Memos are meant to offer me evidence that you are mentally processing the readings for yourselves and linking the theories to empirical observations. There are three parts to each of your memos. Please label them as such. 

 Overall Summary In a minimum of 400 words, share the overall points you gained from this week’s readings (this includes the articles). What stood out to you? What were the thesis statements, foundational assumptions or beliefs, or relationships between the Ritzer chapter and articles for the week? Please clearly reference the book and the articles. Use APA format when directly quoting or paraphrasing. 

Current Application In paragraph form, briefly discuss how a concept or theory could be applied to a  current issue. Please visit Upworthy, Everyday Feminism, Ted Talks, Soc Images or some other credible news source for this section. Please copy/paste the URLyour memo so I know which source you used.

Engaging Question After thinking about what you’ve learned this week, come up with an engaging question that could be asked of your classmates. 

Links to reading material: 

Verstehen: Max Weber’s Home Page

http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theorists/Weber/Whome.htm

This site covers some of the same ground as Chapter 2, but extends the discussion to such topics as Weber’s notion of causality and a theory of sociocultural evolution.  It also includes some lengthy quotations from Weber’s work.

The Durkheim Pages

http://durkheim.uchicago.edu/

This site provides a wealth of material on Emile Durkheim, including a glossary of Durkeimian concepts, reviews of recent work on Durkheim, full texts of Durkheim’s work in French and English, and critical summaries of each of Durkheim’s four major works.

Marxists.org Internet Archive

http://marxists.org/

This archive contains a searchable database of the works of Marx and Engels, biographical materials, image galleries, and reference works.  It also contains material on other Marxists, Marxist history, a beginner’s guide to Marxism, and an encyclopedia of Marxism.  Much of the material is more ideological than sociological.

 

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1.    Men’s weights are normally distributed with mean 170 pounds and standard deviation 20 pounds.

a.    Find the probability that a randomly selected man has a weight between 140 and 190.  (Show work and round the answer to 4 decimal places)

b.    What is the 80th percentile for men’s weight?  (Show work and round the answer to 2 decimal places)

c.    To get the answers for part (a) and/or part (b), what technology did you use?  If an online applet was used, please list the URL.  If a calculator or Excel was used, please write out the function.

 

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Menninger (1968) says, “Society secretly wants crime, needs crime, and gains definite satisfactions from the present mishandling of it! We condemn crime; we punish offenders for it; but we need it. The crime and punishment ritual is part of our lives.” What does this quote mean? Do you agree?

 

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• How would I train my staff on the AHIMA Code of Ethics and the expectations of compliance in my department? What would I include in the training? For example, staff would be trained upon hire in detail with a refresher yearly. What would I include in that training? The training plan should be detailing my training approach.

 

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Mental Health Counselors of children and adolescents often need to communicate with appropriate individuals, such as supervisors, parents, or other counselors, about the basic facts and issues surrounding their clients. Creating a factual summary is the first step in the building a case conceptualization, diagnosis, and treatment plan.

Your assignment is to develop a case description, analysis, and treatment plan for a hypothetical case. You will first create a background sketch for your hypothetical case, following the example below. Next, you will present your analysis of the developmental, cultural, and legal aspects of the case. Then you will present your diagnosis and treatment plan for the case.

• Your case description and treatment plan should be succinct in addressing each area. Counselors must prepare reports that summarize many details accurately but briefly.
• Use the Conceptualizing a Case Template, linked in Resources, to develop your treatment plan.
  • This template will provide the correct format and structure of a brief background sketch, case analysis, and initial treatment plan.
• The headings for this assignment are listed below and in the template that you will use to prepare this assignment.
• Use a minimum of 5 references, including your textbook.
• Your paper should be 5–6 pages in length, not including the title page or reference page. No abstract is necessary.

Background Sketch Components

You will first complete a background sketch for a child or adolescent client whom you might serve. (Use the background sketch you developed in Unit 1, with any revisions you made after peer and instructor feedback.) The background sketch will be brief. There are many examples of background sketches in the Counseling Children textbook, in the introductions to the case studies offered throughout (for example, see page 195). Here is another example:

Identification of the Problem

Sari [hypothetical name] is a 10-year-old girl in the fifth grade at Middle Valley Elementary. She is referred to counseling because the after-school staff report that she has become withdrawn recently, refusing offers for homework help or invitations from friends to join in activities.

Individual and Background Information

Academic: Staff report that Sari was previously proud of her report cards and showed them to the after school tutors. However, she would not talk about her most recent report card and was seen tearfully tearing it into pieces.

Family and Culture: Sari’s family immigrated from Turkey when she was a toddler. She is the oldest of three children, who are also in the after school program. Her mother works in the kitchen of Middle Valley Hospital. Her father drives a cab. Her parents alternate picking up the children. Sari expresses pride for her Turkish heritage, and mentions her family’s involvement with a local Turkish cultural group.

Physical: Sari is of average height for her age. She has a lean body mass and shows no signs of puberty. She rarely misses school due to illness. She has an untreated port-wine stain birthmark on one cheek and ear; she attempts to cover it with her hair style.

Social: Sari is athletic and loved playing outdoor games until her recent withdrawal from activities she previously enjoyed. She was frequently chosen by her peers to be a team member, and has several causal friendships, though she spends much of her time checking on her younger siblings in the program.

Case Conceptualization Components

Next, you will analyze aspects of this case for features that will need to be considered in deciding how to best assist your client.

Developmental Analysis

Briefly apply concepts—from Piaget’s theory, Selman, Erikson, and what is known about development of the brain and physical maturation—to your case (refer to Chapter 2 of Counseling Children for a review of developmental theories). Is your child or adolescent on track developmentally, or off track in some domains?

Cultural Analysis

Briefly highlight the cultural considerations that might be important for understanding and counseling your case (refer to Chapter 2 of Counseling Children for counseling considerations for children from diverse cultures).

Ecomap Assessment of Stressors and Supports

Summarize your Ecomap assessment to analyze how family, community, cultural, and societal factors contribute to the stressors and supports in your client’s life. Present your evaluation of how your child or adolescent client is supported by prevention, intervention, and education efforts or programs and networks that promote mental health, or how he or she experiences stress from the absence of support.

Legal and Ethical Issues Plan

Briefly articulate a legal and ethical issues plan, presenting the steps you will take to establish an ethical counseling relationship with your child or adolescent client. Identify potential ethical or legal issues that could arise with this client, and briefly describe how you will handle each of these, referencing specific laws and ethical codes (you may use the issues you have identified for the second discussion of this unit, after considering peer and instructor feedback).

Treatment Plan Components

Create a treatment plan for your case, including a preliminary diagnosis (use the diagnostic process you practiced in the first Unit 2 discussion). Your treatment plan should succinctly address these sections, also outlined in the Counseling Children text (pages 103–104):

• Problem Identification.
• Problem Definition.
• Goal Development.
• Measurable Outcomes.
• Creating Interventions.
• Diagnosing.

Reference

Henderson, D. A., & Thompson, C. L. (2016). Counseling children (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.

 

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