REC 324 Assignments

 

A.  Interview videotape and critique.                                           Due date: 10/3

A two-part assignment.  Part I is making a videotape with a person (or persons) with whom you are not in a close relationship.  You may talk about any problem or concern the person has but most tapes deal with leisure related concerns.  Part II is to do an analysis of your interview videotape.  The attached checklist (See Appendix A) by Hackney and Cormier (1988) should be used as a guideline for your analysis.  The paper should be from 3 to 5 pages in length.

 

B. Treatment/Rehabilitation/Care plan.                                       Due date: 11/7

 

Do a treatment/rehabilitation/care plan for an actual client if at all possible. If you cannot gain access to an actual client, supply data on a fictitious client. Please let research evidence guide your treatment plan.  In addition, please use research evidence as a way to justify your treatment plan.  In order to incorporate theory-based practice, please stipulate the theory(ies) on which you base your treatment or rehabilitation approach (e.g., behavioristic, humanistic, eclectic), explaining it briefly.  Present client data and then your research evidence and theory for practice.  Locate your presentation of research evidence and theory(ies) under “Plan” section.  Introduce “Interventions” and then bring research evidence and theory(ies) after that.  You may use the following terms as sub-titles: “Research Evidence” and “Guiding Theory(ies).” Then use the format in Austin (2004, pp. 220-223) for presentation of the plan. The paper should be from 7 to 10 pages in length.  Please find examples of this assignment from previous students below.

          * Sample 1                        * Sample 2                     * Sample 3

 

C. Practice Demonstration.                                                              Due date: 11/21

 

A goal of the course is for you to try your hand at a practice simulation and to get feedback on your approach and your skill in implementing it. This assignment will build upon the treatment/rehabilitation/care plan assignment by demonstrating at least one of the interventions that you described in your plan. To do this, you will make a videotape using either a real or fictitious client (the same one for whom you did the treatment/rehabilitation/care plan). The videotape should be from 15 to 45 minutes in length and will be presented in class for peer review.

 

D.  Service Learning Experience                                                       Due date: 12/10

Completion of 20 hours of academically-based service learning in a TR setting and

maintaining a journal on the experience (See journal format in Baird p. 14 cf)          

•  Introduction
  • Each student will be assigned a CLC student or alternative client for the semester. You will be expected to meet with this student on a weekly basis similar to a Big Brother/Big Sister program.
•  Expectations
  • Meet with the student/client at least twice per week to engage in a planned activity.
  • Assess the assets/strengths/abilities, needs, interests, and goals of the student/client. Use the client, parents, CLC staff, general observations for this assessment.
  • Develop an intervention plan (goals/objectives) that will use the assets to address the needs.
  • Document each interaction/intervention focusing on how it contributed to the intervention plan goals.
  • On a bi-weekly basis, you will need to prepare a summary report for a team meeting and give that report to the group.
  • At the end of the semester, write a summary evaluation of the program.

E.  Final Exam:                                                                                      12/18         

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