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The State of Telemental Health Training and Education in CACREP-Accredited Counselor Education Master’s Programs
Get PDFDespite the frequent use of telemental health (TMH) to deliver clinical mental health counseling, there are few specific guidelines for the teaching of this important topic in CACREP-accredited counselor education programs. This study examined TMH training and education in master’s-level CACREP-accredited counselor education programs by surveying CACREP liaisons (n = 62). The results were analyzed using frequencies, and questions were cross-tabulated with basic information about the programs’ faculty, students, and method of teaching. Results will inform current practices in the training of counselors in this expanding delivery system
Mitigating School Counselor Burnout: Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of AI Assistance in Writing Letters of Recommendation
Get PDFThis conceptual article explores the critical issue of burnout among high school counselors and examines the ethical considerations of incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into the professional practice of crafting letters of recommendation. The paper investigates how AI, when used ethically, may serve as a tool to reduce burnout by streamlining time-consuming administrative tasks. By focusing on recent advancements in AI technology, the discussion highlights how school counselors can integrate these tools to support their work without compromising ethical standards or professional integrity. Emphasizing the importance of maximizing direct service time with students, the article draws on research suggesting that leveraging AI for administrative tasks, such as letter writing, allows counselors to reallocate their efforts toward student-centered engagement, thereby enhancing their capacity to fulfill their primary role in supporting student success
Team resilience in the NBA: When teams fall behind
Get PDFNational Basketball Association (NBA) games have become more volatile in scoring as the pace of the game has quickened and reliance on the three-point shot has increased. This research analyzes 20-point scoring deficits and the comeback abilities of NBA teams from an archival, as well as team resilience perspective, which is the ability of a team to deal with adversity. The collective experience of challenge by all team members is a process more complex to study than individual resilience due to the diverse interactions between teammates. Another aspect of this study is the context of locale or home versus away in investigating these great deficit games. A series of Pearson correlations shows a greater frequency of such games in more recent seasons. It was also found that of games that hit a 20-point score difference and then return to a tie, both teams have roughly an equal chance of winning the game (i.e., lack of momentum). This suggests that teams that fall behind by 20 points, as well as teams that lose this lead, demonstrate team resilience. Lastly, away teams are more likely to fall behind, but home teams are more likely to make a comeback. Ways to improve team resilience in professional basketball are discussed
Medication Safety: A Policy Journey to Reduce Medication Errors
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Medication Safety: A Policy Journey to Reduce Medication Errors
Background: Medication errors have long been a significant concern. Unsafe medication practices and errors can pose serious risks of injury and preventable harm within healthcare systems.
These errors can lead to severe consequences and have the potential to result in injury, disability, or even death. The World Health Organization highlights that in the United States, an estimated 1.3 million people experience medication-related harm, with 7,000-9,000 people dying due to a medication error each year (WHO, 2023). On average, one adverse drug effect (ADE) adds more than 7.5 billion per year nationwide in hospital costs, not including other important costs such as malpractice insurance premiums and losses in worker productivity (Leapfrog Group, 2023). Despite extensive efforts to improve medication safety, challenges on this topic persist for many healthcare professionals and institutions.
Purpose of Project: This policy manuscript aims to reduce medication errors, which affect a considerable number of Americans who fall victim to a flaw in the medication process. Engaging in analyzing, re-building, modifying, or updating said process can help save patients’ lives as well as yield substantial financial savings that could potentially amount to billions of US Dollars.
Methods: The RE-AIM framework was utilized to outline the necessary improvements in medication administration for the purpose of reducing medication errors and improving patient outcomes. Research articles were compiled, sorted, and reviewed between August 2024 and 2025.
Evidence Intervention: Without negating or minimizing the remarkable progression from past legislative actions and efforts by various organizations, healthcare systems, and healthcare professionals, one must also consider ways to maintain and improve our healthcare system to maximize patient-centered care and, above all, safety. Consequently, this policy manuscript recommends that legislative action be taken and firm reminders be given to all California hospitals and healthcare organizations to build, modify, update, or revisit effective pathways and strategies to minimize medication errors.
Evaluation/Results: This project included implementing protocol improvements and establishing short-term, medium-term, and long-term policy goals that can significantly impact an entire group of individuals within an organization.
Implications for Practice: These initiatives involve the implementation and improvement of existing policies that allow for safe medication reconciliation at various stages of the medication process. This can help minimize medication errors, improve patient safety, and save numerous lives.
Conclusion: Despite the dedicated efforts of various organizations, institutions, and government agencies, medication errors continue to adversely affect healthcare systems worldwide. Therefore, it is vital to continue working hard to improve the medication safety process. Ushering change and cultivating improvement efforts can drive organizations to a safer area of medication processes. Keywords: Medication errors, medication safety, medication reconciliation, safe medication practices
Trying Typicality—Plaintiff Cherry-Picking and Trial Distortion in \u3ci\u3eRamirez v. TransUnion LLC\u3c/i\u3e and Beyond
Get PDFThis Article supplements scholarly commentary on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez by examining some critical issues that the underlying litigation in the lower courts raised but that the Supreme Court did not address in its review. Although scholars have analyzed and critiqued the Supreme Court’s Ramirez decision, the litigation as a whole has been neglected. The Ramirez trial and the Ninth Circuit opinions that preceded Supreme Court review are fertile vehicles for reflecting on important issues that arise when class actions are tried to a jury.
The Article argues that Ramirez illustrates a problem that can arise in any class action trial: the class’s reliance on an unrepresentative, cherry-picked plaintiff to establish class-wide damages or liability. Unrepresentative named plaintiffs are especially problematic in class action trials because the strength of their individual claims against the defendant allows absent class members with far weaker—or even nonexistent—claims to ride the named plaintiff’s “coattails” and recover even where evidence supporting class-wide liability or damages is lacking.
The Article mines the Ramirez litigation to develop new insights on the nature and effects of cherry-picked class representatives. It reviews the litigation’s successive stages in detail and analyzes how the cherry-picked plaintiff dynamic appears to have affected each of those stages. Then, the Article suggests practical steps that courts and litigants can take to better recognize and neutralize the distortions that may arise from plaintiff cherry-picking. It recommends that courts more rigorously enforce Rule 23’s typicality requirement and discusses procedural devices that can facilitate courts’ evaluation of a plaintiff’s typicality
Ethnic Studies: September 2025
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USD President\u27s Report 2024-25 Financial Operations
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