Imagine you have been asked to speak to a group of parents about promoting self-esteem in school-age children. You need to research the topic and prepare a visually appealing PowerPoint slideshow to accompany your presentation. Your PowerPoint slideshow will need to: 1- Have a title slide. 2- Contain 5-10 content slides (that include Speaker Notes) […]
What is the worst pain you have experienced? What were the circumstances? What could others have done to ease your pain? What could you have done?
As you get closer to the final project in Week 6, you should have a better idea of the role of statistics in research. This week, you will calculate a one-way ANOVA for the independent groups. Reading and interpreting the output correctly is highly important. Most people who read research articles never see the actual […]
Is schizophrenia a neurodevelopmental disorder?
Discuss two areas of chronic illness (obesity and eating Disorders), discussed in Chapter 4 of the course textbook, that may affect adolescents and that you have personally experienced, either personally or vicariously. Describe what advice you would give to a parent dealing with one of these disorders, based on your understanding of these illnesses.
1) What is empiricism? What is the difference between an empiricist and a rationalist? 2) Can you think of anything that you haven’t experienced with your senses? If you can come up with such an idea, how sure are you that it didn’t originate somehow in sensory experience? Might it be possible to break it […]
Briefly present the client and the family, and discuss the assessment and practice theory selected (psychodynamic CBT, SFT, or narrative), and then evaluate that method in terms of its effectiveness using evidence-based literature to justify their interventions. ● Select a client. The “client” can be an individual, a family, or an individual in a group. […]
Under the family systems umbrella of treatment there are multiple therapeutic models. family therapy and multi-generational family therapy. • What are the main components of structural therapy? • What are the main components of multi-generational family therapy? • What are the similarities and differences between both structural and multi-generational family therapy? • A detailed exploration […]
Our society has moved from the factory setting to the information and service industries. It is possible that factory style schools no longer serve our best interests. Observing and contributing learning already occurs in recess, art, music, science labs, trade skills, video classes, life skills etc. How can we enhance typical K-12 classes in other […]
Discuss 6 major adaptations that counselors would have to keep in mind in order to provide culturally competent counseling to this population. You can find these in the textbook assigned to the class or in the open sources I included in the syllabus for the class. Make sure to apply at least 4 peer reviewed […]
