How do you define the role/job of a professional helper? Define this in your own words. What has led you to consider the helping fields? Based on your beliefs, experiences, etc., what are the 3 most important things a counselor does during a counseling session?

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Counselor Identity Paper

A personal reflection paper. Working with young adults that were victims of sexual abuse. “Responses should be in your own words reference and worlds cited page .

1. How do you define the role/job of a professional helper? Define this in your own words. Be thorough in your response.

2. What has led you to consider the helping fields?

3. Based on your beliefs, experiences, etc., what are the 3 most important things a counselor does during a counseling session?

4. Based on your beliefs, experiences, etc., what are the 3 most important things a counselor does not do during a counseling session (do not simply state the opposite of your response above)? Be thorough.
5. What two or more personality characteristics of yours do you believe may serve as personal strengths in your role as a helping professional.

6. What two or more personality characteristics of yours do you believe may serve as personal barriers in your role as a helping professional?

7. With what client population do you think you would have the most success counseling? Explain why thoroughly.

8. With what client population do you think you would have the most difficult time counseling? How do you think you would deal with this when that particular client comes to you asking for your services?

9. How would you define the appropriate dress code for the setting in which you hope to work?

10. Many helping professionals consider themselves to be role models in the community, even when they are not “on the clock” at their work setting. Are there any behaviors you believe helping professionals should expressly avoid doing, even when they have their “civilian hats” on? Explain them and your reasoning behind your opinion.

11. Self-care is a particularly important task of the helping professional. How do you plan to take care of yourself and prevent professional burnout as you enter the helping profession of Mental Health Counselor?

What lingering questions do you have? What area(s) do you feel you need to explore further and why? What content has been the most/least helpful for you and why? How might you take what you have learned so far and apply it to your own life?

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Journal Reflection

We have covered a lot of information over the past five weeks, and this is an opportunity for you to reflect on how this content connects with your personal and/or professional life. The more we can build connections between what we are learning and our own experiences, the more likely that deeper learning will take place. Consider the following as you reflect upon your own learning throughout this course:

What lingering questions do you have? What area(s) do you feel you need to explore further and why?

What content has been the most/least helpful for you and why?

How might you take what you have learned so far and apply it to your own life?

What were some of the most interesting discoveries I have made while taking this course? About the topic? About myself? About others?

Anything else you would like to share about your experience so far.

Complete a research paper on The Stroop Effect and selective attention. Write the report as if you were the researcher conducting the experiment.

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The Stroop Effect and selective attention

Instructions

For this assignment, you will complete a research paper on The Stroop Effect and selective attention. The Stroop Effect is a phenomenon that occurs with the Stroop Task, a test that looks at what happens when we are asked to perform an ordinary task (such as reading or identifying a list of colors) when there is some sort of visual interference.

You are acting like you are the researcher who conducted this study! However, you do not have to actually collect the data – I already have that for you. In order to understand how the study works and how data was collected, you will need to participate in an online experiment on the Stroop Effect located within the “psychology learning tools”. Remember that you did this earlier in the class!

Once you have completed the experiment you will need to analyze data (remember that I will give you data) and write a lab report (7- 10 pages – this page count does not include the title page or references) in APA style consisting of the following sections:

Title Page
Abstract
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
References

(More information on each section is located below)

Here is the data file: DATA

Remember that you were given additional details in the Hypothesis discussion.

You will write the report as if you were the researcher conducting the experiment. You have some options in your research question for this project. The data you are given includes the gender and age of the participants as well as two columns of results data (reading the words and saying the colors). If you have a particular interest and want to modify the data, you have that choice. We will talk about this as you work on your hypothesis. You should try to use as much of your data as possible. Do not discard data unless there is a really good reason to do so.

Careful attention must be paid to APA Style as it represents a significant portion of your grade for the paper and is an intended learning outcome for the course. At the end of the term, you will submit your completed paper to your assignment folder.

Write an essay paper discussing how unemployment is a major problem unmonst the minorities and what can we do to solve this problem.

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Unemployment

Write an essay paper discussing how unemployment is a major problem unmonst the minorities and what can we do to solve this problem.

How would you explain to your supervisor that the correlation between interview scores and new hire quality is low and persuade him or her to consider a new job applicant evaluation method?

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Job applicant evaluation method

How would you explain to your supervisor that the correlation between interview scores and new hire quality is low and persuade him or her to consider a new job applicant evaluation method?

What are types of regression? For each type of regression, give an application. Does your job use any? if so how?. Cite examples according to APA standards.

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Types of regression

What are types of regression? For each type of regression, give an application. Does your job use any? if so how?. Cite examples according to APA standards.

Summarize 1 page word document for information sheet include the name of the organization, contact information, organization website, population served, primary services provided and organization/agency location

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Information sheet for potential agency to meet client’ needs

Client information:

Zahra is a 28-year old married woman with a ten-month old infant son.  She has been married to her husband, Majid, for six years and describes having a loving and supportive relationship. Zahra is currently on maternity leave and Majid is employed full-time in Finance.  The couple is originally from Iran and has been in Canada for three years; they are Permanent Residents.  They have no family members in Ontario, but Zahra’s sister lives in Chicago and Majid’s family lives in Montreal.  This is the couple’s first baby.

Zahra has been coming to your Community Health Centre since her son’s birth for newborn medical care and has been attending a mother-baby group for the past three months.  She has missed the past four group sessions and today you observe that Zahra has a flat affect and is not actively engaging with her baby or the other group members, which is different than how she has presented in the past.

In talking with her, Zahra discloses experiencing the following symptoms for the past four weeks: increased difficulty concentrating and sleeping, low energy, feelings of being a bad mother, low appetite, and while she has been caring for the baby, she is lacking feelings of attachment. Zahra is ashamed of this and has not told anyone how she is feeling.  Zahra has a history of depression, which she experienced for approximately two years when she first arrived in Canada.   She was on medication for about one year but has been off this for the past four years.  She also met with a settlement counsellor at the time and found this helpful.

Identified concern: Post-partum depression

What mental health agencies would you recommend for Zahra?

 

Assignment requirement:

Each group member will prepare a written information sheet related to one (1) of the researched organizations; each group member will therefore prepare a different information sheet related to a different researched organization.

This information sheet should include the name of the organization, contact information, organization website, population served, primary services provided and organization/agency location.  The information may be summarized in your own words from the organization website, not copied– direct copying without crediting the source is considered plagiarism.

This information sheet should also discreetly include the following statement: “this information sheet has been developed as part of a student assignment and is not an official agency document”

Students will upload their information sheet onto Moodle the day of their presentation, to be shared with classmates as a future resource.

Please make 1 page information sheet for the following agency

  • Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital offers a community mental health program-prenatal mental health.  The Perinatal Mental Health Program connects families, primary care providers and community organizations supporting families within the perinatal period (preconception, prenatal, postpartum with mental health concerns, such as depression and anxiety) with the Regional Perinatal Mood Disorder Coordinator.  The program offers:
    – system navigation (referral pathways, consultation)
    -education and training on perinatal mental health issues – assessment, screening, diagnosis, treatment and recovery
    – community awareness campaigns
    – advocacy
    – linkage to community agencies/organizations whose mandate is to support women and their families
    – support for primary care providers

After baby program:  eight week program for parents suffering mood changes after the birth of a baby. Meet other new parents experiencing mood changes. Discuss relationships and difficult emotions, learn coping strategies and how to take care of yourself . Facilitated by a Mental Health professional. Child monitoring available for walking children (toddlers), parents may bring babies in arms.

Eligibility

Parents suffering from mood changes after the birth of their baby.

They also in collaborate with Early on programA program for parents suffering from mood changes after the birth of a baby. Meet other new parents experiencing mood changes. Discuss relationships and difficult emotions, learn coping strategies and how to take care of yourself. Facilitated by a Mental Health professional

 

  • Make personal connections and access a network of resources
  • Find supports
  • Get advice
  • Attend drop-in programs, storytelling, sing-alongs, games and many more activities

 

If Zahra’s condition deteriorate, the program at their mental health department provide crisis intervention services for acute psychological distress-very efficient, quick response for assessment, short term follow up Will referal to mental health community service for long term care

 

This service provides out-patient consultation and follow-up to those individuals experiencing an acute or persistent psychiatric illness. Our Psychiatrists and Counselors provide assessment, treatment and ongoing supportive counselling.

 

Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital

https://www.osmh.on.ca/mental-health/

 

after baby program:

https://infobarrie.cioc.ca/record/CWD1353?

 

In collaboration Early on program

https://www.empowersimcoe.ca/earlyon-child-family-centres/

 

 

Identify and explain the various roles you would play in this investigation, including not only your roles as an investigator, evaluator and counselor but as a trainer as well. Explain the purpose and use of a psychological autopsy. Explain why it would it be advantageous to use this procedure in this investigation.

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Homicide of a high profile community member

Scenario: As a police psychologist, you are part of an investigation into the homicide of a high profile community member, the mayor. The information you received from the department is that the victim was found with a single gunshot wound to the head. He was last seen with another notable figure at a nearby restaurant. You learn that before becoming the mayor, the deceased was the chief of your department and was very close to many administrators and officers.

Your paper must address the following topics:

  • Identify and explain the various roles you would play in this investigation, including not only your roles as an investigator, evaluator and counselor but as a trainer as well.
  • Explain the purpose and use of a psychological autopsy. Explain why it would it be advantageous to use this procedure in this investigation.
  • Describe the steps taken in conducting a psychological autopsy, including examples of the types of data and information you would be collecting about the deceased from family members and friends. Explain what information would be presented in the written report and why this information is important.
  • Identify the psychological issues that the officers and their families might experience. How would the results of your written report affect these individuals? As the police psychologist, how would you address the psychological and emotional needs of the officers and families of the department?

 

Explain how team dynamics can affect the productivity and effectiveness of a team. Describe how you can apply this information in your own personal or professional life.

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Team dynamics

Team dynamics are made up of many different aspects, and can be quite complex. This assignment allows you to bring together the concepts that you have learned this week to summarize and apply them to your own life.

Write a 200- to 350-word summary on team dynamics. Include the following:

  • Describe the factors that contribute to team dynamics.
  • Explain how team dynamics can affect the productivity and effectiveness of a team.
  • Describe how you can apply this information in your own personal or professional life.

 

 

How do you explain Thomas Jefferson’s views in his Notes on the State of Virginia, and how did anti-racists like Benjamin Banneker respond to Jefferson?

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The Development of Racist Theory

The Open Stax text discusses the racism common among European Americans (and the “founding fathers”) at the end of the Revolution. Documents in our coursepack also explore this subject.

How do you explain Thomas Jefferson’s views in his Notes on the State of Virginia (see the course pack, p.164), and how did anti-racists like Benjamin Banneker respond to Jefferson?