HSE 5-2 Legal Concern

HSE 315 Journal Guidelines and Rubric Journal activities in this course are private between you and the instructor. Just as human service professionals have the opportunity to discuss cases, concerns, and potential treatment or referral issues for the clients they work with, a journal provides students who are working toward the human service professional degree with the opportunity to privately reflect on issues that may be of concern to them, but they perhaps would not like to discuss in an open topic. This gives students the opportunity to write about topics that are of extreme importance, such as legal issues and concerns, without exposing their sometimes preliminary thinking to a wider audience. Journals help students think about an important topic as well as gain invaluable feedback from the instructor. The purpose of this journal assignment is for you to identify legal issues that may arise with trauma victims, as well as explain how you might work with the trauma victims to address secondary and tertiary interventions. Chapter 5 discusses legal concerns that human service professionals may encounter when they are working with trauma victims. Write a three- to four- paragraph journal assignment. In your assignment, address the following questions:

1. What legal concerns might you experience when you start working with trauma victims? 2. Identify two strategies you plan to utilize in working with them. One strategy should address secondary interventions, and the other should identify

tertiary interventions. 3. Why would you select those strategies? Provide your rationale.

Include APA-style citations for each piece of research material included in your journal assignment, whether paraphrased or quoted directly. Guidelines for Submission: Submit the assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Legal Concerns Meets “Proficient” criteria and supports description with relevant research

Describes applicable legal concerns when working with trauma victims

Description of legal concerns when working with trauma victims is inaccurate and/or lacks details

Does not describe legal concerns when working with trauma victims

30

Identification Meets “Proficient” criteria and supports interventions with relevant research

Identifies accurate secondary and tertiary intervention strategies

Identifies either secondary or tertiary intervention strategies and/or lacks details

Does not identify secondary or tertiary intervention strategies

30

Justification Meets “Proficient” criteria and supports justification with research

Justifies the selection of intervention strategies

Justifies the selection of intervention strategies, but rationale is inaccurate or incomplete

Does not justify the selection of intervention strategies

30

Articulation of Response

Journal assignment is free of errors in organization and grammar

Journal assignment is mostly free of errors of organization and grammar; errors are marginal and rarely interrupt the flow

Journal assignment contains errors of organization and grammar, but they are limited enough so that the assignment can be understood

Journal assignment contains errors of organization and grammar, making the assignment difficult to understand

10

Total 100%