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2. Complete the following Mindfulness Scale on day one and day the end of day three.
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The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) is a 15-item scale published by the University of Pennsylvania which was designed to assess a core characteristic of dispositional mindfulness, namely, open or receptive awareness of and attention to what is taking place in the present. The scale shows strong psychometric properties and has been validated with college, community, and cancer patient samples. Correlational, quasi-experimental, and laboratory studies have shown that the MAAS taps a unique quality of consciousness that is related to, and predictive of, a variety of self-regulation and well-being constructs. The measure takes 10 minutes or less to complete.
Be sure to include your results in your writing.
3. Over the course of the three days, choose one type of mindfulness to practice each day. You decide how, when, and the duration of mindfulness to try. For example, you could try some 1-minute meditations from one of the apps listed in the resources above a few times a day or a 10-minute meditation once before going to bed. You could create your own practice that includes stretching, yoga, exercise, music, prayer, guided imagery, progressive relaxation, etc. There really is a form of mindfulness for everyone, now’s the time to learn what works for you! You can try a new form of this each day or stick with the same form for all three days, it’s up to you.
4. After your three days are finished, reflect on what the experience was like for you. Share the following in your writing:
Share your mood ratings and MAAS scores. (2 points)
Describe the mindfulness practice(s) you engaged in. (1 point)
Spend some time analyzing any trends in your ratings and scores – did your mood ratings stay the same, did they improve or vary? How about your MAAS scores? What is the comparison from day one to day three? (1 point)
What did you learn about yourself, how you respond to stress, and any benefits you may have experienced from practicing mindfulness for a few days? (1 points)
Explain how you may approach mindfulness going forward. How could you continue to incorporate this into your daily routine? (1 point)
Now that you know more about burnout, it’s physical and psychological effects, which type(s) of burnout do you believe you have experienced either now or in the past? (1 point)
Is burnout a risk in your future career? How will you help prevent burnout knowing what you know now? (1 points)
Submission must be at least 400 words in length (2 points)

Review this week’s Learning Resources on cognitive evolution, memory, and cognitive neuroscience.
Locate a peer-reviewed journal article on memory related to one of the following topics:

Improving memory
Aging
Amnesia
Cognitive mapping

Consider how the article you selected relates to cognition and cognitive neuroscience.
Post a response to the following:
Briefly describe the article you found on memory. Explain how the article informs our understanding of cognition and cognitive neuroscience. Be specific.
Note: Support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and any additional sources you identify using both in-text citations and references. It is strongly recommended that you include proper APA format and citations.

As a practicing independent Behavior Analyst, you have received an email from a staff member representing a provider of education and/or human services requesting your services. Specifically, this staff member has asked you to meet with other staff and/or administrators to develop a behavior intervention plan for a third-grade student at a local elementary school. This student is demonstrating significant problem behaviors in the form of disruptive behaviors in his classroom and in other settings within the school (lunch, recess, specials, etc.). Disruptive behaviors have been termed “aggressive” and “non-compliant” by school staff.
Begin by specifying the referral problem. Be creative and consider the type of provider that has requested your services, the client, and provide operational definitions for the problem behaviors indicated in the scenario.
In a script or narrative format, provide information to the members of the “planning” meeting including the following:
Describe the specific purposes of a functional behavior assessment (FBA) and discuss why conducting the FBA prior to the development of a behavior intervention plan is important.
Describe, in specific detail, how antecedent stimuli and conditions could be potentially important for the assessment of the target behaviors in the scenario.
Please include discussion of the influence of discriminative stimuli and motivating operations in triggering the target behaviors.
Describe, in specific detail, how consequence stimuli and conditions could be potentially important for the assessment of the target behaviors.
Be sure to indicate the influences of positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, and automatic reinforcement in maintaining the target behaviors.
Select three indirect assessment procedures that you may be implementing during the process of the functional behavioral assessment.
Describe how each applies to the scenario.
Be sure to specify how they will be used and the purpose of each tool.
Select three direct descriptive assessment procedures you may be implementing during the process of the functional behavioral assessment.
Describe how each applies to the scenario.
Be sure to specify how they will be used and the purpose of each tool.
Describe, in specific detail, at least two ethical obligations and/or concerns that would be necessary to address within the current case scenario
You may use either, or both, ABA and BACB guidelines as reference.
IMPORTANT
The staff that you are presenting to think that, as a Behavior Analyst, you will be able to develop a behavior plan on the spot during this meeting that is both easy to administer and effective at modifying the behavior of the client in question. The staff clearly knows nothing about behavioral assessment processes. It is your job to assist them in understanding the process of Functional Behavioral Assessment and its necessity before any interventions can be developed and implemented. Be sure to discuss antecedent stimuli and consequence stimuli based on the function (purpose) that the target (problem) behavior serves and not the choice of intervention.
The goal is to identify variables that are related to the occurrence of the problem behavior, not to develop an intervention. Be mindful of making solid choices of the procedures you will be highlighting based on the scenario presented as well as rationales for your choices.
• DO NOT focus on the use of diagnoses or labels.
• You may take creative license and add to the scenario by fleshing out the student’s history or presenting problems if you choose.
Indirect Assessment Tools/Procedures:
• Review of records • Analysis of rating scale results • Interviews • Behavior-Analytic Problem-Solving Interview (BAPS-I) • Behavioral Stream Interview (BSI) Directive Descriptive Tools / Procedures: • The Functional Behavioral Assessment Form • Incident-Based Functional Assessment Form • Conditional Probability Record • Interval Recording Procedures • Task Analysis Recording Procedure

Clinicians such as psychologists, therapists, and psychiatrists utilize the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th ed. (DSM V, 2013) when making a diagnosis for specific psychological disorders. In doing so, however, they are also assigning a label to the person. Discuss the pros and cons of diagnosing, or “labeling,” a patient. Cite your sources.
APA Format
500 words
Include in-text citations
Double Spaced

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Discussion Topic
Initial Post Activity and Writing Prompts
You will be selecting one of the Action Focused Approaches covered this week (Behavioral Therapy, Reality Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy…etc.) and describing the approaches potential efficacy for use in you preferred future client population and work environment
First, consider the work environment and client/student population you wish to work with after graduation. For example, a clinical mental health counseling student may want to conduct outpatient counseling with survivors of abuse or Veteran with PTSD. A school counseling student may want to work in a small rural middle school or a large urban high school.
Second, review the Action Focused Approaches covered this week and select one that you feel would be particularly useful in your preferred future work environment.
Third, address the below prompts:
Identify the approach you will be discussing and your preferred future work environment.
Describe two reasons why you believe your selected approach would be useful when working in your preferred future work environment. Provide an example for each reason. Support with reference/s.
Describe two potential limitations of using the selected approach when working in your preferred future work environment. Provide an example for each reason. Support with reference/s.
Based upon your above analysis of the approach, how well do you feel you could personally apply the approach to addressing human dysfunction, wellness, growth, and change?
TIP: Consider organizing your post with level one headings.
*** Example attached***

In 200-300 words, respond to the below posting by one or more of the following ways:
Ask a probing question.
Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.
Offer and support an opinion.
Expand on your colleague’s posting.
The article chosen for this assignment is therapy for individuals who are child sexual offenders (adults committing this act) who are living in Norway (Cooper & Holgersen, 2016). These individuals were questioned on the perceived outcomes of the treatment they received and to determine what has worked for them from the treatment process (Cooper & Holgersen, 2016). Clients attended a specific treatment center in Norway designed specifically to address fantasies, desires, feelings, and experiences related to their sexual selves. The clinic specializes in treatment of individuals with sex crimes. These specific individuals have sex crimes involving a child, or pedophilia (Cooper & Holgersen, 2016).
Relapse and Harm Reduction models are likely the closest models to this treatment model implemented in Norway (Geyer, 2009). Relapse model accepts some degree of problems arising and allows a person to work them out- and harm reduction helps an individual to determine “safer” alternatives to behaviors that carry significant risk (Geyer, 2009). Working with individuals in the clinic in Norway, the providers address different aspects of sexuality, history, mental health, and the crimes themselves to assist the individual to understand their own behaviors. This can be a tool in the two models of treatment in this population (Geyer, 2009).
References
Cooper, E. S. N., & Holgersen, H. (2016). Treatment Experiences of Child Sexual Offenders in
Norway: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 25(7), 699–718. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2016.1212958
Geyer, M. D. (2009). Treatment outcome models.

SCHEMAS
Most everyone has seen criminal trials (both fictitious and real) on TV. You know, then, that the trial starts with opening statements and ends with closing arguments by the prosecution and defense, respectively.
For this Discussion, you will examine the advantages and disadvantages of schemas.
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE
Review the Learning Resources for this week and consider the advantages and disadvantages of schema.
Imagine you are a juror. Exactly how do opening statements and closing arguments function as schemas? In particular, what impact would opening statements have on how you, as a juror, would interpret evidence proffered at trial?
BY DAY 3
Post how your preconceptions (i.e., your schema) might supersede the schema (i.e., theory) of the case as presented by attorneys for the state and for the defendant during opening statements. How might the strength of your preconceptions cause you to reject the attorneys’ attempt to provide a schema for the case?
BY DAY 5
Respond to at least one colleague in the following way:
During jury selection, attorneys for the prosecution and defense question prospective jurors to determine who may already have decided the defendant’s guilt or innocence before hearing the attorneys present the case. As an attorney, it is your job to expose and then counter juror preconceptions that may make them resistant to your schema for the case. Your class colleagues have described how their preconceptions might override the schema you, as attorney, would advance during opening statements. Describe the strategy you might use to persuade the resistant juror (i.e., the class colleague you are responding to) to set aside her or his preconceptions and consider what you have to say.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the social psychology theory and research. In addition to the Learning Resources, search the Walden Library and/or Internet for peer-reviewed articles to support your post and responses. Use proper APA format and citations, including those in the Learning Resources.

Aronson, E., Wilson, T. D., Akert, R. M., & Sommers, S. R. (Eds.). (2019). Social psychology (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Chapter 3, “Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World”

Note: Viewing media and interactives embedded in the electronic version of this course text is not required for this course.
Stolle, D. P., & Slain, A. J. (1997). Standard form contracts and contract schemas: A preliminary investigation of the effects of exculpatory clauses on consumers’ propensity to sue. Behavioral Sciences and the LawLinks to an external site., 15(1), 83–94. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099- 0798(199724)15:13.0.CO;2-F.
Madon, S., Jussim, L., Guyll, M., Nofziger, H., Salib, E. R., Willard, J., & Scherr, K. C. (2018). The accumulation of stereotype-based self-fulfilling prophecies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,Links to an external site. 115(5), 825–844. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000142.supp (Supplemental)

As a counselor, you may be familiar with recommending resources to clients, but you may not be prepared with the knowledge of similar resources for colleagues, other crisis response members, or for your own use. When faced with a crisis, it is important for counselors to be ready to recommend these kinds of resources on short notice while adhering to their ethical obligations as practitioners.
Consider the demographics of the population in your local area (community, city, county, or state) that you intend to serve in your counseling practice.
Create a resource packet to provide to clients and colleagues in your area who are experiencing a developmental crisis, cultural crisis, or loss. Your resource packet should include a variety of the following at the local and national level:
A list of 3–4 web resources
A list of 3–4 books
A list of 3–4 support groups
A list of 3–4 exercises or activities they can do on their own
Accessibility supports for individuals with disabilities
Culturally appropriate and supportive resources for your area
At least 2 resources for colleagues on supporting self-care and preventing vicarious trauma
Any other pertinent resources for clients or colleagues
Reflect on your reasons for choosing these resources to support individuals in your area.
Summarize the cultural considerations that you made when choosing these resources, including commentary on the defining factors of your target population, such as their socioeconomic status, spirituality, gender identity, race, etc.
Identify a counselor’s ethical obligations when choosing and sharing resources for crisis and trauma support.
Format the citations in your packet and a reference page according to APA guidelines.