Part2: Psychoeducation Presentation Group
Your final assignment is a continuation from your midpoint outline of psychoeducation presentation. For this assignment, you will create an introductory PowerPoint for a psychoeducation group that will be provided as an intervention. By now, you would have already selected your development group and laid out an outline of topics that you’d want to cover for the first eight weeks of a session (the first week included) for a week one PowerPoint
presentation.
Directions
Having your midpoint outline as a foundation, complete the following:
Step One: Create a PowerPoint deck. At a minimum, the PowerPoint Presentation must be at least 14 slides. Based on the readings and class discussions/weekly board discussions, it should cover the following areas relative to your chosen developmental group:
Description of the psychoeducation group and the developmental period it focuses on (minimum of 2-3 Slides).
The rationale for the group based on developmental issues and research covered in this course (minimum of 4-5 Slides). The purpose should focus on one or more specific concerns for the developmental period of group members. Thus, the Rationale should specifically address:
- What is the purpose of the group? When thinking about this, remember to consider what we’ve learned about the specific developmental period that potential group members belong to. Thus, the purpose should address typical issues, concerns, and/or experiences for the age group that the members belong to.
- When considering the purpose for the group, also remember to include the diversity that is often present in the group, even if all the members are, for example, teen parents, LGBT elders, 5th graders, etc. This diversity can include, although it is not limited to, potential risks (e.g., health disparities, common behavioral health issues, prejudices such as racism, sexism, economic issues, etc.) for the age group.
- Remember also to include strengths already present in the group. What strengths or opportunities might be typical for this age group, and how might you include this in the plan for the 8-week psychoeducation group? Some examples might be: providing opportunities for middle-schoolers to decide a few of the group topics, recently unemployed adults providing lists of resources to each other, older adults creating an oral history of the town to share with the community, etc.
Inclusion: Given what is known about the age group you are presenting to (e.g. older children, young adults who are parents of younger children, older retirees, etc.) how you will demonstrate inclusion of diverse members in the group (minimum of 1-2 Slides).
Outline: Provide an outline of at least 8 weeks of group topics. You do not have to prepare 8 weeks’ worth of full group topics. Only provide an outline of what would be covered over the following 8 weeks. (minimum of 2-3 Slides).
Goals: Identify the psychoeducation goals that you want to achieve given the needs of the group. (minimum of 3-4 slides)
- What is/are the overall goal(s) for the group?
- Provide three examples of interventions you will use in the group to enhance understanding of the topics covered. These can include play therapy, art therapy, CBT exercises, mindful meditation, psychoeducation with Q&A, etc.
- Remember that you will let the group know what these are. Thus, how would you present this to the members of the group given the developmental period that they are in and the purpose of your group?
Evaluation: Identify how you will evaluate the effectiveness of your psychoeducation group with the chosen population. Remember that these include the methods that you’ll use to engage members and assess how they are responding. Thus, will you include weekly groups summaries, a project at the end of the 8 weeks, quizzes, homework, etc.? These should be included in the presentation so that members know what to expect. (minimum of 2-3 slides)
- What should the members have learned about the various issues of development?
- How would you describe and present this in the presentation?
Step Two: Grammar and Format
- Within your PowerPoint, include a title slide and slides for the bibliography that shows the resources you used to create the psychoeducation course. Neither the title page nor bibliography count towards the minimum number of slide requirements.
- You must use at least 8 citations. It can consist of course readings and a minimum of three current peer-reviewed journal articles and/or books to substantiate knowledge and understanding of the issues relevant to your chosen population and their psychoeducation needs. Do not use Coursework text as a reference!
- The required readings, in addition to your own research, should provide you the kinds of citations you need to support the claims, ideas, or information that you need.
- Content should be concise and adhere to APA 6th
Step Three: Technology and Submission
- Your presentation must be in a PowerPoint format, with the file name ending in .ppt or.pptx
- For information on how to download PowerPoint to your desktop, click here: http://office365.osu.edu
- Your presentation must be submitted to the Dropbox area of your course on the due date listed in the Week 1 Checkpoint area or your syllabus.
Rubric for Part Two: Final Psychoeducational Presentation is located in the below Appendix.