Session Essays

to make adjustments based on these reflections (Knowles Z., Tyler G., 2006). I will be using the Gibbs G (1988) Learning by Doing: A guide to teaching and learning methods (Davies S., 2012). For this assignment, we were asked to conduct coaching sessions in groups of three with our colleagues for two months and draft a reflective essay on our experience. I hope this reflective essay will help me understand the in-depth concepts of coaching while helping me interact and respond better to people

Within the novel, “The Outsiders”, written by S.E Hinton, it conveys the rivalry between the two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers. They constantly encounter conflict since the Socs are wealthy, living on the West side of town unlike the Greasers who are lower class, living on the opposite side of town. Each gang consists of multiple members, however, for the Greasers, particularly one member stands out from the crowd, Sodapop. His personality reveals that he is someone who endlessly provides comfort

The Glass Castle is a memoir based on the life and family of Jeanette Walls. Short on food and money, the family travels quite frequently to resettle and regain their lives. Based on her point of view, Jeanette maintains a steady heart while dealing with her dysfunctional family’s issues. The parents fail to provide for their children adequately due to their own personal problems, and because of that, Jeannette learns how to fend for and take care of herself. As Jeanette grows older, she realizes

Recommended from the American College of Sport Science, adults need 150 minutes of exercise a week. We often eat too much for how little we move. If you are looking to lose weight you will need an average of 250 minute moderate-intensity, which only comes out to about 50 minutes a day for 5 days. Not bad, right? Now let's break it down. Lets look at your lifestyle. Do you work a desk job, or a job that is not physically demanding? If so, a sedentary person will only average 1,000-3,000 steps a day

Harpo Allen Middle School Scenario Reflection 1. Describe some approaches that could be used to establish a culture of high expectations for students and staff performances at Harpo Allen Middle School. • First, as a new principal, you will need to acquire an understanding of and appreciation for the culture of the school, then, use your leadership style (such as being a team leader) in order to gain the trust and respect of the staff and students. • Conduct a school climate survey of faculty,

Ralph Emerson once said,” Envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide” (370). In the novel, A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles readers are taken on a journey about a young boy named Gene Forrester who struggles finding himself. Gene faces these obstacles because he is determined to be his best friend, Finny in every aspect. The novel demonstrates how Gene finds that there is no separate peace after a challenging period at Devon, where he grows from a boy to a young man ready for war. In

1. There is a quote from an anonymous speaker that says, “It takes a couple seconds to say Hello, but forever to say Goodbye.” 2. This quote can be related to the fictional characters, Jay Gatsby and Dexter Green. Both were men who met an extraordinary woman and could never seem to let her go. 3. These are characters from the book The Great Gatsby, and the short story Winter Dreams, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest novels to come out of the Jazz

Prior to the session, I was apprehensive towards my decision making, due to my previous session. I recapped my goals: accepting the silence, and trying not to lead the discussion, really focusing on the speakers’ responses instead of my own. This reflection will be a response to the progress made in these two specific areas, along with new realizations and observations from the second session. The beginning of the second session began fairly quickly, Abbey walked in, sat on the floor and poured

The justice system in Scotland separates into two different parts. The criminal justice system that exist in Scotland is to minimise crime by bringing more offences to justice, and also to raise the confidence of the public that the system is fair and will deliver for the genuine citizen. The civil justice system structure that will be discussed in this assignment exists first to provide people with a means to carry out and support their legal rights, and secondly, to regulate the conflict between

Counselling Techniques The counselling process for the Xtina approach uses the Carkhuff’s model of counselling which was presented by Fuster (2005). The preparatory stage: This initial stage is adopting the approach introduced by Carl Rogers in the Person Centered Approach. The counsellor creates a therapeutic environment with the client whereby the client will feel that they are able to trust the counsellor. The counsellor achieves this by being congruent, empathetic and providing positive regard

The Summer Session takes place at the Devon Military School for Boys in New Hampshire in 1942. One way that the Summer Session is different from the Winter Session is the enforcement of rules is varied. In the Summers Session, rules are not enforced at all, really, but in the Winter Session, the rules are strictly enforced with an iron fist. One example of this is when Patch-Winters allowed Phineas to wear his school tie as a belt! One example of the strictness of Winter Session in when MR. Ludsbury

The fifth session explores the concept of resistance in therapy. Jacobs explains how resistance involves the client's unconscious efforts to avoid painful or uncomfortable feelings or experiences. He discusses how therapists can work with resistance by helping clients to explore their feelings in a safe and supportive environment. The sixth session focuses on the concept of defense mechanisms in therapy. Jacobs explains how defense mechanisms are unconscious strategies that individuals use to protect

Session 1: Introduction 1. Facilitators will introduce the context of each session to participants by explaining objectives of each session in a language of which elementary school children can understand. 2. Facilitators will explain why group sessions are being held and their importance to therapy. 3. Facilitators will introduce the basics of ADHD. Facilitators will explain ADHD in brief detail in very elementary language. 4. Activity 1: Icebreaker – Working together towards a common goal of building

Social work interviews are purposeful conversations between practitioners and clients designed to facilitate cooperative working relationships by focusing on needs, wants, problems, resources, and solutions. They include attention to both verbal and nonverbal expression (listening, responding, body positioning, facial expressions, and gestures). Skills utilized are also influenced by setting and purpose. (Bibliographies, 2015) Preparing for this interview with a client who was 59 years old and

COU 3012 Group Dynamics and Group Skills Dr. Fung Suk Chun Pat Reflection paper Introduction 70 Therapeutic Factor: Catharsis 276 Catharsis is always assumed to be a significant therapeutic factor in the therapeutic process. Through experiencing and expressing both positive and negative feelings freely and receiving supportive feedback in group, members can experience relief from pain, guilt and stress (Yalom, 1995). In the activity Life Journey (生命旅程), I acted

Interviewing Skills Today’s session on interviewing skills covers foundation skills such as questioning, paraphrasing, probing deeper, the use of self-disclosure and closing the interview. Interviewing plays a very important role within social work because social workers spend more time carrying out interviews. One area that was covered extensively was the use of self-disclosure. The use of self-disclosure can help the interviewer to feel more empathic and in tune with the interviewee. However,

the opportunity to be able to go back to listen my first session with my client I was able to notice that there were a lot of things I could of have dome better. Even though this session was very short, due to the fact that it was out first session and my client had lunch during the time we were recording this session. I know there are many things I could of have dome different. For example, something that I didn’t like about this session was the fact that the client provided me a lot of important

For this session we finished up reviewing about author’s purpose. During the first session we talked about author’s purpose, we only were able to go through two stores. For this session, we reviewed the first two stories we originally went through to serve as a review, and then we looked at the last story. After reading this story the same way we did the first two, she answered similar questions that were asked for the other stories. A difference between how the first questions were asked and the

Client session example Introduction It is important during an interview to establish a good therapist-patient relationship because this depends very much on the success or failure of the evaluation and treatment. The therapist should see to it that the patient talks about his problem or history in his own words and maintains a natural and relaxed environment. The first objective is simply to form a patient's judgment and start a good relationship, without arriving at an immediate diagnosis. It is

Professional Development Session Outline of the Professional Development Session 1. Start the Discipline Management session by having teachers share the student outcomes they wish to improve. Instructional coach will write what teachers share in a bubble map. (This will make learning relevant and meaningful to the audience.) 2. Ask teachers to be interactive and share ideas and practices that can help to transform existing practices which are not currently working. 3. Introduce interesting Kagan