Discussion : Effects of Child Sexual Abuse

Many clients have a hard time disclosing child sexual abuse to their therapists, especially if this is not the original reason bringing them to therapy (such as they came looking for help because they were going through a divorce). Undoubtedly, child sexual abuse has an impact on its victims.

This assignment is aimed at promoting discussion about psychiatric symptoms and conditions associated with child sexual abuse.

Task:

Select a particular symptom or diagnosis and explore its relationship with child sexual abuse. Research this topic on the Internet and post your findings.

Post your responses in a minimum of 300 words.

Assignment : Vignette Analysis

A Treatment Plan for Recovery

As a part of improving skills for developing appropriate interventions, you will design a treatment plan that focuses on recovery and is appropriate for the particular client being treated.

In this assignment, shift your focus from stabilization to the recovery aspect of treatment.

Click here to study a vignette.

Tasks:

Based on the information provided in the vignette, design a treatment plan for Veronica, including the following elements:

• Grieving

• Cognitive restructuring of faulty beliefs

• Insight and behavioral change

Veronica has been in treatment for a couple of months, and you are now designing a comprehensive treatment plan focused on her stabilization.

Create a 2- to 3-page plan in a Microsoft Word document describing how you will achieve the following:

• Describe in narrative form how you will establish the therapeutic goals for the treatment and how you will make certain Veronica takes an active role in the identification of those goals.

• Analyze and explain specific interventions that are helpful to Veronica in this stage.

• Analyze and explain the therapeutic homework and the treatment for Veronica in case of acute symptoms of PTSD between sessions.

• Identify and explain the specific interventions to help Veronica achieve the reconnection stage of recovery.

• Analyze and explain long-term goals, short-term objectives, and the therapeutic interventions of the treatment plan.

Apply current APA standards for editorial style; expression of ideas; and format of text, citations, and references.

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Discussion  : Recovery for Different Populations

As a criminal justice system employee, you will interact with people from different walks of life, because of such things as their ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, gender, or sexual orientation. All people see the world through the lens of their own background and experience, and we cannot impose our own values and experience on the experience of others.

This assignment is designed to assist you to integrate cultural influences with your understanding of victims. Select a crime (i.e., rape, robbery, assault, etc.) and using scholarly sources for information identify how this type of crime can affect a victim, their family members, and other members of society keeping in mind any cultural variations.

Tasks:

In a minimum of 300 words, respond to the following:

• Identify a victim of a specific crime with a background different from your own. Research at least three scholarly resources from the professional literature. The literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, and .gov). Report your findings regarding the definition of trauma and the resources used to heal from traumatic experiences.

• Discuss how it might impact their families based on their cultural background.

• Discuss how it might be perceived by society based on the victim's cultural background.

All written responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Assignment : Victim Population Analysis

Working with the population for which you were approved in formulating the bibliography in Module 1, follow the general guidelines for your Victim Population Analysis paper outlined below.

Tasks:

Read the research literature related to your chosen victim population. Consider the specific aspects that you will cover in your final paper (i.e., trauma, demographics, interaction with criminal justice system, victims' rights, assessment, evaluation, and treatment). Using the research literature and specifically empirical studies, write a 12- to 14-page paper addressing the following:

• Describe the theoretical and empirical knowledge about psychological trauma and the impact of victimization within this population.

• Identify and evaluate commonalities and differences in demographic variables and psychological profiles between subtypes of victims that may present in this population.

• Compare and contrast empirical research findings related to the assessment and evaluation of victims in this population.

• Compare and contrast empirical research findings related to treatment for victims in this population.

• Define and analyze the role and impact of the criminal justice system on victims within this population.

• Define and analyze the role and impact of past and current legal rights on victims within this population.

• Cite the references appropriately.

Your paper should rely upon scholarly resources from the professional literature. The literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, and .gov).

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.