While language of mandated-reporter statutes across the country varies by state, the essence is consistent. As a mandated reporter, a school counselor must make a report if there is suspicion of ab

Suicide Risk Assessment Response

Your Name

Capella University

COUN5338 – Crisis Intervention and Emergency Management

Professor: Erin Berry, PhD

Month, Year

Start your introduction here. APA 6th edition does not use a heading title for the introduction because its position in the paper identifies it as the introduction. Open your paper with a foreword to set up your paper. One or two paragraphs are sufficient. You will identify the purpose of the paper and what will be presented.

Level of Risk

Examine the level of risk a school counselor should assign in this case. You want to clearly articulate your understanding of specific risk assessment strategies, signs and symptoms of personal substance abuse or those related to living in a home where substance abuse occurs. It is important to support your examination of these items with evidence from the literature.

Collaboration with Community Resources

Examine the strengths and weaknesses of intervention strategies used to connect a family with community resources. In this discussion, include specific strategies a school counselor can use to transition a student back into school after a crisis. Again, in order to score beyond basic or proficient you must support your analysis with evidence from professional journals and Web sites.

Multicultural Perspectives on Risk Assessment

Assess the strategies used in risk assessment from a multicultural perspective. Take into consideration potential long-term effects, identify potential barriers and recommend specific strategies to overcome the challenges identified in your discussion. Be specific here! The criteria for scoring “distinguished” here means you need to include future preventative measures. Be certain that you are supporting your discussion with evidence from the scholarly literature.

Conclusion

Now, tie it all together and bring the analysis together in a strong closing. Articulate for the reader why it is important for school counselors to know this information.

Remember, your reference page is to be started on a new page and need to follow the formatting guidelines provided below.

References

American Counseling Association. (2005). Code of ethics. Alexandria, VA: Author.

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., text-revised). Washington, D.C.: Author.

Bruner, K. F. (1942). Of psychological writing: Being some valedictory remarks on style. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 37, 52-70.

Calfee R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (2001). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Prout, H. T., & Brown, D. T. (Eds.). (2007). Counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents: Theory and practice for school and clinical settings (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Serlin, R. C., & Lapsley, D. K. (1985). Rationality in psychological research: The good-enough principle. American Psychologist, 40, 73-83.

These are listed as an example. Your research should not be older than 3–4 years. Listed above are a few reference examples. A complete set of guidelines on how to format your references can be found in your APA 6th edition manual on pages 193-224. The formatting style is unique to the type of source – please follow the formatting guidelines.

To set up the reference section, center the title, References 1” from top of paper.

Then, to set up hanging indents for the reference section, put your cursor on the first line where the first reference will begin, select Format, then Paragraph, then select the menu that says Indents and Spacing, select the menu box that says Special and choose Hanging. Then set the box that says by at 0.5”. Keep the line spacing set at double, which gives double spacing both between each individual reference and within each reference.