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Week 6

Check-Up

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R e q u i r e d R e s o u r c e s

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Child Development (https://www.oercommons.org/courses/child-development/view) edapt concepts Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the edapt and ebook resources listed above)

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For this Check-Up, you are acting as a counselor. You will find in your career that often you will need to provide more than medical advice. Sometimes you have to provide emotional support as well. In this case, you need to counsel your patient about what he suspects he is experiencing.

Henok is a 55-year-old male. He was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but has lived in the American South for the last 30 years. He has had a successful life as an industrial engineer and has made a very lucrative living. Henok got married when he was 45 years old and had twin boys when he was 47. He loves his wife and twin boys, but he is starting to feel restless and anxious and isn't sure why. He signed up for a skydiving trip with his friends two weeks ago and loved it. Now he wants to buy a motorcycle. He has come to you because he is experiencing chest pains. His EKG is normal, and all his bloodwork is normal. Everything points to him being physically healthy.

You ask a few questions and find out the following information:

He hasn't been sleeping well.

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He thinks he is a failure. He recently had his black hair bleached blonde. He bought a beach house and hasn't told his wife yet. He got the phone number of a female coworker to meet for drinks, but he felt guilty and threw it in the trashcan right away. He has found himself missing his late father.

Your job:

1. Tell Henok what you think is going on. (1-2 paragraphs) 2. Tell Henok how you think he can best overcome these feelings. (2-4 paragraphs) 3. Make a referral for Henok. (1 paragraph) 4. Provide some encouragement for Henok. (this is your conclusion) 5. How did you reach these conclusions? What research helped you arrive at the decisions

that you did?

R e q u i r e m e n t s

Length: 2.5-3 pages (not including title page or reference page) 1-inch margins Double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font Title page References page (minimum of 2 outside scholarly sources in addition to course material)

G r a d i n g

This activity will be graded using the Essay Grading Rubric.

C o u r s e O u t c o m e s

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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PSYC290 Week 6 Assignment

Criteria Ratings Pts

60 pts

20 pts

20 pts

By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

Assignment Content

60 pts Addresses all aspects of the questions, applying professional knowledge, and research regarding weekly concepts.

51 pts Addresses most aspects of the questions, applying professional knowledge, , and research regarding weekly concepts.

45 pts Addresses some aspects of the questions, applying professional knowledge, and research regarding weekly concepts.

36 pts Minimally addresses the questions, applying professional knowledge, and research regarding weekly concepts.

0 pts No effort

Professional Communication

20 pts Presents information using clear and concise language in an organized manner (minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation).

17 pts Presents information in an organized manner (some errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation).

15 pts Presents information using understandable language but is somewhat disorganized (some errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation).

12 pts Presents information that is not clear, logical, professional or organized to the point that the reader has difficulty understanding the message (numerous errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and/or punctuation).

0 pts No effort

APA Format 20 pts Paper meets all source requirements, and is properly formatted in APA style throughout (i.e. title page, spacing, font, in-text citations and references.)

17 pts Paper meets all source requirements, and is mostly properly formatted in APA style (i.e. title page, spacing, font, in-text citations and references.)

15 pts Paper meets all source requirements, and is somewhat properly formatted in APA style (i.e. title page, spacing, font, in-text citations and references.)

12 pts Paper fails to meet source requirements and/or is improperly formatted in APA style throughout

0 pts No effort

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