Psychology Final Grad Level

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MHC 500 Final Project One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview Final Project One for this course is the creation of a resource portfolio. The final product will be a tool for you to use once you are working within your community as a clinical mental health counselor. You will build your resource portfolio throughout the course by adding resources for the identified topics and client populations during weekly assignments. You will submit these resources throughout the course and receive instructor feedback before submitting the final product in Week Nine. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

 MHC-500-01: Determine state-specific licensure and credentialing requirements as they relate to clinical mental health counseling

 MHC-500-02: Explore state-specific ethical standards and legal considerations as they relate to the role of a clinical mental health counselors across specialty areas and their relationships with integrated behavioral health care systems

 MHC-500-03: Apply theories and models related to clinical mental health counseling as they relate to client case conceptualization

 MHC-500-04: Explain how clinical mental health counselors interface with the legal system and mental health service delivery modalities within the continuum of care

 MHC-500-05: Articulate the process of clinical mental health counselors advocating on behalf of the profession and their clients

Prompt You will need to address each of the topics below with a resource and summary. Each summary should include the name of the organization or service, its contact information, a reflection on how the resource will support future clients, and the ethical and legal considerations within your state. You will also have to identify what kind of theory or model the organization uses. The resources should be within your community, but if you are having difficulty finding a resource, you can look throughout your state. Specifically, you must address the critical elements listed below. Most of the critical elements align with a particular course outcome (shown in brackets). Part One: State and Community Information

I. Identify the state and community that you would like to work in after graduating. [MHC-500-01] II. Identify the state-specific requirements needed to become a licensed counselor in your state.

a) Do you need additional field work? b) Do you take the exam right after graduating? [MHC-500-01]

Part Two: Resource Portfolio Creation I. Address the following, with at least one resource for each of the topics listed below:

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a) Provide the name and contact information of the service or resource. b) Determine the theory or model being used by each resource. Be sure to support your responses regarding how the theories or models would

support that population. [MHC-500-03] c) Determine the ethical and legal considerations regarding the services and resources that you selected. Justify your responses. [MHC-500-02] d) Address your role as a counselor in determining the appropriate application of each service or resource, as well as the legal implications and

requirements of your state, community, and client population. [MHC-500-04]

Service and Resource Topics/Client Populations I. Adult Mental Health Services/Resources

a) General Services i. Inpatient

ii. Partial Hospitalization iii. Outpatient

b) Substance Use Disorder Services/Resources i. Inpatient

ii. Partial Hospitalization iii. Outpatient

c) Services/Resources for Couples and Families II. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

a) General Services i. Inpatient

ii. Partial Hospitalization iii. Outpatient

b) Substance Use Disorder Services/Resources i. Inpatient

ii. Partial Hospitalization iii. Outpatient

III. Aging and Elderly Services/Resources a) Inpatient b) Partial Hospitalization c) Outpatient

IV. Testing and Assessment Services V. Parenting and Children Care Services

VI. Career and Workforce Services/Resources VII. Academic and Tutoring Services

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VIII. Healthcare a) Psychiatry b) Free Clinics

IX. Emergency Services and Crisis Hotlines X. Hospice and Palliative Care

XI. Basic Needs a) Shelters b) Food Pantries c) Emergency/Charitable Services

Course Work Weekly Activities You will participate in weekly activities in the form of discussions and assignments throughout this course. Note that some discussions use templates, and that those templates are not graded. Assignments also use templates, but those templates are graded based on each week’s assignment rubric. These will help give you the materials and skills to build your resource portfolio and address real-world scenarios that counselors deal with in the field. These practice opportunities and the templates that go with them will help you gain both the information and experience to apply your knowledge in different situations, depending on your state. Final Project One Submission: Resource Portfolio In Week Nine, you will submit Final Project One. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback and progression from basic understanding to mastery. This submission will be graded with the Final Project One Rubric.

Final Project One Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your resource portfolio should be 5–7 pages in length. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. The final submission should address the feedback you received from your instructor throughout the weekly activities. All feedback should be implemented using tracked changes.

Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Identify State and Community

[MHC-500-01]

N/A Identifies the state and community you would like to work in after graduating (100%)

N/A Does not identify the state and community you would like to work in after graduating (0%)

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Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Identify State-Specific Requirements [MHC-500-01]

N/A Identifies the state-specific requirements needed to become a licensed counselor in your state (100%)

N/A Does not identify the state- specific requirements needed to become a licensed counselor in your state (0%)

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Provide Service/Resource

Names and Contact Information

[MHC-500-05]

N/A Provides accurate names and contact information for all services and resources for each client population and/or topic listed (100%)

Provides names and contact information for all services and resources for each client population and/or topic listed, but with gaps in organization, or contains errors in accuracy (70%)

Does not provide information for the services and resources covering the client populations and/or topics listed (0%)

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Determine the Theory or Model Used for

Each Service/Resource

[MHC-500-03]

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner (100%)

Determines the theory or model being used by each service and/or resource for each client population and/or topic listed (90%)

Determines the theory or model being used by each service and/or resource for each client population and/or topic listed, but lacks details or contains inaccuracies (70%)

Does not determine the theory or model being used by the services and/or resources listed (0%)

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Ethical and Legal Considerations [MHC-500-02]

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner (100%)

Determines the ethical and legal considerations regarding the services and/or resources selected for each client population and/or topic listed (90%)

Determines the ethical and legal considerations regarding the services and/or resources selected for each client population and/or topic listed, but lacks details or contains inaccuracies (70%)

Does not determine the ethical and legal considerations regarding the services and/or resources selected (0%)

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Address Role as a Counselor, and Legal

Implications, in Application of

Services/Resources [MHC-500-04]

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner (100%)

Addresses the role of a counselor in determining the appropriate application of each service and/or resource and the legal implications and requirements for each client population and/or topic listed (90%)

Addresses the role of a counselor in determining the appropriate application of each service and/or resource and the legal implications and requirements for each client population and/or topic listed, but lacks details or contains inaccuracies (70%)

Does not address the role of a counselor in determining the appropriate application of each service and/or resource and/or the legal implications or requirements for the services and/or resources selected (0%)

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Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Articulation of Response

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner (100%)

Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose (90%)

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and/or spelling, negatively impacting readability (70%)

Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, citations, and/or spelling, preventing understanding of ideas (0%)

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Total 100%