As you revise your treatment plan rationale, reflect on the extent to which you are dealing with ethical and legal concerns and issues. Using what you learned in the research articles that you found in this unit’s study, identify the ethical concerns and legal issues that must be addressed in the your case scenario.
In your discussion post, list the data needed to be collected in your intake interview, considering the following:
• The developmental level of the child involved in the case you have chosen.
• Issues in the case related to:
o Cultural diversity.
o Parent or guardian concerns.
o The presenting problem.
Finally, list the questions you would include in your intake protocol.
Use the Capella University Library to complete the following:
• Read the Spano and Koenig’s 2003 article, “Moral Dialogue: An Interactional Approach to Ethical Decision-Making,” from Social Thought, volume 22, issue 1, pages 91–103.
• Read Frame and Williams’ 2005 April article, “A Model of Ethical Decision-Making from a Multicultural Perspective,” from Counseling & Values, volume 49, issue 3, pages 165–179.
• Identify and read at least three research articles appropriate to your specialty.
o Use the Library Research Guide to find appropriate articles.
o Research the ethical issues relevant to your specialty.
o Identify the professional sources in your specialty area which address ethical issues.
o Identify the guidelines which would apply in your field.
o Identify the guidelines which concern you in relation to the use of filial play therapy.
o Reflect on how you might resolve the issues involved.
• MY ORIENTATION IS CARL ROGERS/PSYCHANALYTIC THEORY
• Provide a detailed analysis of the legal and ethical issues that are presented by the case.
• Develop the list of questions for the intake interview and data to be collected. Consider the developmental level of the child, diversity issues, parent or guardian issues, and issues related to the presenting problem.
• Include your intake protocol for this case.
Submit your revised treatment plan rationale in APA style and format.
Case – Treatment Plan Rationale, Second Draft
Resources
• Case – Treatment Plan Rationale, Second Draft Scoring Guide.
• Capella Graduate Online Writing Center – APA Style and Formatting.
Revise the treatment plan rationale which you submitted in Unit 1. In this version:
• Improve on your original version of the rationale itself to the extent that you now have a greater depth of understanding of the theoretical basis of filial play therapy.
• Explain how you resolve any disconnects between your orientation and filial therapy.
• Provide a detailed analysis of the legal and ethical issues that are presented by the case.
• Develop the list of questions for the intake interview and data to be collected. Consider the developmental level of the child, diversity issues, parent or guardian issues, and issues related to the presenting problem.
• Include your intake protocol for this case.
Submit your revised treatment plan rationale in APA style and format.
I am using this case.
Name Jared
Gender Male
Age 4
Heritage African American-Scottish
Spirituality Baptist, Practicing
Presenting symptoms Hitting and cussing in pre-kindergarten
Strength areas Loves rap music, loves to dance to rap music, very close to his mother’s younger sister; relationship strong and positive, Sorita and mother are doing well in school
Developmental Moderately delayed in several developmental areas: social skills, awareness of feelings, slightly lagging in large and fine motor skills
Diagnosis NA
Family of Origin —
Mother Malita
Father Not present, not involved
Caregivers Living with mother and grandmother
Siblings None
School Public pre-kindergarten
Socio-economic status Making efforts to transitioning to working class
Interests / hobbies Loves to dance and sing
Pets None
Other Jared hits and cusses at pre-kindergarten. He presents as a very angry little boy. He has never met his father and he and his mother have lived with his grandmother and his mother’s younger sister, Sorita (who is 15) all of his life. His mother Malita has recently graduated from a community college and is in training to become a registered nurse. His grandmother has cared for him with his aunt, while his mother has worked and attended college since his birth.
Jared’s mother is working and attending school and reports that she feels terrible about not spending enough time with Jared. Jared spends a lot of time with Sorita, who is an, highly motivated student, like her older sister Sorita enjoys her time caring for Jared although she wishes she had more time to go out and see her friends. Jared’s grandmother reports that she regrets her daughters did not have relationships with their fathers, and she thinks that this is the root of Jared’s problems. She Grandmother has sought some help from their church minister, who has suggested that he spend time with a male mentor from their congregation. The grandmother is experiencing some chronic physical problems that sap her energy.
Grandmother also reports that men have not been present in the family going back as far as she can recall. She feels both angry and helpless about this history. She herself reports that her own mother was an alcoholic and that in spite of this history, She has improved her life from that of her siblings (three brothers and two sisters), whom she has little or no contact. Two of her brothers have been imprisoned, and the third died in gang violence as a teenager.