Discussion Board

Discussion Board Instructions: The Discussion Board Forum thread must be 350–450 words. There must be at least 3 citations in current APA format for the thread with references.

Reference Books: Jackson, S. L. (2016). Research methods and statistics: A critical thinking approach (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage. ISBN: 9781305257795.

Knight, A., & Tetrault, D. (2017). Research and program evaluation key concepts: A study guide. Kona Publishing & Media Group. ISBN: 9781945628245.

Discussion Board Video Link: https://youtu.be/1oB6zNcLIH0

For this module/week’s discussion board, watch the video clip in the Reading & Study folder titled "The Love Lab," which provides an illustration of a scientist-practitioner. He is one of the foremost relationship experts.

This Discussion Board involves 2 parts. Part 1involves watching a video clip and commenting on it, and part 2 involves sharing 1 of your potential research topics.

Part 1: In your thread, explain the scientist-practitioner model/the Boulder model. Explain how Dr. John Gottman uses research to advance his counseling practice. Also, identify 2 or more ways that you could implement the scientist-practitioner model (i.e. how you would use research to inform your practice as a clinical mental health counselor) in your future counseling career. Be specific and provide examples.

Part 2: Identify 1 research topic that relates to the field of clinical mental health counseling and share a quote from a peer-reviewed journal article that indicates more research is needed on the given topic (be sure to cite this article and include it as 1 of your 3 peer-reviewed references). You may use of one of the 3 topics that you plan to include in your Topic Selection Assignment This will allow you to share 1 of your potential topics with classmates and get feedback This will also allow students with similar topics to connect and identify a classmate that they can share articles and ideas with throughout the 8-week term.

The three researchable topics are listed below that I have chosen

· Why does African American mothers use more intense disciplinary practice than African American fathers

· What’s behind the higher suicide rate among black children

· How is child abuse related to mental health issues