Both progress evaluations are graded by your instructor or graduate teaching assistant. The points earned on each progress evaluation count toward your final course grade. The two progress evaluations in this course include:

1. Case Conceptualization: Write a case study diagnostic conceptualization. The case will be provided by the instructor. The case conceptualization will be brief and concise (2-3 pages). The case conceptualization paper is to be submitted after Lesson 8 (5 points).

2. Final Paper: Write an 8-10 page paper in American Psychological Association format on any topic discussed in the course. Some examples include (1) writing on a specific evidence based practice and/or intervention, or (2) writing on a DSM-IV diagnosis covered in the class. The paper is to be submitted after Lesson 15 (20 points).

A Note about Confidentiality: When completing progress evaluations, you may want to draw from your personal experiences in the schools or from your work with children and families. However, when including comments or details from your personal experiences DO NOT include names, birth dates, locations or any identifying information about the children or families or anyone else involved in your experiences. Including such identifying information would be inappropriate, unethical, and possibly illegal. Please double-check all your assignments for such information prior to submitting them.

All progress evaluations must be submitted to the Center for scoring. After your progress evaluation has been scored, you will receive a lesson report, which gives your score and provides comments to help you improve your work. (If the report still does not help you understand troublesome questions, then you may write or send e-mail to the Center describing your specific difficulty. Be sure to identify the course and the lesson number as well as the question number.)

Note: You must submit all assigned work in sequence (Lesson 1, then Lesson 2, etc.), and you cannot submit more than three (3) assignments in a 7-day period.

Instructions for online lesson submission

Note: The progress evaluations for this course are instructor-evaluated and require written responses. These should be completed using Microsoft Word 97 or a more recent version of Word.