Objective Determine and implement a moral plan of action in response to ethically challenging situations that demonstrates adherence to professional ethical guidelines and values. Objective  Describe the process for reporting suspected abuse of vulnerable populations, as well as fraud and abuse related to the utilization of, and payment for, physical therapy and health care services. Required Readings:  • Clinical Decision Making in Ethical Provision of Physical Therapy Services (Clinical Decision Making for the PTA, chapter 3 p. 21) • Realm-Individual Process-Situation (RIPS) Model of Ethical Decision-Making https://www.apta.org/uploadedFiles/APTAorg/Practic...   CASE SCENARIO  Scenario 9 The daughter of your patient, Ms. Garcia, is very concerned that her mother is being discharged at the end of the week.  You have been treating the patient at facility ABC for the past 3 weeks since her CVA.  Although the patient has made significant progress she still requires assistance for transfers and gait.  The patient’s daughter would like you to treat her mother 3 to 4 times a week after you get out of work and continue with the plan of care that you are doing now.  She is willing to pay you double what you make an hour. 1.What is the problem? 2.What are the facts of the situation? 3.Using the RIPS model, how would this situation be classified on the: Realm? Individual Process? and Situation? 4.Who are the interested parties? 5.Which and why ethical standards are potentially violated? (List ethical standards using the APTA documents) 6.Is there a legal issue and why? What does the Florida Law say? (provide exact information: Website title and active link)  8.List and analyze potential solutions. What options do you have?  9.Choose a course of action and describe your rationale Scenario 10 You are a CI for a PTA student. The student comes very well recommended from the ACCE. One day you notice that the patient is doing a different exercise from what you had recommended the student to present to the patient. When you ask the student, the student tells you that he found better exercises to do with the patient that are better supported by research. At this point you let it go. Another day, a colleague tells you that the student was telling a patient “I really knowabout exercises because I have the experience, I am going teach you another exercise that will really help you”. When you confronted the student, the student denied having said that but agreed that he taught the patient a similar exercise than the one you both had previously discussed. 1.What is the problem? 2.What are the facts of the situation? 3.Using the RIPS model, how would this situation be classified on the: Realm? Individual Process? and Situation? 4.Who are the interested parties? 5.Which and why ethical standards are potentially violated? (List ethical standards using the APTA documents) 6.Is there a legal issue and why? What does the Florida Law say? (provide exact information: Website title and active link)  8.List and analyze potential solutions. What options do you have?  9.Choose a course of action and describe your rationale Scenario 12 Describe the process for the following: A. Reporting suspected abuse of children and elderly patients in the state of Florida (signs of abuse, when to report, laws, what to do and who to contact),  B. Reporting fraud and abuse related to the utilization of, and payment for, physical therapy and health care services.

Thesis Statement/Outline Assignment In Module/Week 2, you must develop a thesis statement and outline for the 1,000-1,200 word proposal argument essay that you will write in Module/Week 3. Your thesis/outline assignment should include a clear thesis statement with a clear proposal argument and an outline of your plan of support following the Classical Model of argument. The research sources for this essay have been provided for you in our course. Any additional sources that you may choose to use must be credible academic sources. You must integrate a total of at least 4 quotations, summaries and/or paraphrases from at least 3 credible academic sources to support your thesis statement and provide opposing arguments. Be sure to document your sources correctly according to your documentation style (Current APA, MLA, or Turabian). You may include biblical support, but it does not count in the required citations. Proposal Argument Topic and Prompt Topic: American Public Education Reform Prompt: Write a proposal essay using the Classical Model of argument in which you address the question, “What needs to be done to reform public education in the United States?”