Assignment Part 1:
Discussion: How is individual advocacy different from legislative and systems advocacy and provide 3 examples of where a counselor would find themselves acting as an individual clients advocate? Post and respond to at least two others classmates' posts. Provide evidence of content knowledge and critical thought. These should be well thought out and comprehensive. Need Assignment Help?
1B: Respond to two students: (45-60 words)
Student 1: A.H
Individual advocacy differs from systems and legislative advocacy because it focuses on meeting the specific needs of one client. Systems advocacy works to improve policies, procedures, or services within organizations and communities, while legislative advocacy focuses on changing laws and public policy to better protect people from harm. A counselor acting as an individual client advocate works directly to ensure that the client's rights, needs, and well-being are addressed in a personal and immediate way.
For example, a counselor may advocate for a client by helping them access needed medical care or community resources, especially if the client is older and struggling to meet basic needs. A counselor may also speak up when a client is being treated unfairly by a service provider, agency, or institution. In addition, the counselor may help the client understand their rights and connect with community leaders or organizations when larger issues affect their quality of life. These actions reflect individual advocacy because they are directed toward helping one person receive support, protection, and fair treatment.
Student 2: T.N.
Legislative and systems advocacy tends to look at a specific population as a whole while individual advocacy is just that, advocating for an individual's specific circumstances or needs.
Legislation may dictate that a person must meet certain criteria for a specific accommodation and the person may fall a bit short or they may not meet it exactly as the system/legislature expects.
Counselors advocate for clients all the time. They may be advocating for a client to obtain certain disability/handicap accommodations and may have to prove that the patient's overall safety and wellbeing would be impacted negatively by refusal of needs and positively by approval. A counselor may serve as an individual advocate for client's when they are under review for return to employment following a psychological event or trauma, for example: John was at work at a construction site when a vehicle spins out of control, wrecking into his jobsite and injuring John and a coworker. The company dictates that in addition to medical clearance the patient undergo psychological clearance before returning to work. He was given paid leave for 4 weeks (this is a world in which companies care about these things) but as his counselor begins working with him, they realize John needs an extension as he was severely psychologically impacted by the accident and injury.
Counselors may also advocate for clients in less official, legal ways. They may advocate for a child client's privacy and autonomy to the patient's parents. A 14 year old comes to their counselor and the counselor is legally obligated to disclose information to the parents but the client requests that some of the things she shares be kept from her parents. The counselor can tell the client that she cannot guarantee but they can work together to have a conversation with her parents about her boundaries in what information from counseling is shared.
Assignment Part 2:
Spend adequate time online and familiarize yourself with the various resources and organizations available and pertaining to the older population? Make a list of several of these websites and provide a brief description of each one. Provide your thoughts, impressions and observations here?
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Assignment Part 3: Test Bank Submission
Create and submit via canvas a total of 8 test bank questions for Chapters 3 and4 and assigned article for reading (Behind the Book: Counseling Older People: Opportunities and Challenges). 6 of the questions(3 questions from chapter 3 and 3 questions from chapter 4)should be in multiple choice format (include four answer choices). Two questions should be in the form of short answer (1 open ended question from chapter 3 and 1 open ended ended question from chapter4) (8 questions in all). On each multiple choice question identify the correct answer with an asterix (*) to the right of the answer choice. Also provide an answer to the short answer question in paragraph form.
These questions will be compiled and used as a study guide for the midterm and final exams.
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Be sure to include your name, assignment name, and course as a heading on each submission.
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Your Name
ECED 6420- Counseling Older Adults
Test Bank Questions- Chapters 1 & 2
Format multiple choice questions using the following example:
1. A test which is accurate in predicting applicants' success in a certain job would best be described as having high _______________.
- Face validity
- Concurrent validity *
- Temporal validity
- Content validity