Improving Competency Assessment

During any court proceeding, it is required that the defendant is competent to stand trial. Legal competency is defined as “the presence of those characteristics, or the absence of those disabilities, which render a witness legally fit and qualified to give testimony in a court of justice” (thelawdictionary.org). Defendants that are found mentally incompetent to stand trial are usually hospitalized and receive some type of treatment until the person is competent to stand trial. To determine mental competency there are a few commonly used tests.

Many assessment tools and interviewing skills are available to the clinical social worker within a mental health setting. This paper will examine one such assessment tool, the competency based assessment, and its applicability in a mental health setting. A comparison will be made between this advanced assessment method and a generalist social work assessment. Interviewing people who have mental health concerns can offer challenges for clinical social workers. Several interviewing techniques that can help with some of these challenges will be outlined.

2: Maintain positive communication and teamwork with all co-workers and supervisors: kitchen staff and Chef.

This week in the field as an intern for the Department of Social Services, I was able to complete in-office tasks and complete a home visit with my supervisor. On Monday my supervisor informed me she and other coworkers were in need of creating a new resource manual that would be up to date with the current resources in the Midlands area. Therefore, one of the tasks completed this week was creating a resource manual that would have more resources with up to date numbers, addresses, and contact persons. During this process, I was able to understand the importance of workers having the manual up to date with more resources added to it. Competency skill 9 states a professional social worker, “Actively refers clients to community resources.” With this being required of a professional

Many ideas for change in practice come from surveillance, or recurrent clinical problems (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber, 2014). The topic of a new best practice can originate from problem-focused triggers or knowledge-focused triggers (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber, 2014). Obtaining a 12-lead electrocardiogram in

Although the restoration of competency presents itself as a rather important factor within a trial as well as the legal system, research regarding this topic is still in its early stages. Zapf & Roesch (2011) assert that there are two questions that recent research is attempting to answer: examining variables that may aid in predicting competency restorability, and determining the most effective treatment programs. Regarding predictions of competency restorability, Zapf & Roesch begin by noting that a majority of individuals, near 75%, initially deemed incompetent are restored to competency within 6 months (Bennet & Kish, 1990). However, this statistic is accompanied by a 78% accuracy rate from professionals asked to predict the probability

After taking the study skills test, I feel that my scores reveal that I am proficient in one category but then satisfactory in every other one. I find that I am proficient at using Google Drive because I got a 12/12 in that category. I always keep my Google Drive organized with every document in a folder, and sometimes another folder in that folder. For example, I have an English folder with five folders in it, and another folder in one out of those five. I feel that I struggle with organization which is shown by my nine out of 12 on that specific category. I always have a document or project, but occasionally it takes me a while to find it. I could, additionally, use a calendar to always keep track of what I have on a particular day. Improving

The study uses a mixed methods research strategy to examine two hypotheses. The first hypothesis states that children (8-13 years) who play club basketball will have more accurate perceived skill competence than children (8-13 years) who play recreational basketball. While the second hypothesis states that children (8-13 years) who play club basketball will use peer comparison to evaluate perceived skill competence while children (8-13 years) who play recreational basketball will use adult feedback to evaluate perceived skill competence. The rationale for a mixed research method approach involves the criticality associated with actual skill competence accuracy. Previous research only used subjective collection methods to determine a child’s

As a Telemetry Volunteer in the extremely busy Telemetry Department of Scripps Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, La Jolla, CA, I have enthusiastically contributed to date over 300-hours to evening shifts in support of Telemetry Technicians, hospital staff, cardiovascular patients, stroke patients, and family members. More specifically, when not gradually increasing my knowledge of EKG telemetry and heart rhythms by closely observing cardiac monitors (while remaining in the background), I provided extra patient care in accordance with hospital protocols by: Maintaining, organizing, and delivering clean telemetry boxes and batteries; adjusting patient EKG leads; replenishing supplies;

On my fourth year in Medical school, I faced an overwhelming, quite surreal new world; it was my first day in a hospital, the same physical problems, and pathophysiologic events read on books during three years finally fleshed out in real patients. Dr. Cassanello, my Internal Medicine teacher, asked me to describe an EKG, avid and excited at the same time I was able to diagnose that patient's arrhythmia, at that moment I finally experienced that yearned pleasant sensation of diagnosing a disease. Of course diagnosing an arrhythmia was not enough, that is why I set a new goal in my career. It was to enhance my clinical reasoning to treat my patients effectively always seeking their well-being. It was difficult at times, sometimes discouraging but after a few years more and with the immeasurable help and selfless guide from such incredible instructors, I finally received my diploma as a doctor.

I choose the functional competency domain on assessment/diagnosis/ conceptualization since it was a core aspect in the field of psychology. Assessment and diagnosis involves interpretation of information about a patient/participant; in other words, you must has scientific knowledge of what assessment entails and be able to conceptualize the information. The first part of a professional psychologist job will be to look at how a client was behaving, what the person was saying and to make some sense out of it. In order for the psychologist to make sense out of a client's behavior, there has to be an assessment which can be done for diagnosis purpose or for research. The psychologist should be able to give an accurate description of personality,

Ms. Wormley entered the CRP program for vocational assessment services on August 14, 2017. Her original vocational goal is to be an office clerk. Staff feels that Ms. Wormley has work potential; however, she should improve working on her quantity standards of work and focus on becoming more motivated to work. She also should work on obtaining her driver license. Staff also feel she will benefit for work adjustment services and work adjustment classes covering completing applications, job searching skills, job retention skills, and interviewing. Additionally, staff recommends if a community-based tryout becomes available, she should be placed there.

Obtaining competence can be done in various ways for psychologist and counselors. According to (Fisher, 2013) psychologists/counselors planning to try new activities must take some relevant education, training, supervised experience, consultation, or study. The purpose is to avoid harm to participants and to improve psychologist and counselors. The two most effective ways I believe in are supervised experience and training.

This evidence can be translated into practice in several ways. An astounding “80-99% of EKG monitor alarms are false or insignificant” (Sendelbach & Funk, 2013.) First, continuous cardiac and oxygenation alarms cannot be turned off, but alarm parameters may be changed on an individualized basis depending on their baseline data. For example, the patient comes in with tachycardia so adjust

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