When Does Personal Empathy-Bias Occur in Professional Settings and What are Effective Ways to Manage it?
Discussion: When Does Personal Empathy-Bias Occur in Professional Settings and What are Effective Ways to Manage it?You have been invited throughout this course to explore personal empathy-bias about the legal topics and issues that we have explored and analyzed. Being aware of ones empathy-bias and setting these aside at work is an important part of abiding by ethical guidelines in our field. When serving the legal system or while in other professional settings, ethical guidelines require that forensic psychology professionals be fair, objective, and unbiased. To do so, being aware of ones empathy-bias can be an important first step in setting aside personal opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints in order to be faithful to these ethical requirements.To prepare:Review the Learning Resources, especially content related to empathy-bias and ethical guidelines.Reflect on:Topics throughout the course and those in which you had the most trouble managing your empathy-biasOther topics or work tasks that are most likely to elicit empathy-bias that might be challenging to manageEthical guidelines that might be at risk if your empathy-bias is not managedHow management of your empathy-bias could empower you to contribute more effectively to social changeStrategies to manage your empathy-bias, noting that different strategies might work better for different topics
Identify and describe at least four challenges that therapists need to overcome as they develop and implement suicide prevention programs when working with Native American communities.
https://youtu.be/mGQoEBKEsxY<Describe the reasons Dr. Mitchell Katz and Mark Trotz want to see the government identify housing as a valid direct healthcare cost. Why is Bruce Vladek opposed to this idea? Discuss what your thoughts on the idea are. Explain which ideas and personal experiences inform your current viewpoint.<https://youtu.be/ZRpJaap-En0<Identify and describe at least four challenges that therapists need to overcome as they develop and implement suicide prevention programs when working with Native American communities.<Identify and describe at least four strategies that will improve the success of suicide prevention programs when working with Native American communities.<Explain the difference between evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence. Why does program specialist, Doreen Bird believe evidence-based practice might not be the best practice for suicide prevention among Native Americans?
Evaluate two ethical concerns that must be addressed to provide culturally-competent social work treatment to the identified individuals and families.
This week, you will submit your comprehensive toolkit to assist in creating a culturally competent social work practice. Select a culturally diverse or different population group you currently or anticipate practicing with, and then construct a resource guide for this practice. Include the following in your toolkit:Use reflection and self-regulation to manage personal values and maintain professionalism in practice situations;Use supervision and consultation to guide professional judgment and behavior.Evaluate two ethical concerns that must be addressed to provide culturally-competent social work treatment to the identified individuals and families.Interpret the barriers to effective practice faced by the identified group, including issues of institutional racism or oppression created by laws or policies that affect your practice.Evaluate two ethical concerns that must be addressed to provide culturally-competent social work treatment to the identified individuals and families.Add the media resources you previously identified in Week 5 to the toolkit.Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.Length: 10-12 pages, not including title and reference pages
discuss healthcare policy and politics and discuss the impact of mentors during the course.
Welcome to our reflection discussion. Please reflecton the topics we have covered over the last 15 weeks,discuss healthcare policy andpolitics and discuss the impact of mentors during the course.Rationale must be provided400 words in your initial postMinimum of two scholarly references in APA format within the last five years published
Which of the environmental factors do you feel is the most critical, and why?
Deliverable Length: 400-600 wordsMichelle, Elena, and the Mobile Manufacturing, Inc. (MM) board of directors know how important it is to understand the environment in which it is operating. They hired youa highly-regarded marketing consultantto bring a fresh perspective to the marketing plan. You are scheduled to meet with Michelle and Elena next week to discuss the environmental conditions that are relevant to introducing the new product.As you prepare for the meeting, you consider all of the possible environmental issues. You recognize that Elena brings an interesting perspective to the process because she has experience designing mobile phones for the Eastern European market, and she is pushing for a new product that can be marketed worldwide. On the other hand, Michelle is more concerned with the domestic marketplace and is worried that trying to market a new product anywhere outside the United Statesmuch less worldwidecould be very risky.You sit down to start your work on the marketing plan, and you begin by drafting some goals that the marketing plan needs to address.Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.Walking through the halls at MM, you ponder the job that lies ahead. Coming out of her office, Michelle spots you and heads in your direction.Im so glad youre here, she says. Have you settled into your office?Yes, you say. Im eager to get started.Michelle enters your office and takes a seat in a chair. Im scheduled to make a presentation to the board at the quarterly meeting next week. I know its short notice, but I was wondering if you could pull together a 30-minute presentation for them? she asks.What would you like me to present? you ask.As you know, you and Elena have been brought on to revitalize the product line for the company. Your role is to create a winning marketing plan that will allow us to capitalize on the new product that Elena is designing. The board would like you to discuss some of the issues that you will be considering as you develop the marketing plan for the new product. I know theyre especially interested in your thoughts on the global market.That sounds like a great idea, you say.Consider the environmental variables (i.e., technological, demographic, economic, political, and cultural variables) that you must include in your marketing plan, and answer the following:Which of the environmental factors do you feel is the most critical, and why?What might someone with an opposing viewpoint think is the most important?Given this opposing argument, how would you argue your opinion?What solutions should be considered as you seek to develop a sense of ownership of your plan?What solutions would you recommend to the board, and why?Is a compromise feasible?
When you apply this basic psychoanalytic concept specifically to yourself, what connections between your own past and present are you aware?
Must have two referencesThe psychoanalytic approach emphasizes the importance of early childhood development and events. Do you find that current problems are mostly rooted in early childhood events or influences? To what extent do you believe people can resolve their adult problems that stem from childhood without exploring past events? When you apply this basic psychoanalytic concept specifically to yourself,what connections between your own past and present are you aware?
Explain Mr. Byrnes predicament in terms of operant conditioning principles.
Mr. Byrne cant understand why scolding his seventh-grade students for disruptive classroom behaviors make them more unruly. Explain Mr. Byrnes predicament in terms of operant conditioning principles. Show how he could use operant conditioning techniques to (a) reduce disruptive behaviors and (b) increase cooperative behaviors.
Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?
Dr. Eduardo Romaro, a clinically trained forensic psychologist, was retained by the prosecution to evaluate the intellectual competence of John Stone, a 50-year-old man convicted of first-degree murder of a guard during a bank robbery. John had claimed he was innocent throughout the trial. In the state in which the trial was conducted, individuals convicted of such an offense face the death penalty. Johns attorney challenged the death penalty option for his client, claiming that the defendant is intellectually disabled. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia(2002) that the execution of those with intellectual disability (formerly known as mental retardation) is unconstitutional. Dr. Romaro had worked with the prosecution before on intellectual disability cases, but this is the first time he had been retained for a capital punishment case. He is personally ambivalent about whether states should implement the death penalty.The psychologist meets John in a private room in the prison and administers a battery of intellectual and adaptive behavior tests with proven psychometric validity for determining forensically relevant intellectual ability. Just as he ends the formal test administration, John becomes distraught and appears to be experiencing an anxiety attack. In his distress the psychologist hears the prisoner repeatedly asking God for forgiveness for killing the guard and for murdering another person, who he keeps calling the boy waiting for the bus. The psychologist shifts into an emergency crisis intervention mode to help calm the defendant and rings for assistance.Dr. Romaro was shocked to hear John confess not only to the bank murder but also to the murder of a boy waiting for a bus.The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition(DSM-IV-TR) diagnosis of intellectual disability (currently termed mental retardation developmental disability) requires that individuals demonstrate significantly sub-average intellectual functioning, impairments in adaptive functioning, and onset before 18 years of age. Similarly, the state standard for intellectual disability includes a developmental history of intellectual impairment. Prior to testing, Dr. Romaro had asked the prosecutor for all available childhood mental health or school records to determine if John meets these criteria. No formal educational or psychological evaluations were included in the materials he received. The records indicated that John had a poor academic record, was retained in fifth grade, was suspended several times for coming to school drunk, and had left school when he was 15. State criteria also include an IQ score less than 70 and poor adaptive skills.That evening Dr. Romaro scores the test battery. Johns IQ score is 71, his performance on other cognitive tests fell close to the intellectual disability cutoff score (some above, some below). His adaptive functioning score is a standard deviation below average. However, given the prisoners age, without a more detailed set of childhood records, it is difficult to clearly conclude that he meets the DSM-IV-TRor state legal criteria for intellectual disability. Dr. Romaro had not been asked to administer assessments for mood, schizophrenia, or other psychotic disorders that might impair intellectual and adaptive performance.Ethical DilemmaDr. Romaro is not sure what forensic opinion to give regarding whether or notJohn meets the legal criteria for intellectual disability. Without evidence of intellectual disability in his youth, a diagnosis of intellectual disability may not be possible and, thus, could not be used to support Johns death penalty appeal. He is also unsure whether he has an ethical responsibility to include in his report Johns confession or Johns statement about the boy waiting for a bus.Respond to the following questions in 1,250 to 1,500 words.Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?How might Dr. Romaros ambivalence toward the death penalty influence his decision to offer a forensic diagnosis of intellectual disability? How might Johns confession or his comment about the boy waiting for the bus influence the decision? To what extent should these factors play a role in Dr. Romaros report?How are APA Ethical Standards 2.0f, 3.06, 4.04, 4.05, 5.01, 9.01a and 9.06 relevant to this case? Which other standards might apply?What steps should Dr. Romaro take to ethically implement his decision and monitor its effect?ReferenceFisher, C. B. (2013). Decoding the ethics code: A practical guide for psychologists. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Describe at least three different types of behavioral leadership approaches.
Resources: Ch.12 and 14 of ManagementPrepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper outlining key concepts of leadership.Include the following in your paper:Describe at least three different types of behavioral leadership approaches.Select a prominent leader and identify their dominant leadership style. Provide examples to justify your selection.Explain the two Situational Leadership Approaches (the Fiedler contingency leadership model and the path-goal leadership model).Analyze their potential advantages over the behavioral leadership approaches.Explore the uses of Transformational Leadership, including the idea that the best leaders are both transactional and transformational.Assess the four key behaviors of transformational leaders for inspiring employees.Use APA formatting to complete your paper.Click on the Assignment Files tab to submit your paper.
What barriers or challenges did the program experience while preparing for or participating in the evaluation?
I truly believe that teaching or planning without data is like tossing a handful of darts and hoping that one hits the target, whatever or wherever that might be! The data is like a GPS system that guides our planning and hard work directly to the target. How can we miss?Head Start/Early Head Start Director, Region VIIIReflect on the quote which begins this Discussion. As you think about your time in the early childhood field, to which analogy do you feel your experiences with teaching and programmatic planning fit? Have your programs strategies, interventions, and initiatives felt more like playing a game of darts, launching each and hoping that one lands on a positive outcome; or, have they been navigated toward a cumulative goal to which you were aware before your programs journey even began?As you have been exploring in this module, the act of conducting program evaluations is an ongoing and essential process for any program which is quality-driven. Why then, might some programs still be participating in a game of darts? What challenges or barriers might prevent programs from using data to build upon their strengths and focus improvement efforts?In this Discussion, you share your own experiences with program evaluation. Specifically, you share barriers and challenges which impacted a program that you have observed, been a part of, or heard about.To prepareReview the NAEYC article/Position Statement titled Early Childhood Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation: Building an Effective, Accountable System in Programs for Children Birth Through Age 8, which explores the rationales for and indicators of effective program evaluation. Then, consider your own experiences with program evaluation. With respect to a program you know well, what need did the evaluation address? What barriers or challenges did the program experience while preparing for or participating in the evaluation?
