IMAR: Guided Mindfulness Meditation: Wheel of Awareness

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Week 5 – Journal

IMAR: Guided Mindfulness Meditation: Wheel of Awareness

For this exercise you might find it helpful to use a mobile device with earphones so that you can sit or lie in a comfortable position as you listen along to the following guided meditation:

Guided Meditation with Dan Siegel (Wheel of Awareness) (Links to an external site.)

Reflection:

Create a detailed journal entry to reflect on the following key areas:

1. Describe your experience with guided meditation.

2. How did this activity differ from mindful walking or The Three-Minute Breathing Space in terms of your focus and emotional regulation?

3. Is this something you could imagine using again? Explain why or why not.

4. What benefits might exist by incorporating an exercise such as guided meditation at an organizational level?

Point Value: 5 Points

Resources

Readings

Bates Communication Inc. (2012). Are you running meetings or are meetings running you? Retrieved from http://www.bates-communications.com/articles-and-newsletters/articles-and-newsletters/bid/59464/Are-You-Running-Meetings-Or-Are-Meetings-Running-You (Links to an external site.)

Bates Communication Inc. (2012). A c all for leaders: What employees really want. Retrieved from http://www.bates-communications.com/Portals/25382/docs/art-whatemployeeswant.pdf (Links to an external site.)

Bonner, G., & McLaughlin, S. (2014). Leadership support for ward managers in acute mental health inpatient settings. Nursing Management (2014+), 21(2), 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/nm2014.04.21.2.26.e1206

Sand, T., Cangemi, J., & Ingram, J. (2011). Say again? What do associates really want at work? Organization Development Journal, 29(2), 101-107.

1.What attribute of a work environment do you feel has the greatest influence in determining whether the environment becomes hostile or not?

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1.What attribute of a work environment do you feel has the greatest influence in determining whether the environment becomes hostile or not?

2.How is the work environment being affected by the changing nature of work in the 21st century?

3. Which would you rather do: Hire inexperienced employees and train them within your company, or spend more money on higher salaries for employees with greater experience? Provide reasons for your answer.

4. Which steps in the hiring process outlined in this Topic’s lecture do you feel are most important for HR professionals to pay attention to? Provide reasons for your answer.

5. 1 Regardless of the legal issues, do you feel it is fair for an employer to require that only English be spoken in the workplace? Why or why not?

6. Are Affirmative Action and Equal Employment laws/policies necessary in today’s workplace? Please support your stance with evidence including a citation and reference.

7. What can you do to reduce the stress on employees during evaluation but still make sure the evaluation is thorough?

8. Are there aspects of an employee’s work performance that an evaluation does not or cannot measure? Provide details.

*Instructions*

*Use scholarly work

*Each question should have a References with Permalink a Most

*No Dot Com

*Prepare this assignment in the APA Style Guide.

*Words 180 and up for each question

What symptoms of schizophrenia does Ted exhibit? Based on the sub-types criteria for schizophrenia, which symptoms does Ted display?

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Read the Topic 5 Ted Case Study. Using 1,200-1,500 words create a treatment plan for Ted that answeres the following:

  • What symptoms of schizophrenia does Ted exhibit? Based on the sub-types criteria for schizophrenia, which symptoms does Ted display?
  • What are some potential secondary diagnoses? What evidence would support these secondary diagnoses?
  • What theory and treatment options would be most effective in treating schizophrenia? Use evidence-based knowledge as justification to address the presenting symptoms in Ted’s case.
  • Identify three treatment goals and three objectives for each treatment goal that addresses the salient concerns and adverse risks in the case of Ted.
  • Include at least five scholarly references in addition to the textbook in your paper.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

CNL-605 Topic 5 Vignettes

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CNL-605 Topic 5 Vignettes

Robin

Robin is a 29-year-old Caucasian female who was referred to counseling from an emergency room doctor. Per the doctor, Robin was extremely distraught when she came into the ER as evidenced by her bizarre behavior and frantic attempts to receive medical help. She informed the ER doctor that she needed to undergo surgery to remove an implant that was in her abdomen. Robin further stated that her television had spoken to her and told her that the implant had been put into her body by aliens during abduction. The doctor assessed Robin for drugs and alcohol and found no evidence of intoxication or withdrawal. Robin commented to the doctor that “nothing like this has ever happened before” and that she felt “fine until 2 weeks ago,” when she started receiving messages from the television.

Becky

Becky is a 43-year-old Caucasian female who attends counseling regularly. Recently, the focus of counseling has been focused on Becky’s relationship with her boss; she has informed her counselor that her boss is madly in love with her even though he is married with several children. Becky is trying to determine what course of action to take in convincing her boss to leave his family so that they can start one of their own. Becky tells her counselor that her boss has never discussed these matters with her outright, but she knows how he feels by the way he looks at her. Additionally, Becky states that she is able to infer his love messages out of work emails that he sends to her regularly. She has been working at her current job for approximately 2 years and believes that her boss has been in love with her for about 6 months.

Brett

Brett is a 19-year-old Caucasian male who is brought to counseling by his parents, Margaret and Henry. Margaret and Henry are extremely concerned about their son and are looking for answers regarding his unusual behaviors. Brett is a college sophomore attending a local university; to save money, he lives at his parent’s house and commutes to school. During his freshman year, Brett appeared to be doing well, but over the summer he began to act very strangely. His parents report that Brett started to spend a lot of time in his rooms with the shades drawn. He refused to bathe for days at a time and stopped eating regularly. Additionally, Margo and Henry heard Brett having conversations in his room when they knew that no one else was with him. One morning, Margo observed Brett sitting at the breakfast with a “blank” expression on his face while trying to pour milk into his shoes. In all, Henry believed that these odd behaviors have been occurring or about 9 months. Margo and Henry are devout Pentecostal believers and report that they have raised Brett to attend church and to believe in God. They are worried because before the onset of Brett’s symptoms, he reported a disturbing incident. He took a World Religions class in which a student performed a “show-and-tell” Ouija board ritual for a class project in which he described Occult religions. Brett was very upset by the event. They sought help from the pastors in their church with little relief. They were referred to you by a friend. They state that mental illness does

not run in their family.

discussing the rationale for selecting Collaborative and Proactive Solutions.

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 Write a 10-13 page paper, discussing the rationale for selecting Collaborative and Proactive Solutions. Include in your rationale a detailed description of the problem you are currently working on with a client or client system.

The Problem: The case study should be about a married lesbian couple. They been married for 5 years. In the beginning of their marriage they adopted a baby girl. The girl is now 4 years old and the couple has noticed she has been showing signs of  symptoms of irritability, anxiety, aggression, lack of sleep, anti-social behaviors, and restlessness. They think the daughter a Oppositional Defiant Disorder.

The format of the paper: Introduction

Case Study

Systemic Model: Collaborative and Proactive Solutions

Differential Diagnosis: Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Treatment Plan

Conclusion

  • Written communication: It should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
  • APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
  • Number of sources: A minimum of 10 peer-reviewed journal articles.
  • Length: 10-13 double-spaced, typed pages.
  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 points.

*I have attached a few articles but there needs to be a total of 10 peer-reviewed.

Briefly explain Piaget’s and Erikson’s theories of development. Who had a better theory of human development: Erikson or Piaget? Please offer detail to explain your choice.

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1 to 2-page paper, address the following:

Briefly explain Piaget’s and Erikson’s theories of development. Who had a better theory of human development: Erikson or Piaget? Please offer detail to explain your choice.
What tips would you give to someone who has just suffered a major loss, now that you know the stages of grief?
Use references from this module and include APA in-text citations.

 

Recall the stages of the consulting cycle and where measurement would fall in the cycle. Also consider the value of communicating to the client psychometric properties and how that explains the rationale for using an instrument in helping them solve organizational problems.

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In order to select the most effective instrument for a specific assessment of job satisfaction, you must analyze the instruments and consider the factors they measure. Not all instruments will contain the set of work factors needed (e.g., pay, opportunities for promotion, environment) to adequately measure job satisfaction or facets of job satisfaction across all groups. Only a few of the instruments may meet reliability and construct validity criteria. Investigators measure constructs using reliable and valid instruments. A reliable instrument provides a consistent measurement every time it is used. For example, a standard 12-inch ruler is an example of a reliable instrument—it will always measure 12 inches. Even if the instrument is reliable, you still need to know whether it is valid. Validity is the idea that your instrument empirically measures what it is intended to measure.

Now consider what you know about measuring job satisfaction and what you have observed about the employees’ problems with job satisfaction at Walden Sports. For this Discussion you will select a suitable instrument to measure job satisfaction and describe the psychometric properties of the instrument.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Using the Learning Resources and Walden Library, search for an instrument to measure job satisfaction at Walden Sports.
  • Recall the stages of the consulting cycle and where measurement would fall in the cycle. Also consider the value of communicating to the client psychometric properties and how that explains the rationale for using an instrument in helping them solve organizational problems. You likely covered many aspects of the consulting cycle in a previous Walden learning experience; however, review Optional Resources for more information on the consulting cycle if necessary. (Some texts listed in Optional Resources you may have acquired in a previous course.)
  • Read the article “Moderating Role of Job Satisfaction on Turnover Intention and Burnout Among Workers in Primary Care Institutions: A Cross-Sectional Study.” Identify the model of testing job satisfaction, burnout, and turnover intention and the items and surveys used to do so.
  • Read the article “Measuring of Job Satisfaction: The Use of Quality of Work Life Factors.” Review the methods employed by the study to evaluate instrument and item selections.
  • Read the article “The Efficient Measurement of Job Satisfaction: Facet-Items Versus Facet Scales.” Consider the rationale when choosing facet items versus facet scales in measurement instruments.
  • Review the website Tests Reviewed in the Mental Measurements Yearbook Series. Identify potential instruments for measuring job attitudes.

By Day 3

Post a response to the following:  

Provide a description of the instrument you selected to measure job satisfaction of the employees at Walden Sports. Then, explain why this instrument is appropriate for measuring job satisfaction. Finally, provide an example item, taken from the instrument you selected to measure job satisfaction or another relevant instrument, one that you might use in a diagnostic survey. Then, describe the scale anchors used to score the instrument and the psychometric properties (reliability and validity) of the instrument. Finally, post how instrument selection fits in the consulting cycle stages and how it would be presented to the client. Keep in mind that your client might not be familiar with job satisfaction questionnaires or psychometric properties, so explain how you would address your audience in your presentation at this stage of consulting.

The chapter discusses the three learning theories: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning.

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Choose one of the following to discuss using lecture notes, textbook or other academic resources.

The chapter discusses the three learning theories: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning. Describe (define) each theory and provide an original and personal example of each theory. Do NOT use examples from textbook or internet.

OR

Flashbulb memories are distinct, vivid, and emotionally charged memories of events. These can be personal or global events. Though flashbulb memories are retained for a lifetime, our ability to recall details of the event may be inaccurate over time.

What is one example of your flashbulb memories? Describe the event in details and express how confident are you with your recall of the event?

 

1.5 to 2 pages in total. Paper must include: Introduction, Main Body and Conclusion.

Summarize the assumptions of attachment theory in 2 to 3 sentences.

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Submit a 1- to 2-page case write-up that addresses the following:

Summarize the assumptions of attachment theory in 2 to 3 sentences.
Identify the problem in your chosen case study to be worked on from an attachment theory perspective.
Explain how attachment theory defines and explains the cause of the problem in one to two sentences.
Develop two assessment questions that are guided by attachment theory that you would ask the client to understand how the stress or distress is affecting the client.
Discuss two interventions to address the problem. Remember, the theory should be driving the interventions. In other words, you would not identify systematic desensitization since this is not an intervention guided by attachment theory.
Formulate one self-reflective question that is influenced by attachment theory that you can ask yourself to gain greater empathy for what the client is experiencing.
Explain which outcomes you could measure to evaluate client progress based theory.
Be sure to:

Identify and correctly reference the case study you have chosen.
Use literature to support your claims.
Use APA formatting and style.
Remember to double-space your paper.

Assess your health through participation in a Self-Assessment of Health as well as watching a video on the Dimensions of Wellness

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AS Description: Assess your health through participation in a Self-Assessment of Health as well as watching a video on the Dimensions of Wellness

AS Instructions: After completing the Self-Assessment on pages 8-14 of the textbook and watching the “8 Dimensions of Wellness” video, write a 2-2 ½ page reflection on the two dimensions of wellness that are your strengths as well as the two dimensions of wellness that are your weaknesses. In your reflection, please address support systems and barriers in relation to these dimensions as well as how you can find balance among all 8 dimensions and which dimensions you have been ignoring. Along with your textbook, please include 2 additional scholarly resources to support your reflection using APA format.

video on the Dimensions of Wellness: