Critical Incident Paper

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to identify and apply the American Counseling Association’s, (ACA), code of ethics to group work.

Directions: To complete this assignment, you will need to access the ACA code of ethics. Choose one of the scenarios below, and after reviewing the facts, divide your paper into 3 headings, writing one paragraph response for each question:

• Identify: What is the issue?
• Summarize: Briefly summarize the ACA code(s) that address this situation. Make sure to include the code numbers. (Example: “ACA code B.2.3 states….”).
• Act: What is the best course of action now and why?

Each section should be one paragraph. Simply answer the questions above in the space provided below. (No title page, abstract, or reference page). Your response should be no longer than 300 words total. DO NOT ADD FLUFF as you will lose points.

Scenario 1:

Jack is a new Licensed Professional Counselor, having just been granted his license two months ago. One of his friends mentions that an agency is looking for a counselor to lead a psychotherapy group for men who have been convicted of pedophilia. Jack has no experience in leading these types of groups, or with this population.Jack’s friend also informs Jack that no supervision is available at the site. Jack takes the job anyway even though he has no experience and no supervision.

Scenario 2:

Jane is starting a group for teenage girls who have parents going through divorce. Jane, wanting to get the group started right away, and worried that she won’t have enough participants, opens the group to all girls ages 13-15.Jane does not worry about screening potential participants though she does obtain written consent from all the girls’ guardians. Alice, a 15-year-old in the group who has struggled with depression in her past. This information is not known to Jane, as she did not screen for it. After one particularly difficult group, goes home and attempts suicide.Alice’s mother calls Jane angry and upset, blaming Jane for her daughter’s suicide attempt.

Scenario 3:

Delores decide to start a mixed group for divorcees. She carefully screens group members and obtains informed consent before beginning group. Six weeks into group, Carol comes to Delores and reports that one of the male group members has been making inappropriate sexual remarks to her before and after group ends. Carol reports she does not feel comfortable and is thinking of leaving group. Delores, unsure of what to do, decides to ignore Carol’s complaint. Carol soon drops out of group.

Assignment 2: RA: Vignette Analysis: Design Interventions

An important part of the skills you will develop in this course is the ability to design appropriate interventions, and that includes designing an assessment strategy appropriate to the particular client treated. In this assignment, you will create an assessment strategy based on the information provided in the vignette. This assignment is to be completed individually.

Click here to study the vignette.

Tasks:

As a Forensic Case Manager, Laurel is sent to you to conduct an intake in order to start the assessment process. During that appointment, she relays to you the information mentioned in the vignette. Using the information found in the vignette, provide a preliminary diagnosis of the client according to The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM) criteria.

Create a 2- to 3-page paper describing the assessment tools you will use. In your paper, include the following:

• A description of the steps you will take to build rapport with Laurel and help her feel comfortable in confiding in you. Consider the work of Carl Rogers Person Centered Theory; the work of Insoo Kim Berg Solution-Focused Brief Theory (SFBT); and Crisis Theory to help inform your rapport building with Laurel.
• A description of what methods you will use to continue with the assessment process, knowing this may take three to four visits. Be specific if you are considering using any instruments or questionnaires. Explain the rationale for using each method and indicate what information you expect to find by using them.
• Given the information you know at this point, what would be your provisional diagnosis of Laurel?
  • Look at a diagnosis for this exercise.
  • You may consider rule-outs. Any diagnosis you give should have an explanation of the criteria or symptoms supporting your choice.

Click here to access the template.

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Submission Details:

• By the due date assigned, save your paper as M3_A2_Lastname_Firstname.doc and submit it to the Submissions Area.

RA is worth 200 points and will be graded according to the following rubric.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Attachments

Final Project

The Final Project consists of building a customer service database to be submitted by the final day of the course.

Focus of the Project

Using the Microsoft Access database you created in Week Three: Customer Service Database, complete the following:

All data and screenshots should be included in a Word document with an explanation of the actions you performed. 

I WILL HAVE TO SEND YOU THE WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT TO FOLLOW

Thanatophobia, sometimes called “death anxiety,” is the fear of one’s own death. From the psychoanalytic perspective, how would you relate to a family member who is fixated on this phobia? Why?

Please provide a 250 word response to the above question. Please also provide at least 1 peer reviewed article or journal as a reference. Please cite the reference in APA 6th edition format and please provide the website (www address) in the reference at the end

View the library tutorial on using the GCU databases and the empirical journal checklist. Find a scholarly peer reviewed journal from the library. Select a research study (complete with Method, Results, and Discussion sections).

In 750-1,000 words, analyze the article.

1. List the research question(s)/hypothesis being considered in the article.
2. Summarize the study being conducted, including the purpose of the study.
3. Describe the method and design used to test the research question(s)/hypothesis, including:

• Discuss if you believe the method and design was the correct method and design for the study. If not what would your suggestion for method and design be.
• Describe the variables, how they were defined and operationalized.

1. Discuss if the study is ethically sound. Why or why not. What elements are present, or lacking, to show it is ethically sound.

Include at least two to four scholarly sources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style