To prepare:

  • From the “Master List of Advanced Issues in Forensic Psychology” document in the Learning Resources, select one advanced issue in forensic psychology you will examine for this Discussion.
  • Explore the issue using the Learning Resources and your own internet research of reputable resources. Consider the following during your exploration of the issue:
    • recent news about the issue
    • advantages and challenges related to the issue, including ethical challenges
    • potential solutions to address the ethical challenges
    • potential solutions to address the issue and foster positive social change
    • For this Week 1 Discussion, you will begin to create a narrated PowerPoint with video. Review the “PowerPoint Resources” and Kaltura interactive media in the Learning Resources to support your development of a narrated PowerPoint with video.
    • Use the OASIS PowerPoint presentation template in the Learning Resources for the narrated PowerPoint you will begin developing this week and submit in Week 2.

Narrated PowerPoint Requirements:

Your narrated PowerPoint video must be 5-7 minutes in length and contain both a PowerPoint and video of you presenting/narrating the PowerPoint. The content should be substantial and supported with scholarly evidence from your own research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA style. Including the following elements in your narrated PowerPoint:

  • Title slide
  • Issue Description. Describe the current advanced issue in forensic psychology you chose and why you think it is occurring? Include in your description a recent (less than 5 years) example of the issue in the news.
  • Advantages. Describe at least two advantages of the issue, supported by research
  • Ethical Challenges. Identify at least one ethical challenge related to the issue, supported by research.
  • Proposed Solution. Describe your proposed solution for overcoming the ethical challenge you identified, supported by research
  • Positive Social Change Impact. Explain how your proposed solution for overcoming the ethical challenge supports social change.
  • References
    Scholarly evidence from your own research and/or the Learning Resources, properly cited using APA style, and supporting your content.