Identify the demographics of populations affected. What has been done in your community to address these needs? If you were consulted for your input, what recommendation would you propose?

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Community Needs Assessment & Application of a Framework

The purpose of this assignment is to understand how needs assessment and policy research are conducted by using available secondary data in a community. It gives an opportunity to apply research skills and assess the four core values in distributing public assistance: Equality, Equity, Adequacy, and Effectiveness.

Conduct a needs assessment of your community using secondary data from the last three years. In a 3 page paper, identify the top three needs as identified through your analysis of data. Identify the source of your data. Identify the demographics of populations affected. What has been done in your community to address these needs? If you were consulted for your input, what recommendation would you propose? From the four indicators, equality, equity, adequacy, effectiveness, what will your recommendations attempt to accomplish? Title page is required and be sure to cite your sources; follow APA 7th edition formatting guidelines in organizing your paper. Upload your assignment as a word document.

Part 2 : Application of a Framework

Choose a social welfare policy or program in your field of interest and provide a brief description about it. Analyze the social welfare policy or program you just described by using the Terrell-Gilbert framework and the Critical Theory Policy Analysis framework. Which one of the two models provides a more robust analysis of social welfare policies? Why? Submit your answer in a four page paper. Title page is required and be sure to cite your sources; follow APA 7th edition formatting guidelines in organizing your paper. Upload your assignment as a word document.

Do Preventative Measures Against Cyberbullying Decrease the Negative Impact It Has on Adolescent’s Mental Health?

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Measures Against Cyberbullying

Explain what the measure’s purpose is and what it studies
Explain what type of measure it is (self-report, therapist, rating, teacher rating, parent rating, etc.) and explain why you consider it appropriate for your research study
Describe how many items the measure has and any subscales it might include
How/when will this measure be used and why (e.g. at the beginning of the study (pre-test), at the end of the study (post-test), etc.)
Explain how you will account for ethical issues associated with your proposed research. In other words, how will you ensure that ethical guidelines will are followed appropriately and adequately?

How many participants do you envision having for this hypothetical study and how will you select them? What type of sampling method will you use and why? Will you be assigning participants to groups? Yes, no and explain why

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Methodology section of hypothetical study.

· Reiterate your research question. What is the purpose of your hypothetical study?
· Determine an appropriate research design that addresses your research question regarding your chosen topic and explain why this design was chosen. Also, what will your dependent (DV) and independent (IV) variables be for this study?
· For your Participants section describe the following:

o How many participants do you envision having for this hypothetical study and how will you select them (where will you be gathering your participants from)?

 

o What type of sampling method will you use and why?

 

o Will you be assigning participants to groups? Yes, no and explain why

 

o What will the demographics of your participants be (gender, ethnicity, age range(s), SES, educational criteria (if relevant), history of medical and/or mental health diagnosis (if relevant) )?

 

· For your Procedures section describe the following:

o Where the study will take place (e.g. online, a lab, a university, a medical or mental health setting, a natural environment, etc.)? Explain why you have selected that particular setting.

 

o Over what period of time will data be collected?

 

o If you are using an intervention, you must describe it in terms of content and also dose parameters (e.g. groups will meet once per week for 60 minutes for 10 consecutive weekly sessions).

If you were observing the group session as Robert and Susan’s direct supervisor, what feedback would you have for Robert and Susan? How would a disagreement with a co-leader affect you if you were the other leader?

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A group for male adolescents with an eating disorder.

Robert and Susan are colleagues and they have developed a group for male adolescents with an eating disorder. There are 8 group members and currently the group is in the working stage. During a session, Robert and Susan disagree about the group topic and do so openly in front of the group. Considering what you have read and watched thus far in the course, how might the group members respond? Also, if you were observing the group session as Robert and Susan’s direct supervisor, what feedback would you have for Robert and Susan? Lastly, how would a disagreement with a co-leader affect you if you were the other leader?

Identify and discuss two benefits and two concerns of having co-leaders. In group therapy

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Co leaders in group therapy

Identify and discuss two benefits and two concerns of having co-leaders. In group therapy

After reading Smith and Geroski’s (2015) “Decolonizing alterity models within school counseling practice,” what model of alterity would you like to develop as a school counselor?

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Discussion

1. After reading Smith and Geroski’s (2015) “Decolonizing alterity models within school counseling practice,” what model of alterity would you like to develop as a school counselor?

2. As your counselees’ families may be experiencing issues and concerns at home, discuss your thoughts about school counselor ethical conduct both culturally and/or personally.

3. A married father of six was having a sexual affair with another woman. Very active in the education of his children, one of his kids suspected he was with another woman. Their mother took them to “watch” their father, confirming their suspicions. The mother, devastated and distraught, was very angry and did not want her husband to talk to her children at school. However, because there is no legal document barring him from seeing his children, he was able to do so. Based on the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy’s Code of Ethics, examine how you would work with the mother in the case scenario regarding her husband’s desire to talk to his children at school

When have you unintentionally reinforced an undesirable behavior of someone you know? What was the behavior? How did you reinforce it? What resulted because of this reinforcement?

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Principles of operant conditioning

According to the principles of operant conditioning, reinforcement seeks to increase the chances of a behavior continuing, so we should only reinforce those behaviors that we would like to see again. There are times when we may intentionally reinforce behavior of someone for our convenience and not understand by doing so how it fosters such undesirable behavior to continue in the future.

Discuss your answers to these questions with your classmates:

When have you unintentionally reinforced an undesirable behavior of someone you know? What was the behavior? How did you reinforce it?
What resulted because of this reinforcement?
Once you realized the continuation of the undesirable behavior how did you manage to guide the individual to desirable behavior?
Do not use yourself as the person with undesirable behavior you reinforced.

Which schedule of reinforcement is the reason the boyfriend is still texting so long after the breakup? Which schedule of reinforcement is this an example of when first teaching a skill?

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Schedules of Reinforcement

Answer the following questions by identifying the correct schedule of reinforcement.

Provide a 50- to 75-word explanation of why you believe this is the schedule of reinforcement being used.
Mrs. Blass is tired of her students not being prepared for class each day. She knows that they are hard-working seniors who value getting an A in the class, and she wants to set up a schedule of work so they study hard and consistently. She schedules pop quizzes. Only she knows when those quizzes will be given. Assuming the students find the grade of A or B to be reinforcing, what schedule of reinforcement is at work here?

 

Sally broke up with her boyfriend. She refuses to text him back 90% of the time when he texts her. Sometimes, this means she will not text back after 10 or 20 texts. Finally, she gets frustrated (and lonely) and will text back but only to say ‘hi,’ ‘good luck at your football game,’ or other seemingly meaningless comments. This process continues for months, where he texts her a few times every day, and eventually she will break down and answer. Which schedule of reinforcement is the reason the boyfriend is still texting so long after the breakup?

 

Parents are teaching 2-year-old Johnny how to use the toilet. Every time he urinates even a little amount in the toilet they jump up and down, and he gets a bite of his favorite cookie. Which schedule of reinforcement is this an example of when first teaching a skill?

 

Manuel is thinking about opening a new coffee shop, which will compete with the big companies in town, but he is not sure how to draw in the crowds. To start, he offers reward points. When customers come in, they get a star for every $5 they spend. Once they have spent $50, they receive a free medium drip coffee. Which schedule of reinforcement is Manuel using to lure in repeat business?

 

Dr. Lee notices his patients are not coming in for their routine visits on time. They often push them back, which causes backups at some time in the year (before school starts) and low numbers at other times of year (summer). He wants more consistent clientele and work, so he offers a 10% discount on his current rates if patients stick to their defined three appointments a year (every 3.3 months). Patients motivated by this discount are adhering to which schedule of reinforcement?

Describe the targeted research method/technique and explain how it is applicable to your chosen area of research and/or a research topic. Support your arguments by providing examples from published studies.

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Critical Evaluation of surveys as a research method

You will need to write an article for submission to the Psychologist, a forum for communication and discussion among members of the British Psychological Society ( This article should introduce and critically evaluate applications of a chosen research method/technique in the context of the MSc programme you are studying. This assignment aims to assess your knowledge of advanced research methods and applications of these methods in the area of your research interest.

Your articles should include the following:

1. Introduction (briefly introduce your area of research interest and a research method/technique of your choice).

2. Main text. Describe the targeted research method/technique and explain how it is applicable to your chosen area of research and/or a research topic. Support your arguments by providing examples from published studies. Critically evaluate the pros and cons of using the chosen research method/technique in the context of chosen research area/topic. Provide relevant evidence from the literature.

3. Conclusion. Provide your view on the application of the chosen research method/technique to advance our understanding of the research area/topic. Propose solutions/recommendations/suggestions for using this research method/technique in the area of your research interest/topic.

*Note: in the additional materials, i have included 2 samples of forum papers provided by the lecturer

What was the overall aim of this research? Briefly define Mindfulness, making reference to depression, anxiety and stress. What were the main findings of this research?

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Journal assignment

Questions:
1. What was the overall aim of this research?
2. Briefly define Mindfulness, making reference to depression, anxiety and stress.
3. Briefly describe the participants and methods used in this research
4. What were the main findings of this research?
5. What is your opinion about students’ stress and anxiety levels. Give two reasons why it may be different to the general population.
6. How the findings of this study compared with other studies mentioned in this article?

Assessment Criteria and Submission – Very Important

A satisfactory completion of this assignment requires

Submission of one typed journal entry.
Question and answer format, typed questions in Times New Roman size 12.
MICROSOFT WORD FORMAT (no PDF) !!
NO QUOTES ! Please
Check your Turnitin
All journal questions answered. Just list the number and your answer (NO NEED TO WRITE THE
QUESTIONS IN YOUR SUBMISSION).
Questions to be answered correctly (for more or less “factual” questions) and/or thoughtfully
(for questions requiring more reflection).
It is not sufficient to copy answers verbatim from the journal articles. You will need to
paraphrase your answers.
Journal entry must be submitted in the Journal Assignment Dropbox on the day of your
seminar class for Session 3