PSY 638 Final Project Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Prompt: For Milestone One of your final project, you will submit a draft of the Problem Identification section of your grant proposal. Think about the professional environment you will be seeking upon graduation and a potential problem within that professional environment that could be solved through your recommended program. Some examples of professional settings and grant proposal problems include:  School/Educational Setting Orchard Middle School has over 50 at-risk students with a reading performance that directly affects their overall self-esteem and negative behavior issues. The school submitted a grant proposal to support development of a program to help all students with poor reading skills learn to read at grade level and increase their reading speed, comprehension, and reading attention span and overall sense of worth, esteem, and achievement. Studies have shown those who do better in school, fare better with stable mental health.  Outpatient Mental Health The Open Arms Family Center requested a grant in the amount of $250,000 to contribute to the start-up funds for a family homeless shelter and mental health services. As an innovative, all-inclusive shelter program, the center aimed to provide for 10 families with children under the age of five who are experiencing homelessness. The center is committed to its mission of decreasing the overall number of homeless families in the Metro Boston area as well as working to break the cycle of homelessness.  Community Outreach The purpose of Healthy Tomorrows is to stimulate innovative, community-based programs that employ prevention strategies to promote access to healthcare for children and their families nationwide. HTPCP funding supports direct-service projects, not research projects. Healthy Tomorrows is designed to support family-centered initiatives that implement innovative approaches for focusing resources to promote community; define preventive child health and developmental objectives for vulnerable children and their families, especially those with limited access to quality health services; foster cooperation among community organizations, agencies, and families; involve pediatricians and other pediatric, child, and adolescent mental health professionals; build community and statewide partnerships among professionals in health, education, social services, government, and business to achieve self-sustaining programs to ensure healthy children and families. Healthy Tomorrows requested a grant proposal for $10,000 to conduct a needs analysis for a meal delivery program to serve its less mobile community members. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed in your milestone assignment: I. Problem Identification: Research and identify resources for a specific developmental, behavioral, or diagnostic need for children or adolescents in your community. a. Preva ...

1. PSY 638 Final Project Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
Prompt: For Milestone One of your final project, you will
submit a draft of the Problem Identification section of your
grant proposal. Think about the professional
environment you will be seeking upon graduation and a
potential problem within that professional environment that
could be solved through your
recommended program. Some examples of professional settings
and grant proposal problems include:
ducational Setting
Orchard Middle School has over 50 at-risk students with a
reading performance that directly affects their overall self-
esteem and negative behavior
issues. The school submitted a grant proposal to support
development of a program to help all students with poor reading
skills learn to read at grade
level and increase their reading speed, comprehension, and
reading attention span and overall sense of worth, esteem, and
achievement. Studies have
shown those who do better in school, fare better with stable
mental health.
The Open Arms Family Center requested a grant in the amount
of $250,000 to contribute to the start-up funds for a family
homeless shelter and mental

2. health services. As an innovative, all-inclusive shelter program,
the center aimed to provide for 10 families with children under
the age of five who are
experiencing homelessness. The center is committed to its
mission of decreasing the overall number of homeless families
in the Metro Boston area as
well as working to break the cycle of homelessness.
The purpose of Healthy Tomorrows is to stimulate innovative,
community-based programs that employ prevention strategies to
promote access to
healthcare for children and their families nationwide. HTPCP
funding supports direct-service projects, not research projects.
Healthy Tomorrows is
designed to support family-centered initiatives that implement
innovative approaches for focusing resources to promote
community; define preventive
child health and developmental objectives for vulnerable
children and their families, especially those with limited access
to quality health services; foster
cooperation among community organizations, agencies, and
families; involve pediatricians and other pediatric, child, and
adolescent mental health
professionals; build community and statewide partnerships
among professionals in health, education, social services,
government, and business to
achieve self-sustaining programs to ensure healthy children and
families. Healthy Tomorrows requested a grant proposal for
$10,000 to conduct a needs
analysis for a meal delivery program to serve its less mobile
community members.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed

3. in your milestone assignment:
I. Problem Identification: Research and identify resources for a
specific developmental, behavioral, or diagnostic need for
children or adolescents in
your community.
a. Prevalence: Determine a necessary program or service by
examining current needs for children or adolescents in your
community, using
the standards established by the American Psychiatric
Association.
i. What is the issue you have chosen to address? Who is
affected? What data do you have that points to the prevalence of
this issue?
ii. What is the necessary service or program? How will it
address the needs you have examined?
b. Assessment of Resources: Evaluate available and needed
resources in your community.
i. Evaluate the resources available for providing a program or
service such as the one you have identified.
ii. Determine necessary resources that are not available and
explain their importance in providing the identified program or
service.
c. Impact of the Problem: Describe the impact of the problem on
individuals, families, and the community. Construct an impact
statement based
on the prevalence of the identified issue and the lack of
community resources.

4. i. Articulate how the lack of the identified program or service
has an impact on the community.
ii. How is the lack of available resources exacerbating the
issue?
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a
3–4 page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-
point Times New Roman font, one-
inch margins, and at least five sources cited in APA format.
Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in
Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade
Center. For more information,
review these instructions.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%)
Not Evident (0%) Value
Problem
Identification
Prevalence
Submission provides published data
that evidences the identified problem
is a prevalent problem/need for the
community
Submission provides limited data to
support that the identified problem
is a prevalent problem/need for the
community

5. Submission lacks credible research
data to support that the identified
problem is a prevalent
problem/need for the community
30
Problem
Identification
Assessment of
Resources
Submission provides evidence in the
form of links, citations, and a
description of local resources for
their limited capacity to address the
identified problem
Submission provides evidence in the
form of links, citations, and a
description of local resources, yet it
may lack in the examination of the
capacity of the resources to address
the identified problem
Submission provides limited
evidence in the form of links,
citations, and a description of local
resources without addressing the
capacity of the resources to address
the identified problem
30
Problem

6. Identification
Impact of Problem
Submission provides research-
supported evidence of how the
identified problem will have an
impact on individuals, families, and
the community if the problem is not
addressed proactively
Submission provides research
evidence of the general impact of the
problem without considering the
specific community
Submission discusses the general
impact of the problem without
considering the specific community
or without providing research
evidence to support the impact of
the identified problem
30
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has some errors related
to citations, grammar, spelling,

7. syntax, or organization that
negatively impact readability and
articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors related
to citations, grammar, spelling,
syntax, or organization that prevent
understanding of ideas
10
Earned Total 100%
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PSY 790 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric: Literature
Review
In Module Two, you submitted a paper on potential resources.
For this milestone, you will take this information and develop a
literature review. In your capstone
research proposal, you will develop a well-organized research
concept paper that lays the foundation for a solid plan to
implement research. You will address a
relevant problem that aligns with your focus within the field of
psychology. You may choose a problem that reveals a gap in our
understanding and requires you
to provide an explanation of psychological phenomena and
variables. Or it may be an applied problem that directly
involves the psychological well-being of
individuals, communities, or organizations. One major section

8. of this proposal is a literature review. If you refer to your Final
Project Guidelines and Rubric
document, you will see that this is one of the required sections
of your proposal. Completing this milestone will provide you
with a solid foundation for your
capstone project.
Prompt: Analyze the scholarly debate on the theory and research
related to your research questions or intervention. The literature
review should not be a
collection of summaries. Rather, it should be organized
according to the message you want to convey, and it should
appropriately synthesize the literature into
your message. This suggests that you will draw from multiple
sources in order to best communicate your points. Organize
your review so that it provides a logical
argument for the background of your proposed research and how
your research fits into the big picture.
In your submission, be sure to include the critical elements
listed below.
psychology.
research questions, or intervention.
the literature review.
necessity of the chosen research questions or intervention.

9. research questions or intervention address real-world problems
and implications for the
general public.
cording to your message and
synthesize the literature into the message.
addressed and reiterates the connection to the research
questions and the main argument.
o major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, or syntax.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a
five- to seven-page Word document with double spacing, 12-
point Times New Roman font, one-
inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in
Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade
Center. For more information,
review these instructions. If you have any questions after
reading the feedback or grades for this submission, reach out to
your instructor. Remember that your
instructor is a resource you should utilize throughout the
course.

10. Critical Element Proficient (100%) Not Proficient (0%) Value
State Research Question Clearly states the research questions or
intervention
Does not clearly state the research questions or
intervention
5
Evaluate Topic Fit to Field Evaluates how the chosen topic fits
into the field
of psychology
Does not evaluate how the chosen topic fits into
the field of psychology
5
Synthesize Research Findings Synthesizes previous scholarly
research related
to the topic, research questions, or intervention
Does not synthesize previous scholarly research
related to the topic, research questions, or
intervention
10
Evaluate Studies Compares and evaluates the studies and
resources discussed in the literature review
Does not compare or evaluate the studies and
resources discussed in the literature review
15

11. Address Research Gaps Connects gaps in the overall research
to argue
for the necessity of the chosen research
questions or intervention
Does not connect gaps in the overall research to
argue for the necessity of the chosen research
questions or intervention
20
Review Contribution of Existing
Research
Discusses how the existing body of research
helps the chosen research questions or
intervention address real-world problems and
implications for the general public
Does not discuss how the existing body of
research helps the chosen research questions or
intervention address real-world problems and
implications for the general public
15
Organize and Align Literature
Review to Message
Organizes the literature review according to the
message and synthesizes the literature into the
message
Does not organize the literature review
according to the message or synthesize the

12. literature into the message
20
Develop Synthesizing
Conclusion
Includes a conclusion that ties together the
literature addressed and reiterates the
connection to the research questions and the
main argument
Does not include a conclusion that ties together
the literature addressed and reiterates the
connection to the research questions and the
main argument
5
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related
to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization
Submission has major errors related to citations,
grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
5
Earned Total 100%
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