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Respond and describe how you may integrate that research into your practice working in a school setting.
Sam Bonter
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Group counseling in schools can be used to improve both personal-social and academic development. The Achieving Success Everyday (ASE) group counseling model is designed to do just that! The ASE model has six phases: assessment, review, acquaintance, challenge, empowerment, and support. During the assessment phase, student data is collected, group members are screened, and an agenda is created. During the review phase, the group members will explore group expectations, individual and group goals, and group norms. In the acquaintance phase, the group members will become familiar with the school counselor and with each other. Ice-breakers are great during the acquaintance phase. During the challenge phase, the school counselor will “gently confront” any inconsistencies between what group members share and what the school counselor knows from collecting data during the assessment phase. In the empowerment phase, the school counselor will teach the group members useful information and skills. Having “experts” come in and talk to the group during the empowerment phase is very helpful. During the support phase, the school counselor brings closure to the group. The group can examine how their goals have changed from the beginning of the group to now, and the group members can provide each other with feedback about areas of growth that they witnessed in each other. During this phase, school counselors can also help group members identify supports and resources both inside and outside of the group. Finally, the support phase is an important time for group members to celebrate their accomplishments. Because the ASE model emphasizes both counseling and psycho-education, social/emotional development is promoted in addition to academic development (Steen, Henfield, & Booker, 2014).
Inclusion is another way for school counselors to help students with both social/emotional and academic development. Inclusion involves integrating individual and small-group counseling with the classroom setting. School counselors can be present in the classrooms to help students with educational topics, such as: collaboration, responsibility, self-determination, peacemaking, the use of technology, the use of supports and accommodations for curricular inclusion. When implementing an individual or small-group classroom inclusion intervention, the school counselor will be present in the classroom, modeling, demonstrating, motivating, and coaching students in the area of concern (self-management, conflict resolution, anger management, organization and study skills, etc.). Follow-up can include the teacher and the school counselor working together to support the student(s). By having the school counselor present in the classroom, learned skills can easily be transferred to everyday situations. Additionally, inclusion intervention prevents students from missing any part of class. Most importantly, intervening in the classroom will increase the likelihood of student behaviors continuing after intervention ends (Clark & Breman, 2009).
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Austin TX
socorromatiasperez@gmail.com
Obtain a position as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Intern to offer my skills, knowledge and experience in psychology. Provide quality of services in an ethical manner to individual's with substance abuse related problems.
Education:
Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology May 2011
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce
Master of Arts in Psychology in Counseling Psychology May 2001
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San German
Bachelor of Art in Psychology May 1991
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San German
Relevant Experience:
Admission counselor July 2019 to present
Texas Community Supervision Alternatives, LLC
Call clients, set up appointments and conduct intake assessment for admissions for the Intensive Outpatient program.
Licensed Chemical Dependence Counselor-Intern June 2018 to present
Texas Community Supervision Alternatives, LLC
Intensive Outpatient Program- Individual and group counseling to clients with substance abuse related problems using a cognitive behavioral model and Truthought concepts.
Monitoring Agent Pre Trial Intervention Program January 2018 to present
Texas Community Supervision Alternatives, LLC
As monitoring agent conduct screening assessment to clients and supervise clients that are first offenders and they enter to the pretrial intervention program.
Group Facilitator January 2017 to present
The Center for Cognitive Education
Batterers Intervention and Prevention Program and Cognitive Education Program - Educational skills and strategies to clients using cognitive behavioral model and Truthought concepts to Spanish speaking clients.
Group Facilitator September 2016 to March 2018
Texas Community Supervision Alternatives, LLC
Intensive Outpatient Program- As facilitator conduct psychoeducational skills to clients with substance abuse related problems.
Group Facilitator September 2016 to June 2018
Texas Community Supervision Alternatives, LLC
Aftercare Recovery Services- As facilitator conduct educational skills to clients with substance abuse related problems.
Professor May 2009 to August 2016
Ponce Paramedical College
As a professor conduct courses such as Psychology and Human Relations and Introduction to Sociology.
Psychologist December 2013 to May 2015
Centro de Evaluación y Tratamiento de Peñuelas
Conduct evaluations to children within the Special Education Program.
Psychologist October 2006 to May 2009
Centro de Evaluación y Tratamiento Chiquirimundi
Group counseling to children within the Special Education Program.
Psychologist August 2002 to August 2007
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Rehabilitation Center
Counseling interventions to adults with intellectual disabilities.
Psychologist June 2002 to June 2003
Centro Madre Dominga, Casa de Belén
Individual and group counseling to female clients with substance abuse related problems.
Skills:
Counseling experience
Active listening skills
Bilingual: Spanish and English
Utilization of psychometric testing
Development of treatment plans
Knowledge in teaching techniques
Clerical skills
Technical skills:
Computer skills in programs such Word, Excel, Outlook
References:
Available upon request
Socorro Matías
socorromatiasperez@gmail.com
Austin, Texas
Louise Devan, LCDC
Clinical Director
Holistic Services
Dear Mrs. Devan,
I am writing to apply for the Licensed Chemical Dependency Intern position in your company based on my skills, knowledge and experience in Psychology.
My past experience as Psychologist can provide skills and knowledge to clients with substance abuse relates problems. I had conducted assessment, individual and group counseling services to a variety population including intellectual disability and substance abuse related problems.
I have enclosed a copy of my resume for your better understanding of my profile. Please feel free to contact me on the contact information provided.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Socorro Matias
Enclosure:
Resume
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Respond to and provide substantive feedback on their understanding of retirement in different settings. Consider each peer's perspective on how perceptions change with age. What aspects of your peer's response seem to show the greatest insight into these changing perceptions? Why? What can you add to these insights based on your personal awareness of career choices at this stage in your life?
atrenda Ware
U9D1
Considering that work is a central aspect of life and a defining characteristic of who someone is (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2019) retirement can be a stressful difficult time for some people and a rejoicing time for others. This is a time when the decision to enter community living or to continue on living independently comes into play. Retirement is a big job role changeover categorized by the disengagement from an individual’s active routine job (Adejumo, 2010).
Many things influence retirement. It is not as easy as saying I am 65, so now I can retire. When an employee feels that the work that he/she is doing is meaningless and their efforts are devalued, or when they do not see the connection between what they do and the final product, a sense becomes more than a person can bear, resulting in burnout (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2019). When their energy has be depleted, have lost a motivation and energy to work (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2019). Even the loss of occupational idealism and feeling that one has been exploited (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2019) can lead to retirement. It is important to highlight that while we all will meet the retirement age someday but our financial lifestyles could force us to remain working. Ones health and age can influence retirement. Health issues can cause someone to go into early retirement. We must also look at finances because due to large amounts of debt and/or financial responsibilities some people may be advised to continue working.
As people increase in age, they realize that they have many tough decisions ahead of them and there many influences that help make those decisions. One of those major decisions that will be what will be the best habitation choice for the lifestyle that they want to live. Many things can influence that decision to enter into community living or to live independently. The death of a spouse, loneliness, or a medical scare could influence the decision to enter into community living. Financial restrictions, some psychological factors; such as social support, self-efficacy, and personality on general health can make it difficult (Adejumo, 2010) to maintain a home. As many members of the aging population began to prepare for a change in living accommodations, they want the option that provides them the most chances of maintaining their independence. Illness and disability must be addressed if any of those make living alone no longer an option. Past life experiences cultural backgrounds and one family culture will help to make those decisions. All these reasons and many others make it very import to research, discuss and understand aspects of both living communities and independent living, in order to come up with the best course of action. It must also be reassessed from time to time because things change.
Latonya Jones
U9 Latonya Jones
According to Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields (2019), a railroad union sponsored a bill promoting mandatory retirement; however, this deemed to be impossible for many ageing adults. The book goes on to mention that individuals feel comfortable retiring when they feel a sense of financial security; additionally, it mentions that the ideal age to retire is between 60-65, but most individuals are not able to retire until after 70 years old. This is concerning to me because I think about my parents who are aging and beginning to think about their future after retiring. My father has some health problems including vision difficulties and being diabetic, and my mother has significant arthritis which impacts her ability to stand extended periods of time. They’ve spent the last year calculating potential costs and possible emergency’s that could occur if they were to retire. It’s very disheartening that individuals who have been working since they have been teens have to push their retirement date back for financial reasons.
In my opinion, independent living and community living are very similar. Based upon the physical health and cognition of the individual, both depend on supports to ensure life after retirement runs smoothly and all of their needs are being met. Planning and preparation should be in advance for either decision and a back up plan would be beneficial in ensuring life after retirement is well-planned and as stress-free as possible. Due to retirement not being mandatory until the 1930’s, I would assume that retirement and retirement planning has significantly evolved over the years by individuals taking time to make changes and preparations for their retirement.
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Respond and describe how you may integrate that research into your practice working in a
school setting
Group counselling is an interactive part of psychology. The research has also identified that it is
applicable in two major cases, that of personal development and academic development. Your
research has clearly identified that counselling is not an even that happens once and so its
influence on the counselee. In your paper, you have demystified the several stages that one goes
through when undergoing a related type of group counselling. This research can be applied
directly in my scenario at school. There have been several cases that require such expertise
approaches, and with the well stipulated mechanisms, I think the prevailing issues will be solved.
From the information availed in your research, it is recommended that each of the stage needs to
have its own specialists, that is, in order to enhanced the effectiveness of the entire process.
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