Throughout this course, you will be designing a Counseling Group from start to finish. The assignment will be broken into four parts, which are due at different intervals in the course. For the three-part assignment, choose from the following group types (If you are in the addiction counseling program, select an addiction group):Children of divorceChildren of addictsAdult Survivors of abuse (could be sexual or physical)Treatment for adults who are addictsGrief recoveryTeens struggling with gender dysphoria (sexual identity)Teen support group (parents who are addicts)Relationship building (homosexual and heterosexual – there does not have to be a division because a group is a group)Domestic violence group for nonoffendersParenting group Identify what type of group you will design by selecting one of the group types listed above.Write a 300-600-word summary of your selected group.Be sure to include the following in your summary:Group typeWhy you chose this type of groupPopulation servingNumber of sessionsNumber of participantsGoals of the counseling groupA minimum of two scholarly references, not including the course textbookAPA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected. This assignment uses a scoring guide. Please review the guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.Submit Group Design Part 1 to the instructor by the end of Topic 2.This assignment meets the following CACREP Standards:2.F.6.b. Dynamics associated with group process and development.2.F.6.c. Therapeutic factors and how they contribute to group effectiveness.2.F.6.d. Characteristics and functions of effective group leaders.2.F.6.f. Types of groups and other considerations that affect conducting groups in varied settings.This assignment meets the following NASAC Standard: 94) Describe and summarize client behavior within the group for the purpose of documenting the client's progress and identifying needs/issues that may require modification of the treatment plan.

Watch the Unit 4 Lecture. (Video Transcripts)Within this unit, you have learned that Functional Behavior Assessment is a process that involves indirect methods, direct descriptive methods, and, at times, functional analysis.For this discussion, you are going to focus on antecedent conditions that influence behavior. Create a scenario and answer the following questions:Describe discriminative stimuli and how this influences the behavior in your hypothetical scenario.Describe motivating operations and how this influences the behavior in your hypothetical scenario.Peer Responses: Respond to two classmates’ primary posts by identifying whether the motivating operation in your peers’ hypothetical scenario is unconditioned or conditioned and whether it is having an abolishing or an establishing effect on the target behavior.Reading and ResourcesRead Chapter 3 in Conducting School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessments: A Practitioner’s Guide: “Conceptual Foundations of Functional Behavior Assessment”This chapter reviews the fundamental concepts of Applied Behavior Analysis as they apply to Functional Behavior Assessment.Read Chapter 4 in Conducting School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessments: A Practitioner’s Guide: “Behavior Analysis of Medical Conditions, Emotions, and Thoughts” TEXTBOOKSSteege, M.W., Pratt, J.L., Wickerd, G., Guare, R., & Watson, T.S. (2009). Conducting School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessments: A Practitioner’s Guide. 3rd Edition.

Reviewing a Persuasive Speech You have a choice of 3 Persuasive Speeches to watch (please see your Week 3 Lesson Folder for the videos, or access them in Connect). Please select ONLY one speech to view and complete the following after you watch the entire speech. For questions B and C, students are to respond with at least 1 paragraph. Complete the required rubric for this speech (no need to submit the rubric) and discuss your grading in a paragraph form ( you would just need to evaluate the speech depending on this chart: https://keiseruniversity.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav… What are two strengths of this speaker? What are two areas this speaker can improve?videos: Living Wage Solution The Dangers of Cell Phones Breaking the Antibacterial Bubble