24 Feb DEVELOP THEORY-BASED INTERVENTIONS

Instructions

For this assignment, continue to work with the two clients you selected for your Week 5 assignment (one child and one adolescent). Review the Assignment Case Studies if you want to look at the case studies.

Using the Week 7 Assignment Template [DOCX], complete the following for each client:

• Choose two counseling theories and compare and contrast the application of these theories to the client’s treatment.

• Develop interventions supported by the literature, based on the counseling theories chosen.

• Develop two individual counseling interventions. A minimum of three of these interventions should be grounded in play therapy.

• Develop two family counseling interventions. A minimum of three of these interventions should be grounded in play therapy.

• Develop two group counseling interventions. A minimum of three of these interventions should be grounded in play therapy.

Be sure to support your work with a minimum of six, recent peer-reviewed journal articles for each case study. Use your Counseling: Masters Research Guide from the Capella library for directions about searching. Also, communicate in a manner that is scholarly and professional, adheres to current APA standards, and is consistent with expectations for members of the counseling professions.

Additional Requirements

As you complete your assignment, be sure to:

• Write coherently to support your work with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a counseling professional.

• Correctly apply current APA style and format. Visit Evidence and APA for more information.

• Cite only recent (published within the last 5 years), relevant academic literature to support your work.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 4: Analyze major theories of counseling children and adolescents in order to select the best counseling approach for a child’s diagnostic needs.

• Compare and contrast the application of counseling theories to clients’ treatment plans.

• Develop theory-based interventions supported by the literature.

• Competency 5: Analyze counseling techniques used with children and adolescents in individual, family, or group therapy contexts.

• Develop appropriate individual counseling interventions.

• Develop appropriate family counseling interventions.

• Develop appropriate group counseling interventions.

• Develop appropriate play therapy interventions.

• Competency 7: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the counseling professions.

• Support work with recent peer-reviewed journal articles.

• Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and professional, adheres to current APA standards, and is consistent with expectations for members of the counseling professions.