What duties might this position require? What education or experience is expected of applicants? What is the company’s reputation, goal, or mission? How would hiring you help the company achieve that goal or mission?

For this assignment, you will identify an employment opportunity you are interested in This might be a job you are currently considering or a job you hope to obtain in the future. You will create both a cover letter responding to your desired job opportunity and a reflection about the process you used to gather information about that job and the company.

Consider these questions:

What duties might this position require?
What education or experience is expected of applicants?
What is the company’s reputation, goal, or mission? How would hiring you help the company achieve that goal or mission?
What salary might you expect? Is it comparable to the same position within other companies?
Is there a possibility to grow or advance within this organization?

Why not use caffeine to treat alcohol addiction? Analyze the issues of pharmacological and physiological antagonism. Explain the receptor systems involved and the central nervous system structures effects with regard to this question.

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 and you have until Day 7  to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Pharmacological and Physiological Antagonism
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the required chapters from the text and review the required articles for this week. Alcohol and caffeine have nearly opposite effects on behavior and the nervous system, yet these substances are not used to treat overdose or addiction to the other.

Why not use caffeine to treat alcohol addiction? Analyze the issues of pharmacological and physiological antagonism. Explain the receptor systems involved and the central nervous system structures effects with regard to this question. Frame your analysis in terms of drug action first and other consequences second.

Identify two standards that were not infused in the instrument selected for the critique.

Culturally Competent Instrument Critique

Select a psychiatric disorder or mental illness listed in the DSM-5, write a brief overview of the illness, and provide a rationale for selecting the illness as it pertains to assessment.

Review and provide information regarding:

Purpose of the instrument
Description of the instrument
Norms, scoring, reliability, and validity score
A copy of the instrument
Part 3:  Critique the instrument from a culturally competent perspective. Use the NASW Cultural Competence Standards  for this purpose.

Identify two standards that were not infused in the instrument selected for the critique. Some of the questions that could be considered to assess the cultural congruence of the instrument include : Does the instrument take into account diversity issues? Could the instrument be used with any population, or is it specific to a certain population? What are the possible challenges a social worker might encounter while using the instrument for assessment? Are there any ethical issues that should be considered?

Discuss how you would produce a comfortable environment to lead your clients to discuss their issues.

For the second part, imagine a 13-year-old female client is brought by her parents to see you. Her parents are concerned because they report their daughter is very unhappy with being a girl. She is increasingly being teased at school because she looks, dresses, and tries to act like a boy. She is an active athlete, but will only play contact sports with boys. The client states she does not like her breasts and wishes she could have them removed. She reports that she has always wanted to be a boy for as long as she can remember. Give a DSM diagnosis for the presenting problem. Include an assessment of the client’s ability to function in daily life. Be sure to pay particular attention to the symptoms of the disorder and the influence it has on the client, as well as the client’s family.

The Assignment

A DSM diagnosis of each client
An explanation of your rationale for assigning these diagnoses on the basis of the DSM
An explanation of what other information you might need about each client to make an accurate diagnosis.
A brief description of additional individuals you might include in your assessment and explain why.
Discuss how you would produce a comfortable environment to lead your clients to discuss their issues.
Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources as well as current literature used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

Describe the contents and structure of gender stereotypes, especially in terms of the dimensions of agency and communion; discuss the social consequences of violating prescriptive and proscriptive gender stereotypes.

Describe the contents and structure of gender stereotypes, especially in terms of the dimensions of agency and communion; discuss the social consequences of violating prescriptive and proscriptive gender stereotypes.

Use book as source
Bosson, J. K., Buckner, C. E., & Vandello, J. A. The Psychology of Sex and Gender . SAGE Publications, Inc.

Develop a list of two precipitating factors or events for each of three elements of the model  in explaining the onset of anxiety.

Week 2 Discussion Boards.

The biopsychosocial model of mental illness suggests that symptoms tend to develop in response to a combination of biological factors, social stressors and psychological stressors.

Develop a list of two precipitating factors or events for each of three elements of the model  in explaining the onset of anxiety.  be sure to explain how they relate to the three elements. Next, comment on at least two of your peers’ lists with a prediction for when one of their precipitating events would lead to anxiety attack.

Explain what courses in the program are going to give you the skills you need to succeed in that job.

Power Point Presentation

For this assignment, conduct research on the career path you plan to pursue which is a Mental Health Specialist or Counselor, and develop a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following:
1. Professional Organizations – Find a minimum of three professional organizations that may help you get into your desired career field.
2. Volunteer Opportunities – Identify volunteer opportunities related to the field you are pursuing that would help you confirm the field is right for you.
3. Interview – Interview someone in the professional field you are pursuing.
4. Program of Study Requirements for Masters – Provide a brief summary of the requirements needed to complete your program of study.
5. Career Search Information –

a) Find a job description for your ideal or “dream” job on Indeed.com or another job site;

b) Compare the job description of the job to the program of study you are in;

c) Explain what courses in the program are going to give you the skills you need to succeed in that job;

d) Explain what you need to personally do to ensure you gain the skills in those courses.
Additional Requirements:
1. Presentation should be 10 slides in length. This includes a title/introduction slide and a reference slide.
2. Speaker notes that expand upon the content of your slides are required.

Write a synopsis with information from your observation. Finally, create a classroom-type of activity that addresses the unique needs of the student you observed.

Find a video on YouTube or another platform that allows you to observe a child. Next, use any observation technique that you choose to collect data on the child. Write a synopsis with information from your observation. Finally, create a classroom-type of activity that addresses the unique needs of the student you observed. Think about an introduction activity, an individual and/or small group experience, and a closing wrap up. Use research to back up your ideas.

Cover Page-Include your name, course title, and assignment title.

Synopsis-Include a link to the video you used for this project. Give details about what you observed and be specific with regard to the three domains we learned about. Use references throughout this section. Include the tool you used to collect data . Write about the activity plan you will design to meet the needs of the student. Give concrete details. This section should be at least three paragraphs long.

 

Identify the population and addiction that you will be addressing with your prevention program.

The goal of this assignment is to articulate the social, biological, and psychological consequences of addictive behaviors to an at-risk population and contextualize issues of addiction in historical and social frameworks.

For the presentation in this module, you will identify the population and addiction that you will be addressing with your prevention program.

Possible addictions :

Alcohol
Drugs
Internet
Gambling
Tobacco
Possible populations :

Adult
Senior
Youth
Adolescent
Workplace
Church member
LGBT
Possible population and prevention programs:

Seniors who have been diagnosed with macular degeneration who are experiencing increased depression and isolation
Youths who are not a part of the community and neighborhood functions due to playing video games.
Employees using stimulants in the workplace to meet deadlines due to decreased personnel but increased production demands.

Provide at least 250 words of vital information from the article. The 250 words should include the name of the author, the hypothesis of the research study, participants in the study, methods used in the study, and results or conclusions of the study.

You will choose a scholarly research article based on a topic in the area of Multicultural counseling that you are interested in researching.

Provide at least 250 words of vital information from the article. The 250 words should include the name of the author, the hypothesis of the research study, participants in the study, methods used in the study, and results or conclusions of the study.

If the journal article does not include the vital information above, it is NOT a scholarly researched article!
Provide a reference page  with ONE scholarly journal article listed along with the link or doi of the reference provided.