Assignment:
Problem:
Explore a women's shelter, a half-way house, a hospital, an agency, or a human services department of a company where behavioral and/or cognitive interventions or models are used. Some areas to explore:
1. What population participates in the program?
2 Who presents the program or interventions?
3. How is the effectiveness of their interventions measured?
1. How did they determine a need for the program?
2. Do they have plans for other programs or interventions which use behavioral or cognitive models and techniques?
3. What other models and theories are represented in their programs?
Submit a 3 to 4 page APA formatted report, detailing the information you gathered and briefly describing your reactions and feelings about the program.
- In addition the paper should compare the framework of theoretical approach as presented in the text or other peer-reviewed authority with the approach provided by the organization.
4. (Except for the section of the paper documenting personal reactions and feelings, do not write the report using a 1st or 2nd person narrative style.)
5. Introduction and conclusion should provide an overview of materials presented in the paper.
Text:
Parrott III, L. (2003). Counseling and psychotherapy (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole/Thomson Learning.