Week 4 Discussion

COUN 6346 Child and Adolescent Counseling

Week 4 – Sample Clients Introductions

Disruptive Behaviors Four disruptive behavior demonstrations are shown. Critically analyze each of them. At the end of each clip, you will be prompted to answer several questions based on what you just observed. There will be an opportunity to record your responses within the media. It will be saved directly to the computer 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 PHOTO OF EACH OF THE CHILDREN PAPERCLIPPED ON ONE OF EACH OF THE FOUR INDIVIDUAL MANILLA FOLDER] Angry Adolescent MELISSA: You are a horrible counselor. I hate being here, and I hate talking to you. This is worthless. And you're stupid. There is no point to this because you don't know anything about me. And I'll never tell you anything about me. [FOUR QUESTIONS APPEAR ONSCREEN] Angry Adolescent Reflect on what you just observed. Record your responses in the boxes provided then press the ‘Continue’ button. What is your initial reaction to the behavior? How might you respond to the child with this behavior? How would you like to respond to the child with this behavior? How might your reaction impact the counseling process? Withdrawn Child

GREG: I don't have any problems. I'm fine. [FOUR QUESTIONS APPEAR ONSCREEN] Withdrawn Child Reflect on what you just observed. Record your responses in the boxes provided then press the ‘Continue’ button. What is your initial reaction to the behavior? How might you respond to the child with this behavior? How would you like to respond to the child with this behavior? How might your reaction impact the counseling process? Blaming Adolescent DAVID: I already told you. It's my parents' fault. They should be in here in counseling, not me. And if it wasn't for one of the kids at school who told me about taking the gym teacher's car for a drive, I wouldn't even be here. [FOUR QUESTIONS APPEAR ONSCREEN] Blaming Adolescent Reflect on what you just observed. Record your responses in the boxes provided then press the ‘Continue’ button. What is your initial reaction to the behavior? How might you respond to the child with this behavior? How would you like to respond to the child with this behavior? How might your reaction impact the counseling process? 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 other games we could play here? [FOUR QUESTIONS APPEAR ONSCREEN] Hyperactive Child Reflect on what you just observed. Record your responses in the boxes provided then press the ‘Continue’ button. What is your initial reaction to the behavior? How might you respond to the child with this behavior? How would you like to respond to the child with this behavior? How might your reaction impact the counseling process? [Record your responses, and then continue to the next disruptive behavior until you have completed viewing all four examples.] ASSIGNMENT Post by Day 4, a brief description of the child or adolescent whom you may be most comfortable counseling, and which child or adolescent whom you may be least comfortable counseling, and explain why. Then, explain one way that your reactions might positively or negatively influence the development of a therapeutic relationship with the children or adolescents whom you chose. Finally, explain one way that you might transform a negative reaction into an appropriate therapeutic response and how. Be specific and use examples.