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1. Counseling Specializations and Multidisciplinary Teams
OverviewCounseling professionals from different specializations frequently need to work
together to provide effective services to students, families, and individual clients. This
assignment asks you to address this need in two parts, using what you have learned in this
course so far. In Part 1, focus on theory and concepts, creating your own description and
evaluation of your specialization, based on the historical and philosophical development of
the counseling profession. In Part 2, apply these ideas to a particular case situation, focusing
on how a professional in your specialization might collaborate with professionals in other
specializations to help meet the needs of the client. Directions Part 1Evaluate the role of
your specialization within the field of counseling, beginning with your own description of
the field itself, including both the history and the philosophies involved, explaining where
your specialization fits, and describing how your specialization might collaborate with one
other specialization that you describe. Cite the articles or other sources you use for the basis
of your ideas.In this part, specifically address the following questions: How would you
describe the key philosophies of the counseling profession: wellness, resilience, and
prevention? Choose a wellness model, and explain how that model impacts the way in
which counselors view clients and the concerns brought to counseling, including the kinds
of information counselors need to have about their clients. How have those key
philosophies developed? Provide a brief historical perspective of the counseling profession
focused on the key philosophies of wellness, resilience, and prevention. Include the beliefs
and assumptions that support those philosophies. How did your specialization develop?
Identify your preferred counseling specialization and describe how the specialization
emerged or the profession developed, including the key ideas on which it is based. What
other counseling specialization works well in collaboration with your specialization? Briefly
explain the history of how this other specialization developed, highlighting the ways in
which it complements yours. Part 2Now, select one of the following two cases, either
Ashley or Paul, as a foundation for illustrating how professionals in different specializations
might work together to meet the needs of the client you choose:AshleyAshley, a 12-year-old
girl, admits to one of her teachers that she feels very depressed. Her mother has recently
remarried, and Ashley is having difficulty adjusting to life with her stepfather and his two
children. She is not able to concentrate in class or do her homework.PaulPaul, a 32-year-old
man, seeks counseling at a community mental health center. He has recently returned from
his third deployment to a combat zone. He reports drinking frequently and feeling anxious.
Paul’s wife has tried to reassure him that everything is fine, but he is reluctant to leave the

2. house and has missed more than a week of work.For this part, apply what you have learned
about counseling and how professionals can work together to explain how you might
collaborate with a professional in another specialization to serve the client you chose.In this
part, complete the following: Analyze how professionals from your specialization and from
the other specialization you examined in Part 1 might collaborate to benefit the person and
family in the case study you chose. Describe the role and function of each of the
professionals involved. Identify the characteristics that make each role unique and make
them effective counselors for this case. Assess how to ensure good collaboration and
communication between the professionals representing the two specializations.
Identify the type of outside agency that could assist this client to promote optimal wellness,
providing two examples. Explain the standards or criteria that you would use to evaluate
the collaboration.Review the scoring guide given in the resources to make sure you
understand how this assignment will be graded. Other RequirementsYour paper must meet
the following requirements: Resources: Cite at least three resources from the professional
literature that you use as the basis of your ideas for Part 1. APA formatting: Resources and
citations must be formatted according to current APA style. Font and Font size: Times New
Roman, 12 point. Length of Paper: Doing a thorough job on this assignment is likely to
require approximately 3–4 typed, double-spaced pages. Turnitin: You are required to
submit your final version of this paper to Turnitin to generate a final report prior to
submitting the assignment for grading. From the Turnitin tool, first submit to the draft link
to check your work for any necessary edits. Once the paper is finalized and all edits have
been made, submit your final paper to the Final report option for the assignment. Please be
advised it can take up to a day to obtain the percentage from Turnitin. When your paper is
downloaded and viewable in Turnitin, save the originality report. Refer to the Turnitin
Tutorial: Viewing an Originality Report (linked in the Resources) for guidance. Submit
your assignment using the following file naming format: Your
Name_AssignmentNumber_Assignment Title (example:
Ima_Learner_u06a1_CounselingSpecialization). In the comment section, provide the
percentage from the final Turnitin report (example: Final Turnitin percentage = 4%). Please
be prepared to provide your faculty member with a copy of the Turnitin report should this
be requested of you.