Final Project

Final Project Grading Rubric--25 points total

 5 points: Paper included all required components and met guidelines outlined ☐included a crisis specific to one of the special topics listed (sexual assault, IPV, child welfare, mental

health, substance abuse, grief/loss, natural disaster, mass violence, or community violence) (2 points) ☐Focused on a special population (LGBTQ, child/adolescent, military/veteran, older adult, or other

population approved by instructor) (2 points) ☐Included a suicide and/or violence risk assessment (5 point section below) ☐Writing was free of spelling and grammatical errors and length did not exceed 8 pages (1 point)

 5 points: Student appropriately identified each component of the crisis scenario ☐Precipitating event ☐Hazardous atmosphere ☐Client’s perception of the precipitating event ☐Emotional distress ☐Decrease in functioning ☐Failure of normal coping skills

 5 points ☐Student demonstrated how they would address all phases of the ABC Model with the client (2 points)

 ☐Develop & Maintain Rapport  ☐Identify & Explore the Problem  ☐Coping

☐Description of skills used at each phase with specific quotations of what they would say to demonstrate the skill (2 points)

☐attending skills ☐reflection of feelings ☐restatements and summaries ☐validation statements ☐educational statements ☐empowering statements ☐reframing statements)

☐Student noted any considerations indicated for the special crisis type and special population (1 point)  5 points: Student demonstrated how they would complete a suicide and/or violence assessment

☐Descriptions and examples of the types of questions they would ask to assess desire, intent, capability, and buffers (2 points)

☐Student explained what risk level they assessed for the client and how they determined this risk. Risk assessment was appropriate based on desire, intent, capability, and buffers (1 point)

☐Student demonstrated how they would address ambivalence and invite the client to make a decision to live or to abstain from violence. (2 points)

 5 points: ☐The plan of action for the client was appropriate to the type of crisis, client population, and

suicide/violence risk level and reflected content learned in this course