Week 4 Assignment

COUN 6346 Child and Adolescent Counseling

Week 4 – Hyperactive Child

Disruptive Behaviors Select one child or adolescent with a disruptive behavior. Then critically observe the counseling sessions for that particular child or adolescent. You will be prompted with questions during your critical observation. There will be an opportunity to record your responses within the media. It will be saved directly to the computer that you are using. It is important to view and respond to the questions in their entirety, as your recorded responses will only be saved to this computer. If you change computers, your recorded responses will not be saved. Press the ‘Review’ button to see your recorded responses. [FOUR CASE FILES APPEAR WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF EACH OF THE CHILDREN PAPERCLIPPED, ONE ON EACH OF THE FOUR INDIVIDUAL MANILLA FOLDERS]

Hyperactive Child

TANYA: Ooh, I used to have one of these action figures at home. That's cool. Have you ever played Halo? How about Grand Theft Auto? That's another one of my favorite games. Do you have any games we could play here? COUNSELOR: Tanya, Tanya, before we talk about any kind of games and stuff, we've got to get this straight. It's not OK for you just to come in and grab my stuff. It's my stuff. TANYA: Yeah, it's cool stuff. COUNSELOR: Well, I know it's cool stuff, but still, you've just got to respect people's boundaries. That’s probably one of the reasons that you're in counseling, is that you're kind of getting into people's space, and you're grabbing people's stuff, and we need to work on that. TANYA: That's stupid. If you don't want people to touch your stuff, then you shouldn't leave it out like this. [A SET OF QUESTIONS APPEARS ONSCREEN] Reflect on what you just observed. Record your responses in the boxes provided then press ‘Continue’.

What approach did the counselor employ? Was it effective? Why or why not? What approach or techniques could the counselor have used to create a therapeutic relationship with this client and why would it be successful? Press the ‘Continue’ button to view the next segment. [INSTRUCTIONS BOX APPEARS] You will now observe a different approach with the same client. Look for differences in counseling techniques compared to the earlier session. Click the ‘Continue’ button to start the session. TANYA: Ooh, I used to have one of these action figures at home. That's cool. Have you ever played Halo? How about Grand Theft Auto? That's another one of my favorite games. Do you have any good games we can play here? COUNSELOR: Well, Tanya, wow, I love your energy. And you know what? I have this pink Play-Doh that has never been touched. And I'm wondering if we could talk for a couple of minutes, and then maybe we can get to some games later. Would you like to give that a try? TANYA: OK, cool. COUNSELOR: All right. I'm going to get some, too. I think I'm going to get the other pink. And so you and your mom and dad and I met for a few minutes before, and we decided it would be good for you and I to have some time together, just to spend time. We can do some playing, we can hang out with each other and talk, and we can do Play-Doh. And so we can do all sorts of things. But the thing I want to know first, before we do anything else, is that what you say in here stays in here. It's private; it's our stuff we're talking about. Now, your mom and dad and I will have some conversations, but I won't say anything about you behind your back to them. And I do have to let them know if you were going to do something dangerous-- we would talk about that, obviously-- not that I think that's the case. OK? Does that make sense? TANYA: Mm-hmm.

COUNSELOR: So now let's talk about what kinds of things you would like to have better in your life. TANYA: Like what do you mean? COUNSELOR: Well, like, let's say you had three wishes. And you can make three wishes, one about yourself, one about school, one about home. What would you like to have different? TANYA: Can I wish for more wishes? COUNSELOR: No, but that's a very smart question to ask because if you could, you would have wishes forever, right? But we have a limit on that, so it's just really only three: one about you, one about school, one about home. TANYA: Yeah, well, I wish I would never have any more homework. And I wish my parents would get off my case about playing too many computer games. And I wish I could be invisible and get away with whatever I want without annoying anybody. COUNSELOR: Wow. That is a perfect response. So you'd get rid of homework, you'd make it so your parents wouldn't be on your case about video or computer games, and you would be invisible. You could get away with anything. So Tanya, I'm just interested-- it sounds like you would use a whole wish-- and you've only got three-- on homework. TANYA: Yep. No more homework the rest of my life, and my life would be, like, way better. COUNSELOR: Getting rid of your homework would make your life better. And that makes me think maybe homework is pretty miserable and feels kind of awful right now. TANYA: Yep, so poof-- I'd make it disappear. [INSTRUCTIONS BOX APPEARS] You will now watch this session again. At key moments, you will be asked to reflect on what you observed and to answer specific questions. It is important to view and respond to the questions in their entirety, as your recorded responses will only be saved to this computer. If you change computers your recorded responses will not be saved.

Record your responses in the boxes provided. Click the ‘Continue’ button to start the session. [THE SESSION STARTS AGAIN] TANYA: Ooh, I used to have one of these action figures at home. That's cool. Have you ever played Halo? How about Grand Theft Auto? That's another one of my favorite games. Do you have any good games we could play here? COUNSELOR: Well, Tanya, wow-- I love your energy. And you know what? I have this pink Play-Doh that has never been touched. And so I'm wondering if we could talk for a couple of minutes, and then maybe we can get to some games later. Would you like to give that a try? TANYA: OK, cool. [ONE QUESTION APPEARS ONSCREEN] Reflect on what you just observed. Record your response in the box provided then press ‘Continue’. What technique did the counselor use here and why did he use it? Press the ‘Continue’ button to view the next segment. [THE SESSION RESUMES] COUNSELOR: All right. I'm going to get some, too. I think I'm going to get the other pink. And so you and your mom and dad and I met for a few minutes before, and we decided it would be good for you and I to have some time together, just to spend time. We can do some playing, we can hang out with each other and talk, and we can do Play-Doh, and so we can do all sorts of things. But the thing I want you know first, before we do anything else, is that what you say in here stays in here. It's private; it's our stuff we're talking about. Now, your mom and dad and I will have some conversations, but I won't say anything about you behind your back to them. And I do have to let them know if you were going to do something dangerous-- we would talk about that, obviously-- not that I think that's the case. OK? Does that make sense? [A SET OF QUESTIONS APPEARS ONSCREEN]

Reflect on what you just observed. Record your responses in the boxes provided then press ‘Continue’. What is the counselor attempting to do here? Why is he doing this? Why did he mention that he wouldn’t say anything without the client knowing it? Press the ‘Continue’ button to view the next segment. [THE SESSION RESUMES] COUNSELOR: So now let's talk about what kinds of things you would like to have better in your life? TANYA: Like what do you mean? COUNSELOR: Well, like, let's say you had three wishes. And you can make three wishes, one about yourself, one about school, one about home. What would you like to have different? TANYA: Can I wish for more wishes? COUNSELOR: No, but that's a very smart question to ask, because if you could, you would have wishes forever, right? So we have a limit on that, so it's just really only three: one about you, one about school, one about home. [A SET OF QUESTIONS APPEARS ONSCREEN] Reflect on what you just observed. Record your responses in the boxes provided then press ‘Continue’. How effective was this part of the conversation? Why was it done?

Would you recommend different questions? What questions would you have asked the client?

Press the ‘Continue’ button to view the next segment. [THE SESSION RESUMES] TANYA: Yeah, well, I wish I would never have any more homework. And I wish my parents would get off my case about playing too many computer games. And I wish I could be invisible and get away with whatever I want without annoying anybody.

COUNSELOR: Wow, that is a perfect response. So you'd get rid of homework, you'd make it so your parents wouldn't be on your case about video or computer games, and you would be invisible. You could get away with anything. [ONE QUESTION APPEARS ONSCREEN] Reflect on what you just observed. Record your response in the box provided then press ‘Continue’. What technique did the counselor use here and why did he use it? Press the ‘Continue’ button to view the next segment. [THE SESSION RESUMES] COUNSELOR: So Tanya, I'm just interested-- it sounds like you would use a whole wish-- and you've only got three-- on homework. TANYA: Yep. No more homework the rest of my life, and my life would be, like, way better. COUNSELOR: Getting rid of homework would make your life better. And that makes me think maybe homework is pretty miserable and feels kind of awful right now. TANYA: Yep. So poof- I'd make it disappear. [A SET OF QUESTIONS APPEARS ONSCREEN] Describe one skill, technique, or attribute the counselor exhibited which fostered the therapeutic relationship with the client in the counseling session and explain why. Describe one skill you might teach and reinforce with the client in the counseling session, and explain why. Press the ‘Review’ button to review your comments. Review Review and edit your comments within each of the text boxes.

When ready, you can copy and paste your comments to your computer by pressing the ‘Copy’ button, or by downloading them to your desktop as a text file by pressing the ‘Download’ button. Pressing the ‘Save’ button will record your comments to this computer so that you may return later to edit your responses.