Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling child and adolescent clients with psychiatric disorders

Learning Objectives
Students will:
Develop effective documentation skills to examine group therapy sessions with children and adolescents *
Develop diagnoses for child and adolescent clients receiving group psychotherapy *
Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling child and adolescent clients with psychiatric disorders *
Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a group therapy session for children and adolescents. Note: The two clients you select must have attended the same group session. If you select the same group you selected for the Week 8 or Week 9 Journal Entries, you must select different clients.

Then, address in your Practicum Journal the following:

Using the Group Therapy Progress Note in this week’s Learning Resources, document the group session.
Describe each client (without violating HIPAA regulations), and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.
Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for each client.
Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling each client.
Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

Learning Resources
Required Readings
Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice. New York, NY: Springer.

Chapter 17, “Psychotherapy with Children” (pp. 597–624)
Chapter 20, “Termination and Outcome Evaluation” (pp. 693–712)
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

McGillivray, J. A., & Evert, H. T. (2014). Group cognitive behavioural therapy program shows potential in reducing symptoms of depression and stress among young people with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(8), 2041-2051. doi:10.1007/s10803-014-2087-9

Restek-Petrović, B., Bogović, A., Mihanović, M., Grah, M., Mayer, N., & Ivezić, E. (2014). Changes in aspects of cognitive functioning in young patients with schizophrenia during group psychodynamic psychotherapy: A preliminary study. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 68(5), 333-340. doi:10.3109/08039488.2013.839738

Document: Group Therapy Progress Note

Required Media
Microtraining Associates (Producer). (2009). Leading groups with adolescents [Video file]. Alexandria, VA: Author.

Psychotherapy.net (Producer). (2002). Adlerian parent consultation [Video file]. Mill Valley, CA: Author.

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Quality of Work Submitted:

The extent of which work meets the assignned criteria and work reflects graduate level critical and analytic thinking.
26 (26%) – 30 (30%)
Assignment meets expectations. All topics are addressed with a minimum of 50% containing good breadth and depth about each of the assignment topics.
0 (0%) – 25 (25%)
Assignment superficially meets some of the expectations. Two or more required topics are either not addressed or inadequately addressed.
Quality of Work Submitted:

The purpose of the paper is clear.
4 (4%) – 5 (5%)
Purpose of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not descriptive.
0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
No purpose statement was provided.
Assimilation and Synthesis of Ideas: The extent to which the work reflects the student’s ability to:

Understand and interpret the assignment’s key concepts.
8 (8%) – 10 (10%)
Demonstrates a clear understanding of key concepts.
0 (0%) – 7 (7%)
Shows a lack of understanding of key concepts, deviates from topics.
Assimilation and Synthesis of Ideas: The extent to which the work reflects the student’s ability to:

Apply and integrate material in course resources (i.e. video, required readings, and textbook) and credible outside resources.
16 (16%) – 20 (20%)
Integrates specific information from 1 credible outside resource and 2-3 course resources to support major points and point of view.
0 (0%) – 15 (15%)
Includes and integrates specific information from 0 to 1 resoruce to support major points and point of view.
Assimilation and Synthesis of Ideas: The extent to which the work reflects the student’s ability to:

Synthesize (combines various components or different ideas into a new whole) material in course resources (i.e. video, required readings, textbook) and outside, credible resources by comparing different points of view and highlighting similarities, differences, and connections.
16 (16%) – 20 (20%)
Summarizes information gleaned from sources to support major points, but does not synthesize.
0 (0%) – 15 (15%)
Rarely or does not interpret, apply, and synthesize concepts, and/or strategies.
Written Expression and Formatting

Paragraph and Sentence Structure: Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are clearly structured and carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance.
4 (4%) – 5 (5%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for structure, flow, continuity and clarity 80% of the time.
0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for structure, flow, continuity and clarity < 60% of the time.
Written Expression and Formatting

English writing standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation
3 (3%) – 5 (5%)
Contains a few (1-2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
0 (0%) – 2 (2%)
Contains many (≥ 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding.
Written Expression and Formatting

 

Based on your review and analysis of the “Is It Fraud” case study (Kerzner, 2017, pp. 295-297), address the following key discussion topic elements

Based on your review and analysis of the “Is It Fraud” case study (Kerzner, 2017, pp. 295-297), address the following key discussion topic elements First, summarize the case study and clearly identify the ethical dilemma in question.
Then, address either question #1 or #2 at the end of the case study.
Lastly, what can be done to avoid even the appearance of an ethical concern?

Write a short report that addresses Which aspects of geometry are often used in architecture and building?

Architects and builders often use geometry in their work. You might consider the work of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright ( American , 20th Century , Modern ) or Brunelleschi ( Italian , Renaissance )who used aspects of geometry and symmetry in their creations.

​Write a short report that addresses the following questions:

Which aspects of geometry are often used in architecture and building? Which architects have used geometry to great advantage in their work ?

Determine factors that enhance or compromise the process of health education for individuals, families, and communities.

Assess learning needs, assets and capacity to determine readiness for health education.
Examine factors that influence the learning process for individuals, families, and communities.
Determine factors that enhance or compromise the process of health education for individuals, families, and communities.
Apply learning theories and models to guide health education for individuals, families, and communities.
Analyze assessment findings to prioritize health education needs for individuals, families, and communities.

Consider each of the above outcomes and provide (in one to three paragraphs) describing how you accomplished each of these outcomes during the course. If you feel you were not able to meet an outcome, please state what additional resources you would need to do so.

Section 2

Discuss how the information you have learned in this class will be applicable to your future plans as a professional in a health care setting.
What new information has most transformed your thinking about the need for individual and community health care assessments? Why was this information transformational?

Which treatment (percentage of gum, and temperature treatment) had the highest viscosity and lowest density (stable emulsion)?

Attached is a Lab report with all the data needed to complete this assignment.
Only detailed materials and methods, and results and discussions sections will be due in the reports
Results and discussion section should address the following:
1. Which treatment (percentage of gum, and temperature treatment) had the highest viscosity and lowest density (stable emulsion)?
2. Does increasing the emulsifier content improve its stability?
3. How did temperature impact the stability of emulsions?

Explain and assess US foreign policy in the post-cold war era.

It will be graded according to presentation and use of language, content and organization, analysis and argument, and depth of knowledge. Your essay has to reflect discussions in the class. “All presidents promise change, Few presidents, however, promised change as radical as Donald Trump has. In the course of the 2016 election campaign, Trump declared that NATO, was ‘obsolete’, that America’s alliances with Japan and South Korea were unaffordable and that free trade agreements were a ‘disaster that had only led to the United States being ‘ripped off. In place of the positive-sum vision of liberal internationalism, he proposed a transactional, zero-sum vision in which others’ gains were identified as the United States’ loss. His solution was ‘to take care of this country first before we worry about everybody else in the world” Explain and assess US foreign policy in the post-cold war era. Pick any policy area or region and compare it between any two different administrations. I picked us foreign policy towards north Korea

Explain the problems that the Air Resources Board is experiencing in terms of the following key systems theory concepts

Explain the problems that the Air Resources Board is experiencing in terms of the following key systems theory concepts: a) open/closed systems, b) interdependence and positive/negative synergy, c) a positive/negative feedback spiral, d) entropy

Compare and contrast selling B2C versus B2B with a real world example of each. How are the buyers different or alike?

Preview main points you will make in the paper.
Body
Cover these main topics integrating course concepts from readings to date:
Compare and contrast selling B2C versus B2B with a real world example of each. How are the buyers different or alike?
Differentiate the roles of participants in the organizational buying process and relevance for selling activities.
Define what aspects of telecommuting, virtual office and use of digital tools in a sales job appeal to you most and least relating this to serving the buyer. Explain your answers.

Compare online sources and interview results: Are they consistent with or different from each other? Explain why.

Choose a media product that has a global audience (e.g., a TV show, a book, a movie, a video game). Find two online sources (e.g., scholarly books, scholar articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles, TV reports) focusing on this media product, and analyze their main ideas about this media product’s social, economic, and/or cultural influences. Then interview two people with different cultural backgrounds to learn about their perceptions of this media product’s social, economic, and/or cultural influences. Finally write a paper covering the following components:

Introduction: background information of the media product and the organization that created the product.
Online sources: analyze the two online sources about their ideas on this media product’s social, economic, and/or cultural influences.
Interview results: analyze the interview results from the two interviewees. Explain if their cultural backgrounds have affected their perceptions of the media product’s social, economic, and cultural influences.
Compare online sources and interview results: Are they consistent with or different from each other? Explain why.
Conclusion: What have you learned from the analysis?

Write a five-page paper on this analysis. Use the materials we cover in the class when they are relevant to your analysis, and use at least two external sources (e.g., scholarly articles, scholarly books, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist) to back up your analysis. Do NOT cite sources such as Wikipedia or Yahoo Answers. Cite more credible sources instead. Please feel free to check with me if you are not sure about a source.