I would like to write about behavior health specialist who work with autism children and who get burnt out.
As we are all practicing mental health professionals, we have our
preferred treatment procedures that we enjoy using. Many of these
procedures resemble systemic practices but with our own unique twist.
This assignment is designed to help students connect their everyday
treatment practices with scholarly ambitions and work. Many
practicing academics publish case examples of techniques used in
therapy to put their ideas in a scholarly forum.
Thus, each student will write a 15 to 20-page scholarly paper to be
submitted for publication about a specific case example in which the
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student used a unique, creative intervention based on theory—such as
family systems theory. This paper is designed to promote students’
connection between their writing ability and their passions by a)
outlining the client’s case history—including such things as diagnoses
from previous treatment providers, how long they’ve been in
treatment, and the manner of treatment they have previously received,
the manner in which the referral was made, the family context of the
case, etc.—b) processing their presenting problem from the theoretical
lens informing treatment, c) providing concise, scholarly
understanding of the systemic model used for treatment (i.e., how
theory informed treatment), d) discussing the interventions employed
using brief transcriipts of dialogue (such as you’ve seen in the texts that
you’ve read), and e) providing an understanding of how the case
concluded.
First, don’t let the term “publishable” throw you. This just means your
paper should go beyond simple reviews of the literature. For example,
in clinical practice, we often base interventions on theoretical
principles but give these interventions in creative and imaginative
ways. These case examples are valuable to clinicians as it helps inform
their practice and contributes to the ever-evolving nature of
psychotherapy.
Second, if the student is using a modern, post-modern, and/or
contemporary model; classic and updated references should be used in
the paper (i.e., classic references to refer to the tenants of the model
and more recent publications highlighting its effectiveness, use, and/or
novel techniques). This paper should be written in APA 6 th edition
format and include a title page, abstract, and references section.
Finally, if you have a different idea that you would like to write about
(e.g., a supervision experience with a supervisee, ethics in mental
health agencies, etc.), it must be approved by the instructor by the third
week of the semester. Since this assignment is designed around your
passions, a variety of ideas are welcomed and encouraged. You are
limited by your own creativity