Reference no: EM133281104

Assignment:

Case Scenario

Your friend tells you that their ten-year-old daughter has been having behavior and academic problems in school. "Her teacher recommended taking her to the pediatrician to get a prescription for Ritalin," they said.

Record your immediate response to the scenario. Applying inductive reasoning to the case, extract and list salient details. Beside each detail, explain why you have identified it as relevant and any additional thoughts you have. This approach will help you explore ideas and synthesize information as you conduct research for, and prepare to write, your paper.

1. Make an argument for why your friend should first talk with their daughter's pediatrician about a specialty referral for an evaluation by a clinical psychologist.
2. Discuss the role of the clinical psychologist.
3. Provide clear arguments for 1) the types of assessment tools the psychologist might use in his or her evaluation, 2) the specific aspects that make the selected tools applicable to the case scenario, and 3) how these tools would help in guiding diagnosis and treatment.

Introduce. Concisely introduced the reader to the case salient details. Clearly define terms and theory when introduced in the paper.

Have purpose. the relevance of the clinical psychologist's role, and applicable assessment tools in support of diagnosis and treatment, as applicable to the case. Include support from existing literature.

Connect. In the introduction of the case, and in the discussion of the clinical assessment, provide sufficient detail to support assertions made. Express interrelated ideas coherently and logically. insights in your recommendations as you address the key issues of the paper.

Include sources