discussion -just for kelly Jacob

Question A: ( 1 page )

Week Four Discussion:

Watch the following video through Ted Talks:

Eman Mohammed: The Courage to Tell A Hidden Story

http://www.ted.com/talks/eman_mohammed_the_courage_to_tell_a_hidden_story

 

Once you have watched the video, discuss the following two questions:

1. What was your reaction as you watched this video? What feelings did her story elicit?

2. Now I want you to imagine that Eman fled Gaza and is living in the United States, and she comes to see you in an outpatient setting. 

    - What are the major cultural issues here? What social structure barriers is she facing?

    - How competent would you feel having her as a client in terms of your own cultural competency?

· During the therapeutic process, how would you assess whether you are appropriately recognizing and addressing any cultural differences between the two of you? 

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Question B:

Chapter 9 wk 4 Discussion 1 ( 1 page)

Within the Principles and Practice section of chapter 9 author Christopher Martell discusses some examples of a neutral stimuli being paired with a positive or negative environmental stimuli. The result of this pairing is that the once neutral stimulus takes on the properties of the positive or negative stimuli.  Consider examples you may have experienced or observed in where these phenomena occurred.  Share one of your examples.

I have an example:  I am a fan of scary movies.  I love a good horror film.  To set the mood I often view such films in the dark.  As a youngster I watched Jaws.  Now every time I hear the music (you all know what I’m referring to, just click on the link)….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4

my heart rate increases, I have no control......... that heart pounding experiences I had when I first saw the movie is back with me.

Remember to post by Wednesday and respond to at least two of your peers.

This note from me not the the teacher :

You can say , when I smell ….. it reminds me with my pregnancy, I feel tired,headache, vomiting …..etc

Please give an example from you if you have one …

Question C: (1 page)

Chapter 9 wk 4 Discussion 2

Within this chapter the author discussed “problems due to environmental contingencies”.  I once had a student (middle school student) who had cognitive deficits; she had behavioral issues within her home but for the most part not at school.  The student was delayed academically and had significant difficulties with abstract reasoning and higher order problem solving.   Her mother became increasingly concerned about the stress and level of difficulty the child was having at school. 

The mom reported that upon arriving home each day the daughter would present a list of issues, concerns and problems she had encountered that day in school.  Staff were surprised to hear about the complaints which ranged from new curriculum issues to having to stand in the lunch line to minor disagreements with peers.  Over time one theory was that there was an environmental contingency in place, at home, which supported the “complaint list”.  The theory was that the student received so much attention from her parent when complaining that she (the student) soon put a negative spin on virtually everything so that she had plenty to talk about with mom upon arrival home.

To modify this behavior the mother was instructed to prompt her daughter as follows:  “Tell me three good things about your day at school today.”  It was stressed that the prompt was to be the first interaction when the girl arrived home.  The mom agreed to have a 2 to 3 minute discussion on at least one of the three things presented by her daughter.  This strategy worked well.

Think about environmental contingencies in place which support behaviors such as bullying.  Discuss the features of such behaviors, identify things which would reinforce such behaviors and contingencies which would be seen as aversive and diminish such behaviors.