explain how you, as a leader can influence public policy and opinion.  Cite at least two sources to back up your position.  In other words, how can you influence government and community relations at the local, state, and federal levels?

How can you verify your actions?

Each student will be required to complete the term project, which is a research proposal written in an APA Style. The project should have at least 8-10 pages of substance not counting the cover and reference page. Must be free of any and all plagiarism.

Paper must include the following:

Title page
Abstract (100-120 words)
Introduction
Hypothesis/Problem Statement/Purpose Statement
Literature Review and Definitions included in research
Research methods/design
References

Topic: A crisis can be a dangerous situation that provides an opportunity for growth.

Identifying an opportunity for growth in the midst of a crisis can be a challenge for both the person in the crisis and the professional providing therapeutic services. However, the treatment provider has the privilege and responsibility to intervene and influence the schemata of the person in the identified crisis. Identify a developmental, situational, or subjective (existential) crisis, the potential dangers (described in the literature), the opportunity for growth (types: mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, volitional), and the common treatment interventions (identified in the literature) that are used to intervene with said crisis.

Contact a local community-based agency that delivers substance abuse treatment services to adjudicated populations. Speak to either a therapist or administrator in the organization. During your interview, assess whether the agency is using an empirically-supported treatment or intervention approach or some other approach. Inquire and assess their recidivism rates to compare effectiveness in comparison with other models. Describe in detail the model used by the agency, the rationale for their adoption of that particular model (e.g., evidence based, practical, popular with this particular population, bilingual, etc.), and compare the model adopted by the agency to another one you read about in your texts. Provide hypotheses indicating the extent of effort involved if the agency were to adopt a model other than the one currently using (e.g., training involved, ease of implementation, potential results and impact, etc.).

This paper should be 8 to 12 pages long and should follow APA

Task: You will write a report on a professional organization in your field and a conference that the organization sponsors.

Format: If you cite the conference or other sources, you should use APA format in
citing the information

Sources: You will cite sources in this paper if you refer to information you obtained
from other sources. There is no minimum or maximum number of sources for this paper.

Purpose: The information you glean from this assignment will help you become more
aware of professional contacts, trends in the field, and perhaps employment opportunities in the field.

Steps to Take in Completing this Assignment
1. Locate at least one professional organization in the field or profession that you plan to pursue.
One way to locate an organization of this nature is to conduct an advanced search on Google. For example, the following screen capture shows a student searching for professional organizations in cybersecurity.