BSHS 311 ENTIRE COURSE

BSHS 311 Week 1 Team Assignment Team Summary Role Play Paper
Preparation

Article Discussion:

Conduct an Internet search for a professional article on an existential or humanistic approach to

working with someone who is terminally ill. Study the article and be prepared to discuss your
findings with your Learning Team. Each team member should contribute
his/her own article for discussion.

Article Discussion:

Present your article on working with a person who is dying. Discuss how you feel about the
approaches presented in the articles. Consider how you would feel if you were terminally ill and
sought help. In what way would you like your human services worker to work with you?

Discuss unconditional positive regard. How does a clinician exhibit this quality? You may wish to add
copies of some or all of the articles presented to your personal Resource File.

Listening Skills Role-Play:

Role-play: The team should select two members to conduct a role-play of a situation using person-
centered listening skills and emphasizing reflection of feeling. A team member will take the role of the
human services worker who is dealing with a person facing death. One student might role-play the
participant, one the human services worker. Each week the team will be expected to conduct a role
play relevant to that weeks theory. It is recommended that the team rotate those team members who
will conduct the role play for each week.

Remember that existential theory emphasizes respecting the clients beliefs and ability to grow. Do
not give advice. Do not persuade. Be with the client and listen.

Submit a Summary Report on the teams findings and discussion of the selected theory, and related
articles, for Week 1. Include a brief transcript of the role-play. Include the resources the team
investigated. This report/transcript should be between 500 and 1000 words long. All team members
who participated in this report/role-play should be listed on the cover sheet. Utilize APA format for the
paper and remember to submit your Certificate of Originality with any paper assignment, team or
individual, that is submitted.

BSHS 311 Week 1 DQ 1

How might transference and counter-transference issues manifest
themselves in your work with clients? How about defense mechanisms? You may want start your
response by giving what you understand to be the textbooks definition of transference, counter-
transference, and defense mechanisms.
BSHS 311 Week 1 DQ 2
Why is it important for human services workers to have a theoretical framework for helping and
creating change in clients? Cant we just rely on common sense, our experience and education in
our diagnosing and treatment of clients? You might want to start your response by discussing what a
theoretical framework is according to our text/readings.
BSHS 311 Week 2 Team Assignment Article Summary Role Play Paper
Preparation

Report on Behavioral Tools:

o Conduct an Internet search for a professional article on a behavioral approach to working with an
issue or issues that you might encounter as a human services worker. Study the article and be
prepared to discuss your findings with your Learning Team. Each team
member should contribute his/her own article.
Meeting:

Discuss the results of your Internet search and identify appropriate behavioral tools for human
services workers. Identify the situations in which they might be used.

Role-Play Using a Behavioral Tool:

Perform a role-play of a human services worker using a tool from a behavioral model when working
with a participant. One or more students may take the role of the human services worker or workers
teaching a participant a relaxation process or another tool, perhaps one found on the Internet.
Discuss your experiences and what you might change in order to be more effective in the role of
clinician.

Submit a Summary Report on the teams findings and discussion of the selected theory, and related
articles, for Week 2. Include a brief transcript of the role-play. Include the resources the team
investigated. The report/transcript should be between 500 and 1000 words long. All team members
who participated in this report/role-play should be listed on the cover sheet. Utilize APA format and
remember to submit your Certificate of Originality with any paper assignment, team or individual, that
is submitted.

BSHS 311 Week 2 Individual Assignment Self ManagementBehavioral Contract

Select a goal: something that you would like to change about yourself. Perhaps you would like to stop
smoking, or to control drinking, improve study habits, manage time better or change eating or
exercise habits. It is critical that your goal be measurable, attainable, positive, and significant to you.

Describe the goal as target behaviors. What specific behaviors do you want to increase or decrease?
Break down your goals into attainable, measurable steps? Why is this goal(s) important to you? How
will your life be different as a result of making these changes?

Describe your means of monitoring your progress, such as a chart, or a behavioral diary.

Summarize how this program will fit in your current life, and schedule, and your results(if you
implemented it during the week), or your anticipated short and long-term goals. Describe how you will
reward yourself for your progress.

Submit a behavioral management contract that states all of the above points and specifies both
internal and external consequences for actions in a realistic time frame, such as short-term rewards
for adhering to the contract and a long-term reward for meeting the goals. References are optional
and remember to submit your Certificate of Originality with any paper assignment, team or individual,
that is submitted if you do cite/reference other sources. The length of the contract is up to you, but be
sure that it is long enough to cover all of the assignment requiremen

BSHS 311 Week 2 DQ 1

What is the difference between positive and negative reinforcement? In your opinion is either more
effective? Why or why not? Start your response off with a definition of positive and negative
reinforcement. You may also want to discuss how negative reinforcement and punishment are
different.
BSHS 311 Week 2 DQ 2
Some counseling approaches recommend that the counselor should take more of a passive role, and
other approaches suggest that the counselor be very active. Do you think that a counselor should be
an active participant in the treatment of his or her clients? Why or why not?
BSHS 311 Week 3 Team Assignment Article Summary Role Play Paper
Preparation

Articles on Cognitive Interventions:

o Conduct an Internet search for a professional article on a cognitive-behavioral approach to working
with an issue or issues that you might encounter when working as a human services worker. Study
the article and be prepared to present the article to your learning team informally. Each team member
should submit his/her
own article for discussion.

Meeting

Review the articles that team members found on cognitive interventions. Choose one method and
discuss how you might apply it when working with an elderly participant who has had a small stroke
and is fearful of falling, causing her to resist her physical therapy treatments. Alternatively, consider
using cognitive interventions with an adolescent who is trying to manage his anger.

Submit a Summary Report on the teams findings and discussion of the selected theory for Week 3.
Include a brief transcript of the role-play. The report/transcript should be between 500 and 1000
words long. All team members who participated in this report/role-play should be listed on the cover
sheet. Utilize APA format and remember to submit your Certificate of Originality with any paper
assignment, team or individual, that is submitted

BSHS 311 Week 3 DQ 1

Provide a definition for autonomy as cognitive theorists(according to our textbook) define it. Do you
agree with cognitive theorists that autonomy is a necessary element in successful, effective
treatment? Why or why not
BSHS 311 Week 3 DQ 2
How do cognitive theorists, according to our textbook define reality? Is the reality assumed by
cognitive theorists relative or absolute? Do you agree with their definition of reality. Why or why not?
BSHS 311 Week 3 Team Assignment Paper on a Model or Theory of Helping
Submit a paper on a model or theory of helping which is not addressed, or not addressed in any
significant detail, in the class and get approval for the topic from the faculty member. Examples of
such theories would be Adlerian, Gestalt, and Transactional Analysis. Make sure that you have
chosen a topic on which adequate research and resources are available to support your paper.

Each Learning Team member must be involved and contribute to the development of the paper.

Include the following information in your paper:

The history of the development of the theory;

the beliefs on which it is based;
the important contributors or practitioners of the theory;
the theory of helping;
the relationship between the helper and the client;
some techniques or approaches developed;
the kinds of problems addressed;
the populations on which the techniques are used;
multicultural issues in using these approaches; and
research findings on the model or theory.

The paper is to be between 1400 and 2100 words. Submit the paper in APA format and with 3
references, in addition to the textbook and remember to submit your Certificate of Originality with any
paper assignment, team or individual, that is submitted.

BSHS 311 Week 4 Team Assignment Article Summary Role Play Paper
Preparation

Internet Search for Systems Theories Tools for Human Services Workers
o Search the Internet and professional journals of counseling, social work, employee assistance, or
other human services fields for two or three articles on systems theory and its application to human
services workers. Be prepared to discuss your articles with the Learning Team. Each team member
should contribute his/her own article for discussion.

Meeting

Present and discuss all the articles found by the team.

Submit a Summary Report on the teams findings and discussion of the selected theory for Week 4.
Include a brief transcript of the role-play. The report/transcript should be between 500 and 1000
words long. All team members who participated in this report/role-play should be listed on the cover
sheet. Utilize APA format and remember to submit your Certificate of Originality with any paper
assignment, team or individual, that is submitted.

Begin working on the annotated bibliography of the top ten resources/articles the team researched
this week. An annotated bibliography is one in which each of your references has a paragraph under
it that explains the relevance of the reference for your assignment, and why you chose to include it.
Due in Week Five.

Systems Chart:

Begin to prepare a Systems Chart, due in Week Five, on a family system that the instructor will post in
your Learning Team Forum. This system will describe the structure of a sample family, and the family
dynamics. You will be able to observe the factors in the family that have a positive, or a negative,
influence on the family dynamics. Review the charting/graph samples in the text for examples of how
to develop a Systems Chart. Also, Genopro(look on the Internet) is a very good resource for
explanations of how to construct a family systems chart, with examples, and explanations of terms.
Be prepared to explain your

BSHS 311 Week 4 Individual Assignment Paper on Cognitive Interventions

Submit a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper that reviews Cognitive theory(s) from your readings, and your
findings from the Cognitive Interventions/articles you and your team discussed from Week
Three. Submit the paper in APA format and with 3 references, in addition to the textbook and
remember to submit your Certificate of Originality with any paper assignment, team or individual, that
is submitted.
Include the following information in your paper:

The history of the development of the theory;

the beliefs on which it is based;
the important contributors or practitioners of the theory;
the theory of helping;
the relationship between the helper and the client;
some techniques or approaches developed;
the kinds of problems addressed;
 the populations on which the techniques are used;
multicultural issues in using these approaches; and
research findings on the model or theory.

BSHS 311 Week 4 DQ 1

Some families have unspoken rules they operate by, and some families have rules they have
discussed and agreed upon, but all family systems have rules under which they operate. Explain the
positive and negative functions that rules can play in the family system.
BSHS 311 Week 4 DQ 2
What dysfunctions can you identify in your work place family? How are they affecting you? How are
they affecting others in your work family?
BSHS 311 Week 5 Individual Assignment Paper on Personal Model of Helping
Submit a 2,100- to 2,800-word paper on your personal model of helping. Incorporate learning and
theoretical concepts studied from this course and discuss how and why you have, at this point in your
development, formed your viewpoints. Include:

How and why you formed this viewpoint

Your view of helping

The relationship between the clinician and the participant

Techniques or approaches to change

A coherent model that is consistent, shows adequate understanding of the material presented,
and reflects the ability to integrate and synthesize the course material

The kinds of problems that can be addressed with your model

Multicultural issues

Limitations and strengths of the model

The populations this model can help

Original thinking

Submit the paper in APA format and with 3 references, in addition to the textbook and remember to
submit your Certificate of Originality with any paper assignment, team or individual, that is submitted.

BSHS 311 Week 5 Team Assignment Systems Chart and Annotated Bibliography Blake Family
Your faculty member has assigned the team a particular family system to analyze and chart. As a
team, chart the system you have been assigned. Use drawing software, showing system dynamics
such as dyads and triads, factors contributing to homeostasis or upsetting the balance, closeness and
distance of members, and roles such as the clown, the scapegoat, the rescuer, or others.

Submit your chart with a brief explanation of it. Attach a one-page annotated bibliography of the top
ten of your Learning Teams articles from the Week Four search and discussion.

Team: Here is the family system you will use to create your genogram/family systems graph for Week
5:

PRESENTING SYSTEM: THE BLAKE FAMILY

Shelley Blake is a 34 year-old, single mother. She is raising two children with the assistance of her
60 year old mother, Mabel.
Her two children are Steve, aged 11 years, and Martha, aged 9 years.
Shelley and her mother have a problematic relationship. Shelley is a recovered methamphetamine
addict, who has been clean for two years now. During her time under the influence, Shelley had
essentially abandoned her children, and Mabel took over their care for approximately 3 years. Mabel
deeply resented this and constantly reminds Shelley of her failings as a mother.

Shelley does not know who Steves father is, but Marthas father, Raoul, is also a recovering addict
who is attempting to rehabilitate and wants to get more involved with Shelley and the children. He
has begun coming over to the house several times a week. Mabel is adamantly opposed to this and
fears that Raoul will drag Shelley down into drug addiction again.
Steve has recently become an increasing problem for Shelley. He is beginning to strongly challenge
her authority as the mother, and she describes him as playing my mother and me off against each
other. Recently, his previously good school attendance and performance has been changing for the
worse. Mabel is concerned that Steve is gravitating to Raoul and may be negatively influenced by
him. Martha seems to be always anxious and clingy with Shelley. Shelley says that Marthas
constant need for attention and reassurance has been increasing steadily, and has become
exhausting.
Shelley indicates that the family never communicates as a unit, but rather has constant squabbles.
We can never agree on anything, she says.

BSHS 311 Week 5 Team Assignment Systems Chart and Annotated Bibliography Smith Family

Your faculty member has assigned the team a particular family system to analyze and chart. As a
team, chart the system you have been assigned. Use drawing software, showing system dynamics
such as dyads and triads, factors contributing to homeostasis or upsetting the balance, closeness and
distance of members, and roles such as the clown, the scapegoat, the rescuer, or others.

Submit your chart with a brief explanation of it. Attach a one-page annotated bibliography of the top
ten of your Learning Teams articles from the Week Four search and discussion.

Team: Here is the family system you will use to develop your genogram/family systems graph for
Week5:

PRESENTING SYSTEM: The Smith Family

The Smith family is a blended family. Joe Smith is a 40 year old electrician who has, but wont admit
to, a serious drinking problem. He has had an erratic work history that has caused serious financial
problems for the family during the 5 years of his second marriage. Doris Smith, is a 28 year old Office
Manager for a busy law office.
Doris has two children from her prior marriage, her son, Bobby, who is 11 years old, and her
daughter, Crissy, who is 9 years old. Joe has three children from his first marriage, Mary who is 15
years old, John who is 12 years old, and Carrie who is 7 years old. His children spend two weekends
a month with their father, Doris, and her children.
Serious communication problems have developed as a result of this situation. Doris complains that
Joe takes little responsibility for dealing with the children, and tends to favor his children over hers.
Joe states that Doris is a whiner who overreacts and dramatizes every little thing. Doris is
especially upset about Marys behavior, who she describes as very defiant and disrespectful, and that
weekends when Joes children visit are constant battles between Mary and her.
When asked to describe how the other children respond to this conflict Doris says that John often tries
to join in with Mary in defiance of Doris. She describes Carrie as crying all the time and being
increasingly withdrawn. When it comes to her own children, Doris states that Bobby acts like a nut
most of the time. Asked to clarify this she states that he tries to help by being funny, but it just
makes things worse. She states that Crissy, even at her young age, tries to get everyone to stop
fighting.

Doris feels that Mary is the primary problem and that if she was removed from the family situation that
everything would be ok. She has been pushing Joe to refuse to let Mary come to their house
anymore, and to see her on his own time. Typically, Joe has been noncommittal about doing this.

BSHS 311 Week 5 Team Assignment Summary Report Transcript on Family Systems Tools
Submit a Summary Report on the teams findings and discussion of the selected theory, or issue(s)
related to the helping professions for Week 5. Include a brief transcript of the role-play. Examples of
possible topics might be multicultural counseling, gender differences in counseling, helping older
adults, eclecticism, and how to be an effective counselor. The report/transcript should be between
500 and 1000 words long. All team members who participated in this report/role-play should be listed
on the cover sheet. Utilize APA format.
BSHS 311 Week 5 DQ 1
What are the qualities of a self-actualized counselor/helper? How do those qualities impact the
treatment process and/or client?
BSHS 311 Week 5 DQ 2
Provide an example of a cultural bias that might influence how a helper/counselor might work with a
client? How might your cultural biases interfere with your effectiveness as a counselor?