Assignment: Capella University Mental Measures for Juvenile Offenders Presentation

Assignment: Capella University Mental Measures for Juvenile Offenders Presentation

Question Description
This assignment addresses the following competencies:

Competency 1: Apply theoretical perspectives to motives for criminal behavior.
Competency 2: Analyze the relationship between criminal psychology and criminal law.
Competency 3: Analyze the relationship between society and criminal behavior.
Competency 4: Apply scholarly research findings to topics in criminal psychology.
Competency 5: Explain mental health testing and standards applicable in criminal courts.
Competency 6: Communicate effectively in a professional manner.
INTRODUCTION
DSM-5 is a standard diagnostic tool for psychiatric disorders. It contains three main sections: “DSM-5 Basics,” “Diagnostic Criteria and Codes,” and “Emerging Measures and Models.” The complete DSM archive (I–IV) plus eight reference books and four psychiatric journals are also available in the Capella library. DSM-5 is used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders, providing concise and explicit criteria.

The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) is a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 testing instruments in the areas of psychology, education, business, and leadership. Entries include publisher, test purpose, price, edited reviews, and purchase information, if available. It also contains additional information on reliability (getting the same results each time), validity (testing appropriate things), norming data, and scoring and reporting services. Foreign language versions of MMY are also available.

The MMY database is best used for exploration of tests and survey instruments. If you are researching tests for a course assignment, such as this one, the MMY is an excellent research tool.

Note: You may review the document Accessing the DSM-5 and the Mental Measurement Yearbook (given in the resources) to understand how to access these resources in the Capella library.

INSTRUCTIONS
For the assignment, create a 9–12-slide PowerPoint presentation for a group of trainee mental health professionals and legal representatives. In your presentation, explain three different measures that might be used to determine an appropriate diagnosis for a juvenile offender. The possible diagnoses are:

ADHD.
Oppositional defiance.
Conduct disorder.
You may see overlap in the measures you examine but be sure your rationale addresses why a particular measure supports your choice for the specific disorder.

Access the DSM-5 and find the criteria for each one of the disorders.
Access the MMY and find a measure that you would use for each of the disorders.
Include the following for each measure in your presentation:
A brief description of the disorder (based on DSM-5 but in your own words).
A description of the measure (based on the MMY but in your own words). Include primary audience, purpose, how the measure is administered, what it measures, and what its strengths and limitations are.
A rationale for your choice.
Be sure to use one slide to succinctly deliver each of the three main points. Put your notes or explanatory and expanded information for each of the main points using the following option:

In a separate Word document. Label each set of notes in the Word document with the number and title of the slide to which the notes refer. Important: Be sure to submit this document also to the assignment area.
Be sure you review the Mental Measures for Juvenile Offenders Scoring Guide to ensure that you have met all the criteria for this assignment.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Your assignment should meet the following requirements:

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
Length of presentation: 9–12 slides, not including the title slide, the references slide, or the notes slides.
References: A minimum of three references.

 

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

Also Read: Discussion:

Many people describe nursing as being at the center and forefront of healthcare. Nurses are the patient’s first point of contact. To practice as a nurse, you must be licensed, and every nurse must pass a state board exam. Once a nurse is licensed and able to practice, it is critical for the nurse, patient, and healthcare to continue education and practice at the highest level possible. A strong nursing workforce, according to the campaign for action, is the key to a healthier America. Because the bachelor of science in nursing degree is the catalyst for professional advancement, the Campaign has identified five models for professionals to obtain that BSN. Nurses are also mastering the complexities of care and advanced technology, allowing them to contribute decisively on teams, understand health policy, analyze data to make critical decisions, and contribute to health equity in greater numbers.

“The establishment of a link between mandatory continuing education and professional competence development has been deemed critical to future decision-making about the best methods of assuring continued competence” (Smith,2003). Smith and her research studies show that a nurse with a BSN is more likely to be able to critically think and manage critical situations.
This author believes that continuing education is beneficial to all because it allows you to gain knowledge and learn more about evidence-based practice. However, this author worked on a medsurg floor with a nurse who earned her MSN and another who earned her BSN, but the author was the charge nurse and handled rapid response situations well on the floor. When placed in charge, this author was skeptical, but gained confidence after certain situations were handled properly, even if only with an ADN. However, this author believes that anyone furthering their education at any level is beneficial to everyone.

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Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
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Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

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Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
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