Assignment
Part 1:
Review the Treatment Plan Guide in the Recommended Resources for this module. Use it as a template for this assignment.
Identify a firsthand account of a person in an underrepresented group (racial, ethnic, class, etc.). Firsthand account might include interviews, movies books or Youtube videos.
Describe the experience as a member of an underrepresented group based on the firsthand account.
Examine the strengths and challenges specific to that experience.
Develop a treatment plan, including a system-based therapeutic approach, i.e., Solution- Focused Brief Therapy. Identify both the strengths and challenges of the target population.
Part 2:
Describe the strength and challenges you might have working with this client given what you have learned about yourself and your family of origin in the course.
Reflect on what additional work you need to do to improve your ability to connect with diverse and underrepresented populations.
Develop an action plan for how you anticipate improving in the above described areas.
Compile Parts 1 and Part 2 into a single document, 8-10 pages in length. Include material from the course reading throughout the paper.
Treatment Plan Guide
A treatment plan guider is blueprint of how you plan to work with your client dependent on the information that you have. It typically consists of the following parts:
What are the issues/symptoms/ things getting in the way of their functioning?
Do we have/ need a diagnosis?
What are the goals of your work with this client? What does the client want to different?
What is the theoretic approach/s that you will base you work on?
What client strengths will you utilize?
What are obstacles or deficiencies that could get in the way of success?
What are the interventions that you will use?
How will you measure success/ if you have met your goals together? How do we know when therapy will end?
Are there other resources/ services/program that will be part of the plan?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.