This document outlines assignments for CPSS 370 over 5 weeks. It includes assignments on the helping process, intake screening and assessment, ethics, intake assessment skills, needs assessment and treatment planning, and best practices for community corrections. Students are to complete worksheets, papers, presentations, and reports analyzing forms, identifying client needs and treatment options, and recommending evidence-based transition plans using case studies and incorporating sources. The goal is to help students develop skills for intake, assessment, treatment planning and applying best practices with correctional clients.

1. CPSS 370 All Assignments (June, 2019)
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CPSS 370 Week 1 Helping Process Worksheet
CPSS 370 Week 2 Intake Screening and Assessment Paper
CPSS 370 Week 3 Ethics Presentation
CPSS 370 Week 3 Intake and Assessment Helping Skills Manual
CPSS 370 Week 4 Needs Assessment and Treatment Plan
CPSS 370 Week 4 Assessment Instrument Showcase
CPSS 370 Week 5 Best Practices in Community Corrections
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CPSS 370 Week 1 Helping Process Worksheet
(June, 2019)

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Week 1
Component Answer Column Phase in the helping process
1. Plan development A. Assessment
2. Gathering and assessing information B. Planning
3. Making initial contact C. Implementation
4. Arranging for services
5. Monitoring service delivery
6. Problem identification
7. Providing services and coordinating services
8. Developing complete picture of the client
9. Problem resolution
Part 2: Short-Answer
Respond to the following in 150 to 175 words:
How is the helping process used with clients involved with the
correctional system? Why is the helping process important with these
clients? How can using the helping process affect recidivism rates and
society as a whole?
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CPSS 370 All Assignments (June, 2019)

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CPSS 370 Week 2 Intake Screening and
Assessment Paper (June, 2019)
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Week 2
The correctional system uses a variety of forms during the intake and
assessment process, and these may differ by state. In this assignment,
you will become familiar with forms that are commonly used in the
correctional system for assessing individuals, and you will determine
how these forms are used in the intake and assessment process.
Review the Inmate Screening Form and Initial Custody Assessment
Scale starting on page 56 of Objective Jail Classification Systems: A
Guide for Jail Administrators on the National Institute of Corrections
website.
Examine the forms and determine how results from these forms may be
utilized.
Write a 350- to 700-word paper on the intake and assessment procedures
in the assessment phase of the helping process, in which you:

4.  Describe how these forms are used in the assessment phase of the
helping process with individuals involved with the correctional
system.
 Describe how identifying risk factors through intake and
assessment will contribute to the classification and treatment of an
individual involved with the correctional system.
 Identify other assessment instruments and forms that may be used
in the correctional system during the assessment phase of the
helping process. Explain how these instruments are used and what
information they provide.
Include a minimum of 2 sources
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CPSS 370 Week 3 Ethics Presentation (June,
2019)
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CPSS 370 Week 3 Ethics Presentation
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5. CPSS 370 Week 3 Intake and Assessment
Helping Skills Manual (June, 2019)
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Week 3
Explaining a process to someone else can enhance your own
understanding. In this assignment, you will gain a better understanding
of the helping skills necessary to facilitate the intake and assessment
procedures.
Imagine you are training a new human service worker on the intake and
assessment process at a correctional facility. You must outline the
elements of intake interviewing and explain the skills that it will take to
facilitate the assessment process with clients.
Create a 700- to 1,050-word manual for your trainee, in which you:
 Describe the purpose of the intake interview.
 Explain the elements involved in intake interviewing.
 Describe the assessment process.
 Describe the skills needed to facilitate the assessment process.
Include a minimum of 2 sources.
Format any citations within your manual according to APA guidelines.
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6. CPSS 370 Week 4 Assessment Instrument
Showcase (June, 2019)
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CPSS 370 Week 4 Assessment Instrument Showcase
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CPSS 370 Week 4 Needs Assessment and
Treatment Plan (June, 2019)
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Week 4

7. Assignment Content
1.
Top of Form
Identifying clients' needs is necessary to determine the appropriate
treatment programs and interventions. In this assignment, you will
review a completed needs assessment and identify the immediate needs
of the client, as well as propose treatment options.
Imagine you are a human service professional working in an institutional
corrections facility. You have completed a needs assessment on an
individual who is entering the facility and must write your report of the
results, as well as recommend a course of treatment.
Review the Sample Needs Assessment.
Write a 525- to 700-word report, including the following:
o Summarize the needs of the client, based on the information and
severity codes in the Sample Needs Assessment.
o Identify the top needs requiring immediate intervention, and
explain why these are high priority needs.
o Recommend potential treatment programs for this client's
treatment plan, based on the identified needs.
o Explain why these programs are a necessary part of the client's
treatment plan.
Include a minimum of 2 sources.
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CPSS 370 Week 5 Best Practices in Community
Corrections (June, 2019)
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8. Week 5
Individuals transitioning from an institutional correctional setting to a
community correctional setting may have different needs than those
individuals entering an institutional setting. In this assignment, you will
review a case study, assess the individual based on the information
provided, and propose evidence-based practices for helping this
individual transition back into society.
Imagine you have been asked to create a transition plan for an individual
transitioning out of an institutional correctional facility and into society.
You will be presenting your transition plan to your supervisor in a
detailed report that includes research as a rationale for your plan.
Review the Case of Robert.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word report with your plan to assist the individual
in this case study, in which you:
 Describe why community correctional assessment is necessary for
this individual.
 Use a community correctional assessment to determine the needs
of this individual.
 Describe evidence-based practices for working with this individual
to address his specific needs as he or she re-enters society.
Include a minimum of 2 sources.
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