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Assignment 2: RA 2: Treatment Program ReportIn this assignment, you will read a scenario and develop an evidence-based treatment program within a correctional environment. Your treatment program will display an understanding of the importance of outcome measures for informing effective treatment and for demonstrating the effectiveness of treatment to accrediting bodies. For example, an inmate simply completing a treatment program is not necessarily indicative of a meaningful treatment outcome. Review the following scenario: You are a forensic mental health professional who has been tasked with developing a correctional treatment program in the high-security penitentiary in which you work. Your superiors expect you to develop a program, supported by evidence-basedresearch, which targets high-risk factors correlated with recidivism. Your superiors have also asked you to develop an evaluation of objective outcome measures to show accrediting government agencies the effectiveness of your program in addressing high-risk factors associated with recidivism. Tasks: Create an 8- to 10-page treatment plan in a Microsoft Word document that includes the following:
Submission Details:
RA 2 is worth 300 points and will be graded according to the following rubric. |
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Rubric Name: FP6905_M5A2_Grading_Rubric
GR1 Summarize the most significant research findings on what kinds of correctional treatment programs have been found to be effective with offenders.
80 points
/ 80
GR2 Using evidence, describe the high-risk factors associated with offenders that must be targeted through treatment and programming in order to reduce the risk of recidivism.
60 points
/ 60
GR3 Explain your correctional treatment program with regards to the following: • target population • treatment modality (i.e., individual, group, residential) • length of treatment • 3-5 (minimum) specific treatment interventions.
60 points
/ 60
GR4 Identify at least 4-6 outcome measures of your correctional treatment program that would serve to show accrediting agencies that your program is effective in addressing high-risk factors associated with recidivism
60 points
/ 60
GR5 Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
40 points
/ 40
Total
/ 300