Psychology

The Process and Practice of Organizational Development

The Process and Practice of Organizational Development

As a participant in organizational development, it is important to understand the methods for developing a successful change intervention. Having properly gathered and vetted data takes time and planning. Once the data is obtained and analyzed, the doing phase begins. The doing phase is heavily involved and requires consistent intervention. Once the doing phase is completed, the checking stage begins. The checking stage determines the success of the intervention and the sustainability of the change.

For this discussion, you are to comprehensively define and describe each phase of action research. Using the course textbook as the resource (see attached document), clearly review each phase including the various models, theorists, and templates used during the process.

Pick one action phase and defend its importance to the other two phases and the overall intervention during a change process. Use the Ashford University Library to research your choice and support your position. Include a minimum of two sources.

Guided Response: Your initial post must be specific and significant. The initial post must be between 250 and 300 words. You must support your post with at least two applicable resources in addition to the text to defend your positions and findings.

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Research Design Methods & Applications UNIT5 Discussion Board

Research Design Methods & Applications UNIT5 Discussion Board

Research and Design Methods & Applications

 

Type: Discussion Board

Unit 5: The Final Research Proposal

Deliverable Length: 500 words – APA style + 2 references and citations

Part 1: Summative Discussion Board

Review and reflect on the knowledge you have gained from this course. Based on your review and reflection, write at least 3 paragraphs on the following:

We have come to our final thread! And as typical, it is a reflective thread that asks you to consider your experiences and what you learned in this course. You can address the question provided or offer insights if you wish.

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Unit 1: Research Strategies

Unit 2: Research Ethics

  • Recognize ethical issues in the conduct of research and evaluation and their relevance to research efforts

Unit 3: Selecting Strategy

Unit 4: Population, Analysis, and Measurement

  • Identify and select research designs, methodologies, analysis, and measurement strategies to be used in order to conduct a successful research project

Unit 5: The Final Research Proposal

  • Apply research concepts and principles by developing a research strategy and proposal for a project
  • Demonstrate an understanding of qualitative, quantitative, mixed and action research methods
  • Describe the primary differences between the various research approaches
  • Identify and select research designs, methodologies, analysis, and measurement strategies to be used in order to conduct a successful research project
  • Recognize ethical issues in the conduct of research and evaluation and their relevance to research efforts

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Prevention of Vicarious Trauma: Self-Awareness and Self-Assessment

Prevention of Vicarious Trauma: Self-Awareness and Self-Assessment
Choose Topic: Psychology
Select number of pages: 3
Question Description: As a helping professional, many factors can influence the development of vicarious trauma, including client accounts and your own personal and professional experiences. The shifts in cognitive schemas, as discussed in this week’s Discussion, however, are not absolute. You can participate in activities that can minimize or ameliorate the effects of VT. Self-awareness and self-assessment are critical in identifying the development of VT. It is important to note that practitioners who are more susceptible to VT, such as those working with survivors of critical incidents, especially need to be aware of the symptoms and take steps to minimize the development of VT.

For this Assignment, reflect on the strategies you read about and those you may know from outside this course. Consider those that you use currently or might use in the future to mitigate the effects of VT. Complete the Compassion Fatigue Self Test and analyze the results.

The Assignment (2–3 pages):

Summarize the results of the self-assessment.
Explain what you learned about yourself as it relates to vicarious trauma.
Describe three strategies that you might use to mitigate the effects of vicarious trauma, and explain why you selected each.

Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are required to provide a reference list and to appropriately cite, in APA style, all references used within your Assignment.

There are two videos for the Evaluation of Crisis Skills and Characteristics

assignment that you need to see this is why i sent my log in information

James, R. K., & Gilliland, B. E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Boston, MA:

Cengage Learning.

  • Chapter 1, “Approaching Crisis Intervention”
    • “Characteristics of Effective Crisis Workers” (pp. 23-25)
    • “Rewards” (p. 25)
  • Chapter 3, “The Intervention and Assessment Models” (pp. 48-72)
  • Chapter 15, “Legal and Ethical Issues on Crisis of Trauma” (pp. 518-545)

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Interventions for Survivors of Sexual Trauma Choose Topic: Psychology Select number of pages: 2

Interventions for Survivors of Sexual Trauma
Choose Topic: Psychology
Select number of pages: 2
Question Description: One in 6 females and one in 33 males have experienced some form of sexual trauma in their lives (RAINN, 2009). Many who seek treatment present with issues unrelated to sexual trauma. Given the high percentage of sexual trauma survivors, it is very likely that you will encounter clients with such a history during your career, regardless of your specialization. Therefore, it is important to familiarize yourself with a sexual trauma framework and skills specific to working with this population. While sexual trauma mostly occurs on an individual level, it also can have a significant impact on the family system. As a practitioner, you may intervene with the individual survivor, the parent(s) of a child who has been sexually abused, the spouse of a rape survivor, and/or the family system as a whole.

For this Discussion, select two types of sexual trauma from the readings this week and think about two interventions you might use for each and why.

By Day 4
Post a brief description of two types of sexual trauma. Then, describe two interventions you might use for each, and explain why you would select these interventions.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources.

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Annotation of a Quantitative Research Article Assignment

Annotation of a Quantitative Research Article Assignment

Annotation of a Quantitative Research Article

This week, you will submit the annotation of a quantitative research article on a topic of your interest. Quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental are examples of types of research designs used in quantitative research.

An annotation consists of three separate paragraphs that cover three respective components: summary, analysis, and application. These three components convey the relevance and value of the source. As such, an annotation demonstrates your critical thinking about, and authority on, the source. This week’s annotation is a precursor to the annotated bibliography assignment due in Week 10.

An annotated bibliography is a document containing selected sources accompanied by a respective annotation of each source. In preparation for your own future research, an annotated bibliography provides a background for understanding a portion of the existing literature on a particular topic. It is also a useful first step in gathering sources in preparation for writing a subsequent literature review as part of a dissertation.

Please review the assignment instructions below and click on the underlined words for information about how to craft each component of an annotation.

Please use the document “Annotated Bibliography Template with Example” for additional guidance.

It is recommended that you use the grading rubric as a self-evaluation tool before submitting your assignment.

  • Use the Walden library databases to search for one quantitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.
  • Before you read the full article and begin your annotation, locate the methodology section in the article to be sure that the article describes a quantitative study. Confirm that one of the types of quantitative designs, such as quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental, was used in the study.
  • Annotate one quantitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.
  • Provide the reference list entry for this article in APA Style followed by a three-paragraph annotation that includes:
  • Format your annotation in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced. A separate References list page is not needed for this assignment.
I am attaching the required readings docs and for the article on a topic I will let you choose, however, I am interested in the general behavioral and criminal behavioral topics, and you can choose the article from any scholar library databases it is only should be one quantitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal.

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