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Readings
Use your Clinical Social Work Practice text to read the following:
- Chapter 13, “Trauma Theory,” pages 190–203.
Use the Capella University Library to complete the following:
- Read the following from the DSM-5-TR to develop insight on anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and trauma and stressors:
Assignment Overview
Developing treatment plans and effective therapeutic interventions will be central to your social work practice. The treatment plan you develop in this assignment will be incorporated (potentially with some revisions) into the Comprehensive Case Study that you will complete and submit in Unit 10.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following EPAS and specialized practices:
- Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.
- C1.SP.B: Articulate and provide leadership in the application of the core values and ethical standards of the social work profession through an ethical problem solving model to aid in critical thinking, affective reactions and ethical decision making related to individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to guide and inform ethical practice in the specialization of advanced generalist social work.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 5. Articulate leadership through the identification of potential ethical dilemmas.
- 10. Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession through the use of technology.
- Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice.
- C2.SP.A: Analyze dimensions and differentiation in diversity and apply the influence of relationships and affective reactions to intervention techniques and technologies with diverse clients, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 8. Analyze, through the use of technology, the diversity needs for client and family and how to address those needs.
- C2.SP.B: Apply leadership skills, theoretical frameworks, decision making and best-practice interventions with diverse populations.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 5. Articulate leadership through the identification of potential ethical dilemmas.
- Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C6.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when engaging with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 10. Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession through the use of technology.
- C6.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when engaging with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 3. Apply a mental health theory to a specific case.
- 6. Apply the systems theory perspective to include a client’s family.
- C6.SP.D: (Engage) Apply leadership, technology, critical thinking, decision making and interpersonal skills to actively engage in the specialization of advanced generalist practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to achieve goals.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 3. Apply a mental health theory to a specific case.
- 8. Analyze, through the use of technology, the diversity needs for client and family and how to address those needs.
- Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C7.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when assessing colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 10. Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession through the use of technology.
- C7.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when assessing individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 3. Apply a mental health theory to a specific case.
- 6. Apply the systems theory perspective to include a client’s family.
- C7.SP.D: (Assess) Apply assessment instruments, leadership, technology, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills to identify problems, and assess and analyze capacities, strengths, and needs of individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 1. Describe a client’s demographic information, presenting problem, and diagnoses.
- 2. Apply the assessments used to approach a client’s diagnosis.
- Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C8.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when intervening with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 10. Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession through the use of technology.
- C8.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 3. Apply a mental health theory to a specific case.
- 6. Apply the systems theory perspective to include a client’s family.
- C8.SP.D: (Intervene) Apply leadership, technology, critical thinking, decision making, and interpersonal skills in the specialization of advanced generalist practice interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to achieve goals.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 3. Apply a mental health theory to a specific case.
- 4. Create a treatment intervention.
- Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C9.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology evaluations with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 10. Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession through the use of technology.
- C9.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 3. Apply a mental health theory to a specific case.
- 6. Apply the systems theory perspective to include a client’s family.
- C9.SP.E: (Evaluate) Apply leadership, technology, critical thinking, decision making and interpersonal skills in the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation of interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 9. Explain how to evaluate a client’s progress through application of leadership, technology, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills.
- C9.GP.D: Apply evaluation findings to improve practice effectiveness at the micro level.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 9. Explain how to evaluate a client’s progress through application of leadership, technology, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills.
Assignment Description
Develop a treatment plan based on your chosen case history from Unit 2. This component of your plan will incorporate concepts and approaches along the continuum of the selected case study diagnosis, the selected mental health theory and your selected treatment intervention, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, person-centered therapy, or rational emotive behavioral therapy. It must also consider ethics and diversity through a systems perspective.
Assignment Instructions
Complete this assignment using the identified headings. Upon completion, it should be 12–15 pages in length and use APA style and formatting.
- Include the revised case history from Unit 2.
- Describe the client’s demographical information.
- Analyze the client’s presenting problem.
- Describe the client’s diagnoses using the DSM-5-TR as a foundation.
- Apply the assessments used to approach the diagnosis (depression scale, alcoholism screening, ADHD, etcetera).
- Apply a mental health theory applied from your readings to the case (such as but not limited to cognitive, solution-focused, object relations, narrative, behavioral, or self-psychology).
- Apply a treatment intervention and describe the specific and best treatment intervention applied, including descriptions of the:
- Client’s strengths, weaknesses, and social support systems in the treatment intervention plan applied.
- Client’s long-term goal for the treatment intervention plan applied.
- Client’s short-term goals and treatment objectives for the treatment intervention plan applied.
- Create a treatment timeline.
- Apply the systems theory perspective to include the client’s family (treatment at the micro, mezzo, and macro level).
- Explain at least one of the potential ethical dilemmas and how to address it through NASW ethical guidelines.
- Explain the diversity needs for client or family and how to address those needs.
- Explain how you will evaluate the client’s progress.
Additional Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
- Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to the current APA style and formatting standards.
- Cited resources: Minimum of 10 scholarly sources. All literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
