Overview
This final assignment provides you an opportunity to culminate your vision into reality by translating your exploration and brainstorming activities into a plan to actualize your vision and achieve your goals. By now, you are a practitioner-scholar with a lot of knowledge and insight about your interests in behavior analysis and your career trajectory.
Preparation
To begin this assignment:
- Reflect on feedback received from previous assignments in this course.
- Review resources in Weeks 4 and 7 about the MEAL plan, SMART goals, and Reverse Outline.
- Review work you have done in previous weeks that you could revise and incorporate into this final assignment.
- Review the . You will need complete and submit this template in the course.
Instructions
Complete the following in the .
Part 1: SMART Goals
- Provide three clearly and concisely written SMART goals that you hold for your career in Behavior Analysis. These goals must be post-graduation.
- Review the SMART Goals section to ensure your goals meet all aspects of the criteria.
- Complete SMART Goals sections in the worksheet.
Part 2: MEAL Planning
- Analyze the functions, responsibilities, and ethics required of a behavior analyst.
- Follow the MEAL Plan format to outline the ethical considerations and responsibilities required of you within the career goals shared above.
- Within the evidence section, complete BOTH steps for each piece of evidence:
- Provide a direct quote for each piece of evidence.
- PARAPHRASE each quote into your OWN words.
- Within the evidence section, complete BOTH steps for each piece of evidence:
- Follow the MEAL Plan format to outline the ethical considerations and responsibilities required of you within the career goals shared above.
- Convert the MEAL Plan into a well-organized paragraph. The paragraph should follow the structure found in the Capella MEAL Plan overview.
- Apply critical thinking and effective decision making:
- Follow the MEAL Plan format to outline the contributions to the field that your career goals shared above will provide you the opportunity to make.
- Within the evidence section complete BOTH steps for each piece of evidence:
- Provide the direct quote for each piece of evidence
- PARAPHRASE each quote into your OWN words
- Within the evidence section complete BOTH steps for each piece of evidence:
- Follow the MEAL Plan format to outline the contributions to the field that your career goals shared above will provide you the opportunity to make.
- Convert the MEAL Plan into a well-organized paragraph. The paragraph should follow the structure found in the Capella MEAL Plan overview
Part 3: Application and Research Vision
- Reference the articles from your Week 4 assignment. Choose the article that aligns with your chosen specialization.
- Using the worksheet, discuss how your chosen article is reliable, credible, and aligns with ethical considerations.
- Discuss how the article contributed to your choice of specialization.
- Note: Be sure up upload the articles along with the assignment. Your assignment will not be graded of you fail to do so.
- Expand on your work to capture the growth you’ve experienced this quarter.
Review the media, MEAL Plan resources, resources, and search the for additional reflective exercises and inspiring ideas about transforming your vision into an action plan.
Before You Submit
To maximize your scoring potential, be sure that you fully address all assignment requirements and meet the criteria in the rubric that will be used to assess your assignment. It is helpful to self-score your paper using the rubric before submitting to be sure you are meeting criteria for the grade you want to earn. Important: Be sure up upload the articles along with the assignment. Your assignment will not be graded of you fail to do so.
Turnitin
Submit a draft of your assignment to Turnitin for review of proper citations and references. It is very important that you always submit your work as a draft so you can make revisions before submitting your assignment for grading. Refer to the courseroom Turnitin resources for guidance in accessing your feedback from Turnitin, interpreting your report, and improving your writing and citations for your assignment.
Additional Requirements
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:
- Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- Writing style: APA expectations for scholarly writing include the use of third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so. However, because you are talking about yourself in this paper, you may write in the first person.
- APA formatting: References and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and format. Refer to the degree-specific sections of the r for citing and referencing tips. Include a title page and references list.
- Resources: A minimum of four resources with at least three of them from course readings. Your references may include both scholarly literature and practitioner sources. All references need to be cited in text, according to current APA standards. Remember that citations are to support your thoughts, not take the place of them.
- Template: Use the to format your assignment.
- Submission: Once you are satisfied with your paper and have made all necessary revisions, submit your assignment no later than 11:59 p.m. CST Sunday.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
- Competency 1: Analyze the role of the practitioner-scholar model in guiding professional development.
- Describe a vision for career, including three specific goals.
- Explain how literature review and research on career information affected the vision.
- Competency 2: Evaluate behavior-analytic literature in terms of reliability, credibility, ethics, and value.
- Discuss how to evaluate behavior analytic literature in terms of reliability, credibility, and value.
- Competency 3: Analyze the functions, responsibilities, and ethics required of a professional in behavior analysis.
- Analyze the functions, responsibilities, and ethical considerations required of a behavior analyst.
- Competency 4: Apply critical thinking and effective decision making.
- Discuss how to apply critical thinking and ways to contribute to the field as a behavior analyst.
- Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of behavior analysis.
- Upload the required articles with the assignment.
- Write clearly, with correct spelling, grammar, syntax, and good organization.
- Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
| Week 9 Assignment: Your Career in Applied Behavior Analysis | ||
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| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
| Upload the required articles with the assignment. |
2.5 to >2.13 pts DISTINGUISHED Yes. The assignment is complete and will be graded. 2.13 to >1.75 pts PROFICIENT N/A 1.75 to >0 pts BASIC N/A 0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE No. The assignment is incomplete, and therefore, cannot be graded. |
/ 2.5 pts |
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Describe a vision for career, including three specific goals. |
40 to >34 pts DISTINGUISHED Describes a vision for career, including three specific goals that are measurable, achievable, and timed steps to leverage current competencies and overcome skill gaps and potential barriers. 34 to >28 pts PROFICIENT Describes a vision for career, including three specific goals. 28 to >0 pts BASIC Includes three goals specific to career but the goals are not fully developed or specific. 0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not include three goals specific to post-credentialing or career. |
/ 40 pts |
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Explain how literature review and research on career information affected the vision. |
40 to >34 pts DISTINGUISHED Explains how literature review and research on career information affected the vision, and includes several career options for behavior analysts. 34 to >28 pts PROFICIENT Explains how literature review and research on career information affected the vision. 28 to >0 pts BASIC Identifies how literature review and research on career information affected the vision, but provides little or no explanation. 0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not identify how literature review and research on career information affected the vision. |
/ 40 pts |
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Analyze the functions, responsibilities, and ethical considerations required of a behavior analyst. |
40 to >34 pts DISTINGUISHED Analyzes the functions, responsibilities, and ethical considerations required of a professional practitioner in a specialized area of behavior analysis, integrating comprehensive knowledge of relevant professional standards and requirements. 34 to >28 pts PROFICIENT Analyzes the functions, responsibilities, and ethical considerations required of a behavior analyst. 28 to >0 pts BASIC Identifies some functions, responsibilities, and ethical considerations required of a behavior analyst. 0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not identify functions, responsibilities, and ethical considerations required of a behavior analyst. |
/ 40 pts |
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Discuss how to evaluate behavior analytic literature in terms of reliability, credibility, and value. |
40 to >34 pts DISTINGUISHED Discusses how to evaluate behavior analytic literature in terms of reliability, credibility, and value, and consistently applies such evaluation to perform as a knowledgeable consumer of research. 34 to >28 pts PROFICIENT Discusses how to evaluate behavior analytic literature in terms of reliability, credibility, and value. 28 to >0 pts BASIC Provides at least one example of how to evaluate behavior analytic literature in terms of reliability, credibility, and value. 0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not provide any examples or discussion of how to evaluate behavior analytic literature in terms of reliability, credibility, and value. |
/ 40 pts |
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Discuss how to apply critical thinking and ways to contribute to the field as a behavior analyst. |
40 to >34 pts DISTINGUISHED Analyzes the importance of critical thinking and plans to contribute to the field as a behavior analyst, with reference to real or hypothetical examples. 34 to >28 pts PROFICIENT Discusses how to apply critical thinking and ways to contribute to the field as a behavior analyst. 28 to >0 pts BASIC Describes examples of how to apply critical thinking and ways to contribute to the field as a behavior analyst. 0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not describe examples of how to apply critical thinking and ways to contribute to the field as a behavior analyst. |
/ 40 pts |
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Write clearly, with correct spelling, grammar, syntax, and good organization. |
25 to >21.25 pts DISTINGUISHED Writes concisely with excellent clarity and organization, with no errors in spelling, grammar, or syntax, and employing critical or analytical reasoning as needed. 21.25 to >17.5 pts PROFICIENT Writes clearly, with correct spelling, grammar, syntax, and good organization. 17.5 to >0 pts BASIC Writes clearly overall, but there are some errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, or organization. 0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not write clearly, and there are errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and organization. |
/ 25 pts |
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Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. |
22.5 to >19.13 pts DISTINGUISHED Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions. 19.13 to >15.75 pts PROFICIENT Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. 15.75 to >0 pts BASIC Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing incorrectly or inconsistently, detracting noticeably from good scholarship. 0 pts NON_PERFORMANCE Does not apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. |
/ 22.5 pts |
| Total Points: 0 | ||