Rosie G. - South House

Topic: Child Psychology

EQ: What is the best way to counsel middle school students

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Helping 2013

 Interviewee/s: 
VICTORIA YZAGUIRRE
AUDRIANNA FREGOSO
 
(1) What ideas do you have for your senior project and why? 
their answer
Victoria: Adoption/ foster care.
Audrianna: Make-up artist.
What feedback did you offer when you heard the topic ideas?
Victoria:  Look for places that you can adopt kids now because its really hard to find somewhere where she'll be allowed to shadow.
Audrianna: Take the cosmetics class at Village. Can count as her independent.

(2) What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning (working with an expert) which is due prior to senior year starting?  Note: They also have to complete the 50 hours during the school year.
their answer 
Victoria: I don't know yet.
Audrianna: I don't know yet.
What feedback did you offer them in response?
 Victoria: Look for places that you can adopt kids now because its really hard to find somewhere where she'll be allowed to shadow
Audrianna: Maybe ask if you can be around the people who put on make-up at the MAC booths.

(3) What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?
their answer
Victoria: Want something fun, something that will get me to participate with the persons project. I want to be able to connect with what they felt.
Audrianna: Ya same.
What suggestions did give them regarding how they should approach watching the 2 hour presentations?  
Victoria: I wanted to explain what diagnoses/ symptoms are. From there make stories that have syptoms and the students have to act as the psychologist and see whats there diagnoses. At the end ill see which has the most that are right and give out a prize.
Audrianna: I wanted to explain what diagnoses/ symptoms are. From there make stories that have syptoms and the students have to act as the psychologist and see whats there diagnoses. At the end ill see which has the most that are right and give out a prize.
 
(4) What questions do they have about senior project?  What additional recommendations would you give the 2013 student about senior project?  Be specific and note what you told them.
questions they had
Victoria: Whats an independent study?
Audrianna: What is the main thing that is needed do well in a senior project?
What additional recommendations did you give them?
 Victoria: Its an independent study in which you have to create your own thing. You want adoption/ foster care. Well then you can work with a child that is in foster care for a minimum of 30 hours and see what you get out of it.
 Audrianna: You need to time yourself and be on time. Do not leave everything last minute. Or you'll either fail or be super stressed.

Independent Component 2

Literal
(a)  I, Rosie Garcia, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) I was part of Mr. Mays staff. I helped him buy taking care of the kids and if they needed someone to talk to I was more then glad to help them.
Interpretive
This was helpful/ helped me answer my EQ because per-teens were sowing that they were beginning to get influenced by peer pressure or the fact that they wont be "cool". They end up making their decisions based on what others might think.
Applied
This 12yr old girl was getting bullied about her weight. Her self-esteem began to worsen and that fact that she had few friends effected her. Her mom noticed something wrong with her as soon as she started trying to lose weight and they was she dressed started changing. I saw how her "friends" would tell her rude and unappropriated things. So I tried getting their attention to let them know it's not okay.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Answer 3

Eq: What is the best way to become a successful middle school counselor?

Answer 3: Know the different types of diagnoses in order to successfully help the teen through their problems.

Resources:
-third interview Mrs. Monica explained how psychologest should know the different types of diagnoses. What if I get someone with depression nut I see it as stress because I had no clue what the differences where. If I don't know what the differences are it can lead to them maybe even committing suicide.
- online class courses explaining all the different types of diagnoses
-why gender matters explains how male and females differ but you need to see how they are different. Girls are more communicative so you will then have to read their body language, how they act ( symptoms ) to help them. How can you help them if you have no idea what symptoms belong to which diagnoses.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Room Creativity

1) How do you plan to address the room creativity expectation?

I'm still not exactly sure what I will do, but I was thinking to probably put posters up. There's going to be some different diagnoses. And others with stories of what the child has gone through and explaining what they're symptoms are.

(2) What activity ideas do you have for answer 1 or 2?

One of my answers is: Understanding the different types of diagnoses in order to successfully help the student/ child. So when I'm done explaining some during the presentation they will be set up into groups of 4-5. Each group go to an assigned poster. They will read the story on the poster and depending on what they agree on they will put a number on the corresponding diagnoses. Who ever has the most right gets a price