Assignment Overview
In Week 3, you developed a biopsychosocial assessment based on a client in the case study document from Week 1. In this assignment, you will use evidence-based literature and the DSM-5-TR to appropriately diagnose the client. You will also explain evidence based diagnostic tools, assess how bias, power, and privilege can impact treatment, and apply culturally responsive engagement strategies. This assignment will prepare you for the final assignment in Week 9.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following EPAS and specialized practices:
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
C1.SP.B Guided by the best advanced generalist practice skills, apply professional behavior and leadership skills in oral, written, and electronic communication with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Apply professional behavior and leadership skills in oral, written, and electronic communication.
Competency 3: Engage Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) in Practice
C3.SP.B Demonstrate cultural humility by applying leadership skills, ethical use of technology, critical reflection, self-awareness, and self-regulation to manage the influence of bias, power, privilege, and values in working with clients and constituencies, acknowledging them as experts of their own lived experiences in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Demonstrate self-awareness, cultural humility, and leadership skills by reflecting on your own bias, power, privilege, and belief system.
Competency 6: Engage With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- C6.SP.B Apply leadership skills, emerging technologies, empathy, self-reflection, interpersonal skills, in culturally responsive engagement strategies with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Evaluate the client’s diversity needs. Apply leadership, empathy, interpersonal skills, emerging technologies, and self-reflection to explain culturally responsive engagement strategies.
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
C7.SP.B Apply critical thinking, interpersonal, and engagement skills and the ethical use of technology in the assessment process to promote client rights to self-determination and collaborate with clients and constituencies to develop mutually agreed-upon goals in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Conduct a differential diagnosis by evaluating at least three potential diagnoses for the client.
C7.SP.C Apply culturally responsive leadership skills, decision-making, and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice in the ongoing assessment of diverse individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Apply leadership skills, decision-making, and emerging technologies to describe the diagnostic tool or tools you would use to assist with formulating the diagnosis.
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
C8.SP.B Analyze and integrate culturally responsive best practice theories and methods in the specialization of advanced generalist practice to negotiate, mediate, and advocate with and on the behalf of clients and constituencies.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Research, analyze, and apply a mental health theory from your readings to the case.
Assignment Description
In this assignment, you will utilize the DSM-5-TR and other scholarly sources to formulate the client’s diagnosis, explain culturally responsive engagement strategies, and apply theoretical methods of treatment. In social work, it is important that we maintain the strengths-based perspective and consistently apply the generalist intervention model. This model allows us to view a client through the micro, mezzo, and macro setting.
Assignment Instructions
Competency 7: Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Conduct a differential diagnosis by evaluating at least three potential diagnoses for the client. Refer to the DSM-5-TR to explain the diagnosis that is most fitting for the client. Justify your decision by linking the client’s presenting symptoms with the diagnostic criteria. Explain the diagnosis or diagnoses you chose to rule out, and why. (C7.SP.B)
- Apply leadership skills, decision-making, and emerging technologies to describe the diagnostic tool or tools you would use to assist with formulating the diagnosis. Apply research to explain why this tool is an appropriate method of assessment. (C7.SP.C)
Competency 3: Engage Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) in Practice
- Demonstrate self-awareness, cultural humility, and leadership skills by reflecting on your own bias, power, privilege, and belief system. Explain how you will practice self-regulation to manage these factors. (C3.SP.B)
Competency 6: Engage With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Evaluate the client’s diversity needs. Apply leadership, empathy, interpersonal skills, emerging technologies, and self-reflection to explain culturally responsive engagement strategies. For example, what does research tell us about the specific cultural needs the client may have in a mental health setting? How will you engage the client to encourage their continued treatment? How could you use technology as an aid? (C6.SP.B)
Competency 8: Intervene With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Research, analyze and apply a mental health theory from your readings to the case (such as but not limited to cognitive, solution-focused, object relations, narrative, behavioral, or self-psychology). The mental health theory you choose should be relevant to address the client’s diagnosis and psychosocial issues. (C8.SP.B)
- Describe an intervention appropriate for the client’s family or community. Apply theory to contextualize the appropriateness of your chosen intervention. (C8.SP.B)
Additional Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
- Utilize ethical written, oral, and electronic communication skills: Guided by best advanced generalist practice skills, apply professional behavior and leadership skills in oral, written, and electronic communication with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalist practice. (C1.SP.B)
- Use APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to the current APA style and formatting standards. Use Academic WriterLinks to an external site. for guidance in citing sources in proper APA style. See the Writing CenterLinks to an external site. for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
- Include cited resources: Minimum of five scholarly sources. All literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
- Adhere to length of paper requirements: Minimum of 8 double-spaced pages.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 points.
