Describe how you plan to implement what you have learned from your research as an educator/school counselor working in the field of education.

Assignment Details
Open Date Dec 30, 2019 12:05 AM
Graded? No
Resubmissions Allowed? No
Assignment Instructions
Week 5- Findings and Application (due week 7)

Findings and Application- Complete by end of week 5

Describe how you plan to implement what you have learned from your research as an educator/school counselor working in the field of education. How do you plan to use this information? How will you share the findings you reported in the previous section?

Describe characteristics that similar among all individuals in the same developmental stage.

How as human, we are all similar in some ways, but that there are also contextual factors that make each of us unique individuals. Describe characteristics that similar among all individuals in the same developmental stage. Also identify 2 contexts (e.g. family, socioeconomic, cultural) and evaluate how those contexts influenced our development in all 3 (physical, cognitive and socioemotional ) domains by providing detailed personal examples.

Describe the client (without violating HIPAA regulations) and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.

Select a client whom you observed or counseled that suffers from a disorder related to trauma. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal: 3 pages
Describe the 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 this client.
Explain whether any of the therapeutic approaches in this week’s Learning Resources would be effective with this client. Include expected outcomes based on these therapeutic approaches. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.
Patient information”
A 38 year old Caucasian female, single who was raped by a relative when she was 11 years old. She is depressed, anxious and fighting with the trauma until now. Eye movement desensitization reprogram EDMR therapy.

Assignment 2: Practicum – Week 6 Journal Entry
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy*
Evaluate the efficacy of motivational interviewing techniques for clients*
Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders*

Select a client whom you observed or counseled this week. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:
3 pages
Describe the 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 this client.
Explain whether motivational interviewing would be effective with this client. Include expected outcomes based on this therapeutic approach. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.

In qualitative terms, discuss how the applicability of the dividend discount model is affected by changes in the dividend for the chosen company.

Is the yield increasing, decreasing or unchanged?
In qualitative terms, discuss how the applicability of the dividend discount model is affected by changes in the dividend for the chosen company.
Besides the yield direction, are there any stock specific properties that might make your answer different for other stocks in the index?

What is the corporate tax rate in the countries you are considering expanding your business to, and how will that affect your decision to expand globally?

Apply understanding of cash flow management, break-even analysis, and short-term and long-term financing in starting and growing a business.

Assignment Steps

Prepare a 14-slide PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes requesting initial funding of $500,000 to start and run a start-up company. The proposed start-up company could be an existing business model (coffee shop, pet store, etc.), or could be something entirely new and exciting. :

Create the presentation in the following format, with at least one slide to cover each of the following areas:

• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• Information about the Industry
• Marketing Plan
• Competitor Analysis
• 3 Year Income Statement (Profit & Loss) Projections
• Your assumptions for why and how you will achieve your sales growth and what significant expenses and investments you expect to incur to achieve your revenue goals
• 3 Year Proposed Funding Schedule (sources and uses of the funds received)
• Break-Even Analysis
• Academic and Business References

Review the following scenarios and assumption, and explain how it impacts your decision to expand:

• After Year 3, the investors are interested in your company expanding internationally to possibly outsource labor or to reduce manufacturing costs. What countries would you expand to first, and why? What factors would you need to consider in making this decision?
• What is the corporate tax rate in the countries you are considering expanding your business to, and how will that affect your decision to expand globally? (Use OECD Database or another resource to determine the corporate tax rate).
• The investors want to see a decision tree detailing the decisions you would make if you received $300K now and $200K at the end of three years instead of $500K upfront.
• The investors would like your team to provide advantages and disadvantages of using debt financing versus selling company stock to raise capital for growth.
• Briefly explain the venture capital process. Does it make sense for your company to raise funds through venture capital?