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Laws regarding credentialing are not the only laws forensic practitioners need to concern themselves with when working in forensic treatment settings.

In any forensic setting, there are legal concerns that impact practice. State laws guide how a professional is credentialed or licensed. There are significant differences between types of professionals, settings in which these professionals may practice, and in what capacity they may practice. For instance, social workers have different legal requirements for licensure than psychologists […]

Piaget and Vygotsky shared some similarities in their developmental theories, but they also have some marked differences.

After reading Chapter 6, I learned Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories on cognitive development. Even though they shared some similarities in their constructivist theories of cognitive development, they also had a few differences. They both believed that children actively construct their knowledge and understanding, but the way that they think and understand differ (Sanrock, 2018, p. 200). […]