Homework: Action Plans and Presenting to Colleagues
Length: 6 to 9 pages.
Overview
For this homework, build upon the case that you identified for your Unit 8 homework. Pretend you are presenting this case to fellow colleagues. Include the demographics, description of client identity, presenting problem, goals, challenges or concerns, any cultural differences, and possible resources that might be helpful to this client.
Instructions
This homework has three components.
i. Identify the case you selected from the exercise manual for your Unit 8 homework. Expand your description of the setting.
• Provide a 1 to 2 paragraph description of the situation you are presenting to colleagues (for example, case conference, team meeting, supervision, et cetera).
• Describe your role in the agency.
• Describe who will attend the meeting and their roles in the agency (teachers, nurses, doctors, et cetera).
• Research the type of meeting, and explain the strengths and weakness of this format. Support your analysis of the meeting format with two peer-reviewed journal articles published in the last five years.
ii. Expand your description of the client's identity and the interplay between the client's identity and the problem presented. Identify culturally relevant resources that are needed work with this client, and describe cultural considerations for this client that were addressed when selecting resources. Describe challenges or obstacles that may present during the obtainment of identified goals. Support your descriptions with at least two peer-reviewed journal articles published in the last five years.
iii. Review "Three Problem Management Framework" on page 233 of The Skilled Helper textbook. Create a 3 to 6 pages overview of Egan and Reese's three stages of problem management for this client. After presenting a discussion of each stage, anticipate and pose one question or challenge for each stage that colleagues at the meeting may ask. Create a response for each question or challenge.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.