Goal 1: Christiana will stabilize her mood. Christiana appeared to be in a good mood when the QP met with her for a session. Christiana denied be affecting by her mother and stepfather's pending divorce and believes her younger sister will be affected the most. Christiana reflected on the family going to the circus together on Tuesday which rarely happens because her stepfather is never off work early. Christiana focused on the goals in this lesson which are to stomp the A.N.T.s and focus on positive self-talk, eat family meal together, and learn the My Time concept. Christiana shared, "We usually don't eat together because of schedules, but when everyone is home we will eat together." Christiana listened as the QP shared 2 ways to build a loving …show more content…
relationship with her family. Christiana commented, "I try talking to my mother, but she is not receptive because she exaggerate things and no matter what she tells you she did not raise me for the first 6 years I was with my great-grandmother, but I am willingly to try." Christiana made slight progress with her mood, as indicated by Christiana being open to learn the goals in this lesson to start building a bond with her family and reduce depressive symptoms.
Goal 2: Christiana will improve her academic performance and social functioning. Christiana stated, "I just know better not to do them because of my grandmother's substance abuse issues." Christiana informed the QP, "sometimes my parents let me sip their alcohol beverage because they want to me to tasty and not go wild and become an alcohol in future." Christiana shrugged and appeared indifferent about her parents allowing her to try their alcohol, but stated, "I don't think if the future I would want to drink a lot anyway." Christiana commented, "my godsister and I take turns with the loading and unloading the dishwasher then we rotate who does the litter box and take out the trash." Christiana acknowledged, "I did go back and talk to him alone and I will be able to pass the class, but he also said he will look for my homebound paperwork when it comes through." Christiana shared, "my mom has not completed the paperwork for me to go on homebound because of my migraines, so I don't think she is on board with the idea
anymore." Christiana reflected on not really going anywhere unless with her family and her phone being taken away; therefore, her mother knows where she is at the time between work, school, and home. Christiana made minimal progress with improving her academic performance and social functioning, as indicated by Christiana acknowledging she is not interested in alcohol, she divide chores with her family member; however, she doesn't feel like her mother fully support her academic struggles.
The relationship between Brenda and alcohol is quickly grasped, as she is experiencing a hangover at the beginning of the story. When Brenda tells her mother, “I have a headache and I think I’m getting car sick,” she tries to blame the car ride for her nausea, even though she knows the truth behind her physical condition (Vande Velde 5). Because even though Brenda shares her alcoholic tendencies as the narrator, she hides them from those within her family. Brenda’s affiliation with alcohol is further unraveled as she reveals, “sometimes my parents let me have half a glass of wine with dinner” (Vande Velde 31). This type of behavior from her parents helps Brenda to condone and minimize the problem of her underage drinking. This is irresponsible of Brenda’s parents and affects her outlook on the seriousness of alcohol use. Once home alone Brenda takes a bath with her “wine on the edge of the tub” and states that she feels, “savvy and downright sophisticated” (Vande Velde 32). This feeling of sophistication that Brenda derives from the wine only stimulates her urge to drink even more. The full extent of Brenda’s problem is clearly perceived when her mother discovers her fake ID. Disappointed in her daughter, Brenda’s mom starts, “crying, soundlessly, tears pouring down her cheeks” (Vande Velde 58). This discovery of her fake ID is another obstacle propelling Brenda and her mother apart as Brenda dissatisfies her parents yet
Reading this I remembered, that I heard in AA meetings people referred to alcohol as their best friend, who is reliable and present. In case of Caroline’s mother death, she turned to her drink for the support and comfort, in the manner of a child who is afraid to be without a favorite blanket or a teddy bear. “Protect me. Shield me from being alone in my own head”, those thoughts were racing in her mind as she increased her daily alcohol intake after her parent’s death. Knapp got sober two years after, and it was sad for me (and I am sure for Caroline, too) to realize that her parents never have seen her daughter free from the addiction, never will have quality time with them and a brand new relationship that they could have been built if Caroline would not have been
Christian:That's very generous, but you know I don't drink. Please, tell him thanks, but no thanks” (49).
She spoke about the extent of his drinking. The dad was told it was a problem and that drunk too often. The dad said it doesn’t matter, when I am drunk I always have a
Observation is very important in young children because that is how you get to know a child better. While observing how a child interacts with their peers, adults, and how they behave in different settings, you are getting to know the child without speaking to them.
In this assignment I am going to describe a child observation that I have done in a nursery for twenty minutes in a play setting. I will explain the strengths and weaknesses of naturalistic observation through the key developmental milestones based in Mary Sheridan (2005) check-list and provide a theoretical explanation to support the naturalistic observation.
...here is little or no social pressure to drink, irresponsible behavior is never tolerated, young people learn at home from their parents and from other adults how to handle alcohol in a responsible manner, there is societal consensus on what constitutes responsible drinking. (Paragraph 7, Ruth Engs).
Compare and contrast a child from younger age group with a child from an older age group.
My hypothesis was to determine the effects of maternal presence versus absence on sibling behavior.
Has your 13-year old had a beer lately? If asked, most parents would say that their 13-year old child has never even tried alcohol. Typically, parents tend to think teens drink like mom and dad, with a beer or two after work or a glass of wine with dinner. The truth is, when teens drink, they are mainly drinking to get drunk. The bottom line is that today’s parents are failing to understand the epidemic of teen drinking and its serious side effects.
Observation is important as the practitioner can find out what the child is interested in and what motivates them to learn alongside their progress and how they behave in certain situations, additionally at the same time it identifies if children need assistance within certain areas of learning or socially (DCSF, 2008). Furthermore the observations check that the child is safe, contented, healthy and developing normally within the classroom or early years setting, over time the observations can be given to parents as they show a record of progress which helps to settle the parent and feel more comfortable about their child’s education. Observations are not only constructive within learning about an individual child, they can be used to see how different groups of children behave in the same situation and how adults communicate and deal with children’s behaviour (Meggitt and Walker, 2004). Overall observations should always look at the positives of what children can complete within education and not look at the negatives and all observations should become a fundamental part of all practitioners work alongside reflection (Smidt, 2009).
She nodded her head enthusiastically, a motion that made my heart light. I stood when Dr. Monroe started talking.
The school that I visited was new. It was the first year of the school opening. The school board had combined two schools into one, so the students had to adjust to their new environments and new individuals. They seemed to be getting along well with each other. Since the school is new the teacher has to adjust to new problems that araise. Times for the subjects and times for using the computer labs change. So the teacher must always be fixable for anything. In this observation of this classroom I learned about the enjoyment of teaching. How you have to adapt to each of the students.
I attended a second grade class at Smallville Elementary on February 22, 2014; the class began promptly at 0855. There are 26 children in this second grade class. There are 15 male students and 11 female students. The student diversity is 2 Hispanics, 1 African-American, 1 East Indian, and 1 New Zealander (White but with an extreme accent). Three children were left-handed.
The students that I observed in the classroom were of middle to high school. I went to see 8th, freshman, 10th , and seniors classes, they seemed excited and very curious to why I was there. The middle school was more alive and rambunctious while I observed them. The High school kids were more relaxed, more comical. Some were paying attention while others seemed tuned out to the lecture or involved in socialization with friends within the class. By the end of the class Mr. Hasgil had restored the attention of everyone by using tactics such as history jeopardy with candy as the prize with the high school kids. In both he middle school and high school the kids were mostly Caucasian with a mixture of black, Asian , and Hispanic in the classes.