Personal Disclosure Statement

Personal Disclosure Statement

Professional Disclosure Statement. If you already have a PDS created, you may revise your
current
PDS to resemble a group PDS for this class. If you have not developed an individual PDS the
following
items should be included to reflect the group PDS needed for distribution amongst group
members. For
an example, please see your instructor during your initial group preparation meeting.
– Name
– Contact information
– Formal education
– Professional membership(s)

– Purpose of group counseling
– Diversity statement
– Theoretical foundation
– Confidentiality statement
– Expectations from group counseling
– Drawbacks from group counseling
– Responsibilities of group leaders
– Responsibilities of group members
– Fees
– Referra

Neuroscience Define heritability

Neuroscience Define heritability

1. You must write a thread in response to the provided prompt; your initial thread musts be 250 to 300 words in length
2. use in-text citations in APA format to support your assertions.
3. Make sure you draw upon course content from this week to support your comments.
4. Thread: Drawing upon your reading and course material, choose one of the prompts provided directly below and respond appropriately. The goal of this discussion is for you and your peers to review the history of neuroscience and the neuropsychology of psychological disorders. Be sure to support your assertions with in-text citations in current APA format.

Rosa Hoekstra and her colleagues (2007, p. 372) reported that “individual differences in endorsement on autistic traits show substantial heritability (57%).” Define heritability, and discuss the proper use of the concept and the implications of Hoekstra et al.’s statement.
Summarize the major events that occur in synaptogenesis.
What is a “Hebb synapse,” and how does this concept help us understand the segregation between input from each eye in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the adult animal?
5. Materias:
-Textbook: Discovering Behavioral Neuroscience: An Introduction to Biological Psychology by Laura Freberg

Psychology Testing & Reply to discussion board question

Psychology Testing & Reply to discussion board question

In APA style reply to a students discussion. I will send the discussion. Must back up your
response with clear and appropriate academic references . 350 words. Engage well with the
opinion of the other person add further to the discussion expressing examples of your own
opinion. Do it in a professional manner and appropriate academic style.

Early Childhood Development

Early Childhood Development

Answer the following questions:
What do the ideas of Rousseau, Darwin, and Hall have in common. Provide an explanation.
Pick 1 theory from the Mid-twentieth century and describe it (one of theories that influenced
childhood development research).
A research method must be reliable to be valid, but reliability DOES NOT guarantee validity.
Explain.
Why is it better for a researcher to use multiple methods rather than just one method to test a
hypothesis or seek to answer a research question?

Clinical Evaluation Portion of Case Study DSM Diagnosis

Clinical Evaluation Portion of Case Study DSM Diagnosis

This is only a 2 page clinical evaluation which is the start to a full case study, being written
portion by portion.
The clinical evaluation should include:
Each case study must begin with an introduction to the client and their presenting problem.
Description of the client should include demographics (e.g., age, marital status,
race/ethnicity/nationality/immigration status, place of residence, living arrangements) and the
presenting problem for which they are seeking help. Who referred the client, couple, or family,
why they were referred, and whether the court mandated treatment should be also mentioned.
Prior psychological treatment, diagnosis, and history of psychiatric mediation use should also be
included in this section. The clinical evaluation begins with the psychosocial history, mental
status exam, results of any assessment tools used and concludes with a DSM diagnosis. The psychosocial history will vary somewhat based on whether this is an individual (child, adolescent
or adult), couple, or family but should include the following: history of the problem,
developmental, family and social history, and the medical or psychiatric history. It is easy to focus
only on the client’s problems but we want to be sure to include the client’s, couple’s or family’s
strengths. These strengths can be identified by the therapist, client, and/or their family members.
For example, what is working, what they do well and what you can build on in the course of
treatment.
Given the rubric up above, this is the case and everything that should be included in these 2
pages, plus added information by you written as a clinical evaluation:
~Client Description +Psychosocial History-
• Adam Perez
• 31 years old
• Single
• Latino
• Lives in an apartment in LA with his mom and younger brother.
• His parents are divorced. Has older sister who lives on her own. Doesn’t maintain too much
contact with his dad. Would explain his relationships with his family members as “Cold.”
• Reports being “rejected” from all relationships he’s had.
• No suicide history
• No psychiatric hospitalization

• Completed high school but dropped out of college
• Worked in sales and as a cook until laid off
Presenting Problem
• Loss of employment due to COVID-19
• Wants to better communication skills with his family members and “improve on weak spots”
• Feels “not good enough”, “not disciplined enough”, “disappointed with level of
accomplishments”
• Wants to be better at “discussing certain things”
Referred by Sister Miriam who thought he could benefit from therapy.
Prior Psychological Treatment
• Diagnosed with ADHD in the second grade.
• Not taking medication for it
• Was in therapy from 2nd-12th grade for ADHD
• Reports his experience with therapy as positive
Mental status exam
• Does not have eye contact
• Thoughts are all over the place

• Jumps from one topic to another
• Anxious
• Unfocused

Self-Psychology Theory

Self-Psychology Theory

This paper should be 5 pages (cover page, 5 pages of content, reference
page), from the theory listed below as applied to the attached case study.
 Self-Psychology Theory
A rubric, the case study, and Self-Psychology Theory reference for
the paper is attached. The outline you must use for the paper is as
follows:
1. Provide a clear statement as to which issue of Laura’s is being
discussed
2. State which intervention model you are discussing
3. What are the key features of the intervention model. This includes
the theory behind the model and what the model says about human
nature, how problems develop, and how the model is designed to
address those problems.
4. Provide a brief statement about how you will apply the model
5. Give a brief statement about which aspects of the model would be
most helpful, and why (or why not)
*Other references are welcome to complete this paper, but please
utilize these reference below as much as possible in the paper:
 Coady, N. & Lehmann, P. (Eds.) (2016). Theoretical perspectives
for direct social work practice: A generalist-eclectic approach (3rd
edition). New York: Springer Publishing.
 Turner, F.J. (Ed.). (2017). Social work treatment: Interlocking
theoretical approaches, (6th edition). New York: Oxford
University Press.

Cognitive Empathy

Cognitive Empathy
This assignment will provide you the opportunity to utilize the knowledge you have gained
thus far in DOC/714S. You will be engaging in a dialogic experience by interviewing 2
individuals to practice critical and creative thinking, noting implicit and explicit meanings of
responses, cognitive empathy skills, and observations of facial expressions and body
language.
Step 1: Interviewing and Observing
Conduct a 10-minute conversation during which time you will engage the respondent in dialogue on the topic of communication in professional and/or personal life. Follow these
tips when you conduct your 2 interviews:
Your role is to engage the respondent in dialogue; make a special effort to employ
maximum cognitive empathy skills.
Prior to engaging in your conversation, spend a few minutes generating questions to guide
the dialogue. Consider beginning the conversation using a broad, open-ended question or
inquiry such as, “Tell me about an experience when the communication process was
effective.” Next, ask multiple follow-up questions. Examples include:
Tell me more about that.
How did you feel at that time?
What was the context for this communication related experience?
Consider the following areas to guide your observations during the interview process:
Body language
Fruitful or interesting moments
Evidence of cognitive empathy
Powerful moments
Emotions expressed
Immediately following each interview, make notes of the respondents’ answers and
identify both the verbal and non-verbal communications observed.
Step 2: Sense-Making 

Analyze your notes and other data from the interviews.
Identify any emerging patterns from both interviews (i.e., any common responses,
phrases, key words, etc.).
Write a 500- to 700-word paper discussing the overall impressions of the entire process
and include your personal reactions to the process.
Consider the following:
Did this exercise change your perceptions on a specific area/topic?
How will you use this knowledge as you move forward in the doctoral journey?
When you do your research?
Was there any unexpected awareness that evolved from this exercise?

Substantiate definitive statements by using citations

Assignment: Assessing and Documenting Eating Disorders in Older Persons

Assignment: Assessing and Documenting Eating Disorders in Older Persons

Read the DSM-5 information on “Feeding and Eating Disorders”.
Read Chapter 11 of Mental Health in Social Work.
Watch the following two videos for background:
Older Australians Are Also Suffering From Eating Disorders (No CC)
Eating Disorders in Older Women
For your assignment:
Watch the video: Eating and Feeding Issues in Older Adults with Dementia
Use The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale to record the feeding and eating disorder symptoms of “Mrs. Sunshine” that is portrayed in the video. The scale is on the 7th page of the PDF.
Read the Clinical Documentation document that describes and provides examples for session documentation.
Review the Clinical Terminology definitions.
Using the information from the video, complete a SOAP session note where you document the presenting symptoms, and conclude with a referral to treatment.
In the Subjective section, include quotes from the “client”.
In the Objective section, document your cognitive, affective, and behavioral observations using clinical terminology.
Be sure to include your DSM-5 diagnosis in the Assessment section.
Include a specific referral to a treatment center in the Plan section. Locate a facility that specializes in eating disorders.
Remember, the Subjective, Objective, and Assessment sections MUST support your Plan.

Any psychology concept or issue

Any psychology concept or issue

Summarize the main points of the article using your own words as well as including what
interested you about the article and/ or what you learned. Additionally, you will need to identify
the psychological concepts that are involved in the article you select as well as give your thoughts
on the implication these concepts are having/will have on our society. The article may be
selected only from: Newsweek, Time or Psychology Today. This summary should be 2–3 pages
long and must have a copy of the article attached to the summary or send the link. Sending the
link does not count as proper APA documentation. MAKE sure to send the complete APA citation.

Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorder

Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorder

In 3 pages, write a treatment plan with Schizophrenia Sectrum for your client in which you do the following:
1.Describe the HPI and clinical impression for the client.
2.Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments and describe specific and therapeutic endpoints for your psychopharmacologic agent. (This should relate to HPI and clinical impression.)
3.Recommend psychotherapy choices (individual, family, and group) and specific therapeutic endpoints for your choices.
Identify medical management needs, including primary care needs, specific to this client.
4.Identify community support resources (housing, socioeconomic needs, etc.) and community agencies that are available to assist the client.
5.Recommend a plan for follow-up intensity and frequency and collaboration with other providers.
(APA format and 4 peer review references)