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ADVANCED COUNSELING

After a close reading of at least 4 therapies, analyze the differences among them. For example, you might compare and contrast Psychoanalytic and Behavior therapies and 2 others, citing any similarities and differences. In addition, explain how each therapy would be applied to a client’s problem(s).
PLEASE DO NOT SIMPLY REPEAT WHAT IS IN THE BOOK, BUT ANALYZE HOW EACH THERAPY IS USED IN REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS. YOU WILL NEED TO GO BEYOND THE BOOK AND USE SCHOLARLY SOURCES AS FOUND IN ONLINE LIBRARY. You may compose a written analysis

 

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A written submission that presents a critical account of an issue of social justice or the common good.

 

The aim of this task is to define the common good in relation to this topic. The common good is what
is best for all, as opposed to the particular goods that each stakeholder may pursue. Your response should
analyse the various perspectives and critique these using relevant principles of human flourishing, in order to
show how the common good might be achieved.

the topic is whaling and the essay should include three of the
perspectives represented by the major stakeholders in the issue.

Structure your essay according to the following framework (word count is given as a guide only):
 Briefly describe the issue and explain how this is an issue which affects the common good. (200 words)
(criterion 1) (INTRODUCTION)
Page 10 of 13
 Describe and explain the perspectives of three stakeholders. Include a discussion of the main arguments they
put forward and the resolution/s they would opt for. (700 words) (criterion 2)
 Choose three principles of human flourishing that are relevant to this issue. Use these principles to analyse
each perspective you described above and discuss the ways in which the perspectives of these stakeholders
support or hinder the common good. (800 words). (criterion 3)
 How might the common good be achieved in relation to this issue? Suggest a specific course of action and
explain how this would best serve the common good. Include a proposal for what each stakeholder could do
and what society as a whole could do to promote the achievement of the common good in relation to this
issue. (300 words) (criterion 4) (CONCLUSION)
Learning Outcomes and Graduate Attributes
This assessment task goes towards helping you to meet:
 Learning Outcome 1: Explain the concept of the ‘common good’ and present examples of the common
good in action;
 Learning Outcome 3: present a critical account of a topic or issue in social justice;
 Graduate Attribute 2: recognise their responsibility to the common good, the environment and society;
 Graduate Attribute 4: think critically and reflectively;
 Graduate Attribute 9: demonstrate effective communication in oral and written English language and
visual media.

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Comparison/Contrast Paper – Raisin in the Sun

Assignment
1. Review Week 6 | Lecture – Raisin in the Sun: The Movie prior to starting this assignment.
2. “Experience” the production of Raisin in the Sun through first reading the play and then viewing the full-length movie, which you will need to obtain through your local library or video rentals (plan in advance).
3. Then, write a cohesive paper (not a short essay assignment) comparing the written play to the movie, but focusing on the theme of the screenplay and movie: What happens to dreams?
4. Refer to the background information you learned during your preparation and completion of the Raisin in the Sun Short Essays assignments, content information presented during Weeks 5 and 6, and other sources of information (with citations), as well as the Assessment Rubric for Long Essays.

Guidelines
Use the following guiding points to help you organize and prepare your long essay paper, which should include your
• Introduction, coverage of content in its
• Body within your paragraphs (respond to items below in the order they are presented; don’t simply list answers to them), and
• Conclusion.
For instance, each topic you cover might be comprised of one or more paragraphs in length with transitions to the following paragraphs and subsequent topics. Use spell check and academic writing in preparing your thoughts, and then submit your comparison paper for grading. Refer to the OWL at Purdue, and your textbook for writing examples.
Guiding points
1. Include an original title that captures the spirit of your paper. Summarize and compare the plots of the play and movie in one or two paragraphs.
2. Identify both the “larger” dreams of the family members with their individual dreams. How are they presented in both the screenplay and movie with similarities, differences, other?
3. Compare the “dream theme” of the screenplay to the movie in relation to:
o Title, author, director
o Venue(s)–locations, staging, etc.
o ¬¬¬Actors and acting
o Themes, characters, symbolism
o Props
o ¬¬Costumes
o Language
o Role and effectiveness of written versus visual representations
o Other
4. Compare your personal response to both the written play and movie:
o Favorite scene
o Emotional or other response
o Other
5. Critique both the written play and movie (criticisms, suggestions, or accolades with examples)
6. Describe which version you preferred – and why
7. Conclude your paper
8. Cite your sources, in-text and References at the end (APA format!)

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Humanistic vs. Existential

 
This paper is an assignment comparing three readings and their authors for a Personality Psychology class. Below you will find the official instructions:

After reading “Psychological Data and Human Values” by Maslow; “The Necessary and Sufficient Conditions of Therapeutic Personality Change” by Rogers; and “Logotherapy and Existentialism” by Frankl, complete the following in 1,250-1,500-words

1. Summarize each article.
2. Evaluate how the article aligns with the theorist’s perspective Frankl/Existential Maslow and Rogers/Humanistic.
3. How could each of these research articles be applied today.

-Use your textbook to provide support for your statements.
-Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
-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

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Conducting and Analyzing Statistical Tests

 
By Monday, October 19, 2015, post your results to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox. Your written presentation to the following problem situation should be a formal academic presentation wherein APA guidelines apply.

A study wants to examine the relationship between student anxiety for an exam and the number of hours studied. The data is as follows:
Student Anxiety Scores

Study Hours
5

1
10

6
5

2
11

8
12

5
4

1
3

4
2

6
6

5
1

2

Why is a correlation the most appropriate statistic?
What is the null and alternate hypothesis?
What is the correlation between student anxiety scores and number of study hours? Select alpha and interpret your findings. Make sure to note whether it is significant or not and what the effect size is.
How would you interpret this?
What is the probability of a type I error? What does this mean?
How would you use this same information but set it up in a way that allows you to conduct a t-test? An ANOVA?

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Explain why a correlation is the most appropriate statistic.
36
List the null and alternate hypothesis.
20
Compute and correctly present the correlation between student anxiety scores and number of study hours.
36
List the alpha, statistical significance of the results and the effect size. Provide an interpretation of the results.
60
List the probability of a type I error and explain what it means.
36
Explain how the same information would be set up to allow one to conduct a t-test and an ANOVA.
48

Writing Components:

Organization: Introduction, Thesis, Transitions, Conclusion

Usage and Mechanics: Grammar, Spelling, Sentence structure

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Building the Final Paper

 
In this assignment, you will review the article you will be using as the basis of your final paper and describe its basic components. This week’s assignment is the foundation (i.e. “rough draft”) for your Week 5 final paper. (Please read the Week 5 final paper assignment instructions in the Week 5 tab prior to completing this assignment.) In your Week 5 final paper, you will then analyze each of the components that you describe in this assignment. You will utilize the feedback from your instructor on the Week 3 assignment to edit the content, which you should include in your final paper.

Review the article Duffy, Kilbourne, Austin, Dalack, Woltmann, Waxmonshy, & Noonan (2012), and use as the basis of your final paper. In your paper:

•Describe the hypothesis and/or research question posed by your selected study.
•Summarize the methodology used to address the research question/hypothesis.
•Describe the sampling methods used to obtain the study sample.
•Describe the measurement methods used to assess the research question.
•Explain the ethical considerations discussed by the author(s).
•Identify the author(s) conclusion(s).
•Describe the limitations of the study.

The assignment must be four to five pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

The Building the Final Paper assignment
•Must be written in your own words and may not include quotations. Papers including quotes will not be accepted. All content from outside sources must be paraphrased and cited appropriately.
•Must include an introduction that describes the topic of and provides a thesis for the paper.
•Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
•Must include a separate title page with the following:
◦Title of paper
◦Student’s name

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reflective journal -3

Order Description

Its purpose is to enhance your learning through the very process of writing and thinking about your personal experiences. Your reflective journal is personal to you and will reflect your personality and experiences throughout the module.

A reflective journal should not be a purely descriptive account of what you did/learnt but an opportunity to communicate your thinking process: how and why you learnt what you learnt, and what you now think about what you learnt.

At level 9, reflection should be critical in tone, looking to analyse linkages between module themes, your learning, experiences, and development.

answer these questions-
Questions to consider as you go along:

What did I learn today in class?
How did I feel about the experience?
How might other people have experienced/understood the same content. Why?
What did I find interesting and why?
What did I find puzzling or unexpected and why?
What do I feel about the way I am approaching the issue, subject or topic?
How am I learning and can I link this to any theories about learning?
How can I improve my learning techniques?
What do I need to know more about and how can I plan for further action?
What other resources interested or inspired me (guest speakers, workshops, visuals etc.)
Looking through my journal periodically, how have I improved my writing, reflection and subject knowledge?

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Epidemiology: Design a cohort study

Your task is to design a cohort study that allows for further exploration of the social determinates of health that places an individual or community at risk for your selected health problem (from Assessment One) which was suicide in Australia. You need to be specific with age group. For example you may choose to write between 12 to 25 years old who committee suicide (adolescents). Do not write in general, you must be specific. You need to choose particular age group, which is committing suicide more than others and must be from Australia.

The design needs to be in enough detail for someone else to understand how to conduct the study and is to focus on social determinates of health.

1. In the introduction you must briefly describe:
a. Social epidemiology and how it differs from traditional (classical) epidemiology, and
b. Discuss the social determinants of health associated with suicide in young people aged between 14 to 22 years old.
2. Select one or more of the social determinates that are risk factors to developing the health problem and develop a cohort study to investigate this relationship.
3. This cohort study must include the 9 main steps for writing a study protocol as outlined (by dot points) in Bonita, Beaglehole, and Kjellström (2006, p. 182:
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241547073_eng.pdf). Also read Chapter 7 in
Merrill (2013) for further information.

Here is a link with a video from my teacher of how this essay should be written. Please listen the instruction before you start writing the essay: https://youtu.be/oSDBs4RIBfE

This will guide you: Introduction:
Comment 1: Hi this does not introduce the assignment – what is the assignment about? What are you going to discuss? To which study are you referring? Always assume the reader does not know the topic.
Cohort studies:
Comment 2: Each sentence must make sense in itself – the word ‘they’ does not indicate to what you are referring. What is a cohort?
Commjent 3: It would be better to clearly describe what a cohort study is before plying this knowledge to a specific example. This paragraph is unclear – who are ‘they’?

Disadvantages of cohort studies
Comment 4: Needs some explanations- why?
Social Epidemiology versus Classical epidemiology
Comments 5: always acknowledge your source of information.
Comment 6: Some examples would be good in this section, plus explanations – you make statements in this assignment without any explanations.

Adolescents and the Social Determinants
Comment 7: I think this section is too long – too much detail for social determinants. This section is worth 10 marks, the demonstration of your knowledge 10 marks and the cohort study 25.

The target population, Selection Criteria and the stakeholders of what?

Comment 8: You have not indicated that you will undertake a cohort study. It needs to be clear what you are doing, why, and how.
Comment 9: Realistically I am not sure how you are going to prevent the adolescents being in such a family or environment or ‘cure’ their poverty.

Comment 10: Unclear- do you mean secondary schools?

Comment 11: You need more details – how old are the adolescents? Remember a lot will leave school at 16y. Will they be all schools or a random selection? How many participants? More details needed.

Impacts of Social, Economic Status on Health
Comment 12: Please do not use broad sweeping statements without any evidence. Who says the adolescents are not respected are not treated equally? Some of your statements are quite emotive, judgmental and could cause offence to adolescents and youth workers. This was also an issue with your first assignment – it is not academic writing doing this – the writing should be objective and non-judgmental.
Comment 13: You need to give rationales for the study design eg the selection, process and target population. The justification for the study should be earlier. In your introduction to why you are doing the study.
The budget and timelines
Comment 14: Rationale for the budget
You have not answered the question in parts. The cohort study needs answering. See the marking criteria and learning guide – you were to use the 9 steps by Bonita et al. Details need to be given so that someone else can follow and do the study. Rationales relate to the details of your cohort study plan and not the social issues.

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effectiveness of your proposed solution

Details:

Using 800-1,000 words, discuss methods to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution and variables to be assessed when evaluating project outcomes.
Example: If you are proposing a new staffing matrix that is intended to reduce nurse turnover, improve nursing staff satisfaction, and positively impact overall delivery of care, you may decide the following methods and variables are necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution:
Methods:
1. Survey of staff attitudes and contributors to job satisfaction and dissatisfaction before and after initiating change.
2. Obtain turnover rates before and after initiating change.
3. Compare patient discharge surveys before change and after initiation of change.
Variables:
1. Staff attitudes and perceptions.
2. Patient attitudes and perceptions.
3. Rate of nursing staff turnover.
Develop the tools necessary to educate project participants and to evaluate project outcomes (surveys, questionnaires, teaching materials, PowerPoint slides, etc.).
Refer to the “Topic 4: Checklist.”
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

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[special education – communicative disorders] single subject research design on alternative and augmentative (AAC) communication device

We are starting a study on how to effectively teach language using an alternative and augmentative device (AAC) on a 10 year old children with complex communicative disorders. She is mostly nonverbal and have the language age equivalency of a 3 year old. Most of her utterances are one word (i.g. “Yes” “No” “Bounce”). She has mental retardation, on the autism spectrum, and CHARGE syndrome. The goal of using the AAC device is getting her to say complete subject + verb + object phrases such as “I threw the ball” on her device. The study has not begin yet, but I need an introduction to the paper that discusses the general use of AAC devices on children with severe language disorders. The introduction will review previous studies on AAC devices and explain why it is a good item of choice for teaching language and expanding the child’s language complexity.
I need 3 pages of introduction. All 5 references (see link below) must be used and in APA format. You can get a better idea of what the introduction should look like by reviewing sample papers I uploaded in the google drive.