...Darrell Woodfork BSHS/311- Models of Effective Helping Instructor: Michael Phillips Date: 8/5/2013 Site Visit Essay Paper Site Visit Essay Paper Cognitive behavioral techniques are used during a counseling session in a hospital or office setting by therapist. Although I was unable to do a current Site visit to a human service department of a company to write my report, I do know from my own experience some things pertaining to programs that employ behavioral or genitive intervention and or models. In this paper I will attempt to explore some areas within a cognitive intervention such as: • What population participates in the program? • Who presents the program? • How the effectiveness of the intervention is measured • How do they determine a need for the program? • Do they have plans for other programs that use behavioral models and techniques? • What other models and theories are represented in their programs. As we look into the population of participants, it ranges based on the type of behavior being addressed, intervention and motivation strategies. Last year, when I attended my counseling session, it was held in a group session with different people of all ages. This particular group session addressed issues of anxiety and depression. I quickly learned that many people have issues with anxiety and depression, yet they are hesitant to get counseling to change the behavior. Although...
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...Casual Factors “Emotional/behavioral disorder (EBD) is a condition in which behavioral or emotional responses of an individual in school are so significantly different in degree and/or kind from his/her accepted age appropriate, ethnic, or cultural norms that they adversely affect educational performance in one or more areas: self-care, social relationships, personal adjustments, academic progress, classroom behavior, or work adjustment” (Level 1V: Program Planning, n.d.). Emotional/behavioral disorders are the most under diagnosed and/or misdiagnosed group of disorders that students may have. The signs and symptoms of emotional/behavioral disorders can be missed, mimic other disorders and some cases emotional/behavioral disorders coincide with other disabilities. There are a few categories that must be taken into consideration when assessing a student for emotional/behavioral disorders as well as implementing interventions that will meet the specific needs of EBD students. The categories that the following essay will discuss are biological, family, school and culture. Within each category are a few factors that need to be fully understood and considered in order to have a clear, complete and concise view of the student’s emotional and behavioral needs and the causes of it. Biological Factors Biological factors occur naturally and within the child. According to the article Biological Issues Related to Emotional/behavioral Disorders (2014) biological factors includes...
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...Instructor’s Manual with Test Items to accompany Applied Behavior Analysis Second Edition John O. Cooper ● Timothy E. Heron ● William L. Heward All, The Ohio State University Prepared by Stephanie Peterson, Idaho State University ● Renée K. Van Norman, University of Nevada-Las Vegas ● Lloyd Peterson, Idaho State University ● Shannon Crozier, University of Nevada-Las Vegas ● Jessica E. Frieder, Idaho State University ● Peter Molino, Idaho State University ● Heath Ivers, Idaho State University ● Shawn Quigley, Idaho State University ● Megan Bryson, University of Nevada-Las Vegas ● David Bicard, University of Memphis [pic] Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Columbus, Ohio ____________________________________________________________ ______________________ Copyright © 2007 by Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458. Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department. Pearson Prentice Hall™ is a trademark of Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson® is a registered trademark of Pearson plc Prentice Hall® is a registered trademark of Pearson Education...
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...that these students fall behind academically in courser work; increasing their chances of dropping out of school. The article stated, “In one city, within a year of re-enrolling in high school, nearly two-thirds of the first-time ninth graders and over three-fourths of the repeat ninth graders who were incarcerated and returned to school will either withdraw or drop out of school. Therefore, this section in the article helps support the argument that suspensions and expulsions lead to more dropout rates rather than addressing behavioral issues. Also, this helps explain how students fall into a cycle of being removed from the educational setting due to zero tolerance...
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...Introduction The purpose of this account is to reflect on my performance in the treatment session recording that I have submitted. The recording is of an actual session in service with a real life patient. The patient’s main problem being treated is depression and the intervention that I used is behavioral activation (BA). The model I will employ to help with the reflective aspects of this essay will be Driscoll’s model of reflection (1994). As with my reflective account for the competency assessment it is important I try and refer to the Low intensity (LI) cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) literature as a rationale for my actions where appropriate and incorporate competing evidence for good practice. In terms of modifying future outcomes...
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...Personal growth and social support as an effective prevention method to overcome burnout problems on employees Burnout is nowadays a common crisis among workers, and an effective program to reduce its level is needed (Aro, Naatanen & Nurmi, 2004). According to Dierendonck, Garssen & Visser (2005) burnout can be defined as an unrelenting, job-related state of mind in ‘normal’ persons that is mainly characterized by tiredness, which is accompanied by exhaustion, a sense of reduced efficiency, decreased enthusiasm, and the development of dysfunctional behaviors at work. The unhappiness and detachment burnout can threaten people toward their job, their interpersonal relationships, and risking their own health (Dierendonck, Schaufeli & Buunk, 1998). However, problem related to burnout can be solved (Dierendonck, Garssen & Visser, 2005). Simply by recognize the cues and signs of burnout in its early stage; several burn out management strategies may be adequate to prevent the problem (Guglielmi &Tatrow, 1998). In the later stages of burnout, psychological improvement may takes more time and effort, but people can still recover their balance by reassessing their priorities, making time for themselves, and seeking for social support (Dierendonck, Schaufeli & Buunk, 1998). Furthermore, there are two main prevention management program that help people cope with burnout. The first one called personal growth program, which is a program based on people’ cognitive and behavior factors,...
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...Test Bank for Organization Development & Change Chapter 1 General Introduction to Organization Development Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following is included in the definition of OD? a. OD applies to an entire system b. OD is based on behavioral science knowledge c. OD is concerned with planned change d. OD encompasses strategy, structure, and process changes e. all of the above ANS: e 2. Organization development distinguishes itself from organization change and change management by which of the following characteristics? a. addressing the effective sequence of leadership issues that produce organization improvements b. focusing narrowly on cost, quality, and schedule c. focusing on the transfer of knowledge and skills to help the system manage future change d. taking a broadly focused approach that can apply to any kind of change e. none of the above ANS: c 3. Which of the following is not one of the “stems” of OD? a. laboratory training b. environmental analysis c. action research/survey feedback d. participative management and quality of work life e. strategic change ANS: b 4. The first “T-group” was formed a. to facilitate decision making b. to work on group projects c. to make the group more cohesive d. as people related to data about their own behavior ANS: d 5. The assumption underlying the use of survey feedback in OD is a. surveys are the best way to collect data b. surveys...
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...as focused on altering family dynamics, eliminating problems and focusing on the presenting problems rather than the past, and often giving homework and behavioral tasks to clients. In this essay is a detailed description of the history of strategic therapy, beliefs, techniques and problems presented by this theory. The strategic therapy is dated back to the early 1950s and as mentioned before was developed by Don Jackson and is associated with communication theory which was developed by Gregory Bateson, who is also the leader of Palo Alto. During the mid-1980s and early 1990s strategic family therapy was sharply criticized as being covert, manipulative, and even unethical in its practice (Duncan, 1992; Held, 1992;Wendorf & Wendorf, 1985). Strategic therapy is wide spread throughout the world even though there was a lot of resistance from traditional therapists. As mentioned before Jay Haley and the Milan Group are important practitioners of this approach and focusing primarily on resolving the presenting problems in a seemingly “paradoxical” way. The strategic approach is also associated with the Mental Research Institute (MRI) which was founded by Palo. Strategic family therapy has a strong belief in systems, specifically family systems. Where they believe that the whole family should be apart of therapy and interventions. This stems from the belief that parents influence child development and family bonds play a central role of how a person develops mentally. Strategic family...
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... and women. The 3-P model of insomnia suggests that people may be primed to develop insomnia through stressful life events, hyperarousal or coping strategies like napping. Insomnia is often associated with negative quality of life, decreased job performance, increased risk of accidents and an increased risk for depression. Many of the individuals who suffer from insomnia express a poor understanding of the available treatments and tend to turn to alcohol and over the counter medications. Faced with the prevalence of insomnia and concerns regarding other aspects of the disorder, many professionals have found and used different techniques such as, pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy, to treat the disorder with several having different levels of efficacy and effectiveness. In this essay I intend to explore the efficacy and effectiveness of several of these techniques. One such technique used by professionals in the treatment of insomnia is pharmacotherapy. Pharmacotherapy includes the use of a variety of drugs to combat the lack of sleep or to maintain sleep. According to the authors of the article, “Current Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Options for the Management of Insomnia”,...
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...regular basis. Behavioral health emergencies in patients, however, require a skill set that is not practiced often and for some, the lack of competency leads to ineffective care, frustration, endangered environments and staff (Soreff, 2009). When trying to intervene appropriately, it is education and an effective protocol that will yield the best outcome. This essay will develop various strategies and a performance improvement plan that will assist staff in their understanding of handling behavioral health emergencies as well as introducing them to the best methods of approaching these scenarios in the acute care setting. This essay uses both FOCUS and PDCA models to foster an effective solution to the given scenario. The FOCUS model requires first to find the practice or problem to be improved, organize a team for development of the process, clarifying current knowledge about the process, understanding the problem and selecting the most appropriate solution for improvement. Caring for patients with behavioral health crisis presents a multitude of challenges to healthcare professionals. It is imperative for healthcare staff, such as first responders of code scenarios or rapid response teams, to have a defined protocol for dealing with these situations effectively. As leaders it is key to recognize various challenges that destabilize efforts of the healthcare team to be able to provide high quality care to patients with behavioral health emergencies. Behavioral health has become...
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...In this essay, I will do a journal article comparison. The articles selected have something in common – treatment of drug. The first article is “Do drug treatment variables predict cognitive performance in multidrug-treated opioid-dependent patients? A regression analysis study” by Pekka Rapeli, Carola Fabritius, Hely Kalska and Hannu Alho. This article was taken from an open access article under Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2012, at http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/7/1/45. The second article entitled “Treating Drug Abuse and Addiction in the Criminal Justice System: Improving Public Health and Safety” by Redonna K. Chandler, Bennett W. Fletcher and Nora D. Volkow. It was taken from a public access journal under National Institute of Health: JAMA. 2009 January 14; 301(2): 183–190. doi:10.1001/jama.2008.976. The purpose of the first article was to examine the predictive power of drug treatment variables on specific cognitive performance measures in multidrug-treated opioid dependent patients. Also, the researchers interested in finding out which of the possible significant associations turn out as hypothesized. On the other hand, the purpose of the second article was to summarize relevant neuroscientific findings and evidence-based principles of addiction treatment that, if implemented in the criminal justice system, could help improve public health and reduce criminal behaviour. For methodologies, the first research involved 104 Opioid-Dependent...
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...Chapter 1: Student Characteristics Understand Characteristics of Students with Disabilities Some students with disabilities pass through typical developmental milestones and express skills within an average range for their age group. Others show delayed growth at certain developmental milestones, and many students with disabilities experience challenges as they navigate through the school curriculum. It is critical that special education teachers know how to differentiate between typical individual differences among children without disabilities and differences that may indicate a disability that requires interventions and/or specialized designed instruction. In addition, special education teachers need to know the most common types of disabilities that students may experience and how those disabilities affect their ability to learn and their behavior in the classroom. Competency 1 thus focuses on the characteristics of typical and atypical human growth and development and the characteristics of students with various disabilities that special education teachers are likely to encounter. The test includes a wide range of multiple-choice questions that address Competency 1. * Questions on typical and atypical behaviors and abilities for children and adolescents at particular ages. * Questions on the types and characteristics of various disabilities. * Questions on the similarities and differences among students with and without disabilities. This competency encompasses...
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...developed by Albert Ellis, is a therapy that consciously uses cognitive, emotive, and behavioral techniques to help clients. REBT theorists stress that human beings have choices. The control of ideas, attitudes, feelings, and actions is specific to the person who arranges a life according to personal dictates. Having little control over what happens or what actually exists, people do have choices and control over how they view the world and how they react to difficulties. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES After completing this chapter, the student will be able to: 1. Identify the philosophical assumptions associated with rational-emotive behavior therapy and cognitive-behavior therapy. 2. Explain the nature of people according to rational-emotive-behavior therapy. 3. Discuss rational and irrational thoughts and the three areas in which people hold irrational beliefs. 4. Describe the REBT process of teaching people to think and behave in more personally satisfying ways. 5. Summarize the "A, B, C, D, and E," approach to counseling. 6. Compare and contrast REBT with other theories. Evaluate the limitations and contributions of the REBT approach to counseling. CHAPTER SUMMARY Rational-Emotive-Behavior Therapy (REBT) has emerged from what Albert Ellis considered a limited rational-persuasive therapy into a therapy that consciously uses cognitive, emotive, and behavioral techniques to help clients. Ellis considers himself a philosophical or educational...
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...The transition from elementary school into middle school is a difficult switch for preadolescent individuals. Preadolescent individuals are experiencing many difficult changes in their lives at this point in time, such as physical, emotional, and cognitive changes. Transitioning from elementary school into middle school can also be quite scary for young children. It is vital for preadolescents to have the necessary resources to aid in their transition. Unfortunately, many low-income families do not have those vital resources, such as time, support, and money, to name a few. ‘“Follow the Lead”’ is an intervention based afterschool mentoring program targeting low-income preadolescents in order to provide a safe and encouraging environment for...
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...proven procedures associated with explicit instruction including process modeling, verbal rehearsal, scaffolded instruction, guided and distributed practice, and self-monitoring, students learn, apply, and internalize a cognitive routine and develop the ability to use it automatically and flexibly (Montague & Dietz, 2009). The metacognitive component of CSI helps students focus on the task and regulate and monitor their performance (Palincsar & Brown, 1984). Instruction in self-regulation strategies promotes strategy maintenance and generalization. Although CSI has been applied to a variety of academic tasks, this Current Practice Alert will highlight its applications in comprehending expository text, writing opinion essays, and solving math word problems. Regardless of the domain in which CSI is used, the approach follows a consistent format: Teachers (a) develop and activate background knowledge of students, (b) describe and discuss the strategy, (c) model application of the strategy, (d) have students memorize the strategy, (e)...
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