You fail to reach an informal settlement agreement with the area director. You file a Notice to Contest within the required 15-day period. Your case is assigned to an administrative law judge (ALJ). Prepare a document summarizing the case you will submit to the ALJ. The document should discuss the following at a minimum:   which citations and penalties you would contest,  the reasoning behind each contested citation and/or penalty,  documents you would bring to the hearing,  individuals you would use at the hearing,  how the case before the ALJ differs from the informal conference,  what information will be presented before the ALJ that was not presented in the informal conference, and   what information you would request from OSHA as part of discovery.  You must support your actions with reliable sources. Your grade will be based on your ability to present a case to your professor, serving as the ALJ, to reduce or vacate either the severity of some citations or the amount of some penalties. If you simply state that you accept the citations and penalties as written, you will receive a minimal score on the assignment.   Your response must be a minimum of two pages in length, using at least one reference. All sources must be cited in the text and on the reference page, using APA style.

Beginning the Assessment Report: Conducting Descriptive Data Analysis: Part 1

Collecting data on individuals with suspected addictions is important, but without descriptive data analysis skills, the data remain extraneous bits of information with no framework on which to make a diagnosis or further recommendations.

The chapters from Lichtenberger, Mather, Kaufman, and Kaufman (2004) will help guide you as you start writing the first part of an assessment report. Based on the interview in the media from Week 3 titled Interviewing Strategies and a set of raw data provided in your Learning Resources this week, you will explore which descriptive data would need to be included in order to provide referral, background, and history on the individual depicted with a potential addiction.  

To prepare:

Review the Learning Resources, including the following:

• Essentials of Assessment Report Writing

  • Chapter 1, “Introduction and Overview”

  • Chapter 2, “Technical Aspects of Writing”

  • Chapter 3, “Referral and Background Information”

• Watch the media from Week 3 titled Interviewing Strategies.

• Score the raw data provided in the document “Simple Screening Instrument for Substance Abuse Disorders”

  Complete Part 1 of the assessment report after scoring the raw data using the instructions provided.

  Assignment Directions:

  Submit by Sunday 4/2/17 Part 1 of the assessment report, Descriptive Data Analysis, including the following:

• History of the client (approximately 1–2 pages)

• Referral (approximately 1–2 paragraphs)

• Background information (approximately 1–2 pages)

• Description of data findings (approximately 1 page)

Cite your sources using APA guidelines. 

Answer all components in the assignment as there are usually several. These can serve as your headings in APA format. Using these headings will help keep your paper organized, ensure you cover all objectives, and enhance readability. You may find that if you bullet-point these requirements and refer to them as you write, you will address all of the portions of the question.