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Week 5 Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy

Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of cognitive behavioral family therapy in a 12-15-slide PowerPoint presentation that includes notes or a 500-750 word paper.
Address the following in your summary:
What might be considered the major contributions of this approach to the field of family therapy?
Consider its theoretical adequacy, specificity of constructs, strategies and techniques, roles of the therapist, and types of client problems best suited for this approach.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Week 6 Solution-Focused Therapy Paper

Explore the latest research on solution-focused therapy and narrative therapy. Focus specifically on the therapist’s role within each approach.
Summarize your findings in a 500-750 word paper.
In addition, identify three ways in which the therapist’s role is similar in each approach and three ways it differs.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Week 5 Protagonist Analysis Paper

View one of the following movies dealing with family issues (You may choose a different movie with the instructor’s permission):
Streisand, B. (Director). (1991). Prince of tides. [Motion picture]. United States: Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Yates, P. (Director). (1979). Breaking away. [Motion picture]. United States: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
DeVito, D. (Director). (1989). War of the roses. [Motion picture]. United States: Gracie Films.
Redford, R. (Director). (1980). Ordinary people. [Motion picture]. United States: Paramount Pictures.
Brooks, J. L. (Director). (1983). Terms of endearment. [Motion picture]. United States: Paramount Pictures.
Savoca, N. (Director). (1993). Household saints. [Motion picture]. United States: Jones Entertainment.
Foster, J. (Director). (1995). Home for the holidays. [Motion picture]. United States: Egg Pictures.
Franklin, C. (Director). (1998). One true thing. [Motion picture]. United States: Monarch Pictures.
Nava, G. (Director). (1995). My family. [Motion picture]. United States: American Playhouse
Write a 750-1,000 word analysis of the protagonist in the movie and his or her intimate relationships with family of origin.
Address the following in your analysis:
Degree of separation-individuation.
Healthy attachment.
Introjection of pathological objects.
Self-object needs for idealizing and mirroring.
Imagine the protagonist and his or her family in psychoanalytic couple or family therapy. What would be the goals of treatment? What would successful treatment look like? Include a brief outline of successful treatment expectations for this couple or family.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

CLC: Family Therapy Approach Case Study

This is a collaborative learning community assignment.
Your instructor will assign your CLC a marriage and family therapy case study.
As a group, complete the following:
Identify the important facts of your assigned case.
Choose the type of family therapy approach to use with this family.
As a group, write a 1,000-1,200 word paper or create a 20-25 slide PowerPoint presentation complete with lecture notes that includes the following:
A brief outline of the case.
A description of the family therapy approach chosen.
Treatment goals.
Assessment and therapeutic techniques to be used.
Evaluation methods employed.
A conclusion describing the expectations of treatment.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Week 8 Integrative Models Paper

Research the scientific methods used in testing the effectiveness of family focused interventions.
Choose one integrative model of family therapy and write a 750-1,000 word evaluation of its effectiveness.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Week 1 Piaget’s Sensorimotor and Preoperational Cognitive Development Stages

Create a matrix (chart) to graphically display your analysis of the significant developments in a child related to each sub-stage of Piaget’s Sensorimotor and preoperational stages. Provide an example of each.

1. Within the matrix, use complete sentences for the analysis.
2. The example should be placed inside parentheses.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
Include a title page.

Week 4 Parental Style and Socio-Emotional Development in Middle Childhood

The textbook highlights four distinct styles of parenting: authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved. Conduct an Internet search to broaden your understanding of these styles.
Write a short essay (500-750 words) in which you:
1. First, define each style.
2. Then, explore each style’s effect on the socio-emotional development of a 10-year-old child.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Week 2 Developmental Psychology (Erikson/Piaget) Case Studies

Using Erikson’s psychosocial theory and Piaget’s cognitive development theory, create four case studies in which the characters are clearly in specific stages. Several stages may overlap within one case study

1. Label each case study with the theorist/stages relevant to it.
2. Each case study should be a minimum of 250 words.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
Include a title page.

Week 3 Piaget and the Concrete-Operational Period

Read the articles assigned for this module and conduct additional research on the Internet or through the GCU Library. Use your knowledge to write a one-act play about a small group of friends.

1. Through the dialogue, the children should exhibit evidence of being in the concrete-operational period of cognitive development.
2. Be as creative in the dialogue of your scene as you can, remembering that at this stage children, according to the textbook, become “less egocentric, rarely confuse appearances with reality, and are able to reverse their thinking.”
3. Set the scene and include acting and stage direction, if necessary and appropriate.
4. Your creative work should be between 500-750 words.
5. Give your play a name.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

A Moral Dilemma

Use the following dilemma: A female adolescent’s parents place a low priority on the value of an education. In fact, they prefer that she care for younger siblings instead of studying or completing a high school education. It is March. The student has told her parents that she has in-school suspension for the rest of the school year in order to have time to study as she dreams of attending college one day. Questions: Is the student making the right choice in deceiving her parents? Why or why not?

Write an essay of 250-500 words in which you summarize your analysis.

1. Construct a matrix that corresponds to the six stages of Kohlberg’s theory of moral dilemma and, for each stage, justify your rationale as to why the student is making the right choice and why she is making the wrong choice.
2. Make sure you include both an affirmative and negative response to each of the six stages.
3. Ensure that your rational for each stage is adequately discussed.
4. Both the matrix and the essay should be submitted together under one APA-style title page.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.