Week 4 Assignment

COUN 6346 Child and Adolescent Counseling

Week 4 – Withdrawn Child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APPEAR WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF EACH OF THE CHILDREN PAPERCLIPPED, ONE ON EACH OF THE FOUR INDIVIDUAL MANILLA FOLDERS] Withdrawn Child

GREG: I don't have any problems. I'm fine. COUNSELOR: That's OK, Greg. I mean, everybody has problems and it's normal to have problems. And I know it's hard to talk about, so just be honest and let me know. GREG: Really, I'm fine. I don't have any problems or anything to talk about. COUNSELOR: Actually, I've heard from your mom and your teacher that you do have problems, and so I just think we should talk about it. GREG: That's because they're stupid, and they're the ones with the problems. Can I go now? [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 technique 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. COUNSELOR: You know, Greg, we met before, your mom and yourself and me. And we decided that it would be nice, maybe, for you and I to spend some time, just the two of us so you can get a chance to talk. But before you say anything, I just want to let you know that the kinds of things you say in here are private. Now, we will check in with your mom afterwards, but I don't need to tell her any details of the things that we talk about, unless you sort of talked about something that you wanted to do that was dangerous, which then, of course, I would share that with your mom. But other than that, what we talk about here is private. So you can just go ahead. GREG: I don't have any problems. I'm fine. COUNSELOR: Well, you know what's interesting, Greg, is that we don't have to talk about problems. It doesn't matter to me. We can talk about good things. We can talk about things that are going well. GREG: Like what? COUNSELOR: Well, like if you think about at home or at school, there may be some things you like, there may be some things that are going well. Like at school, you might have some things that you like about school. GREG: I like recess at school. COUNSELOR: Cool. Well, what do you like about recess? GREG: I really like kickball. COUNSELOR: You like to play kickball. So you're a pretty physical guy? GREG: Yeah.

[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] COUNSELOR: You know, Greg, we met before, your mom and yourself and me. And we decided that it would be nice, maybe, for you and I to spend some time, just the two of us, so you can get a chance to talk. But before you say anything, I just want to let you know that the kinds of things you say in here are private. Now, we will check in with your mom afterwards, but I don't need to tell her any details of the things that we talk about unless you sort of talk about something that you wanted to do that was dangerous, which, then of course, I would share that with your mom. [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? What would you recommend should have been done? Press the ‘Continue’ button to view the next segment. [THE SESSION RESUMES] COUNSELOR: But other than that, what we talk about here is private, so you can just go ahead. GREG: I don't have any problems. I'm fine.

COUNSELOR: Well, you know what's interesting, Greg, is that we don't have to talk about problems. It doesn't matter to me. We can talk about good things. We can talk about things that are going well. [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] GREG: Like what? COUNSELOR: Well, like if you think about at home or at school, there may be some things you like, there may be some things that are going well. Like at school, you might have some things that you like about school. GREG: I like recess at school. [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] COUNSELOR: Cool. Well, what do you like about recess? GREG: I really like kickball. COUNSELOR: You like to play kickball. So you're a pretty physical guy.

GREG: Yeah. [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.