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marks, indent, and reference your sources. All posts and papers are checked against Turnitin to assure academic
integrity.
5. Your main post should be NOT LESS than 3-4 paragraphs in length (depending on the complexity of the topics,
and you should always post a sufficient number of follow ups posts during the week to provide examples of your
subject knowledge and mastery.
6. The university requires that you be graded on a qualitative basis and assess your level of subject knowledge
based on a rubric that distinguishes between recitation of facts, topical understanding, or subject mastery.
7. Full credit for assignments is reserved for those who demonstrate subject mastery. Partial credit is assigned to
those demonstrate a lesser level of understanding and awareness about topical issues.
8. Part of the assessment is a determination as to your involvement, participation, and submission of
comprehensive posts that showcase subject mastery.
SAMPLE "A" GRADED DISCUSSION BOARD POST
The following is an illustration of how to respond with a fully developed answer.
Q: Why is it necessary for a crisis worker to remain continually vigilant when intervening with a person in crisis.
POOR RESPONSE:
Answer. Because each stage of the intervention may present danger.
STRONG RESPONSE:
Answer:
CRISIS
A crisis worker should remain vigilant at all times during a crisis intervention for several reasons. First of all, during
the initial communication with the client, the worker must try to determine the client's level of lethality; that is, does
he or she want to harm himself or herself or others. The worker can then attempt to defuse the client's intention
(Ackerman, 2010).
(EXAMPLE OF PARAPHRASE)
STAGES
The next stage of intervention, as the client "cools down," can be quite unpredictable. Even though the client's
problem may appear to be resolving, the worker must remain vigilant because the client is still unstable. In the final
steps of an intervention, the client may seem amenable to the resolution, but there is no way to determine with
certainty that he or she will actually comply. If the client is being taken into institutional custody as part of the
agreement the worker has made, there is always the chance that the client will use the opportunity for "suicide by
cop" (Author Last name, 2010, p. 11).
(EXAMPLE OF DIRECT QUOTE)
Finally, post-intervention, the worker
must resolve any issues which he or she (the worker) may encounter as a result of the highly charged situation.
References
Sampson, F. (2010). U.S. Constitution: Fourth Amendment. Retrieved April 14, 2010 from
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment04/I reserve the right to change the syllabus, with or without advance notice