EEDUSD500 Understanding Neuro diversity Assignment

Assessment Task

Write a 2,000-word report discussing and evaluating inclusive interventions that support neuro diverse individuals and their carer/s within contemporary community settings. Based on your analysis of the barriers and challenges neuro diverse individuals are experiencing, propose a design of an evidence-based best practice intervention for a cohort with specific neurological conditions in your chosen setting, and detail the outcomes your designed intervention/support aim to achieve (i.e., how the cohort can successfully participate in society). Your report must be supported by substantial evidence and adopt person-centred approaches to ensure that it reflects the ‘voices’ of neuro diverse individuals.

Please refer to the Instructions section below for details on how to complete this assessment task.

Context

This assessment task allows you to demonstrate your comprehensive understanding of the subject material by summarising the best practice programs and resources that provide support for neuro diverse individuals and their carers. Through analysing the support for neuro diverse individuals, identifying the barriers they may face in accessing support/intervention resources and programs (e.g., prejudice and socio-economic factors) and exploring how to assist them in overcoming these barriers to successfully participate in society, you will gain advanced knowledge of effective support available for neuro diverse individuals. Additionally, this assessment task will allow you to consider how to design and develop these successful support/intervention resources and programs for your chosen setting.

Instructions

This assessment task requires you to write a 2,000-word report. In it, you will discuss and evaluate interventions for neuro diverse individuals and their caregivers in community settings, propose a design for an evidence-based best practice intervention and outline the desired outcomes of the intervention.

Please review all essential learning resources provided in Modules 1- 6 prior to writing the report.

Read the assessment rubric, which is an evaluation guide that includes the criteria that will be used to mark and grade your report. The rubric indicates what features a successful report should contain.

To complete this assessment task successfully, you will need to follow the steps outlined below:

1. Select neuro divergent conditions and setting

Select three neuro logical conditions that constitute neuro diversity that you are interested in working on. Specify the setting for which you will evaluate and design the interventions (e.g., schools, health centres, community organisations, parent groups).

1. Research and gather evidence

To prepare for this assessment task, carefully review the content on neuro diversity, person-centred approaches and inclusive interventions covered in Modules 1-6.

Adopt a person-centred approach and search for resources on individuals of the neurological conditions of your choice. You should explore the following points:

1. Neuro diverse individuals' characteristics and how they link to the definition of the neurologicalconditionpresentedonDiagnosticStatisticalManual5thEdition(DSM5)
2. Existing interventions for these individuals.

You should provide evidence of your research, both from academic resources as well as lived experienced of the neuro diverse individual.

1. Follow the structures and guided questions to write your reflection

Please review the Academic Skills page for Report Writing in preparation for this assessment task.

Follow the structure provided below when writing the report; use the suggested word count as a guide only.

• Executive Summary

In this section (300-400 words),you will briefly summarise your report. As a minimum, you will need to briefly describe the chosen neuro diverse conditions and setting and discuss the purpose of your report (i.e., producing a best practice guide to better support neuro diverse individuals with XYZ conditions in a chosen setting). You should also briefly describe the findings of your review on the existing intervention/s and your plan for designing best practices ones. The executive summary is not included in the word count.

• Table of Contents–This section is not included in the word count.

• Introduction (200-300 words)

• Introduce the topic and the neuro diverse conditions under investigation (describe background information, methods, identify problems, etc.). You should describe the neuro diverse conditions including the general background information, how you identify the conditions and how they co- occur. You should also provide an overview of the neuro diverse individuals' characteristics and how these link to the DSM 5 definition.
• Methods and Findings (500-600words)

In this section, you should outline how you selected the sources and what you have identified as suitable interventions for your chosen cohort. Consider the following questions:

• What forms of analysis did you use when reviewing each intervention?
• What prerequisites did you put in place when selecting and evaluating each intervention?
• Were there any individual characteristics that you could not find beneficial interventions for? Link this to the next section where you will address this in your plan for designing and developing interventions.
• Did you find any interventions in other countries that could work but are not available in your setting? Link this to the next section where you will address this in your plan for design and developing interventions.
• Action Plan (800-1,000words)

In this section, you should outline how you plan to better implement intervention/s in your chosen setting. You should consider the following points:

-Detail the modifications that you are going to make based on your review of the existing intervention/s.

-Describe the plan for implementing modified interventions with your chosen cohort in the chosen setting. Justify your implementation with a description of how they will benefit the individuals' are as for growth or help them overcome the barriers that they face in accessing the chosen setting.

-Propose the way of evaluating and measuring the effectiveness of the intervention.

-Consider how you will include the person’s voice when discussing why you have chosen a specific intervention.

• Conclusion (200-300 words)

-Summarise the key points of your report.

• Reference List

A minimum of 10 academic references (e.g., journal articles, book chapters, conference papers) are required. You should also include non-academic references that are person-centred and support the ideal of lived experience (e.g., blog articles, vlogs, newspaper articles, advocate websites, among others). All references should be listed following APA 7th style guidelines. Using Wikipedia, Investopedia and similar sources should be avoided. This section is not included in the word count.

When writing your report,

• You should consider who is going read it .Think about individuals in your setting who may benefit from the information.
• Ensure that the formatting and layout result in a document that is easy to read and sign posts each section to the reader.

1. Format of Your Report

• Headings: You should include subtitles in your report to sign post each section (e.g., Methods).
  • Font: 11-pointCalibri, 11-point Arial, or 10-point Lucida Sans.
  • Line spacing: Your entire report should be double-spaced. There should not be extra spaces between paragraphs.
  • Align left: The text of your essay should be lined up evenly at the left margin but not at the right margin (i.e., do not use justified alignment). 2.5cm margins at the top, bottom, right and left of every page. Default margin in Word 2.5cm.
  • Page numbers: The title page is your first page. Place page numbers in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
  • Academic sources are required, as detailed on page 2 of the Academic Writing Guide. The

Reference list page should start on a new page.

• In-text citations are included within the word count; however, the reference list is not included in the word count.

Referencing

It is essential that you use current APA style for citing and referencing the sources that you use. Please see more information on citing and referencing guidelines on the Academic Skills webpage.

Assessment Support

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Academic Integrity

All students are responsible for ensuring that their submitted work is original, adheres to academic writing standards outlined in the Torrens University Academic Writing Guide, and is appropriately referenced according to the guidelines provided in the Torrens University APA Referencing Guide.

Students need to have read and be aware of the Torrens University Australia Academic Integrity Policy,Academic Integrity Procedure and subsequent penalties for academic misconduct. For more information, please refer to the Academic Integrity guidelines and the Torrens University Library.

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Understanding Neuro diversity. Please name your file using the following format:

• Subject Code_ Surname _First Name Initial_ Assessment Number

e.g.MGMT6002_Jones_S_Assessment2.docx

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