Collaborating with Human services Professionals

Collaborating
With Human Services Professionals

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  With Human Services Professionals Scoring Guide.

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  Scenarios – School Counselor Scatterdesk | Transcript.

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  Scenarios – Mental Health Counselor Scatterdesk | Transcript.

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For
this assignment, review the collaboration scenarios in the
presentations Collaboration
Scenarios – School Counselor Scatterdesk and Collaboration
Scenarios – Mental Health Counselor Scatterdesk in
this unit’s study, and select one of the scenarios.

Complete
the following for the scenario you selected:

• Describe
  how and with whom each of the professionals might collaborate to
  respond to legal or ethical issues described in the scenario. How
  does the quality of the interaction impact the service provided to
  the clients or students?

• Describe
  the role and function each professional would serve in terms of
  assessing or responding to any of the legal or ethical issues that
  may arise when working with this client or student.

• Imagine
  that you are the counselor working with this student or client, and
  you will be serving as the lead person to coordinate efforts among
  the team of professionals at this setting. 

  • What
    are some ways in which you might initiate collaboration efforts to
    resolve the legal and ethical issues?

  • What
    methods will you use to communicate?

  • How
    will you know if these strategies are effective?

• Include
  in your response references to at least two specific state laws and
  two specific codes from the 2014 ACA Code
  of Ethics and/or
  or the 2010 ASCAEthical
  Standards for School Counselors that
  relate to your case.

• Develop
  an effective communication to one of the professionals assisting
  your client:

  • For
    the student in the school counselor scenario:
    Compose a letter that you would send, with the student’s and his or
    her parents’ permission, to the school psychologist who will be
    seeing the student for an evaluation. In the letter, describe the
    reason for your referral, the relevant information you would like
    the psychologist to have about the student, and the information you
    would like to receive after the evaluation is completed. (You may
    need to make up some of the details about the student and your work
    with him.)

  • For
    the client in the mental health counselor scenario:
    You and the client agree she would meet with a new psychiatrist for
    an evaluation. Compose a letter that you would send, with the
    client’s permission, to the psychiatrist. In the letter, describe
    the reason for your referral, the relevant information you would
    like the psychiatrist to have about the client, and the information
    you would like to receive after the evaluation is completed. (You
    may need to make up some of the details about the client and your
    work with her.)

Submission
Requirements

Your
paper should meet the following requirements:

• Written
  communication:
  Develop accurate written communication and thoughts that convey the
  overall goals of the assignment and do not detract from the overall
  message. Your paper should demonstrate graduate-level writing
  skills.

• References:
  Your reference list must include at least two sources from current
  peer-reviewed journals. You must use APA sixth edition style to list
  your references. Refer to the iGuide page APA Style and Format for
  more information.

• Number
  of pages:
  The length of your paper should be 3–5 double-spaced pages. Note:
  Page count does not include cover page or references.

• Formatting: Use
  APA sixth edition formatting, including correct in-text citations,
  proper punctuation, double-spacing throughout, proper headings and
  subheadings, no skipped lines before headings and subheadings,
  proper paragraph and block indentation, no bolding, and no bullets.
  Refer to the iGuide page APA Style and Format for more information.

You
are required to submit your final version of this paper to Turnitin
to generate a final report prior to submitting the assignment for
grading. From the TURNITIN tool, use the Final report option for the
assignment. When your paper is downloaded and viewable in Turnitin,
save the originality report. Refer to the Turnitin tutorial: Viewing
Originality Reports (linked in the resources) for guidance.

Submit
the following:

• Your
  paper saved Turnitin Originality Report file. The
  Turnitin Originality Report must accompany your paper or your
  assignment will not be graded. Your assignment will be considered
  late until the report is provided.

• Your
  assignment.

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