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Abraham Darby Academy-BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care.
BTEC Assignment Brief
Qualification
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Health and Social Care Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care Unit number and title 15 : Psychological Perspectives (Optional Unit) 60 Credits
Learning aim(s)
A : Examine how psychological perspectives contribute to the understanding of human development and behaviour B: Examine the contribution of psychological perspectives to the management and treatment of service users’ specific behaviours C: Examine how psychological perspectives are applied in health and social care settings
Assignment title Using theory to understand, manage and treat human behaviours
Assessor Kavita Ghotra IV: Jamie Roberts
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Vocational Scenario or Context
You are on your first work experience, in a residential unit that supports individuals who have experienced trauma. You have been asked by your mentor, to work with two, specific service users who are:
● Andy who is thirty two years old and has recently been involved in a road traffic accident where his partner died. Andy has been diagnosed as having post-traumatic stress disorder and has begun to self-harm
● Keira who is fifty four has become addicted to pain killers following surgery three years ago. Keira found the surgery traumatic as it followed a diagnosis of cancer and has altered her appearance.
Task 1
You are asked to produce a report on both service users, which evaluates the role of the principal psychological perspectives in helping the unit staff to understand the behaviour of Andy and Keira, and also to manage and treat the behaviours effectively.
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Your report must also include the following:
● An analysis of the contribution of psychological perspectives to understanding the behaviours of Andy and Keira
● An analysis of the value of identifying those factors that may have influenced Andy and Keira’s behaviour when applying psychological perspectives to their management and treatment
You should also include an explanation of how psychological perspectives are applied to the understanding of human development and how they could help the staff at the unit to understand and treat Andy and Keira’s behaviours, and an explanation of how different factors could have influenced the development and behaviour presented.
Checklist of evidence required Criteria covered by this task: Unit/Criteria reference To achieve the criteria, you must show that you are able to:
11/AB.D
Evaluate the role of psychological perspectives in the understanding of human development and the management and treatment of service users’ behaviours.
11/A.M Analyse the contribution of psychological perspectives to the understanding of human development and behaviours. 11/A.P Explain how psychological perspectives are applied to the understanding of human development.
11/A.P Explain how psychological perspectives contribute to the understanding of specific human behaviours.
11/B.M
Analyse the value of identifying factors influencing human development and behaviours in the application of psychological perspectives to the management and treatment of different service users’ behaviours.
11/B.P Explain how different factors influence human development and specific behaviours.
11/B.P Explain the contribution of psychological perspectives to the management and treatment of different service users’ behaviours.
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Websites
https://www2.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/ 543/001804.pdf
www.nursingtimes.net/anxiety/1996284.article
www.simplypsychology.org › Cognitive/
www.learning-theories.com/social-learning-theory- bandura.htm
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