Final Project Part 2 – Literature Review

PSY 638 Final Project Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric

Prompt: For Milestone Two, you will submit a draft of Literature Review section of your final grant proposal. Your draft will contain a narrative in which you will use professional journals, texts, and resources to provide a comprehensive examination of the identified problem from the perspective of current developmental theories. Providing examples relevant or similar to your organizational environment is imperative for those reviewing the grant to truly gain an experiential perspective of the grant. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed in your milestone assignment:

II. Literature Review: Conduct a review of available literature around developmental theory in regard to your identified issue.

a. Problem/Need: Using American Psychiatric Association criteria and current professional research publications, how is the identified developmental, behavioral, or diagnostic problem identified/diagnosed in children and adolescents?

b. Theory Survey and Comparison: Survey current developmental theories. i. Identify the factors that contribute to the prevalence of the problem according to these theories. ii. How do these different theories compare? What are their contrasting opinions in regard to prevalence and diagnosis of your

identified problem? Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 3–4 page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one- inch margins, and at least 10 sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Literature Review: Problem/Need

Submission contains substantial evidence that the identified problem/need has been explored through the use of current professional research publications

Submission contains limited evidence that the identified problem/need has been explored through the use of current professional research publications

Submission does not contain evidence that the identified problem/need has been explored through the use of current professional research publications; research may be substantially out of date, from non-credible sources, or absent from the submission

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Literature Review: Theory Survey and

Comparison

Submission provides a review of the literature that demonstrates professional consideration of current developmental theories for their approach to the identified problem; this should include an examination of the competing or conflicting theoretical approaches to the identified problem/need

Submission provides a review of the literature that demonstrates consideration of current developmental theories for their approach to the identified problem; the examination of the competing or conflicting theoretical approaches to the identified problem/need may be lacking in detail or absent from this submission

Submission lacks a review of the literature for demonstrating consideration of current developmental theories for their approach to the identified problem, and the examination of the competing or conflicting theoretical approaches to the identified problem/need may be lacking in detail or absent from this submission

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Articulation of Response

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

Submission has some 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

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Earned Total 100%