Final Project

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COU 680 Final Project Two Guidelines and Rubric

Overview The first final project for this course is the creation of a trauma toolbox ePortfolio consisting of resources selected from counseling literature that you will use to support clients who are experiencing symptoms of crisis and trauma. After you submit your first final project, you will use the trauma toolbox to help inform your second final project, a case conceptualization. Both of these will be due in Week Nine.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

 COU-680-01: Assess the various types of crises and trauma and their corresponding symptomatology to inform case conceptualization

 COU-680-02: Evaluate the factors that contribute to experiences of crisis and trauma in clients to inform treatment approaches

 COU-680-04: Evaluate trauma-informed treatment approaches and interventions for a variety of crisis situations to inform a counseling session

Prompt Use the Final Project Case Study Sabrina file and your trauma toolbox to address the headers below. Use the headers as a template to organize your case conceptualization.

Case Conceptualization Headers I. Describe the presenting concerns the client is experiencing. [COU-680-01]

A. What does the client typically experience and demonstrate when the presenting problem, issue, or challenge is activated?

II. Describe the current triggers that activate the client’s presenting problem. [COU-680-01] A. Describe the triggers (people, places, things, and sensory experiences) that activate the behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and physiological

patterns that result in the client’s presenting problem, issue, or challenge.

III. Identify any maladaptive patterns the client is experiencing. [COU-680-01] A. Explain the inflexible and/or ineffective manner the client is feeling (i.e., emotions) in reaction to the current triggers and the presenting

concerns. B. Explain the inflexible and/or ineffective manner the client is thinking (i.e., cognitions) in reaction the current triggers and the presenting

concerns. C. Explain the inflexible and/or ineffective manner the client is behaving (i.e., actions) in reaction to the current triggers and the presenting

concerns.

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D. Explain the inflexible and/or ineffective manner the client is experiencing (i.e., physiology) the current triggers and the presenting concerns

IV. Identify any developmental influences the client is experiencing. [COU-680-02] A. What are the developmental factors (occurred in the past) that promote the client's adaptive and maladaptive functioning patterns?

V. Describe biological concerns the client is experiencing. [COU-680-02] A. Describe the biological, neurological, physiological issues or prior diagnoses.

VI. Describe the promoters the client is experiencing. [COU-680-02] A. What are the client’s present experiences (onset to present) that influence the maintenance of the presenting concerns? B. What are the client’s strengths?

VII. Describe the client’s cultural identity. [COU-680-02] A. Summarize how the client’s cultural identity has influenced her development.

VIII. Identify any cultural stressors that may be influencing the client. [COU-680-02] A. Summarize how factors of the client’s culture may be impacting the response of the client.

IX. Describe the personality patterns of the client. [COU-680-02] A. Summarize the general personality characteristics of the client.

X. Determine the diagnosis justification. [COU-680-04] A. Use the DSM-5 to justify your diagnosis.

XI. Describe the treatment targets based on current literature. [COU-680-04] A. Describe the suggested counseling intervention based on the literature in your trauma toolbox and any additional outside research. B. Describe the rationale for the intervention based on the literature in your trauma toolbox and any additional outside research.

XII. Summarize how your trauma toolbox supported the client with your choice of intervention(s). How do you expect you will use it in future work with clients? [COU-680-04]

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Weekly Activities Weekly Activities Throughout the course, you will participate in weekly activities that will directly support your final project. In these weekly activities, you will be asked to find a resource or intervention to support a client in a case study. The resource or intervention will then be added to your trauma toolbox within the ePortfolio. At the end of the course, you will be presented with a more complex case study and will be asked to use your toolbox to support the development of a case conceptualization and initial intervention proposal.

Final Submission In Week Nine, you will submit your case conceptualization. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Two Rubric.

Final Project Two Rubric Guidelines for Submission: The case conceptualization should be 4 to 7 pages in length, formatted as a clinical document, and should use the headings and outline from the Prompt section above.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Case Conceptualization:

Presenting Concerns

[COU-680-01]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how the presenting concerns are affecting the client

Describes the presenting concerns the client is experiencing

Describes the presenting concerns the client is experiencing but contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not describe the presenting concerns the client is experiencing

10.05

Case Conceptualization:

Triggers [COU-680-01]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and description is exceptionally clear and contextualized

Describes the current triggers that activate the client’s presenting problem

Describes the current triggers that activate the client’s presenting problems but contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not describe the current triggers that activate the client’s presenting problem

10.05

Case Conceptualization:

Maladaptive Patterns

[COU-680-01]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of the behavior

Identifies any maladaptive patterns the client is experiencing

Identifies any maladaptive patterns the client is experiencing but contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not identify any maladaptive patterns the client is experiencing

10.05

Case Conceptualization:

Influences [COU-680-02]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how the influences affect the client

Identifies any developmental influences the client is experiencing

Identifies any developmental influences the client is experiencing but contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not identify any developmental influences the client is experiencing

6.03

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Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Case Conceptualization:

Biological Concerns

[COU-680-02]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides exceptional insight to how the biological concerns are affecting the client

Describes biological concerns the client is experiencing

Describes biological concerns the client is experiencing but contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not describe biological concerns the client is experiencing

6.03

Case Conceptualization:

Prompters [COU-680-02]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides exceptional insight to how the prompters are affecting the client

Describes the prompters the client is experiencing

Describes the prompters the client is experiencing but contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not describe the prompters the client is experiencing

6.03

Case Conceptualization:

Cultural Identity [COU-680-02]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides keen insight into how cultural identity influences the client

Describes the client’s cultural identity

Describes the client’s cultural identity but lacks detail or contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not describe the client’s cultural identity

6.03

Case Conceptualization: Cultural Stressors

[COU-680-02]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides exceptional insight to how the cultural stressors are affecting the client

Identifies any cultural stressors that may be influencing the client

Identifies any cultural stressors that may be influencing the client but contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not identify any cultural stressors that may be influencing the client

6.03

Case Conceptualization:

Personality Patterns

[COU-680-02]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides exceptional insight to how the personality patterns are affecting the client

Describes the personality patterns of the client

Describes the personality patterns of the client but contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not describe the personality patterns of the client

6.03

Case Conceptualization:

Diagnosis Justification

[COU-680-04]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides keen insight as to why the diagnosis and justification are accurate

Determines the diagnosis justification

Determines the diagnosis justification, but justification is inaccurate

Does not determine the diagnosis justification

10.05

Case Conceptualization: Treatment Targets

[COU-680-04]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and illustrates a sophisticated approach to treatment supported by literature and a strong rationale

Describes the treatment targets based on current literature and is appropriate to client treatment

Describes the treatment targets based on current literature but contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not describe the treatment targets based on current literature

10.05

Case Conceptualization:

Tool Box: Intervention [COU-680-04]

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides exceptional insight into how the trauma toolbox can be used in clinical practice

Summarizes how the trauma toolbox supported the client in the case study and how the toolbox will be used in future practice

Summarizes how the trauma toolbox supported the client in the case study and how the toolbox will be used in future practice but lacks details or contains inaccuracies

Does not summarize how the toolbox supported the client in the case study and how the toolbox will be used in future practice

10.05

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Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

3.52

Total 100%