenix Material: Professional Interview and Response Guidelines for assignment guidelines. ATTACHED

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.

 

 

 

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How might intelligence and moral development be related?

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Discussion 1:

 

Theories of Intelligence, Moral Development, and the Strengths Perspective

Your ability to process information and apply it in other contexts represents one aspect of cognitive development. Theories of intelligence focus on the development of an individual’s ability to engage in abstract mental processes for the purposes of making sense of the environment (problem solving). Intelligence also involves psychological and moral development, in addition to physical maturation. Part of making sense of the environment and responding to it relates to an understanding of societal norms. Moral development represents an individual’s understanding of acceptable social human behavior. How might intelligence and moral development be related? As a social worker in support of the strengths perspective, understanding the development of your clients’ intelligence and morality can help to identify their strengths in order to encourage empowering behaviors.

For this Discussion, review this week’s resources. Select a theory of intelligence. Then, consider how intelligence might relate to moral development, referencing the theories from the readings. Finally, think about how you might view the theory you selected from a strengths perspective and what the potential implications of this theory might be for social workers who need to assess the intelligence of clients.

 

•Post an explanation of how you think intelligence relates to moral development, referencing theories from this week’s resources.

 

•Then describe the theory of intelligence you selected and explain how you might view it using a strengths perspective.

 

•Finally, explain the potential implications of this theory for social workers who need to assess the intelligence of clients.

 

References (use 2 or more)

 

Robbins, S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012). Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon.

 

Termini, K., Golden, J. A., Lyndon, A. E., & Sheaffer, B. L. (2009). Reactive attachment disorder and cognitive, affective and behavioral dimensions of moral development. Behavioral Development Bulletin, 15(1), 18–28.

 

 

Thompson, R. A. (2012). Whither the preconventional child? Toward a life-span moral development theory. Child Development Perspectives, 6(4), 423–429.

 

 

 

 

 

Discussion 2:

 

The Use of Stimulants in the Treatment ADHD

 

Stimulant medications have been used since the mid-1900s to treat ADHD. More recently, medical professionals recognize a degree of complicity in the development of addiction in many of their clients with ADHD in connection with the use of stimulant treatment medications such as dextroamphetamine, levoamphetamine, and methylphenidate. As members of medical treatment teams, mental health professionals recognize their responsibility to treat current clients who have developed this comorbid condition as well as to work to prevent future problems of addiction that might arise from use of stimulant treatment. Clients deserve encompassing, accurate information in order to sort through potentially mixed messages from medical professionals, school personnel, family members, and others. Mental health professionals can provide or point to educational materials to help clients make informed choices, provide information about alternatives based on sound research, and help monitor for misuse of potentially addictive medications (Preston, O’Neal, & Talaga, 2017).

For this Discussion, review the media titled“Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Counseling Session” and consider the medications a psychiatrist might prescribe to treat ADHD. Conduct an Internet search or a Walden Library search for at least one peer-reviewed journal article that addresses issues related to the use of stimulants for the treatment of ADHD as it relates to the client in the media program.

 

Post a brief description of the client’s current presentation in the media program.

 

•Choose a medication that a psychiatrist might prescribe to treat ADHD and explain in detail the major action, intended effects, neurotransmitters implicated in its use, and side effects.

 

•Explain why you think this medication might be the most effective for treatment. Explain how you might address any issues related to the use of stimulants for the treatment of ADHD.

 

•Justify your choice based on the client’s presentation and support your position with the Learning Resources and your journal article.

 

•Explain an alternative approach to treating ADHD.

 

 

References (use 3 or more)

 

 

Lichtblau, L. (2011). Psychopharmacology demystified. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar, Cengage Learning.

 

Preston, J. D., O’Neal, J. H., & Talaga, M. C. (2017). Handbook of clinical psychopharmacology for therapists (8th ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

 

Berman, S. M., Kuczenski, R., McCracken, J. T., & London, E. D. (2009). Potential adverse effects of amphetamine treatment on brain and behavior: A review. Molecular Psychiatry, 14(2), 123–142.

 

Pliszka, S. R. (2007). Pharmacologic treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Efficacy, safety and mechanisms of action. Neuropsychology Review, 17(1), 61–72.

 

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